For a quilter, a trip to Quilt Week in Paducah, KY tops the list of "things to do". What could be better than jumping on a chartered bus in Madison and hours later getting off at the motel…..dropping your suitcase in the room and "racing" to Hancock Fabrics just to browse. Then, over the next three days, spending hours wandering through the quilt show itself viewing one amazing work after another. Visiting hundreds of vendor booths to see the latest gadgets and thousands and thousands of bolts of beautiful fabric. Attending a lecture or demonstration or class to learn new techniques. Walking around historic downtown to enjoy the "pop up" stores with even more quilting
necessities! Fleeing cold Wisconsin to enjoy flowering dogwood, azalea, daffodils and tulips. And spending time with like-minded friends.
The days are literally filled with sensory overload. I come away feeling both inspired and totally depressed (not really). The quilts I see give me hundreds of ideas for just what I want to make next….and the quality of the work on display makes me want to just quit right now. But I won't. I can't. I bought too much fabric!
So now the fun begins - where
is my rotary cutter????
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