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03-15-2014, 06:40 AM
#11
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I love sewing/quilting and naturally enjoyed Hancock's Fabric and the Quilt Museum. Please be sure to see the Flood Wall Murals and take time to read the plaques w each one. I enjoyed the murals every bit as much as the sewing related places!
03-15-2014, 07:42 AM
#12
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Ditto on the "pop up" stores and doors in the alley's to the backs of stores. Smart people buy up tons of fabrics and rent a small store during Quilt Week and sell the fabrics! My DD lives in Paducah so we have a free place to stay and a chauffer with a very small car. My DH goes with us (DD is a quilter too) and he is our fabric "holder" - LOL. He once said that he thought the average age of the quilters was 72. You cannot go anywhere in the city during Quilt Week without seeing a million women wearing name tags and the hundreds of busses that they came in. I really don't know how the busses even can get home with all of the fabric, etc. that these women cram in them.
Yes, Eleanor Burns has $1 off a yard of a certain color every day - she has 3 or 4 locations rented during the show - one location last year had tons of fabric scraps at about $10 a pound. I got LOTS of batik scraps that day.
It is just so much fun. Be sure to eat some strawberry shortcake outside of the Quilt Show under big tents that the Boy Scouts sell - a very good cause.
Yes, Eleanor Burns has $1 off a yard of a certain color every day - she has 3 or 4 locations rented during the show - one location last year had tons of fabric scraps at about $10 a pound. I got LOTS of batik scraps that day.
It is just so much fun. Be sure to eat some strawberry shortcake outside of the Quilt Show under big tents that the Boy Scouts sell - a very good cause.
Don't be afraid to go down allies and check out pop-up vendors selling in temporary stores. I went for the first time last year and plan on going this year. I found some of the best deals (and very good fabric) in some of those places. Be sure the check out Eleanor Burns store for daily deals; last year she had sales by color (ex. Any fabric with pink was on sale for x amount for one day).
03-15-2014, 09:13 AM
#13
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Location: Tn
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Last year we parked at the farmer's market. It is directly across from the quilt museum. Just a few blocks in one direction to the quilt show. A few blocks in the other direction to downtown area. Then there are the free shuttle busses that run to Hancock's and a variety of other places. You can find brochures art the show for the shuttle routes.
03-26-2014, 11:57 AM
#16
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: west Kentucky
Posts: 475
I'm local...so ask anything you want. Try the Kentucky Dam Marina and rent a houseboat. (you can stay at the dock and don't have to move) there are several quilt groups who have figured out that little jewel. Houseboats can sleep 6 to 20 depending on the size. There are also lots of cottages at KY Dam that are great. (35 minutes from Paducah and you're on the scenic lake)
03-26-2014, 03:03 PM
#17
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Location: S. W. Indiana
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My 2 friends from Raleigh and I (from PA) have all retired within the past year and are planning a retirement celebration for ourselves by going to the AQS Quilt Show in Paducah, KY in April. We are driving, so there will be lots of bonding time. This is out first time at the show. Looking for comments and tips from people who have already been there. Thanks for sharing.
03-26-2014, 03:06 PM
#18
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Location: S. W. Indiana
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Actually, Illinois is on the north side of the OHIO RIVER. Don't think there's much lodging handy, howerver. Missouri is a good ways west and Illinois is directly across the river.
03-27-2014, 04:51 AM
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Location: west Kentucky
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Charleston, Mo is about an hour from Paducah and there's hotels there. The drive is very rural and you cross the Ohio and Mississippi rivers where they merge at Cairo, IL. Murray, KY is about an hour and it is 4 lane hwy all the way to Paducah. Lots of hotels since it is a college town. Cadiz, KY is an hour down I-24 and there are lots of hotels at exit 65. Try Eddyville, KY at exit 40 on I-24 several hotels at that exit as well.
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