Quilt Week 2022 - Day 2

 Best of Show - Crazy Four Ewe by Janet Stone.

The prize was $20,000 If the artist accepts the prize, the quilt stays in Paducah at the Quilt Museum.  So, I guess it is more of a purchase....still, the Quilt Museum isn't offering ME any money for one of my quilts....just sayin.  She is a very talented lady.

This is the 3rd time Janet Stone has won Best of Show at the Paducah Quilt Show.  Watch her interview HERE.  (Don't skip it....the close up shots of the quilt are worth the 8 minutes to watch.)

A picture can NEVER do this creation justice.  The detail was amazing.  It took her nine months to complete....while working a full-time job and she was still married at the end.  Apparently her DH (Dear Husband) is her biggest fan.

This is the back.  A totally different experience.

 

So, I suppose there is no whining and complaining about working full time and then being too tired to sew in the evenings...
If Janet can do it, so can I!

My new quilting friend in Paducah, Carolyn.

My hair is messy because we had just come in from outside
where it was very windy.

The Paducah Quilt Show through the years. 
This was the first time I'd attended the Paducah Quilt Show since my mom and my Auntie passed. 
I wish they were still here....

Clockwise from top left, 2014, 2012, 2017, 2016.

Quilt Week 2022

 IT'S HERE....IT'S NOW!

Honesty is the best policy, so I must admit....I did not even care about quilt week until yesterday.

Yesterday my new KY friend, Carolyn, and I went to opening day of Quilt Week.  It was inspiring!

Here are just a few examples of the amazing quilts in this year's show.

This one was my favorite...should have been Best of Show, in my opinion.

The pictures can never do them justice. 

The Center, Up Close

I love quilts that tell a story.

 My new Quilting BFF and I are going back Saturday morning.  Until then,  as an added, fun, bonus:  CLICK HERE

A Slow Start

It seems to take a long time to acclimate to a new time zone.  Paducah, KY is in the Central Time Zone, but my work life is still
Pacific Time Zone.  Sometimes I don't know if I'm coming or going.

Having the morning free is very nice....I can run errands, go see my dad, go to the gym at a decent hour. 
The flip side is not so nice....working from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm (CTZ) (8:00 am to 5:00 pm PTZ).

 

After work I relax a bit, practice my ukulele then make dinner....by then it's 8:30 pm or so and I'm too tired to sew.  I'm an early bird....usually going to bed by 9 or 9:30 pm and getting up around 5:30 am.

Somehow I need to either flip my ukulele / sewing time to the mornings or stay up later......

 

 

Changing the subject.....

Quilt Week is coming up.  It is very different when you're a resident of Paducah vs a visitor for Quilt Week.  You'd think most of this city of 25,000 would be excited for Quilt Week, right?   Well, it seems not so much.  First, you'd expect there to be A LOT of resident-quilters and second, you'd expect non-quilters to be excited about the economy boost.

It seems most everyone avoids downtown during Quilt Week. And so far there doesn't seem to be TONS of local quilters. 
They must be around, but I've yet to meet them.  The only quilt guild I can find is in Mayfield, 25 miles away.  One local shop,
Calico Country, had a group that would meet once a month for a pot luck and show-and-tell.  The group has not yet resumed since COVID.

Sheepishly I must admit, I was not going to attend Quilt Week either ... mainly because of COVID...  still avoiding crowds. 
But, I've changed my mind.  I believe I will go the first day, Wednesday...before things start ramping up for the weekend. 
There will be volunteers helping with the show, who must live locally and love quilts, right?  And, I want to see what craftsmen (craftswomen) are around.  Builders of things like quilt ladders or barn quilts, etc.  Who knows, maybe I'll meet enough people to start a guild!

That is all for this week
From Quilt City, USA