PADUCAH, KY - APRIL 2018 (Part 2)

That time of the year is just past, and as always, it was a great show and there were lots of vendors. I always look forward to the quilt show in Paducah every year - winter is done, and it is time to be inspired to new projects. I felt like this year there were more vendors and fewer quilts, but maybe it was just how the show was set up or even my imagination. I really enjoyed the landscape and pictorial quilts at the show this year. So here are some photos of quilts from this year, there is no rhyme or reason, just simply quilts that caught my eye.

Please note that all photos and written content in this post are mine.

**

FB/P/I

PADUCAH, KY - APRIL 2018 (Part 1)

That time of the year is just past, and as always, it was a great show and there were lots of vendors. I always look forward to the quilt show in Paducah every year - winter is done, and it is time to be inspired to new projects. I felt like this year there were more vendors and fewer quilts, but maybe it was just how the show was set up or even my imagination. I really enjoyed the landscape and pictorial quilts at the show this year. So here are some photos of quilts from this year, there is no rhyme or reason, just simply quilts that really caught my eye.

TIP: If you are planning on going to the show in Paducah and need a motel room you will want to make reservations several months in advance.  I have personally found that getting a room for one night gets harder every year as the motels/hotels/B&B's want to rent to people who are staying for the entire event.  I get my room in December and usually end up in Metropolis, IL as that is the closest room for a single night that is available.

Please note that all photos and written content in this post are mine.

**

FB/P/I

PRESQUE ISLE QUILT SHOW 1991

Loring AFB had a great group of quilters when I was up there in 1990-91, and we had an equally great group of civilian quilters to meet and quilt with from the surrounding communities. Several of us made up a group we called the "Loring Quilters". When Desert Storm started in 1990, we determined that we would plan and make a quilt to give to the base to show our appreciation for our troops. Closing the base was already in the works at that point, so we specified that when the base closed the quilt would be given to the Limestone Library for permanent display. Our quilt "Desert Storm" got alot of great comments at the show, and we were the proud "parents" of it. It was fresh, new, and unfaded in 1991.

Here it is at the Limestone Library in Sept. 2012 - faded, but still a testament to patriotism and teamwork.

The only other picture I got at the show was of my "9 Patch Basketweave", which has long since been used to death and is a ragged mess. I did not own a rotary cutter when I made that quilt and I was simply cutting up small scraps into the right size with scissors (nope, no strip piecing either), and I cut enough for four large quilts, three of which I eventually completed and gave away.

Please note that all photos and written content in this post are mine.

PADUCAH 2017 (Part 4)

I was able to spend two days at the national quilt show in Paducah, KY the last week of April. The quilts were really nice this year, with lots of fresh ideas. We also followed the first wave of rain north as we headed back to Indiana, guess from the news we got out before so many of the roads flooded. There is no particular reason for any of the photos that I took, other than the quilt caught my eye. Remember that there are quilts displayed all over downtown, not just in the "show". If you go, a fun thing to do on Friday night is the Ricky Tims concert - well worth the ticket price.

PADUCAH 2017 (Part 3)

I was able to spend two days at the national quilt show in Paducah, KY the last week of April. The quilts were really nice this year, with lots of fresh ideas. We also followed the first wave of rain north as we headed back to Indiana, guess from the news we got out before so many of the roads flooded. There is no particular reason for any of the photos that I took, other than the quilt caught my eye. Remember that there are quilts displayed all over downtown, not just in the "show". If you go, a fun thing to do on Friday night is the Ricky Tims concert - well worth the ticket price.

PADUCAH 2017 (Part 2)

I was able to spend two days at the national quilt show in Paducah, KY the last week of April. The quilts were really nice this year, with lots of fresh ideas. We also followed the first wave of rain north as we headed back to Indiana, guess from the news we got out before so many of the roads flooded. There is no particular reason for any of the photos that I took, other than the quilt caught my eye. Remember that there are quilts displayed all over downtown, not just in the "show". If you go, a fun thing to do on Friday night is the Ricky Tims concert - well worth the ticket price.