I have been busy since I landed here in Chicago, and today is the first time in two weeks that I am able to sit down and draw breath! I flew to New Hampshire the day after I arrived, did the MQX show, then straight on to Paducah. Talk about overload......
We flew out of La Guardia to Manchester in a prop plane, and the photos I took of the city lights are neat; the plane vibrated so much that all the lights blurred into gold and bronze trails. Perfect idea for embroidery.....
I must have been jet-lagged, because I don't remember anything much about the show, except that I talked to loads of people and saw some really nice quilts. It would have been nice to see a bit of the countryside, but all I've seen so far is hotels, airports and highways. 
I love Paducah, I can understand why some people go back every year. There is so much energy and enthusiasm everywhere, and the quilts get ever more incredible. I can't post any photos of them, but they were fantastic.
Caryl Bryer Fallert has a new studio and shop in Lowertown, which is well worth a visit. I bought her new book on transferring photos to fabric. I thought I could experiment in my spare time....
We hit the Finkel building early on and bought up big on the $5 books. There are enough ideas in this lot to keep me busy for years.
Let's just say that I visited Hancocks and did my 
duty as a fabriholic; I refused to get a shopping cart this time, figuring that I would buy less, but I managed to balance an awful lot of fabric in my arms and stagger to the checkout. I haven't looked at it since, so it will be fun to sit down later on and go through it piece by piece.
I bought acid dyes so I can dye some wool, and acrylic templates for curved seam blocks, plus a special foot to make it easier. I can't wait to get home and start sewing. In the meantime I have templates for hand piecing, and I will cut out a little project before we leave on the next trip to Overland Park, Kansas City.
Blogger is being ridiculous and refusing to load photos, so I will add them later on, hopefully tomorrow. I am going away now to admire my fabric!
4 comments:
I can hardly wait to see what you got! Any nice wool going? I was clearing out Mum's linen closet and found a big plastic bag full of skeins of different colours of Azelea crochet wool(3 ply). Mum says a friend gave it to her years ago and she'd forgotten about it, so she said I could have it! More socks coming up.
I hope you're enjoying every minute of your trip, how much longer is it? I miss our phone calls, we'll have to talk for a couple of days when you get back!!
Keryn - I tried to catch up with you in Paducah but you were not in the booth while I was in that area. Sounds like you are having a great time. Enjoy the rest of your trip!
Keryn, we stopped to say hi to you at Paducah, but you must have been on a break. Sorry I missed you! Wasn't it fun though! Well we made 3 trips to Hancock's - I did my duty at buying up fabric in that back room! Can't wait to chat once you get back and can breathe!
Eventually getting to go to the Paducah Hancocks is one of my goals in life. :)
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