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The 2015 Houston Quilt Market is right around the corner and I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you all about the take & teach classes that people associated with Studioe Fabrics are involved with.  We are honored to be associated with such talented and admired figures in the quilting industry.  We hope you take the time to sign up and partake in these great classes.  See you at market.These classes listed below are offered Saturday, October 24 (Session 1, classes 305-323), Sunday, October 25 (Session 2, classes 405-424), and Monday, October 26 (Session 3, classes 505-510, 513-514).   Class 300.  Selling the Blues–Marketing The World’s Favorite Color by…

Dear Friends, This past Wednesday I celebrated the Yom Kippur holiday…the holiest Jewish holiday of the year.  I got several comments and emails about this post when I originally wrote it last year, so I figured that I would post it again. Sorry for being lazy, but it is important for me to repeat these apologies again and again.  One can never apologize enough when wronging another person. So I am going to do just that.   As you may or may not have known, this past week was the culmination of the last 10 days of penitence in the Jewish religion.  As you also may or may not know,…

Cheaters, thieves and liars….UGH!  Over the last couple of years I have surprisingly come across people in and around this industry who are looking for short cuts.  This is very sad, but a fact of life for a lot of businesses including mine. The thing is that cheaters, thieves and liars sometimes get caught. Fortunately for us, we have had luck busting these people in two cases, but who knows how many thieves got away with it. Allow me to elaborate.Perhaps you recall the situation last year where a very disreputable company in Canada was copying and knocking off the A.E. Nathan (Studioe sister company) flannel prints.  They were selling…

A couple of weeks ago, I got the most disturbing email that is going to have some seriously negative repercussions for the various company websites under the Jaftex umbrella.  Maybe your website and business is going to be negatively affected too.  If you don’t know what I am talking about, I am referring to the announcement by Dan Purcell, owner of Websites For Quilters (WFQ), about the fact that they are being acquired by Like Sew. In spite of the fact that the notice said they were being acquired by Like Sew, that really isn’t the case.  See the except from the letter:   “Like Sew has agreed to support…

Dear Friends,First and foremost, I wanted to wish everyone a happy Labor Day. Hope you are enjoying the day off and are ready for Fall.  Second off, I wanted to say how absolutely impressed and in awe I feel when I see the huge effort taking place in honor of Jaftex’s 85th Anniversary.  I spent much of my AM reading through the many blog posts and admiring all the great projects that have been made for this special event.  I must say two things: 1. WOW!  Amazing job by all participants.2. Thank you all so much for your effort, time and hard work.  Thank you also to all of those…

Check out this picture of Sonny Everett as his mother wrote at 5 months…1910’s. It was 5 years ago this week that my grandfather, Everett Fortunoff, passed away.  Not a day goes by that I don’t think of him since I did spend about half of my fabric career with him on a daily basis.  Grandpa was nothing short of remarkable.  He came in to the office every day dressed to the nines up until the day he passed.  Everyone loved his easy going and friendly demeanor.  When he died he was 94 years old which is amazing in itself.  We have some good genes as my doctor always reminds…

In an effort to increase my blog subject matter, I am proud to introduce a new series under the Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive moniker.  The series will be called, On The Road With Scott, and it will be comprised of blogs about places that I visit, things that I see, people that I meet and places where I eat when I am on the road.  So with out further ado, my first blog will be about a special place that I visited in Tennessee.   A day before my trip, I was watching the Food Network’s Top 5 Restaurants series and the food category for this episode…