TALES OF A FOURTH GENERATION TEXTILE EXECUTIVE: QUILTERS ARE A RARE BREED AND THE QUILT INDUSTRY IS AMAZING

Things have finally settled down since the Houston quilt market and now I am back to blogging for all my loyal Studioe followers.  So what’s on my mind?  A lot!  Unfortunately I can’t write about everything that is on my mind in one sitting and I highly doubt you would have the time or patience to read something so long and boring.

So today I am going to talk about how quilters are a rare breed and how amazing the quilt industry is.  When I say that quilters are a rare breed, I mean it in a good way.  As you may or may not know, I am from New York.  You might have heard or experienced the fact that New Yorkers aren’t the nicest people in the world. I am not saying that they all aren’t nice, don’t get me wrong, but a good chunk could be considered rude, obnoxious, pushy, impatient and snotty as compared to people from the other 49 states and world.  Of course I am not one of those New Yorkers.  No really!  I swear!  Ok, maybe a little, but I try really hard not to be….seriously.

In any case, quilters are so nice and genuine and hence, they are a rare breed to me. (Quilters from New York are a rare breed too).  I actually look forward to sitting down with many of you quilters and quilt shop owners at market to show you the new Studioe lines.  It is kind of soothing, believe it or not.

I am so lucky to have ended up working in such a great industry.  If you think about it, I could have ended up in a super high pressure industry where everyone was from New York or at least it might have seemed that way.  That would not have been pretty or good for my health.

As many of you know from reading my previous blogs, there is a lot to be said about low stress jobs.  If you recall, I attended law school for 3 very long years and then I traded stocks on Wall Street for about 8 years.  During that time, I experienced some serious stress related issues…tmj, hives, acid reflux, heart palpitations and insomnia to name a few.  The day I stepped into the Jaftex offices, all those ailments astonishingly disappeared like magic.  Needless to say, I now have a quality of life and am a lot happier.  It just shows that having the right job plays such a critical role in your health and happiness.  This really isn’t a joke as life is too short to be unhealthy and unhappy.

So to wrap this all up, because quilters are such rare breeds and the quilting industry as a whole is such a low pressure and amazing industry, many of us are really lucky to be a part of it.  Not only that, but we could be living longer lives because of it.  So amen to the quilting industry and quilters!

Happy Quilting!

Your Happ-e Friend,

Scott