bobbi Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 I got to meet so many great "chatters"! Ani Catt is a doll, Irene Reising - is now one of my super stars, Judy Ingram is adorable and talented, and Carmen is as beautiful as her picture - no, wait, even more beautiful! I met Rita and Himself, and so many more!!! I"m sorry, I'm so exhausted I can't remember everyone's name... Sorry! Here's my take on Pacucah: A couple other girls from my long arm guild had quilts accepted too, well, I don't know about Lori or Cindi, but personally I feel like I WAS the big winner! Everyone in Paducah treats you like a winner when you have a contestants ribbon attached to your name badge... I got asked for my autograph for the picture books, and people I didn't know congratulated me or patted me on the back! It was a fabulous experience... At the Awards Ceremony, they talked about how HUGE it was to even get an honorable mention, so we, at least I, wasn't prepared for all the recognition. I had a wonderful time spending a week with my sister, Mike Daramus from FL. Yes, that's her real name... We think Mom wanted all boys... LOL! We stayed at a beautiful B & B in Elizabethtown, IL. Yes, it was about 55 minutes from Paducah, but Sue Hempil of The River Rose Inn treated us like royalty! It was well worth the drive. A beautiful 1900's Victorian home with a pool, hot tub, and Sue's gormet breakfast's were incredible - we didn't have to have lunch til at least 1:00 everyday... It's located right on the Ohio River. Sue's husband, Bruce has an extensive Elvis collection... Our first morning there, I realized why! Bruce is a retired Elvis impersonator! He really looks a lot like and "older" Elvis! Also staying at the RRI was a mother and her two daughters from Mexico... a beautiful mom, and daughters were gorgeous and all three very talented. The 16 year old daughter, Valentina, designs (of all things) bags for herself and friends. They also have a website where they sell their designs. xtrimquilters.com - get it? extreme quilters? We spent Saturday evening just chatting about our week and sharing our "finds". They followed my sister to the Nashville airport so they wouldn't get lost... Mike and I were going to go to the lost and found to see if they had all the money we "lost"! LOL I found some great stencils and a panel for an oriental quilt for my son and DIL, several books at the Hurt Book Sale, a bit of fabric, and we stayed and picked up my quilt on Saturday. Thursday evening we had dinner at the Pizza Inn with several gals from the APQS quilting chat that I go on. It was great to meet them in person. Some were from Austrailia, England, and all over the US. I took pictures of me with Sue Patten, and Myrna Ficken, went to visit Jamie Wallen and Dusty Farrell, saw Sherrie Rogers Harrison, sat in the same row as Caryl Bryer Fallert (sp?) at the Awards Ceremony, and took Myrna's curved crosshatching class... found out i'm doing it the correct way. However I did get to learn the "wavy" curved crosshatch. So, that's pretty much my Paducah report, I'm sure I'll think of more later when I'm not so exhausted... Mikie and I talked up a blue streak, so my voice is a bit raspy - when you live alone you don't get to talk that much! Gosh, it was so great to get a whole week with my sis! AND to do it at Paducah was just icing!!!! That's it for now - good thing I was typing instead of talking!!! Going for another cup of coffee - have two quilts to deliver tomorrow night!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted April 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 PS: Carmen and Irene - I think have pictures... they'll post later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Bobbette It was s nice to meet you. I had such a wonderful time. I didn't get to see much but met so many wonderful gals and guys in class. WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyT Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Sounds like a wonderful time and that you're still on cloud 9! Congratulations on your quilt! This show is on my bucket list to attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Bobbi, it sounds like you had a fabulous time, and to be able to share it with your sister makes it even more special !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Sounds like you had an awesome time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anette D. Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Makes me want to go even more than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted April 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 I DID! Myrna, so great to meet you! I LOVED your class, and learned so much! Here's our picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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yankiequilter Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Here's the group out for pizza. Forgive me, I am a bit forgetful when it comes to names and I don't recall everyone's, so if you see yourself please jump in and tell us who you are! I have met some of you before but can't rmember names. Annicat in the front left, Ann from Australia back left, Judy Ingram front right, next Bobbi and her sister, Mike, standing behind her, then me in the back. Rita on the left next to Himself (who has a real name....I believe it is Rollin??), way in the back L to R, me, Mike and Bobbi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Szymaszek Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 It sounds and looks like you had the best time. Thanks so much for sharing, I feel like I was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Great to see you all it looks as though everyone had a fantastic time and congratulations on all who entered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted April 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Carmen! Thanks for posting those pictures-they're great! Geez! Just did my bookwork and NO I didn't balance! Some places didn't give paper receipts, so - OOPS! Guess I'll be eating lettuce tuna wraps for about a week! Yikes! But it's so worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisquilter Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Bobbi, can we see a picture of your quilt? If you posted it before, I missed it. I would love to see everyone's quilt from the show! Your descriptions were very colorful! I feel like I was there with you and I had a great time too! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy Ingram Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Great photos! It was so good to see my old forum friends again and to meet so many more. In the first of Carmen's photos, Mary Scott is sitting across from me next to Ani Catt. In the second photo, Sharon is next to Himself and Carla is across from her. I can also see Debbie at the back table. What a terrific show. I don't think I've ever seen more beautiful quilts anywhere! And APQS quilters are a huge part of the reason why-- Y'ALL ROCK! According to local news we had over 30,000 visitors and the vendors had a "record" year. I certainly did my part. Have been trying all morning to get things put away. And Bobbi, my credit card went on "Fraud Alert" and shut down at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Probably a good thing! Myrna you are such a talented lady. Your "Fill 'er Up" class was great. Ozzie Ann, I'm still giggling over your funny stories at Pizza Inn! Now back to work-- I still have a stack of fabric to deal with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscott2611 Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 To all the wonderful ladies that I got to meet in person at Pizza Inn from all the different places that I have talked to and read posts from on the forum thank you for taking me right in to your group. I had the best time and felt right at home. I hope that we can do this again next year. I enjoyed meeting everyone whether they were from here in the states or from England or Australia like Ann and Annie (hope I got their names right, I am not very good with names). Mary Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYork Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 I had a great time at the show and helped the economy for the area. I really enjoyed the meeting at Pizza Inn. I would love to know the ending of the car parts being delivered. (some will know what I mean by this) Thanks Judy for setting up this meeting. Maybe we can do it again next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 How wonderful! In my book, getting a quilt accepted in Paducah makes you a winner any day. I'm so glad you enjoyed the whole experience and got to meet all the nice people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReisingStarQuilts Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Well, I finally got to log on and read the forum!!! I had such a wonderful time meeting everyone. Bobbi you got away without my getting to tell you bye! I so enjoyed meeting each and everyone of my new forum buddies and catching up with everybody. Rita, I expect a masterpiece posted here of your auction purchase. I spent today with Ani Catt and Lillian , such a delightful day of more shopping and just loafing...hate to see it all end and back to reality. We will have to do it again next year, God willing, the more the merrier. Now back to quilting, they are back logged as I was having fun, fun, fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 What a super Paducah write up! Sounds like you all had a great time meeting each other, shopping and doing the show. I loved my trip to Paducah in 2008 and fully intend to return sometime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Chris - here's pictures for y'all! Irene: Sorry! You were getting busy.... I didn't want to intrude, and it was time to go find my sissy again! We'll see each other again! It was so awesome to meet so many people we know from this chat... Great people, not enough time to really have a good conversation! Thanks again to Judy for setting it up! Great idea!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 The whole quilt... I don't have Irene's beautiful winning quilt... maybe she'll post??? Irene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoodleGirl Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Wow Bobbi, your quilt is amazing! Thanks for the pictures of it and the other ladies at the show. Sounds like you had a great time. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Beautiful quilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Bobbi told me that not only did she piece and quilt her quilt but she designed it as well and it is OH SO BEAUTIFUL! It is a winner in my book, and she is a delightful lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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