Road's Hoffman Challenge Exhibit

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Comment by Karen Stenback on January 30, 2012 at 2:39pm

Wow - unbelievable story!  So glad you were not hit!   And I know - their fabric is beautiful!

Comment by Linda Christianson on January 30, 2012 at 1:20pm

When I think Hoffman Challenge I think of the butterflies material in 1995. The morning I got shot at while waiting for the light to change. When I got to the store;  the ladies in the fabric store were cutting the butterfly material.  They knew I was in stress and helped me clam down and call the police. the more I looked at the fabric the more I had to have some, no matter the cost. I really never had bought fabric at that price before. So when I see Hoffman fabric I see $$$ and the gun shooting at me.

Comment by Karen Stenback on January 30, 2012 at 10:43am

Thanks for the explanation, Janet!  I was a bit confused about some of what went on, those early years. It has certainly blossomed into a beautiful show!   I know Carolyn is very responsive to quilters and what they want, and continues to listen to us, as she continues to improve the show.   I absolutely loved it!   The Long Beach show is no comparison.   I want to spend more time at the show, next year!  And take another class.  I have at least three more postings about my experience at the show, coming up, lol.   And the quilts this year were Stunning!

Comment by Janet/MO on January 30, 2012 at 9:16am

Karen, I have been to Road to CA 3 times.  It really is a nice show.  Did Carolyn tell you that it was originally only a series of workshops and then the quilt display was added a couple of yrs later?  Also, the reason it was blackballed for a while was because she used to limit the entries to only people who lived in certain states ( I believe it was CA, OR & WA).  Eventually she added a few more including NV.  I lived in N. Las Vegas at the time and it was only applicable to certain zip codes so everyone living in N. Las Vegas, Henderson & Boulder City were still not allowed to enter although quilters living in Las Vegas were.  That really ticked a lot of people off because quite a few of them went to RD each yr.  Believe me, she made sure that mistake was corrected for the following yr!  LOL   Now I see you can live anywhere & enter a quilt.  That makes a lot more sense to me.