Paducah was WONDERFUL!
The newest place with great deals was at 420 Broadway. The shop had thousands of bolts all at $5 a yard. They were sorted by manufacturer. Hope they come back next year.
I bought most  4 yards pieces for backings. Also love to go to Eleanor Burns tent to watch her show and to get some of her $5 fabric for backs.
I did some research at the long arm vender's. My main question was " If I'm getting squared of corners on my old Gammill do I m]need edge rider wheels or could there be another reason why I'm having so much trouble doing any patterns that are  rounded, like feathers or circles. If any one out here has any advice, please let me know.

Paducha tomorrow. YES!!!!!

No longarming today. I've got to finish repairing 4 quilts for a lady in New Orleans.
I should have finished them by now. I could have used my fee for spending money in Paducah this week!!!
Can't wait to go.
There are 4 of us going. One has the "Paducah" truck as we call it. Extended cab and waterproof cover over the bed . We can fit all our luggage back there and all the fabric we buy. Two of my friends are looking to buy a new machine (show special prices) and we'll still have room!

My second quilt on the longarm. Free motion but still a long way to go in controlling my HORTENSE!
Notice my lines are not too straight etc.
I'm hoping with this journal blog I can show some improvement.
Will I have the nerve to do some feathers next?
The black quilting in the sashing was done on my Juki.

Tension and getting the stitches the same size will be the hardest since this old machine cannot be
stitch -regulated.

Back to ripping out the rest of the stitches in the blocks of my SECOND long arm quilt.
Before I do , though, I'm going to take some pictures and load them onto this blog.
I hope I can figure out how to do that.
OK now you can see what I mean about an old,old Gammill.
The jacob's ladder quilt is my first. If you zoom in you acn see my quilting pattern, the squared off meander. Not the greatest, huh?