Heavens - NO - just went to the Paducah Quilt Show and it was impossible to see all of them much less take pictures. Too crowded for one thing.

I went to the recent Paducah show and purchased a book with pics of all of the quilts in it to enjoy for later. The quilts that I really like I may take a pic especially one of the close up detail if permitted to enjoy later. If you can purchase a booklet from the quilt show that may be the way to go.

At the National Quilt Museum they may have postcards of the quilts that you can purchase and I do believe they may also sell some sort of booklet of the quilt displays.

There is one Japanese woman (Emiko Toda Loeb) who makes these wonderful detailed double sided quilts that were on display last year at the museum. I noted her name and searched for her book on google only to find that the book is not for sale in the US. I did not purchase anything in the shop because I thought I could get her book. Was I disappointed.

I take pictures of the winners of the categories and any of the ones I really love to show and tell here at the board. I know I love seeing the pictures of other board members who take the time to share with us.

It is amazing how the quilts in different parts of the country are so different and influenced by the indigenous plants, landscapes and the culture. I love that part the most. Not to mention the skills and technique's used to express the feelings of the ladies who have entered the quilts for show. How very interesting each show is for that value alone much less the whole atmosphere of quilter's gathered together in celebration. Who could resist that elated energy? It's electrifying and celebratory to me.

We have a quilt show coming up in Feb, 2015. I took a lot of photos and won't do it this time atleast not all of them. I say that but will see.

I typically only take pictures of quilts that have patterns or color combinations that I may want to try. At one point I took pictures of everything I liked but then realized I never went back to look at all the pictures so stopped that habit and got more selective.

I use to take pictures but never of ALL the quilts. Just the ones that really amazed me!

Most vendor booths do not allow pictures of their sample quilts and some won't let you stand and stare too long at them! I found a few in Paducah that would notice someone standing too long looking and they would interrupt them. No kidding! Too easy to recreate the pattern and not buy it.

The big quilt show quilts are always open for pictures. The only quilt show I went to that did not allow pictures of the quilts was a local guild show. The President didn't want others to copy any patterns by taking a picture. Everyone of the quilts were from patterns easily found, not one original one in the bunch. Mostly Bonnie Hunter's free patterns. I asked her where the original designs were that had to be protected and she said well our work doesn't need to be spread around creation. LOL.

A lot of the shows in our area sell CD's of all the quilts in the show, all quilts numbed in program to match number on CD. Well worth the 15 to 20 dollar cost. Can just enjoy looking, only take notes or close-ups of seething very small or maybe the quilting.

hey I did that this weekend in Duncan ok 2 people in our sewing group couldn't make it my dmil is fighting cancer and was ill and my other friend had to go to a class for her work and she couldn't get out of it. it sucked going without them but we did and I promised id try my best to see that they didn't miss a thing.
carla