11:02:39 From john : Good morning! 11:02:42 From Dora : Hi Everyone! 11:02:52 From Terry : good morning 11:02:57 From Harir : Hi Michelle, Hi Everyone! 11:03:00 From Kathrin : hello everyone 11:03:09 From Alice : Hello everyone! 11:03:10 From Fiona : Hello. 11:03:19 From Gordon Bosch : hi there folks 11:03:23 From Mary McMurrer : Good morning 11:06:25 From annetteplummer : Good afternoon from the UK everyone 11:07:07 From Mary McMurrer : Nice! 11:08:45 From Dora : The designs look beautiful! 11:09:16 From Michelle Fifis : Hi Everyone 11:11:25 From Dora : What’s global? 11:11:57 From Dora : thanks 11:12:29 From Dora : Hi Chelsea! 11:12:39 From chelseavonhasseln : Hi everyone :) 11:12:44 From Mary McMurrer : hey Chelsea 11:14:30 From Dora : Was the first 3 due to the time of year, they are purchasing? 11:15:14 From Dora : thank you 11:15:45 From Michelle Fifis : Hi Michelle Just wondering if anyone asked for Kids patterns? 11:16:22 From Michelle Fifis : Also did they ask for Cats and Dogs patterns? 11:18:52 From Harir : So, were the buyers more from smaller independent companies? 11:21:48 From Harir : Did you feel that the vibe in general was more about buying or more about making contacts? Did you think your neighboring booths were going through a similar situation? 11:23:45 From Dora : The rack looks great and so uselful 11:25:19 From Michelle Fifis : I really like the side wall designs, very inviting and not too overdone 11:26:13 From Mary McMurrer : What material are the banners? 11:27:30 From Harir : beautiful and easy to navigate setup 11:28:01 From Mary McMurrer : They do! 11:28:13 From Dora : no 11:28:13 From Mary McMurrer : no 11:28:13 From annetteplummer : no 11:28:14 From christaschoenbrodt : no 11:28:15 From Harir : no 11:28:39 From annetteplummer : yes 11:28:44 From christaschoenbrodt : yes 11:31:18 From Michelle Fifis : I really think you did very well with what you spent. Well done 11:31:37 From Harir : very great flight deal! 11:32:05 From Susan : Hello everyone! 11:33:41 From Mary McMurrer : What was your contract wth Surtex? 11:33:41 From Dora : what do you mean shipping booth? 11:33:45 From christaschoenbrodt : IS the booth cost all up front? 11:34:06 From Harir : The spreadsheet really let us know how much is involved. It was good to see how much goes into the process. 11:34:08 From Mary McMurrer : Cool! 11:34:18 From Dora : I was reading it, thinking this sounds like Michelle and found you had written it! 11:34:54 From Dora : that’s quite an investment 11:35:19 From christaschoenbrodt : no worries, i’ll check 11:35:23 From jenny bova : I think they require a deposit and then pay in full before the show 11:35:38 From christaschoenbrodt : yes 11:35:38 From Dora : yes 11:35:39 From annetteplummer : yes 11:35:39 From jenny bova : yes 11:35:41 From Harir : yes 11:35:50 From Susan : yes 11:39:01 From Michelle Fifis : Your client base will build with each show you attend. And clients will come just to see you. You can send out cards to your clients to let them know your booth number and make appointments. 11:39:17 From john : Do you feel knowledge of the Pattern Observer brand helped drive traffic to your booth? 11:41:13 From Michelle Fifis : Did you get a chance to go over and see the Blue Print show 11:41:51 From Dora : Blue Print is less expensive to show at, correct? 11:42:02 From Susan : I am probably a bit behind in knowledge of Pattern Observer, but is it your goal to rep design work selected from the member base? 11:42:46 From annetteplummer : You had a lot of work there. What proportion of the work that you showed was from TDL members as opposed to in-house designs? 11:43:29 From Harir : wow 11:48:34 From marciroesler : I got here late, can you speak to percentages of target market-wallpaper, stationary, fashion, quilt, 11:49:47 From annetteplummer : Did you notice any preference to repeat ap 11:50:03 From Susan : Yes! Great question! And...the two sale you made...were those apparel, home dec or just what? 11:50:53 From annetteplummer : Did you notice any preference for repeating patterns or less structured layouts? 11:53:04 From Dora : Did someone make the packets for you/ wondering how you got your pattern on the packet? 11:53:43 From annetteplummer : On the images flicking through now, I have just seen a stand with sloth designs and llama designs. I would have expected those to be “past it” by AW 2019. Did you find that there were many designs that were more current rather than future trend led? 11:54:37 From annetteplummer : Thank you Chelsea 11:54:43 From Dora : Thanks Chelsea! Very interspersing! 11:54:58 From Tiya : Awesome. Thank you, Chelsea :-) 11:55:30 From AngelaM : This has been so fascinating to see and hear! Thank you!! 11:55:50 From Mary McMurrer : I am wondering how your experience will influence future requests for designs for TDL member? Will you gear it more toward what people were looking for, and would you take fewer designs? 11:56:01 From Ange Yake : what’s the payment process If you don’t have anything online like quickbooks? do you send an invoice with them? 11:56:23 From Susan : Great---thanks so much Michelle! 11:56:26 From christaschoenbrodt : If there was interest in an artist’s pattern(s) has the artist already been notified? 11:57:17 From Ange Yake : are you able to show us what prints sold (just curious). 11:58:29 From jenny bova : Sadly have to sign off… will listen to the recording later. Thanks for this generous share of info Chelsea & Michelle! 11:58:30 From Ange Yake to Michelle Fifis (Privately) : you said you made lots of contacts with other booths. do you know if they made sales at the show? 12:04:29 From Mary McMurrer : Thanks! 12:05:34 From Susan : Another question for your future vision: will you be looking more to sell outright or license...or both? 12:05:41 From Ange Yake to Michelle Fifis (Privately) : follow up to invoicing- would they take the print out of the pattern with the invoice? 12:05:44 From Gordon Bosch : next year will you get patterns in repeat, or focus on the design (not in repeat) as you did this year? 12:06:27 From Stephanie : Sorry if this is a double - up I was only just able to join, I recall you mentioned that people were looking for conversationals in particular, could you talk about that a bit? 12:06:30 From Susan : Thanks! 12:07:03 From Mary McMurrer : Will we be able to access the website to see our patterns represented there? 12:07:44 From Gordon Bosch : thanks 12:09:08 From annetteplummer : Maybe not here, but I personally would find it really useful to have some clarification on just what is a “conversational”, maybe a blogpost with some examples? 12:09:43 From Susan : Any take aways re. hand done look v. vector? (though I know you sold vectors) 12:09:52 From Stephanie : Great, thanks… :) 12:11:30 From Susan : Thank you both! 12:13:21 From Mary McMurrer : How many designs are out there being considered by buyers? 12:15:10 From marciroesler : Tire Kickers!!! 12:18:22 From john : Unfortunately I have to run, thank you so much for this information!! 12:20:50 From Susan : Thanks so much Michlle and Chelsea, very informative! 12:21:01 From Dora : Thank you for the fantastic and in depth presentation Michelle and Chelsea! 12:21:46 From Dora : Would Print Source be a better place to start? 12:22:02 From NussiPad : Thanks for such a great presentation, so much to think about. 12:22:06 From Fiona : Thanks, Michelle and Chelsea, really great info. 12:22:17 From Harir : Thank you soo much for the excellent presentation, and information! Thank you for your hardwork! 12:22:22 From annetteplummer : Really informative session - thank you! Just a thought - maybe during summer of creativity you could include some info/tasks to help build on what you felt might need changing? 12:22:24 From Dora : oh sorry, I meant the other one that happens in May 12:22:35 From christaschoenbrodt : BluePrint? 12:22:35 From Dora : blue print 12:23:07 From Mary McMurrer : HOw many designs are being considered by contacts made at the show? 12:23:45 From Mary McMurrer : You guys are tremendous! 12:23:49 From marciroesler : So exciting. Thanks so much for all the info. Chelsea and Michelle. 12:24:30 From christaschoenbrodt : Really impressed with how you are handling this process! Thank you! 12:24:42 From Alice : Thank you Michelle and Chelsea! Very informative! 12:24:42 From Gordon Bosch : Thanks Michelle and Chelsea. That was really interesting. 12:24:53 From brankapadovandjurov : Thank you M & C 12:24:56 From Terry : Yes really useful! 12:24:59 From Tiya : Thank you so much!