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Podcast #224 — Quilt Week In Paducah
Podcast 224: Quilt Week in Paducah
Last year, my friend Aneda and I went to Quilt Week in Paducah, KY — my very first trip!
Here are the photos that correspond with the Podcast:
We are both totally overjoyed to be here!
Our first stop was at the National Quilt Museum, where we saw the most a-mazing quilts: including The Beatles Quilt by Sue Nickels and Pat Holly. I have wanted to see the quilt in person ever since I sat in a darkened room at Asilomar (16 years ago) and saw slides of the creation of the quilt. We also played “find the book” while we were there, finding the first copies for sale in the Museum Bookstore.
Quilts that blew me away… (a teeny tiny selection)
a study in Value. It looks like there is light shining on areas of the quilt. An optical illusion made by fabric.
by my favorite Japanese quilter, Ayako Kawakami — I LOVE her quilts. Here is a closeup of one of the blocks:
The next mind-blowing quilt:
those are actual metal gears on his chest.
this is the back side of the quilt. Everything on the front was stitched with black thread, everything on the back was stitched with white thread. How Judith did that and manage to keep the thread tension perfect defies my comprehension!
This is my favorite quilt from the entire show of hundreds of quilts. Aki Sakai is the quilt maker. Here is why I love this quilt:
Every square inch is covered in detail like the little bear sliding down unrolling bolts of fabric. Every tiny detail is lovely and charming and made me laugh out loud. Every bit of it is also stitched by HAND.
Here are some people we met:
Gayle Allen Grier, long-time podcast listener. We challenged each other to enter a quilt in this year’s show — I have fallen short of that challenge. How about you Gayle?
We had lunch with the lovely Callie Charles Appelstein, also long-time listener. Do you love the photobomb or what?!
And Surprise!! who should be signing her new book but Marie Bostwick!!
…and speaking of books, I found my book in that very same booth.
And here is my friend, Karla Overland, in my very favorite booth at any show where they are: Cherrywood Hand dyed fabric, the creme de la creme of fabrics. They were beginning the WICKED challenge at last year’s show and selling kits. If you’ve been paying attention to quilting news, you’ll know just how big the WICKED quilts have become.
Sue Nickels and Pat Holly, my two favorite quilt designers — their quilt “Two of Us” won Best Home Machine Workmanship award. It was the 2013 Block of the Month quilt for Alex and Ricky’s Quilt Show. You can visit it in the National Quilt Museum when you go to Paducah.
Here’s the link to Winline Batting: Winline Textiles I love their Bamboo!!
At the end of the day, Aneda and I took a Quilt Week taxi back to our car. This is our driver:
and this is us, with happy feet:
and this is the shoe store, Groundfloor Shoes, where they serve even happier feet:
(If you didn’t know, I have a major shoe fetish) Aneda and I each bought a new pair of shoes.
Yes, even Walmart gets into the spirit of Quilt Week!
I love stopping at Welcome Centers, especially ones like this lovely home:
Whitehaven, which even has quilts on display:
and then we bid a lovely farewell to Paducah before heading back to Nashville to catch our flights, Aneda went home and I went to see this lovely pregnant woman:
Kirsten moved to Lousiana two months before giving birth to:
Seth, our first grandson
Wow — that was a whirlwind trip to Paducah for Quilt Week! I hope a trip to Paducah is in your quilting future. It’s worth everything to go there.
Please comment here and let me know what you love about Paducah!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!
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Annie…I have not submitted a quilt to any shows since we met and agreed to do so. Shall we give ourselves another year to accomplish this goal?
Gayle
Me either, Gayle! Yes — let’s give ourselves another year. It’s a worthy goal, and I think we should do it.
Next year, at Paducah. I’m going for sure!
Am I missing the link to the Winlock batting? I don’t see it here, but you mentioned it on the podcast.
I forgot to put it in, but just updated the website. Here it is too — http://www.winlinetextiles.com
I loved this podcast! It made me super excited to goto Paducah next week! I am taking two friends along who have never experienced quilt week, so I’m going to share this podcast with them. Aki Sakai’s quilt was also my absolute favorite last year. Wouldn’t you love to see a book about her quilts and techniques? I was absolutely captivated by her quilt. Those Japanese quilters produce incredible, inspiring work! I’m looking forward to seeing you in Paducah in 2016, Annie! (Thanks for the “shout out” in the podcast! Meeting you last year was a highlight of my day in Paducah!)
Hi Annie,
Welcome back! It was lovely to hear your voice again! I’m a long time listener, and have all your old episodes on my computer 😀 However, I don’t think I ever commented! I love listening to you, with all the detailed information, and your calming voice. I was shocked to learn all your chikdren were married, as I remember when you were talking about your youngest son looking older at 14 because he has to shave already 🙂 how long ago was that?! And when he went on to do missionary work in Mexico (?). I also used to listen to your other son’s and DIL’s podcast Honey and Headphones. I miss them a lot, it was so much fun to listen to. I’m so looking forward to your future episodes, and very excited you are back! Yay!
Kati — thanks for commenting, and even more — thanks for listening! I know what you mean, those kids grew up too soon. We had to get Robin a CA ID card when he was 12 to play Little League because the other parents would challenge us because he was a pretty good player. Pretty silly now ; )
Is there a topic that you’d like me to speak about on the podcast?