Quilt Shows, Quilt Shops, & Scenic Travel
Golf courses along scenic drives and near destinations hosting quilt shows and quilting events
Golf Courses – Paducah Kentucky During Paducah’s Quilt Week husbands of quilters frequently busy themselves with golfing. The following reviews are from three courses I managed to play during the 2014 AQS Quilt Show. Review – Paxton Park Golf Course Paducah, KY www.paxtonpark.com Paducah’s only public golf course is less than 10 minutes from downtown … Read more
Getting Ready for Paducah Jo has been busy packing ARVY (our Rialta Motor Home) for her first trip of the 2013 season – which will be to Paducah, Kentucky for the annual Quilt Show & Quilters Convention. We’ve had a very cold and wet early spring here in Wisconsin so we are especially looking forward … Read more
Paducah is Ready for the 2012 AQS Quilt Show On the way home from our spring trip Jo and I decided to stop by Paducah to see how preparations were going for the big 2012 Paducah Quilt Show & Quilters Convention. Last year tornadoes, severe storms, and floods almost cancelled the show. The main show … Read more
Tyler Quilt Show and interesting things to see and do during the Azalea Festival Jo and I traveled to Tyler Texas to attend the 31st annual Azalea Quilt Show sponsored by the Quilters’ Guild of East Texas. (The 37th annual event will be held March 23-24, 2018) The event is held on the third or … Read more
In mid-August Jo and I decided to take a trip to the Dubuque Iowa area to see a few sights and visit a quilt shop in nearby Bellevue. I also had a few golf courses I wanted to play 🙂 We arrived on a Tuesday afternoon and decided to drive west of Dubuque, about 20 … Read more
Our plans were to check out a few golf courses in the Dubuque area, visit JoQuilter’s Fabric Shop in Bellevue, Iowa, and enjoy the fourth of July fireworks along the river at Dubuque’s Lock & Dam. We arrived early on Thursday morning at the Grant River Recreation Area by Potosi figuring we’d be able to … Read more
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 … Read more