This week in my business, May 15 2026

May 15, 2026

Top Three Wins This Week

First Trade Show for Global Quilt Connection is in the bag. Survived H&H in Chicago last week.
Charm Hoop workshop in San Francisco was a huge success.
UV Resin and Shibori workshops I taught went really well this week.

FUCKING ZENLER!!!! Honest to god if I could ever deliver a Stone Cold Stunner to someone, it would be that company. Hand me two beers and I’ll do it. This week they sent a broken link to my Totes to Baskets workshop to all the registrants so no one could get in. Had to reschedule for next Tuesday. Am 100% moving to another platform this summer. Here is my post about the issues I’ve had with them.

Seeing bookings from Guilds come in after taking part in the Northern California Quilt Guilds meet-the-teacher event.
I need a better name for this workshop - but did it for Make It Market this week. People LOVED it. I called it Charm Hoops, but you basically attach letter beads to make a phrase then add a load of bling around it.

One downer - my laptop stopped working and so I had to get a new one, and then go through all the setting up and sorting out which that entails. Wiped out my savings. You know what would really help? If a few people took out paid subscriptions…or click that buy me a coffee button at the bottom.

This weekend is the All Star Sampler Platter, with 18 quilt teachers talking to thousands of quilters worldwide. Still time to sign up and replays are available for a week afterwards.
H&H went really well. Here is our booth (video below - yes that’s me!) and I did a load of instagram posts about it including going live for the first time.

According to the internet, 90% of men and 75% of women will have HPV at some point in their lives. In women it can cause cervical cancer and other issues, hence Pap Smears. Plus now they vaccinate kids against it which is awesome (go vaccines!). Strain 16 is the really nasty one. Guess what…and it’s not like my first sweet 16 was anything to get excited about. I thought with the end of my breast cancer treatment a few months back I’d be on easy street. Over the last 5 years I must have had more than a dozen biopsies for various things because once you’ve had cancer, everything else that goes wrong might be cancer, and so that needs to be ruled out. After at least 2 months of cancer-free living, back I go to be biopsied again at the start of June.
My apartment is a MESS. I’m either working or recovering from working. There is hope in sight though - I have a week off at the end of May. Can not wait!
I’m in relationship heaven. So at least there’s that.

OK that’s it. Thanks for reading!

Bea

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