Arriving....while I've been to Paducah many times over the years, I've always flown into Nashville and driven the two-plus hours to Paducah. This time I decided to pay the extra $$ and fly direct. This airport is even smaller than Walla Walla, Washington! (Which has two flights a day back-and-forth to Seattle.) Paducah has only one flight a day--to/from Chicago.
You know you are in a small-ish town when you can call the taxi driver at home...
Population and information about Paducah HERE
The Family...After hugs all around and my nephew, Wilbur, leaves for home in Nashville, Daddy and I settle in.
Sunday we went to one of his favorite places for lunch, Waffle Hut, where everyone is polite and calls you "ma-am." Honestly, I miss that!
The Plan...Then came Monday...Yeah! I made my plan ... walk the dog, hop over to Hancock's and pick my fabrics for The Horse, maybe stop for a yummy coffee....
Woah....Not so fast there, Bucky.....
While normally I would never actually buy quilt fabric at JoAnn Fabric, the thought did cross my mind...except the closest JoAnns is 173 miles away!!
Ok, well, let's see what they have at Hobby Lobby.
Of course, Hobby Lobby has A LOT of stuff (including all decked out for Christmas) but not much fabric. Certainly not what I'm looking for. Strike Two!
The Hobby Lobby lady suggested: "try Calico Country, ma'am. They're just down the road a-piece." Taking her advice, I drove on over since it was close by. NOPE! Closed. Strike Three--You're Out!
Quite disappointed I had about decided to give up on The Horse altogether until I return home (and Charlotte-the-Tall could help me pick fabrics) but decided to check out the National Quilt Museum and buy some post cards for my besties. Chatting with the gift shop volunteer she suggested Backyard Fabric in Mayfield (an hour away.)
A Google search took me to their Facebook page. I sent them a message asking if they had Grunge fabric and they answered YES! And they are OPEN! We're back up to bat! I can hardly contain myself! I'd go today except daddy wants to go to his second favorite place to eat, Hutchins, and he is not interested in a road trip.
When sissy returns from her respite on Thursday we'll have a sisters afternoon out. Auditions, here we come! I'll treat Joy to lunch.
TO BE CONTINUED.....
So glad you are getting to see your dad and other family members, Char! Love those pictures of you and your dad. I am envious that you get to go to PADUCAH! Happy fabric shopping!!
ReplyDeleteWell, most of Paducah is still "closed." But Sissy and I will travel to Mayfield on Thursday. From the website it looks like a nice shop. Sometime we will have to plan a trip to Paducah for the Q. Show!!!
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