Going to Paducah in April 2011?

[Pat D.]

Hi, everyone!
Got your bags packed yet? - I'm stacking things up ready to go into the bags. I leave on Sunday evening. Trying to get there for the Museum 20th birthday Monday at 5:30--they are somehow honoring my "Forest Walk" as one of their new quilts. I don't want to miss that!
So, I'm hoping to see you all sometime during the week.
I'll be attending the Winners Circle - will any of you be there?
I'll try to arrange a stop in at the TQS booth at 1:00 - to catch up with some of you.
Have a great trip and, Lord willing, I'll see you there.

[Margo C.]

Good for you, Pat! I was just thinking of you this morning! I was doing some paper piecing and using your beautiful post card of "Forest Walk" to turn back the papers so I could use my add-a-quarter ruler to trim the fabric. I must be more respectful of the postcard! :lol:

Have a great trip!!

[Pat D.]

Margo, glad it was handy to use!
See you this week? (pretty cool, you having videos on "The Quilt Show"!)
Pat

[Margo C.]

I can't travel right now, but am looking forward to reports from everyone who gets there, and hope someone remembers to take pictures for us home bodies!!!

[Margo C.]

Pat, If Delta is good to me and all other travel angles are watching out for me, I will be at the Museum Monday evening too. Hope to see you there. Betty Ann

[Pat D.]

I know what you mean about the airlines - that's a big question mark for me too.
I'll be looking for you.
Pat

[Robin G.]

Quick note from Paducah on Sat. 4/23:
The lovely dogwoods have been and gone.
Tornado warnings last night (spent a couple of hours communing with fellow hotel guests in the ground floor hallways). Nothing touched down but we were certainly in the path of the storms that struck St. Louis.
Everything else seems ready.
If you want to see the show but were convinced that you couldn't find a hotel room, there may still be some available. Worth calling around.

[Jill B.]

To all of you who are attending the show I wish you all a fantastic experience..........

[Jill B.]

Quick note from Paducah on Sat. 4/23:
The lovely dogwoods have been and gone.
Tornado warnings last night (spent a couple of hours communing with fellow hotel guests in the ground floor hallways). Nothing touched down but we were certainly in the path of the storms that struck St. Louis.
Everything else seems ready.
If you want to see the show but were convinced that you couldn't find a hotel room, there may still be some available. Worth calling around.

Robin,

I just learned that my hotel is closed due to flooding, so I do need to find other accommodations. However, given the weather forecasts, I'm wondering if the flooding will affect the Quilt Show. Are there any plans for the show, in the event of flooding? Are there any hotels that you can recommend (for me, they must be non-smoking)?

Thanks in advance

[Catherine S.]

Great question Nancy! I am driving from SE MO and am worried about the roads being flooded. I remember in '93 we had to drive way out of the way to get there. Still worth the effort. I had to cancel my motel reservations because I can only attend on Friday. So sad!! Family conflicts. I need to babysit. But I love the DGCs. My reservation was about 45 minutes away from Paducah. At the Drury in Marion, Il. A long drive, but better than the 2 hours from my house. Good luck on finding another room. I still need to make a reservation for the MQS in KC.

[Catherine S.]

Breaking News. Paducah Show moved due to flooding. See---> http://www.americanquilter.com/quilt...iew.php?id=179

[Margo C.]

Breaking News. Paducah Show moved due to flooding. See---> http://www.americanquilter.com/quilt...iew.php?id=179

OHMYGOSH!! Can you imagine???? :shock: :shock: :shock: Thanks for the update and link, Nancy. Please keep us posted when you can.

What a nightmare!!

[Betty J.]

Breaking News. Paducah Show moved due to flooding. See---> http://www.americanquilter.com/quilt...iew.php?id=179

Gosh! I read the link announcement. I love the spirit of keeping on keeping on that the way they are handling the problems represents. To everyone who gets to go, have a wonderful time despite the flooding and please post pictures and keep us up to date with how things are. Even with the flooding, I wish I were there! Cheers.

[Betty J.]

It looks like the new mall location is closer to most of the hotels and Hancock's of Paducah. I suppose that's good news for those who have hotel reservations, but bad news for those of us whose hotel is closed due to flooding.

So far, I've had no luck finding alternative accommodations and am wondering now if I still want to go. Fortunately, I will not have lost too much money in advance show, museum and Rotary Club tickets. Maybe, it just wasn't meant to be.

In the future, I will probably wait and just buy tickets at the door.

[Catherine S.]

Report on the Paducah show: wonderful as usual. Things were moved to different areas, but everyone was very helpful in giving us directions. The quilts were beautiful. There are aways a few that make me wonder how they got in, but most were very worthy. I was able to attend Ricky's show for the first time and it was wonderful. I laughed so hard I cried. I couldn't even yell Woo Hoo! :lol: The only disappointment was when I went to Ricky's booth at 1:00 no one was there, except Justin. No offense Justin, but I had so looked forward to meeting some of the sister's. Hopefully I will meet some of you in KC in a couple of weeks. I spent way too much money, of course, but "needed it for my "collection". It is not a stash anymore. :wink: The weather was just incredible yesterday too. The number of Jananese visitors was way down from previous years. A reminder to keep praying for the earthquake/sunami victims and for all the recent tornado victims. Wishing you all the best.