Paducah Report

Is Paducah old news yet?  Is it over and done and on to the next thing?  Getting ready for HMQS?  Minneapolis?  Knoxville?  I just took 17 of my quilts to a friend of mine who is taking them to HMQS for a special exhibit of some sort. 

Well in case anyone is still interested, here's my report for what it is worth. 

First, it was a fun show!  Thanks to all of you who found me to say hello.  Paducah is a different show than others I've been to.  The whole city feels like a quilt show.  I made it to a vintage quilt show at a civic center that was wonderful.  There were several locations I didn't make it to.  I was in the Pavilion.  Here is a picture of it from the AQS blog:

Where's my picture?  Well, it's on my camera.  I have had some serious camera problems with this trip.  First of all, I didn't bring my camera cord to transfer the pictures to my husband's laptop while we were in Paducah.  I was planning on showing you fun pictures while I was there.  That didn't happen.  Sorry. 

Now we are home and there's a new problem -- the camera is missing.  I don't know where I misplaced it.  The last time I used it was last Saturday when we went north east of Paducah into Amish country.  This was after the show ended though so everything was closed.  We took a ferry across the river to Hole in the Rock.  I used that camera to take pictures there.  That is my little camera that fits in my pocket.  On the way home I used my bigger camera to take pictures so the little camera wasn't missed until we got home.  I am still hopeful that it is hiding in a nook or cranny that I haven't seen yet.

Well, onward and upward ---

The pavilion was lovely.  It had wonderful lighting.  The only time I didn't like the pavilion was when there was a big storm on Saturday.  It was very loud inside the pavilion.  My favorite part about my location was being across from the Kaffe Fassett exhibit. 

Here is a picture, again from the AQS blog:  (Thank goodness they took a few pictures.)

 Kaffe and Liza were there signing their new book.  I, of course, bought a book and got it signed.  I wasn't going to because I thought the line would be forever long, and I had to be at my booth instead of standing in line.  Well the line came and went, so during a lull, I dashed over.  That was the souvenir I bought myself. 

On my camera I also have a picture of a Ricky Tims sit in.  What happened is this.  On my way into the show I saw a sign that said that Ricky was going to be there signing autographs at 12:30.  About a quarter to one, I dashed over there to take a picture.  Yes, you guessed it, I had read the sign wrong.  He had been there the hour before.  So my booth neighbor The Fabric Organizer said I could take a picture of her.  So I did. 

What about the quilts?  The quilts were, of course, incredible.  It felt like they took the winners of all the other shows and just showed those.  Every single one was a work of art.  I will never quilt like that.  And I'm okay with that. 

That's about the size.  There were a couple of you that got pictures with your cameras that I assume you have not misplaced.  Feel free to post a link to your blog in the comments.

Thanks! 

Quilts at Shop Hop

Yesterday was the beginning of our Shop Hop. It was fun to go into one of the shops, Cherry Tree Cottage, and see a couple quilts from my books.

First there was this great quilt from Simply Charming Fun. It is actually a bonus pattern, a variation of Charming Stars. I love it made up in this Riley Blake fabric line, All Star Cottons. Blue and brown are great boy colors! Of course, I love them as well.


Then there was this quilt from Simply Charming Circles. I actually made this quilt. I wasn't able to get it quilted because my machine is having trouble right now (Ugh!) This is the Bull's Eye pattern. I can't wait to get it quilted and washed! I am going to call it "Kaffe Fassett meets the 30s" just as an inside joke to make me laugh. The prints are 30s prints, but the solids are Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

While Kaffe Fassett's print fabrics would never be combined with 30s prints, his solids were wonderful. They have a texture to them that gives interest. I loved working with them.