Originally Posted by luv2so

I lived in Paducah for 11 years and worked at Hancock Fabrics, hired for just the quilt show. You'll probably not find any parking any where close. While working at Hancocks some ladies took a cab from Nashville because that was the closest they could get to Paducah. Are you going with someone that can drive you in and drop you off? And if you go to Hancocks be prepared to stand in a very long line. I've cut fabric for ladies that have had two and three carts piled full.
When we lived there they used to have a trolly but that was almost 8 years ago. If you don't have reservations by now you won't find any. The only thing I can suggestis trying to find someone that knows where you can rent a house or BB for when you'll be there. There is a BB across the river in Metropolis, not sure if that's still there or not. A lot of people rent out a spare room in their house just for the quilt show. We have friends that have a motorhome that they rent out during the qult show. It gets crazy there during the show. The population of Paducah actually doubles at this time.

If you have time you need to see Grand Rivers. It's a quaint, really cute town with antique shops and a cute bakery, not sure if that's still there or not, but Patty's is still there. Yummy, yummy pork chops!
Don't miss English's Sew & Vac or Quilters Alley. English's usually has really great prices on machines. Their machines are normally lower in price then other dealers to begin with. And they are super, super people and the girls that work with them are just the best. Even though I don't live there any longer I still buy all my machines from them. Any time I have a problem I call Kenny, the on site service man. He always walks me through any problmes with my machine. Super people and super service. It will be very hectic, very crowed but a lot of fun. Enjoy.