by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Mar 13, 2016 | Blog
Mike, aka Mr Laura again. As promised we have a new announcement! Laura’s latest pattern title is now available for order on the website. Laura introduced the new pattern at the Daytona Beach AQS show last month and was a tremendous hit outselling her other...
by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Mar 12, 2016 | Blog
Mike, aka Mr Laura, aka Carol’s Dad, aka Tabitha’s Grampa here. Well as you can tell it has been about 6 months since my last posting. First I have to apologize to all of the wonderful ladies who sent in pictures of their various purses and bags that did...
by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Aug 2, 2015 | Blog
This ended up being a multi day post although that was not my initial intention. Mike aka Mr Laura here. Well today is Friday and we finally did get to the show early this morning (we had been trying to get here early Wednesday and Thursday too but kept finding more...
by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog
Mike, aka Mr Laura here. Spring has finally sprung here in Raleigh, NC! Several ladies at the Lancaster show asked me if I was the Mike, aka Mr. Laura who wrote the blog posts and made me feel a little guilty that I have not been posting as often as I should. So here...
by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Mar 18, 2015 | Blog
Mike aka Mr Laura here. We made it home safely from the Lancaster AQS show Sunday night. The Mini-Minions and Minions were reunited on Monday when the mail arrived with the returning Dave, Stuart, and Kevin. They were a little sandy (luckily I opened their mailer in...
by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Mar 10, 2015 | Blog
Mike, aka Mr Laura here. We are done with travel (arrived and unloaded yesterday) and all the setup. Laura is trying a bigger booth at this show. As this is the first time with a booth and a half (15′ X 10′) it took us a little longer to set up as Laura...
by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog
We are getting very close to the Lancaster, PA AQS Quilt Week. As usual I can tell how close we are by the number of heavy boxes I am carrying down the stairs. I try not to think about the fact that I carry everything in these boxes upstairs first to get cut, and/or...
by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog
Mike aka Mr Laura here. Wow, was this harder than I thought it would be! This little video took (I lost count of how many) tries to do. It could be much better, but enough was enough for today. Unfortunately this provides video evidence that the scale is not lying...
by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Dec 5, 2014 | Hidden Treasure Tote, Products
Mike, aka Mr Laura here. As all of the turkey and pecan pie is gone I might as well do a little work before the Christmas break, (I have already started eating the Christmas cookies, but the serious eating is yet to begin). If you follow our blog you might remember I...
by Mike Martell AKA Mr Laura | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog
Mike, aka Mr Laura here. I see it has been Quite Some Time since my last update. The Houston International Quilt Market and Festival is a great event, but it is also exhausting. Considering preparing for the show, packing for the show, traveling to Houston, setting up...
