The Knoxville Quilt Show is July 23-26. I will be attending on Thursday, Friday and possibly Saturday morning. (That means I am leaving for the show just 53 hours from right now!!!)

Will anyone else be going? I would love to meet up with anybody from the board who will be at the show. Let me know so that we can make arrangements.

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I am so sad that no one else is going-I promise to take lots of pics for everyone.

Marcia.. I am Meeting Sidmona there tomorrow.. and I'll be going again on Saturday with a friend from work.
would love to meet up with you there.

I'd love to go.
Can you swing by and pick me up?

I wish I could go :( Too much going on this summer to take off.

Tippy---Do you live nearby? I will be staying at the Holiday Inn in Powell. I wish I was going tomorrow, but I am working and then traveling on Thursday morning.

Maybe we could meet up Saturday morning.....

Terri--I would love to swing by and pick you up!!! Get your suitcase packed and stand by the front door.......I'll be there as soon as I can. :D

ROFL!

hi marcia

our local guilds have chartered a bus for Saturday. hope you enjoy the show and if you get a chance mark your calendar for the quilt show in cleveland in October. at least one hundred QUILTS on display last year and demos and LQS's.

if you get a chance go to Mamaw's Thimble--she is having a great sale at her store. you can catch the limobus at the corner and ride to her store for free and then back to the show.

Have a good time!

Thanks for the info Mickey! I found Mammaw's on the internet and called her for directions. She was really sweet on the phone and said to be sure to introduce myself when I came in the shop (like it isn't going to be crazy busy and she would even care!!)

Are you going to be there too?

Hey Marcia, if you're getting Terri, can you carry on the western way and get me too? :lol:

If things go the way I planned, I will be at the show Tomorrow (Wednesday) and possibly Thursday, not real sure about Thursday yet.

Marcia.. I live in Maryville.. Will be there Saturday morning also.. I'm a short chubby redhead with sparkly glasses....an old hippie..lol
if you want to pm me with a phone number I'll give you a buzz when we get there.

I PM'ed you---would love to meet you!!

I would love to meet you if you are coming Thursday. Send me a PM if you will be there.

Can do............same instructions as Terri....pack your bag and wait for me on the front porch. :lol:

Oh great! I'll bring wine! :D

I don't have a front porch, but I'll wait for ya on the carport.
Hurry, hurry!

I'm not going to get to go :(
I didn't know about it until it was too late to sign up for classes so I decided to just pass this one by. It's about a 4 hour drive although I really really wanted to go and test drive the long arms so I know what one I want to get... but it's such a long drive to be able to attend for only about 4 or 5 hours :(

I'm going to try to get to go to Paducah. I guess that's the next big one that would be near me - a long way away. I was hoping to replace my home sewing machine that is sitting on my frame before then.... I guess by the time I get one I will have gotten fairly good at quilting by then - and a lot of donation quilts will have been done lol.

I didn't make the Quilt Show today but will Thursday, was watching the local news tonight and they announced that the AQS has signed contracts for the show to be in Knoxville, Tn. thru the year of 2012. So ladies start planning for next year too!!! yeah!!!!

I always wanted to go to Paducah, but now this one is in my own back door almost. Just 40 minutes away...

Well, I went to the quilt show today, and it was awesome!! So many amazing quilts.. so much merchandise and sooooooooo many folks... and I got to meet Sidmona and her DH. Can't wait to go back there on Saturday.

Mamaw will love to meet you and she will take time to talk to you if you take the time to say hello Even if she is busy she will still take a few minutes to say hello.

She will be setting up a small store at our show in October. 200-400 bolts of fabric and 10-15 tubs of fat quarters.

we will also have 3 0r 4 other local stores set up as well

hi- i,m from sc and my quilting group has a friend in powell , tenn that does long arm quilting for us. her name is elizabeth powell .her shop is elizabeth's quilts and embroidery. located on bull run valley rd.
she does great work. and she will be at the show.

Went to the Knoxville Quilt Show and had a wonderful time.
I met Marcia Thursday morning and enjoyed our brief time together, she was meeting other people and when they arrived we parted ways and unfortunately never connected again.

There was so many booths and so much to see and do there just wasn't enough time to do it all. The crowds were good. I only had the one day and had to make the most of my time, I was there approximately 6 -1/2 hours and I sure did MELT THE PLASTIC.... hope it doesn't take long to recover...

The show will be held in Knoxville thru the year 2012.... smiling and making plans for next year already!!!!!

I am jealous that you all had such a good time! My guild is having a show this fall and we will have some venders also. Will give more information at the show gets closer! :lol:

Hello -

We live in the area and were able to go to the show Thursday. It was a good crowd and lots of vendors. I didn't think to take a camera, but the quilts and all were great. We purchased a couple of Creative Grids rulers, some quilt fabrics, some purse fabrics and a pattern, some fusing powder that was being demo'd, and a book.

We also purchased some plastic cards from Polar Notions to wrap fabric. We've put some of our fabrics on them and they do work! They save space too. We can put several fabrics together that belong to one project and see what we have. It may take a while to get everything put on the new cards, but I think we'll eventually have everything in the stash on them.

One vendor had a pressure steam iron that looked really interesting. Another had some portable design walls. We saw tons of fabrics, notions, LAQ machines, threads, kits, etc. A favorite that we loved but didn't buy was at a hand-dyed batik store. They had dyed flannel and were offering a kit for $100 that was gorgeous. Maybe next year.

I went Saturday. It was great!

I was at the show Thursday and Friday. It was so fun to meet tnjacke (Jackie). She is so sweet and knew everyone!! I wish we had more time together--I looked for her later, but never found her.

The show was wonderful--the vendors were great and the quilts were beautiful. I spent a LOT of money and bought some yummy goodies. I am going to post pictures in a separate thread on Thursday (right now I am at the beach with my husband, our daughter, son in law and three granddaughters)

Talked to Tippy on the phone Saturday morning, but I was tired and ready to go home, so I did not go back to the quilt show. It would have been so fun to meet up with her. Alas---maybe next year Tippy!!!

Marcia, did you take any pictures you can post? I'm on pins and needles waiting for the show, lol!