The almost "No- Show"

Here we are in Paducah and it almost didn't happen!! There is quite a bit of flooding in the area and the river is expected to crest well above flood stage. When this happens, they close the flood gates and everything is a mess down where the show is supposed to be. I am so impressed by the engineering feat the show organizers did. The entire show was taken down and moved to locations away from the river. The vendors all had to be organized and moved. The classes were all moved. This is a BIG show!! I can't imagine how hard this was to do. But here we are...in Paducah after two days of driving through rain and a night in a hotel in Kennesaw, GA without power at the hotel, and now, torrential rain in Paducah. It is raining right now! On the quilt side...I made the semi-final for the show but didn't get a ribbon. Sharon Schamber took first place in my category. Good company!
Here are some photos from Paducah. The river at flood stage with the flood wall in the foreground, my traveling companions looking happy that it stopped raining for a few minutes, and me at the award ceremony looking happy to be there. Tomorrow, we go to the main show venue and see my quilt hanging with the other wonderful entries. Should be a great day!!

Off to Paducah!

Tomorrow I will be off to Paducah for the quilt show. Five of us girls are going to have a wonderful time doing all things quilty. I made a quilt for the couple we are staying with and just need to do the hand sewing on the binding and it's ready. Here is a photo of the quilt (binding not down yet). If the wifi is good at the hotel, I'll post something about our road trip! Until then, have a nice week!

Count down to Paducah!

Another week trying to get somewhat caught up on the customer quilts before our trip to Paducah. If I didn't say it, I managed to get a quilt juried into the show!! It is the first one in the photos here (green and purple). The other two are wonderful customer quilts I finished this week. It will be exciting to see something I made hanging with all the exquisite entries from the famous quilters all over the world! I am still overwhelmed by it all. ( but not so dizzy as to miss the hundreds of vendors). Back to the machine!

More quilts done!!

I worked very hard the last couple of days and got some more quilting done. The last one is a monster! 108"x122". Just fit on the roller, or it would have had to been done somewhere else. Now, for some R&R with the TV!! ;)

Working my way out of the pile of quilts!

Oh dear! The show set me back on the quilting, but it was worth it. We made a tidy sum for the guild and now I can get back to doing my customer quilts. Here are a few of the ones I finished last week. Back to the big machine! Susan

Show's over! Back to work.

Whew! It has been a crazy time, but the show is done and it was a big success. I promise to get back on and post more, but now I have to sleep!! Here are my quilts in the show, and Deb Levy by her Best in Show quilt. Fabulous!!

WAZOO! Feb 2011 Retreat

Another free picture slideshow by Smilebox

Long time away!!

I am sorry to have such a gap in the blog, but I have been excessively busy with show quilts and commission quilt jobs. I custom quilted 17 quilts and did pantos on 4 more, as well as making two commission quilt for Christmas presents. Needless to say, I didn't get much else done! I am still working like a madwoman trying to get the last three customer show quilts done so I can finish my own show quilts. The next WAZOO! retreat is in a week, so I will try to get'r done there.Until the next entry, enjoy some of the fruits of my December labors.

Happy Holidays!

The year has flown by and it's time to move on to 2011. There is still much to do to get ready for Christmas and the grandkids, as well as the quilt show preparations really ramping up. I have quilts to quilt and my own quilt to finish, so I won't be blogging too much for a week or so. Thank you for watching this space. Keep watching for the new year news.
Merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous new year!!

Eleanor Burns was here!

I played hooky from quilting work for three days of fun with Sew Worth It and Eleanor Burns. Tomorrow, it's back to normal... work, work, work! Enjoy a few photos.