Paducah is coming!

sniff sniff.....not going this year and I'm already starting to have withdrawal symptoms. I hope a day at the quilt show in Chicago tomorrow helps! Have a good time and drive safely!

Does it open on the 17th?

Karen, Queen of Squishies

From the AQS website-

24th Annual AQS Quilt Show & Contest - 4/23/2008 - 4/26/2008 Description:

Paducah, Kentucky, becomes Quilt City USA® each April as thousands of quilters from around the world come to view hundreds of quilts in the AQS Quilt Contest. New for 2008: Start your week on Sunday with Ricky Tims' Super Quilt Seminar. Ricky will be joined by Alex Anderson and Libby Lehman for 3 days of quilting tips, techniques, secrets, and methods. Make sure that you stop and visit the special exhibit - Cotton Poem. This Japanese exhibit features beautiful quilts depicting Japanese scenery, and you will also have the opportunity to see the exhibitors dressed in traditional Japanese kimonos. You won't want to miss these special events: An Evening with Alex Anderson; MAQS Quilt Auction on Thursday; Show & Tell on Thursday evening sponsored by Quilt in a Day; AQS/Hobbs Bonded Fibers Fashion Show on Friday; and a concert by Ricky Tims on Friday evening. Check out these ongoing special events: Build Quilts for Love, sponsored by Baby Lock USA, and the Paducah Booth Hop, sponsored by Benartex Incorporated. Shop the Merchant Malls: Visit over 300 vendor booths featuring the latest quiltmaking supplies, gifts, and antique and new quilts. Vendors are located in the Paducah Expo Center, 1st and 2nd floors of the Convention Center, Pool Atrium, and Pool Annex at the Expo Center/Executive Inn complex; and at the AQS Vendors on Kentucky (2nd & Kentucky Ave.), where you'll find the Hurt Books Sale. Admission for AQS Members: Advance - $8 daily/$15 multi-day; At the Door - $9 daily/$17 multi-day. Admission for Non AQS members: Advance - $10 daily/$30 multi-day; At the Door - $11 daily/$30 multi-day. Show hours: April 23-25 - 9am to 6 pm; April 26 - 9am to 5 pm. For Hotel or Bed & Breakfast information call 1-800-PADUCAH (Paducah Visitors Bureau) or visit

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Karen, Queen of Squishies" wrote in message news:BmsLj.114425$yE1.95404@attbi_s21...

If you're talking about a Saturday trip - I'm not going but invite you to breakfast on your way or dinner on your way home. Interested?

Musicmaker

Would really love to go to Paducah but we are going to Branson, Mo that weekend for a reunion. Have fun!

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Karen, Queen of Squishies

I am gong for the full show. Five of us are driving from Brooklyn, We are staying on a houseboat. Really looking forward to it. Leaving home on the 21st. If you want to meet let me know when and where.

A houseboat?? Oh, Gwen, how cool! I hope you have lots of fun. If you send me some information about the houseboat accommodations, I'd be so grateful. I'm thinking it would be fun next year, or 2010. Thanks.

I don't know how long thislink will remain viable. A Wall Street Journal article about Paducah and quilting! It was written by Meg Cox, a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal, who is the author of the new book "The Quilter's Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide."

Bert in Rice, WA

awwww..... c'mon! Are Gwen and I the ONLY rctq'ers going to Paducah this year???

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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Karen, Queen of Squishies

Me,me, me, me and...'scuse me--Jean and I are going to be there, too!!! :)

rusty

I so wish I could go. I went a few years ago, but since I've been in school, I just don't have the time. If it weren't the last month of classes, I'd be there in a heartbeat.

I'm really hoping to schedule it in for next spring, though!

Anastasia

--Off to finish yet another paper

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:19:10 -0500, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote (in article ):

I'll be there, but we'll be leaving on Saturday.

The weekend Wall Street Journal has a long, and interesting article about Paducah, with emphasis on the quilting business there.

Howdy!

While in Paducah, ya' gotta' eat! KIRCHHOFF'S BAKERY & DELI is wonderful, excellent, delicious:

It's just a couple of blocks from the convention hotel/quilt show & the quilt museum. There are many, many shops to rummage thru' nearby, around the corner. Don't miss the bakery. ;-)

R/Sandy - gotta' have priorities, right?

I'm behind in reading -- and the link is still good! Thank you!

Someday I'll get to Paducah! My mom is a sewist just not a quilter, and she lives just upriver in Cincinnati. One day after I had just first started to learn to quilt, I told her about the big doin's in Paducah. Her response -- "Oh yeah. I was there once for that." And so calmly stated! I must get my excitement from some other side of the family!