Bucket list-Paducah!!

You may have noticed a lack of posts in the last couple weeks.  That would be because I was away checking an item off my bucket list, attending quilt show week in Paducah, KY!!!!!!!!
But we are back home now and I am ready to get back to sewing/quilting:)  I did take my sewing machine we me and was able to sneak in a little sewing here and there.












Last year a friend and I was discussing how we wanted to go to the AQS spring show in Paducah. So her and I cooked up an idea that we go together.  But wait, there is more to the story.  Our husbands are friends from work, and then she and I got acquainted through our quilting and we both bought campers about the same time.  Sooo, we thought taking our hubbies and campers would be a great idea. They could hang out and do stuff while she and I attended the show.  It worked out great!



We were all planning on leaving our homes on Saturday April 14th. But as time approached, Mother Nature planned to dump a bunch of snow and ice in our city on the 14th. So we left a day early but had to battle pulling campers in really windy conditions.  My DH and I took a leisurely 3 day drive and arrived in Paducah on Sunday. Thank goodness for electric blankets and a portable heater, it was so cold on the way down there.

Our friends Carol and Rich stopped in St. Louis for a couple days and arrived in Paducah on Tuesday.   While we waited for them to arrive, DH and I biked around Paducah and I went to Hancock's of Paducah on Monday morning.  It was already busy there but it was surprising how fast I got waited on, they were like a well oiled machine.  I had been to Hancock's 10 years ago but not during quilt week.  I forgot to take my camera in there so Carol loaned me a pic she took.  Yes indeed I found some fabric that asked to come home with me, it really did ask nicely too, LOL  And gee I couldn't turn it down and besides I had a whole empty cabinet in the camper for it😄.  I had DH drop me off while he ran an errand, I no more than walked in the door and I called him and said 'take your time'-as he was laughing!  My 👀 were going left, right, forward, left, right, forward-where should I start!  There was a couple rows of Island Batik fabrics that I love and it was so much fun just walking down those isles petting the fabric.  I even got to talk to a couple of clerks about my being an ambassador for IB since I was proudly wearing my IB pin😀

Batiks from Hancock's of Paducah, and some panels.  The Batiks were a very good price,  at $4-7 a yd. for what I bought.






I also went to Quilt in a Day and found these on sale. The scrap bag was 40% off and I think the other yardage was $6 a yard, which will make great purses.










DH and I enjoyed visiting the Quilt Museum on Tuesday morning.  I was surprised by how much he seemed to enjoy it.

Wednesday and Thursday were the days Carol and I attended the show, we had loads of fun shopping and viewing the quilts. Oh my, just over the top quilts from all over the world.  The workmanship was outstanding. And the vendors were wonderful.  There were 5 different locations for the vendors and quilts, with shuttles and buses to take you where you wanted to go.


So I suppose you are just waiting to see what I actually bought, hehe.  The week before we went, I was using the Creative Grid Pineapple ruler and loved it.  So when I saw the cute snowman and pineapple patterns that used the mini I had to get the patterns and the mini ruler.  And well the fabrics just jumped up and down and said 'get me too' as they were only $2 each!  I was surprised that most fat quarters today are $3-$3.50 each!!  OK so I had not been in quilt shops for about a year, I guess things changed(again).

These bundles were at a super price at 30% off the tagged price.  One bundle for fall runners and one for-well to be determined!!  I am such a sucker for pretty fabrics, but I bet I am not in that boat alone;)

Oh and while at the show I got to meet 2 of my fellow Island Batik Ambassadors!  Great to meet Karen Overton and Dena Wilson.








And then there was this pop up shop in two locations in Paducah just for quilt week.  Murray Sewing Center and one of their buildings were all $5 a yard fabrics. This is what I got there. I see purses, table runners etc.

As DH and I were out bike riding I am sure I spotted Ricky Timms out back of the Convention Center and as the 4 of us were eating at the Mexican restaurant across from the campground in walks Alex Anderson.

So that was one week of our trip,  we left Paducah on April 20th to go a little further south. Stay tuned for another post in a few days about that.

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