I was surfing Google for other old pictures of Hancock’s of Paducah, and of course, lots of folks from the quilting community visited us and blogged about it! Here are just a few of the blog posts I found.
(These are all external links to other people’s blogs about visiting Paducah and Hancock’s of Paducah. I've reached out to the bloggers for permission to use their photo and quote, but some of these blogs are more than 10 years old and I couldn't get in touch with anyone. Each photo is from the corresponding blog post, and copyright of the blog's author.)
October 2006
Strawberry Patch Quiltworks
“First stop: Hancock's of Paducah! A fabric and notions Mecca. It was everything I had hoped it would be! The fabric was arranged in a way I'd never seen before. Not by color, or theme, but by manufacturer. As far as the eye could see across the entire store were bolts of fabric standing at attention under signs announcing: "Moda", "Hoffman", "Alexander Henry" and so on.”April 2009
Chris Daly, Greetings From the Shady Grove
“I knew what I was getting into but it was still a bit of a shock. This is the largest fabric store I have been in to date! Oh so much to see.”March 2011
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
“You all would not believe this place - it's enormous inside, with so much fabric that you stand there like a kid in a candy store, wondering where to start!”May 2012
Louann’s Loose Threads
“More fabric. It's all organized so it's easy to shop. All the Moda is in one place; batiks in another; Kaffe Fassett in another.”August 2012
Caitlin Wallace Rowland
“Hancock’s of Paducah is a completely different store than the Hancock’s chain of fabric stores that are found around the country. This one is so much bigger and better!”April 2013
Gail Garber
“Or, perhaps it should be called Mecca for Quilters! Although I had been to Paducah many times, I had never before crossed the threshold of one of the largest quilt shops anywhere, Hancock’s of Paducah. Hancock’s certainly lived up to my expectations and more! In fact, it was completely overwhelming. All the fabrics are arranged by manufacturers in LOOOOOONNNNNNG rows. Everything you could possibly want is here.”April 2013
FiberAntics by Veronica
“Finally, no visit to Paducah is complete without a visit to Hancock's of Paducah quilt and fabric store. We stopped in twice!”September 2015
I Dream of Jeanne Marie
“We started out first thing Saturday morning by going to Hancock’s of Paducah. Now this isn’t the fabric chain of stores called Hancock’s Fabrics that you are all used to. They share the same name, but the Hancock’s Fabrics I go to is the Largest Quilt Store in America... it’s in Paducah, KY and it’s a one of a kind store. It has over 60,000 square feet of shopping space and it packed to the gills with every kind of fabric.”February 2016
Slice of Pi Quilts
“I exercised an enormous amount of restraint and only bought Kona solids for an upcoming challenge. I left so much behind!”April 2018
Karen Overton, The Quilt Rambler
“Row after row of fabric, all grouped by manufacturer, for what seemed like miles, quilters with their shopping buggies piled high with colorful bolts. Cutting tables with multiple cutting stations, and check out counters that would shame any grocery chain in their speed in ringing up the mountains of purchases ~ the entire place was like watching a well oiled machine, expertly organized despite the feeding frenzy atmosphere."October 2018
Whole Circle Studio
“First stop was this MEGA fabric shop about 10 minutes from downtown. You certainly can’t miss Paducah’s—the entry sign is enormous and is certainly in proportion to the size of the building and selection!”July 2019
It’s a T-Sweets Day
“I have enjoyed buying fabric online from Hancocks of Paducah for years. It was exciting for me to actually visit their warehouse home… My eyes finally started to get a happy overload when we went into the second warehouse. It was filled with precuts and more precuts.”