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! 

Paducah -- Ready or Not, Here I Come!

Toward the end of last year I thought I should go to Paducah.  Non-quilters first ask, "Where's that?" and then, "Why are you going to Kentucky?"  How does everyone not know that Paducah is the Mecca of the quilt world?  It is my turn to go on a pilgramage to Mecca. 

 

Planning the trip was a little more difficult than I thought.  First, in order to make the trip, my family needed to come.  (Can't be gone that long from tiny ones.)  So the first of the year my husband got the time off.  Then we found out that vendors aren't usually accepted the first year they ask because so many want to be vendors. 

My husband kept the dates open, but the trip was off.  Then there was a cancellation.  Yippee!!!  The trip was on again.  But with the trip off, lots of other stuff was happening.  Suddenly I am leaving tomorrow.  Ahhh!  Not ready.  Not ready.  Not ready. . . .

Quilts -- check.  Some aren't bound yet, but I thought you would like to see new ones anyway!

Signs -- check.  And they are cute.  Yeah!

Rubber bands -- check.  Why rubber bands?  It is just something that you always need for some reason, like pins and scissors.

Books -- check, almost.  Gotta get them packed still.

Clothes -- still in the closet.

Project A -- postponed.

Project B -- half done, postponed.

Project C -- crossing my fingers it doesn't need to be done yet.

House clean -- not gonna happen.

Sanity -- it's in Mecca.  I have faith I will find it there.

I know there are a few questions that need to be answered, so here are the answers.  I will leave the questions to you:

• We are driving.  Yes, the whole family. 
• Booth 4518 in the pavillion.  Please come and say hi!
• and last, but not least -- the post for block 5 was just scheduled, so it will appear as it should.  (I even scheduled it for 1:00 a.m. for you early birds or early time zoners.)