Quilt shows in the US?

Hi all,

Some time in 2011 or 2012 I will have to take 10 weeks long service leave,
corresponding with one school term here. I know, dreadful isn't it? :-)
Anyway, it occurred to me that this might be an opportunity to do something
rather exciting and actually go to one of the big quilt shows in the US.
Trouble is, I don't know much about them.

Here's what I know. Paducah is in April (27-30 in 2011 and 25-28 in 2012).
Either of those would work for me. Houston is in late October/early
November. This would not be a good time for me.

I guess I'm asking a couple of things. Are there any other 'big' quilt shows
that I should look at and, if so, where and when are they? (Late April to
early July is probably the time frame I'd prefer.)

Secondly, it just seems to me that many people hold Houston in higher
'reverence' (for want of a better word) than Paducah. Am I wrong about that
anyway? Considering it will cost me a fair amount to come from Down Under
(haven't even started to look into that yet!), would Paducah, or any other
show that you can tell me of, be worth the expense? I'm thinking that it
would be so probably just looking for a little reassurance there.

Oaky, that's all very vague at the moment, but the gist of it is that I
would like to know about the wonderful quilt shows that are on and what
people in the know would recommend for a quilt show novice from Down Under.
Anyone like to offer some advice?

Thanks in advance.

--
Leigh Harris
Perth, Western Australia

Leigh, I love going to Paducah. It's a relatively small town (pop. approx.
20K). It's not as convenient as Houston to fly in and accommodations are
somewhat limited. But I like the small town atmosphere and the friendliness
of the 'locals'. I'd love to go to Houston, but the thought of flying into
a huge airport and getting where I want to go intimidates me in a large
city. You wouldn't have that problem if you are brave enough to travel from
Australia. VBG

There are tons of vendors and I think I recall 500 quits at the show plus
other smaller quilt shows and displays all over town. Paducah is a 'quilt
town'- Caryl Breyer Fallert has her home and studio there and the well-known
Hancock's of Paducah is there as well as many other quilt-related
attractions. Churches have homemade meals for the quilters at a modest
price and there are shuttles to take you around town.

I guess it depends on the 'experience' you are looking for. Paducah suits
me and gives me my quilty fix- and I can drive there in less than four
hours.

What an exciting time you will have- which ever you choose! (Bronnie could
give you her opinion, too, for another viewpoint.)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Leigh Harris" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Some time in 2011 or 2012 I will have to take 10 weeks long service leave,
corresponding with one school term here. I know, dreadful isn't it? :-)
Anyway, it occurred to me that this might be an opportunity to do
something rather exciting and actually go to one of the big quilt shows in
the US. Trouble is, I don't know much about them.

Here's what I know. Paducah is in April (27-30 in 2011 and 25-28 in 2012).
Either of those would work for me. Houston is in late October/early
November. This would not be a good time for me.

I guess I'm asking a couple of things. Are there any other 'big' quilt
shows that I should look at and, if so, where and when are they? (Late
April to early July is probably the time frame I'd prefer.)

Secondly, it just seems to me that many people hold Houston in higher
'reverence' (for want of a better word) than Paducah. Am I wrong about
that anyway? Considering it will cost me a fair amount to come from Down
Under (haven't even started to look into that yet!), would Paducah, or any
other show that you can tell me of, be worth the expense? I'm thinking
that it would be so probably just looking for a little reassurance there.

Oaky, that's all very vague at the moment, but the gist of it is that I
would like to know about the wonderful quilt shows that are on and what
people in the know would recommend for a quilt show novice from Down
Under. Anyone like to offer some advice?

Thanks in advance.

--
Leigh Harris
Perth, Western Australia

I liked the Paducah shows and went there three times. The last Big
and Wonderful Show I went to was the Vermont Quilt Festival two years
ago. I hope to be able to go to Vermont's festival next year. This
year I'm planning a long trip to Canada, Prince Edward Island and
Portland, Maine in September/October. I have the most awful Passport
picture AAA has ever taken?????

Rhoda

http://rhodaberry.wordpress.com

On Sat, 8 May 2010 18:22:37 +0800, "Leigh Harris"
wrote:

Hi all,

Some time in 2011 or 2012 I will have to take 10 weeks long service leave,
corresponding with one school term here. I know, dreadful isn't it? :-)
Anyway, it occurred to me that this might be an opportunity to do something
rather exciting and actually go to one of the big quilt shows in the US.
Trouble is, I don't know much about them.

Here's what I know. Paducah is in April (27-30 in 2011 and 25-28 in 2012).
Either of those would work for me. Houston is in late October/early
November. This would not be a good time for me.

I guess I'm asking a couple of things. Are there any other 'big' quilt shows
that I should look at and, if so, where and when are they? (Late April to
early July is probably the time frame I'd prefer.)

Secondly, it just seems to me that many people hold Houston in higher
'reverence' (for want of a better word) than Paducah. Am I wrong about that
anyway? Considering it will cost me a fair amount to come from Down Under
(haven't even started to look into that yet!), would Paducah, or any other
show that you can tell me of, be worth the expense? I'm thinking that it
would be so probably just looking for a little reassurance there.

Oaky, that's all very vague at the moment, but the gist of it is that I
would like to know about the wonderful quilt shows that are on and what
people in the know would recommend for a quilt show novice from Down Under.
Anyone like to offer some advice?

Thanks in advance.

Another option might be Malvern in England in May IIRC. Not anywhere
near the scale of Houston, but plenty to see.

Isn't there a spring show in Chicago? Or am I hallucinating?
Roberta in D

On Sat, 8 May 2010 18:22:37 +0800, "Leigh Harris"
wrote:

Hi all,

Some time in 2011 or 2012 I will have to take 10 weeks long service leave,
corresponding with one school term here. I know, dreadful isn't it? :-)
Anyway, it occurred to me that this might be an opportunity to do something
rather exciting and actually go to one of the big quilt shows in the US.
Trouble is, I don't know much about them.

Here's what I know. Paducah is in April (27-30 in 2011 and 25-28 in 2012).
Either of those would work for me. Houston is in late October/early
November. This would not be a good time for me.

I guess I'm asking a couple of things. Are there any other 'big' quilt shows
that I should look at and, if so, where and when are they? (Late April to
early July is probably the time frame I'd prefer.)

Secondly, it just seems to me that many people hold Houston in higher
'reverence' (for want of a better word) than Paducah. Am I wrong about that
anyway? Considering it will cost me a fair amount to come from Down Under
(haven't even started to look into that yet!), would Paducah, or any other
show that you can tell me of, be worth the expense? I'm thinking that it
would be so probably just looking for a little reassurance there.

Oaky, that's all very vague at the moment, but the gist of it is that I
would like to know about the wonderful quilt shows that are on and what
people in the know would recommend for a quilt show novice from Down Under.
Anyone like to offer some advice?

Thanks in advance.

Early April may be pushing it for you, but.....

Houston's "little sister", the show/classes which were in Chicago for some
years, move to Cincinnati next year, from April 8 to April 10 in 2011.

http://www.quilts.com/newHome/index.php

That's (relative to the size of the US) not all that far from Paducah,
either....about 300 miles apart, both on the northern border of Kentucky.



--pig


On 5/8/10 6:22 AM, in article ,
"Leigh Harris" wrote:

Hi all,

Some time in 2011 or 2012 I will have to take 10 weeks long service leave,
corresponding with one school term here. I know, dreadful isn't it? :-)
Anyway, it occurred to me that this might be an opportunity to do something
rather exciting and actually go to one of the big quilt shows in the US.
Trouble is, I don't know much about them.

Here's what I know. Paducah is in April (27-30 in 2011 and 25-28 in 2012).
Either of those would work for me. Houston is in late October/early
November. This would not be a good time for me.

I guess I'm asking a couple of things. Are there any other 'big' quilt shows
that I should look at and, if so, where and when are they? (Late April to
early July is probably the time frame I'd prefer.)

Secondly, it just seems to me that many people hold Houston in higher
'reverence' (for want of a better word) than Paducah. Am I wrong about that
anyway? Considering it will cost me a fair amount to come from Down Under
(haven't even started to look into that yet!), would Paducah, or any other
show that you can tell me of, be worth the expense? I'm thinking that it
would be so probably just looking for a little reassurance there.

Oaky, that's all very vague at the moment, but the gist of it is that I
would like to know about the wonderful quilt shows that are on and what
people in the know would recommend for a quilt show novice from Down Under.
Anyone like to offer some advice?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks Leslie. That sure sounds like experience enough! In fact, I like the
idea of the whole town being one big quilty thing. And of course I've heard
of Hancock's of Paducah. Silly me!

The smaller town sounds good too. I don't know yet if I will even go or, if
I do, whether it would be alone or not. I'm just tossing some ideas around
at the moment. I did figure though that if my DH could travel to China for a
week last year to see a total solar eclipse (and then see nothing because it
was cloudy!), then I should be able to look into going to the US for a quilt
show. At least I know I'll get to see it rain, hail or shine. :-)

Thanks for your help.

--
Leigh Harris
Perth, Western Australia

"Leslie& The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message
...
Leigh, I love going to Paducah. It's a relatively small town (pop.
approx. 20K). It's not as convenient as Houston to fly in and
accommodations are somewhat limited. But I like the small town atmosphere
and the friendliness of the 'locals'. I'd love to go to Houston, but the
thought of flying into a huge airport and getting where I want to go
intimidates me in a large city. You wouldn't have that problem if you are
brave enough to travel from Australia. VBG

There are tons of vendors and I think I recall 500 quits at the show plus
other smaller quilt shows and displays all over town. Paducah is a 'quilt
town'- Caryl Breyer Fallert has her home and studio there and the
well-known Hancock's of Paducah is there as well as many other
quilt-related attractions. Churches have homemade meals for the quilters
at a modest price and there are shuttles to take you around town.

I guess it depends on the 'experience' you are looking for. Paducah suits
me and gives me my quilty fix- and I can drive there in less than four
hours.

What an exciting time you will have- which ever you choose! (Bronnie
could give you her opinion, too, for another viewpoint.)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Thanks Rhoda. I'm getting more convinced of the idea all the time now. Oh,
and you haven't seen MY passport photo. I wouldn't let me into the country
with that. :-)

--
Leigh Harris
Perth, Western Australia

"R. E. Wicker" wrote in message
...

I liked the Paducah shows and went there three times. The last Big
and Wonderful Show I went to was the Vermont Quilt Festival two years
ago. I hope to be able to go to Vermont's festival next year. This
year I'm planning a long trip to Canada, Prince Edward Island and
Portland, Maine in September/October. I have the most awful Passport
picture AAA has ever taken?????

Rhoda

http://rhodaberry.wordpress.com

Hi Roberta,

Hmm, now that is something to think about. Looked up where that is. I have
relatives in Cheltenham and near Stratford-Upon-Avon so I'm sure they
wouldn't mind me coming to say hi.

There seems to have been a show in April in Chicago this year, although a
bit too early for me, but I can't see one listed for next year.

More to think about. Thanks for your help.

--
Leigh Harris
Perth, Western Australia

"Roberta" Roberta@Home wrote in message
...
Another option might be Malvern in England in May IIRC. Not anywhere
near the scale of Houston, but plenty to see.

Isn't there a spring show in Chicago? Or am I hallucinating?
Roberta in D

On Sat, 8 May 2010 18:22:37 +0800, "Leigh Harris"
wrote:

Ah, that's why I couldn't find it in Chicago next year! Yes, that is too
early unfortunately.

Thanks for your help.

--
Leigh Harris
Perth, Western Australia

"Megan Zurawicz" wrote in message
...
Early April may be pushing it for you, but.....

Houston's "little sister", the show/classes which were in Chicago for some
years, move to Cincinnati next year, from April 8 to April 10 in 2011.

http://www.quilts.com/newHome/index.php

That's (relative to the size of the US) not all that far from Paducah,
either....about 300 miles apart, both on the northern border of Kentucky.



--pig

Here's a great place for information. Mancuso handles many of the large
shows. http://www.quiltfest.com/

--
Alice in PA
http://community.webshots.com/user/twosonsatpsu
"Leigh Harris" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Some time in 2011 or 2012 I will have to take 10 weeks long service leave,
corresponding with one school term here. I know, dreadful isn't it? :-)
Anyway, it occurred to me that this might be an opportunity to do
something rather exciting and actually go to one of the big quilt shows in
the US. Trouble is, I don't know much about them.

Here's what I know. Paducah is in April (27-30 in 2011 and 25-28 in 2012).
Either of those would work for me. Houston is in late October/early
November. This would not be a good time for me.

I guess I'm asking a couple of things. Are there any other 'big' quilt
shows that I should look at and, if so, where and when are they? (Late
April to early July is probably the time frame I'd prefer.)

Secondly, it just seems to me that many people hold Houston in higher
'reverence' (for want of a better word) than Paducah. Am I wrong about
that anyway? Considering it will cost me a fair amount to come from Down
Under (haven't even started to look into that yet!), would Paducah, or any
other show that you can tell me of, be worth the expense? I'm thinking
that it would be so probably just looking for a little reassurance there.

Oaky, that's all very vague at the moment, but the gist of it is that I
would like to know about the wonderful quilt shows that are on and what
people in the know would recommend for a quilt show novice from Down
Under. Anyone like to offer some advice?

Thanks in advance.

--
Leigh Harris
Perth, Western Australia