But something I love about Paducah, is that to see the whole show, you have to see Paducah - which is a great town! You must really stay for a couple of days to do it justice. And of course the quilts...what can you say? Words can't describe the quilts at this show, you just have to experience it for yourself.
So what did I see at Paducah this year? The vendors! I love the vendors at Paducah! It's like going down the midway at a fair, everyone working the crowd hard for sales, all sorts of stuff on sale, all sorts of people in the crowds - wonderful!! And what did I bring home? Not much, just small stuff I was looking for and had on my list. Here is what came home with me:
Note the "official" Paducah Quilt Week bag in the background of all this pics - the bag was a special request purchase for my friend, Melodie, who couldn't make it to Paducah this year. Great looking design this year! And, this was the 4th to the last bag at the AQS booth! Good thing I got off the bus and went right to the vendor area! The spool of thread is from a newbie vendor "Iris Threads." I bought a small spool to see how it sews for $4.00. It's called Iris Ultra quilting thread, 500 yds 50 wt. My shopping buddy, Cindy, bought the large cone for $10.00 to see how it quilts. We'll report back later!
I've been wanting one of these after trying it at Susan's house when we were sewing one day and I forgot my rotary cutter. I really liked it and put it on my "Paducah Shopping List." Well, this was probably the most entertaining booth at the show! Brian did a great job of pulling you in and trying to sell you everything Martelli makes - Cindy finally had to put her foot down and say "Look, we're on a bus tour and have limited time, we really just want the cutter & blades." Thank god for Cindy or I'd probably still be at the booth! :-)
This was a hard to find item. An oiler for my longarm. Anything for a longarm machine was hard to find at Paducah. No one was carrying supplies for longarms - not even the dealers! I finally found it on a second pass through the "bubble" vendor area in a little booth that had one small rack of notions - but there it was!
This was not on my list, but it was something I had been wishing for on a sewing project a little while ago. I was using invisible thread and could not keep it on the spool! These nets are for big spools, but you just cut them in half for a small spool.
Could not find the Indigo Junction pattern I was looking for, but saw this one being demo-ed and thought it was an interesting technique that Joyce O. and I might enjoy. I try not to buy a pattern unless it also teaches a technique. So we'll see how this goes...it's a miniature quilt & Joyce and I are into miniatures right now.
Freebees from Moda! Does it get any better? Yes, if they had been layer cakes!!
Needed some needles, for the Janome and the longarm. The schmetz needles I bought at at booth, went around the corner and found them for $0.75 less - O well! The needles for the longarm I got at the Superior Thread booth. For some reason, there wasn't anyone selling Signature Thread, which is one of the big items on both Cindy's and my list. Anyone know why no one was selling Signature Threads??
Last, but not least, are these 2 rulers for making miniature quilts - a request from Joyce O. Hope these are what she wanted!
And that was my trip to Paducah 2015! Thanks Granny B's Quilt Shop for hosting the bus so we didn't have to drive and thanks AQS for a great show!
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