Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes, but we are swimming in zippers this summer!
Our UPS driver brings us big boxes of zippers almost every day and we are developing zipper muscles carrying them up and down the stairs. NOTE: The muscles are a secret and we keep them well hidden.
We sort them into boxes of assorted colors and them send them out to our special elves to tag them into bundles.
The tagged zippers are stored in bins. We pull the zippers from these bins and ship them out to quilt shops.
Here's the final result:
Terry Ann, I cannot wait for your zippers to arrive. I'm teaching the Minnesota Road Show again this year for our shop and am itching to make samples of the bags!
Posted by: Cheryl S. | June 14, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Hi Terry,
That display makes me want one of every single color!! Such fun pictures to see the process you go through :)
Posted by: Beth | June 14, 2010 at 03:29 PM
I'm closing my eyes on this one.....LOL...I already have tons of projects and UFOs to finish but those zippers are so tempting!
Posted by: Rhonda | June 14, 2010 at 07:22 PM
Great! More than 3 colors to chose from! I hope the progarm is a huge success. I thought the days of being able to buy a zipper that closely matched the project were over... no more!
Posted by: Ann in NC | June 14, 2010 at 11:28 PM
Hi Terry, I love the zippers! The Shop I teach at in California, Homespun Harbor, just got theirs and I will be demoing all three of your new patterns for the Shop Hop by the Bay next week.
I have made so many little bags and using your zippers really makes it fun with all the colors. Thanks for a great addition to any Quilt Shop.
Posted by: Sheila Galindo | June 16, 2010 at 09:39 PM
They had an interesting feature on the Sunday CBS Morning show this morning about the father & son of YKK Zippers. Their workspace looks a lot like yours with the boxes!
Posted by: Vickie Streich | June 20, 2010 at 03:57 PM
Mine are in there somewhere...
Posted by: Auntie pami | June 21, 2010 at 03:48 PM
I was so excited to read my LQS Little Quilts had gotten in your zippers. I drove over and bought one of every color. The price is right, eco friendly non-packaging and the colors are wonderful. I just finished one of your sock bags (but for tennis bag stuff) and plan on making one for everyone on the team. So happy someone finally made zippers lovely.
Posted by: SewLindaAnn | July 30, 2010 at 12:28 PM
I do lots of bags of all size's and Terry I LOVE YOUR ZIPPERS! I purchase them at my favorite shop in WI, The Calico Shoppe and they are always as excited about them as I am.
Thanks
Posted by: Peggy D | August 03, 2010 at 04:28 PM