Grand Rivers, Kentucky Each April, coinciding with the big AQS quilting show and convention in Paducah, Grand Rivers also hosts its own show at its Community Center. Grand Rivers is a quaint little village that sits between Kentucky and Barkley lakes, at the north end of the National Park/Recreation Area appropriately named Land Between the [...]
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April 28, 2011 Paducah AQS Quilt Show Finally sunshine arrived on Thursday in Paducah, after 5 days of rain and severe weather alerts. Yesterday between showers I had a chance to visit the Pavilion (Bubble Dome) where many of the quilts were exhibited. I also stopped in the Baptist Church on Broadway to see all [...]
Update Paducah Quilt Show – April 26, 2011 Jo and I arrived yesterday, Monday, in Paducah so she could be one of the first in line at Eleanor Burn’s Fabric Fair sale in Carson Park. When we arrived we found workers were busy trying to re-install the Big Top show tent that had recently collapsed [...]
“Arvy” our little Rialta motorhome is just about all packed and ready to travel to Paducah for the big AQS Quilt Show and Convention. We’ll all be happy to be heading south because the weather here in southern Wisconsin has been pretty nasty. Just a few days ago we had snow and low temps around [...]
Paducah gets ready for the AQS Show On the way home from our spring trip down south to escape the tail end of Wisconsin winter, Ross and I stayed a few days in the Paducah area at our favorite RV campground – Canal Park in Grand Rivers, KY. One day we drove over to the [...]
Hi All, Just a note to let you know I’ve posted the 2011 edition of our Quilt Show Calendar on Quilting Pathways. As always I am looking forward to the Big Paducah Quilt Show, this year being held April 27th – 30th. This spring I also plan to attend the Dallas Quilt Celebration being held March [...]
I had one day to see the entire quilt show and visit various vendors. It can be done – but was I tired at the end to the day. What amazes me every year is the number of quilts from other countries and the variety of quilts from traditional to art quilts. According to the [...]
Whenever Jo goes to the Paducah AQS Quilt Show, we like to arrive a few days earlier to have some extra time to enjoy the area and get a better choice of an RV campsite. Touring the Dogwood Trail and golfing are among these pre-show pursuits. Last year (2009) there wasn’t an official Dogwood Trail [...]
I am starting to get excited about going to the big Paducah Quilt Show April 21 – 24th. I was worried about the closure (due to financial problems) of the Executive Inn because it has been one of the primary sites for the show and is actually attached to the Carroll Convention Center. But it [...]