I’ve been on a bit of an adventure across the Atlantic with the chance to visit Paris, Normandie and Venice. Here are the highlights of Paris! See below for links to more posts about Sewing, Embroidery and Quilting shopping and inspiration in Paris, the Marais Neighborhood, and Normandy.
I’m still processing all of the photos and experiences. I’ll have more to share over the weeks (see links to those posts below) with so much visual eye candy and even some sewing and quilting inspiration to share, but here’s a glimpse of some of the beauty we saw in Paris.
Traveling is still challenging in some ways with extra challenges to navigate and hoops to jump through, so I figured I’d share a sampling of what we saw in case you’re not at the point of traveling yet yourself.
If travelogues aren’t your thing, no worries. I’ll be back in a couple of days with a new quilt project. AND I do have a quilty-giveaway at the bottom of this post so you can scroll directly there if you want.
When I first visited Paris when I was 19 I loved it. Since that time I always worried that I romanticized Paris in my young-adult-enthusiasm. But going back, even as a jaded middle-aged woman, I felt like, “Nope! I wasn’t wrong back then. It’s still pretty amazing!”
Here are some of the highlights:
Sainte-Chappelle near Notre Dame (which is still closed for restoration) is one of my favorite jewels of Paris. It is most famous for it’s stained glass, but the other details, including the tile floor and fleur-de-lis ceilings are also lovely.
We only had 3 days in the city itself, so our time was pretty jam-packed with LOTS of walking. (Which works out since it gave us the chance to walk off lots of good food. (Not only is Paris the city of love, but it’s also the city of carbs.) Another favorite part of Paris is the museums.
I was a Humanities/Art History major in college, so these galleries are one of the places where my degree is actually useful. 😉 The Musee D’Orsay (highlights above) is probably my favorite.
This was my first ever visit to the Pompidou museum of modern art. I also love Mondrian paintings (on the right) and think about how it would be cool to make a Mondrian quilt someday. The Pompidou also has a fabulous view of the city.
And then, of course, the Louvre. The Winged Victory statue may be my favorite piece. The setting is so spectacular too. A new favorite for me was the painting on the bottom right by Elisabeth LeBrun – one of the few female artists represented from the 18th century.
Crazy fact: we were at the Louvre the day the Mona Lisa “got caked”. We’re still trying to find out exactly when it happened in case it was while we were there. I promise I had nothing to do with it. This was as close as I got.
Taking my girls has been on my bucket list for years. We had plans to go in 2020, (but we all know how that turned out). With one of them graduating a month ago and moving across the country soon, we were motivated to make this trip happen It was worth the effort! I’m feeling SO grateful we were able to pull it off. Like so many things, I don’t take the opportunity for granted any more!
Pros of Paris in the summer: more daylight hours, beautiful weather (we were SO lucky while we were there with beautiful days that were not too hot).
Cons of Paris in the summer: lots more people, crowds, sunset is after my bed time.
If you’re planning a trip to Paris, I highly recommend the Rick Steves Guide Books and audio tours. Definitely helps you get the best bang for your buck and use your limited time most efficiently.
If you’re interested in the museums I also recommend the Paris Museum Pass. Not only is it a money saver it’s a huge time saver as you don’t have to wait in long lines to buy tickets.
Here are the other posts with highlights of sewing and other inspiration in France:
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Paris Sewing and Embroidery Inspiration
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Quilt Design + Inspiration in the Marais Neighborhood
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Normandy: The Bayeux Tapestry and Monet’s Giverny
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The American Military Sites in Normandy
National Sewing Machine Day Giveaway
Aaaandd… speaking of Paris. I have a fun Paris-themed fabric giveaway for one of you. Monday, June 13 is National Sewing Machine Day. (Apparently it’s a thing!) To celebrate I’ve teamed up with Baby Lock sewing machines and Riley Blake Designs to giveaway this Pattern and Kit to make a Sewing Machine cover using the Saturday in Paris fabric collection + some other sewing goodies.
Giveaway CLOSED
To enter, leave a quick comment on this post. You can share a bucket-list travel destination you’d like to visit yourself, or just say Hi. Closes June 15 at midnight Mountain time and a winner will be randomly selected and notified.
Happy National Sewing Machine Day!
WINNER:
I’d LOVE to go to Europe for a month or so, but a significant medical issue has made that impossible. So, I live vicariously through the trips of others! Thanks for this quick tour of Paris!
icjasonmason
I just recently spent 10 days visiting the Grand Canyon, monument valley and arches….one bucket list item checked!
Victoria Lynn Bryant
I love Paris. My daughter and I went with her high school. Of course this was quite a while ago. Did you know that there are quilt shops near the Notre Dame Cathedral. I loved the way there is so much green space in the city. I could spend all day going up and down the Seine and getting off at the different stops to explore. Of course my daughter wanted to go the Champs Elysee to visit the “GAP” I dream of going to Italy someday on a cooking tour and stay at a cozy bed and breakfast.
Renea Yarolim
I would love to go to Alaska-it is on my bucket list of traveling
Sandra B
Would love to go to Ireland….thanks for sharing your Paris trip!,
NORMA J VANEST
We visited Paris in 2019. Three days was not enough. Thanks for the memories.
Michele Gann
Loved the pictures of Paris. I haven’t been there for over 25 years, but loved it! Great memories.
Shawn
I would love to visit Scotland since my family history is there
Anne Rightler
Thank you for sharing about your trip. I think a trip to Paris needs to be in my near future!!
Shawn
Would love to see scotland
Sheila Friday
I just booked a trip to Paris for the fall. I’m looking forward to traveling again. And having a chance at some lovely fabric that will get me in the Paris Mood whenever I sit down at my machine.
Peg
Hi, would love to win.
Anita Putnam
I love your quilts!
Terry Monzo
Would love to see Paris one day – has always been on my bucket list.
auntiepatch69
My husband won’t fly or take a cruise, so I’ll never see Hawaii or Ireland. If we can’t drive there, he won’t go. After 50 years, I’ll never change him. Maybe my next husband?!?!?
ToniAnne Potter
I’d love to travel cross country in an RV seeing the United States and some national parks and monuments.
pmelilli
Oh my gosh! Paris is on my bucket list! Thank you for sharing, I love the pictures!
Ann Richardson
How wonderful to take your girls to such a wonderful place!! Fabric looks amazing!
Jeanne A Brown
AMY , Thanks so much for the little Paris tour.
SUSAN MCMATH
Going to Glacier National Park in July.
I went to Paris when so was in high school. A beautiful place.
pmelilli
Oh my gosh! Paris is on my bucket list! Thank you for sharing!
Camille Rasner
What an awesome trip and pictures! Love love love Paris! Thanks for sharing!
Karen M McCutchen
My son and his family moved from SLC to Vermont, so my bucket list includes a yearly trip (at least) from our home in in Washington state to Vermont!!!
Peggy
I would love to visit Albuquerque, NM when the hot air balloon festival is happening. Not wishing to take a ride in one, but just to witness the sky full of colorful balloons.
Melissa Tonn
I loved your pictures! I really want to visit Germany.
annehaun
Your trip sounded fantastic – my dream would be to visit Ireland – home of my ancestors.
Jan
I can’t wait to read all about it. Paris is on my bucket list.
Julie McLerran
Would love to travel to Paris. I am so glad you had a chance to go.
Linda Hoffman
I would love to win a Baby Loc machine!
Jessica
I’d love to take a trip to Paris with my daughter and show her my favorite places!
Marianne Boulton
Paris sounds dreamy. On my bucket list. Traveling anywhere with my adult kids would be a dream. Hope you all had a wonderful time!
Becky Toole
Amy, I love your blog because you talk about my two passions: quilting and travel, especially Europe. Thank you for sharing your wonderful experiences as well as providing direction and inspiration for quilting.
Marilynn Crelier
Beautiful pics~~~ what a Blessing!!! Mom made magical memories!! KUDOS!!
JAN B
I’ve always wanted to see Paris and London. So glad you got to go and enjoyed the trip!
Pamela Cook
Love reading your blog. It reminds me of some of our travels.
Sharon Helton
Thank you for sharing your beautiful Paris adventure with all of us!!! I might never get there but, I can see it through your photos. Thank you also for all you give to us through your website and blog. I am fairly new to your world of quilting but, I am getting the bug more and more each day!
slmrn1
Your trip looks amazing. A cruise to Alaska with my daughter is on my bucket list. The giveaway is delightful. Thank you.
Angela M Loomis
We’ve been talking about international travel but haven’t planned anything yet. Lovely photos and wonderful to travel with your daughters ❤️
Nancy
Like so many others,Covid continues to impact travel for me. During these last 2+ years, getting the opportunity to sew and work on quilting projects has definitely been a constant comfort. I just finished using Amy’s Union Jack pattern for a table runner – just in time for Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee. I’ve purchased a couple other quilt patterns by Amy, and am looking forward to working on them. I really enjoy seeing your travel photos, your helpful quilt resources.
Darlene
Loved your pictures and travelogue. Paris is on my bucket list,too. 😊. 🤞
Kara Reno
Paris has never really been on my list, but now I’m reconsidering! What a great thing to do, travel with your girls!
Sydney Liggett
So jealous! Paris is in our bucket list for sure. Thanks for sharing your pictures and experiences. Gives me incentive to follow through!
mrsladybug5882
What an awesome trip. My granddaughter wants to go Paris one day. She has ever since she was about 6. I hope she gets to go someday. I would love to go to Scotland and Ireland someday. To visit my family roots. What an awesome giveaway. I would love to be included.
Renate Walnsch
I went to Paris when I was 15. Your pictures brought back many memories. The Louvre was one of my favorite experiences. Thank you for sharing.
Gayle Schnepp
I was in Paris twice in 2000. Loved it and want to go back someday!
Rose Parkhill
I’ve always wanted to see Paris. It looks like you had a fabulous time.
Dana Ann Turner
I want to go to Niagara Falls. I’d be happy just to get that trip.
Daphne Sutton
My bucket list trip is Italy since we already spent a month in Ireland several years ago. It was fabulous!
Jacque
Love the pictures, that’s as close to Paris as I will get.
Katherine L DiCaro
I want to visit Switzerland!
sewincolor
I made to England when I was in college, but didn’t get across the Channel to visit Paris. I’d still love to go there. There are so many beautiful places to see!
Sandy F
I’d be happy visiting somewhere outside North America.
Ann Brunner
My daughter took me to Paris for Mother’s Day several years ago. The Louvre was almost empty in comparison but I do remember seeing The Mona Lisa. Thanks for the memory
Judy Blaser
Glad you had a wonderful trip. I had the opportunity to go in 2016, when my niece did a semester of studying abroad. Can’t wait for more photos!
Holly
Looks like a great trip! Glad you got that special time with your girls. Thanks for the giveaway!
Aileen fay
I really enjoy the pics of your trip . Thanks for sharing
Karen McMahon
It’s so exciting that you got to travel with your daughters to Paris! Paris is one of the cities on my bucket list along with Rome, Berlin and Amsterdam.
Michelle Osmond
I love Paris! While we were posted to Germany, I got a chance to visit several times and I would go back in a heartbeat. Thank you for sharing your pictures 🙂
Marilyn Garcia
Your blog on paris makes me want to book a flight ASAP
Anna Hollar
Hi Amy, thanks for sharing your Paris trip! And thank you for the giveaway!
Leigh Norman
Would love to visit Paris as well
Angela VE
I always look forward to your weekly blog updates! I don’t know that I have a bucket list place to visit but I would love to spend time traveling Europe. Domestically, I WILL make it to all the national parks!
Marcia Middleton
Thanks for sharing your lovely Paris trip photos and comments. Sounds like it was a wonderful trip filled with many great experiences together. I hope that whomever wins the fabric and pattern will share a picture of the finished cover.
Jules Marvin
Loved your pictures I would love to go to France
Sandy
So glad you got to take your girls to Paris. I’m sure they will treasure the trip and the memories.
Nancy C
You are so lucky to have traveled with daughters to such a beautiful place. I would love to travel overseas some day, but am not sure it will ever happen.
Debra Reber
I wish I could travel long distances, but I am a terrible traveler & it works best for me to stick to day trips. If I was a better traveler I would love to go to Alaska
Judy
I love Paris but haven’t been there for quite some time. Thank you for sharing some pictures.
K Murphy
I loved Paris as well!!
Cory
It’s wonderful to travel vicariously thru your blog! Especially international travel! Thanks so much for this!
Jennifer Avery
We love Paris! And the Winged Victory is also my favorite piece!
Diane H
Looks like you had an amazing time in Paris. I have always wanted to travel to Scotland. Thanks for
the fun giveaway.
Kathie Haney
I love your stories of your Paris visit. The architecture and art are amazing. I’ve been to London, for our honeymoon back in 2005. The highlight of that trip for me was to see Princess Diana’s dress collection on display in Kensington Palace, and also the changing of the Guard was really cool to watch. I would love to see Italy, and also Ireland.
Christine M
Amy, you are my favorite quilting blogger. Your posts are so informative. London is where my grandmother was born and it’s definitely on my bucket list of places to visit.
Mary Jo Spellerberg
Thanks for sharing the pictures!
Chris M Sturn
Enjoyed looking at your photos of Paris! Glad you had a wonderful trip.
Molly Bradstreet
Your trip looks like such fun! Memories with our children are better than diamonds. They never dull, tarnish, or fade- they sparkle in our hearts forever.
Kim
Hi! Sounds like a great trip! Would love to go to Alaska!
Cindy
I have always wanted to take my daughters on a trip. You’ve given me inspiration to! Beautiful
pictures.
Rheanna
Looks like you had lots of fun! On my bucket list is Paris and Rome. Love all the pictures and inspiration.
Carla T.
All I can say is WOW! That trip to Paris with your girls must’ve been awesome. Not likely I’ll make a trip there, so really enjoyed seeing photos. I’m glad you had the blessing of going.
Lydia Brincefield
I’d love to see Paris again!!
Beth B
Hi, Thanks for sharing the pictures of your trip. Very interesting. I’ll probably never get to Paris, but your pictures were like a mini visit to me.
Eleanor Sanders
Hi Amy, my husband and I travelled to Paris in 2000, we were on a European coach tour with Paris the last stop so we stayed an extra 2 nights, loved it. Then went England on the Eurostar through the Chunnel which was also amazing. My bucket list now is to go on a European river cruise in December so I can visit the Christmas markets on the way, (I was planning this for 2020 also) I may just do a river cruise on the Murray River in Australia (my home country) instead. Eleanor
Jennifer
We just returned from a last, but it was so fantastic going back is on our bucket list! This time we’d like to rent an RV and spend a couple of weeks exploring at our leisure.
Evelyn Chritton
What a treasure being able to share with your daughters.
Sandy Waller
Hawaii is on my bucket list. So glad you got to take this trip with your girls! Time really does fly with your children.
Lorraine
Hi! Glad you enjoyed your trip!
Mary
Travel pictures look amazing?
Chleen DiSante
I learned french to go to Madagascar. I’d like to visit France, even better, a bucket list entry is Australia. I do enjoy your posrs! Thanks for all the ideas
Patricia Isinger
I love your pic of the Mona Lisa 😂😂
buddhajames777
My current bucket list destinations are Scotland (all of it), Italy (Tuscany), Iceland (all of it) and Belgium (Flanders). As crazy as it might sound, I really, really, really want to go to St. Petersburg, too! But, my son – who doubles as my traveling companion – flat out refuses.
Rae Reid
I would love to visit Great Britain, Scandinavia, and Germany. Thanks!
Jane O'Roark
Your pictures of Paris are excellent! I’m so happy that you got to go with your girls. My days of traveling are over but I will never forget my trips to Paris.
Lorraine
Hi! Glad you enjoyed your trip!
Rose Novotny
USA all the way!
Valerie Johse
Wonderful trip and awesome photos. I guess my bucket list would include a trip to New Zealand. I understand it’s quite beautiful. But I’d really like to learn to quilt. I read the posts and look at the pictures and just need someone to take me by the hand and help me get started. I’m 72. Do you think it’s too late for me to learn? Looks like it’s all you younger girls making the gorgeous quilts.
Vicky D Bruner
Loved your ideas for Paris.
MaryAnn Jones
Paris is indeed magical and inspiring. I’m glad you had a great time.!
Laura Manning
I’d love to go to the quilt show in Birmingham UK.
Victoria Banks
Wow!!! What an amazin trip! Who would want to destroy art? Ekkks!!! Sew very happy for y’all. I have two on my bucket list Scotland & Jerusalem.
Jean
Paris is awesome!
Dru Thomason
Hubby and I want to take a month off and tour western US National Parks
Debbie
Hi! I enjoyed seeing your pics. I’d love to go to Italy.
Joyce
Your pictures are beautiful, I would love to visit British Columbia.
Carol Mindrup
Hello. Happy quilting
Kathleen Watson
Loved seeing Paris through your eyes and all the places we both went but 20 years apart. Thank you for the Happy memories!
Roxy Sherburne
Dear Amy, I still dream of going to France even though I am not retired and am on a fixed income. I took French in school for 3 years. I sure wish the economy were better so I could really afford to travel to France. Thanks so much for sharing the photos. Please enter me in your drawing. I love getting all your e-mails/blogs/newsletters and have purchased many of your patterns. So glad you got to travel to Europe to see the beautiful sites! Roxy in Hudson, WI
Amy Sorensen
Musee d’Orsay is my favorite too!
Gail
Thanks for sharing your pictures. I’d love to go back to Salzburg, Austria. I lived there for 3 months when I was in college. It was like living in a fairy tale! Wonderful memories after 50+ years!
ANNETTE F.
Sounds like a wonderful trip and an even better experience to share it with your daughters. I have been fortunate enough to see Paris twice, but for some reason my heart belongs anywhere in England.
Kathy Parks
Loved seeing your photos, especially on Instagram!
Jeni Beni
Your pictures are beautiful! I would love the museums (but not those crowds!)
Sue Nordstrom
Your pictures of Paris are gorgeous. My DH and I are planning a three day stopover in Paris on our way to a river cruise in Provence in late November…it’s going to be a bit chillier than your trip!
Donna Gillespie
Love all your photos…Paris and Normandy are on my bucket list. We had to cancel a Iceland andNorway Viking cruise in 2020…another trip we are hoping to do in the future
Emily Fryer
Loved your Paris photos…reminds me of my 3 days there years ago and makes me want to go back. How wonderful to share with your daughters!
Sandra Allen
Oh your trip sounds so splendid! I haven’t been overseas at all. Paris is on my list of places to see, but at the top of the list is Scotland. I would love to take a tour through the whole country some day.
Lisa Giesfeldt
Thank you for a wonderful post. It is nice to see the world slowly returning to “normal”. Looking forward to more pics.
Denise Zich
would love to some day get to Scotland, look up some family history and clan.;
Natalie
What a fun trip! Paris is on my list of places to visit!
Sara Longron
I have used 2 of your quilt patterns and plan to use one more next week. I agree that sometimes simple can look the best.
Sharon Scholfield
Love your photos of Paris, one city on my list. Since June 13th is my 83rd birthday and Nat’l Sewing Machine Day what better way to celebrate Paris, sewing and dreams.
Nancy Lewis
I am so envious of your Paris trip! My grandfather was born there and immigrated to the USA when he was two years old. Maybe someday (fingers crossed!).
Susan
Hi Amy,
Luv, luv your Paris photos!
Kendy Wallace
Love the pictures! Would also like to hear more about your trip. I don’t mind living vicariously through you and your travels. Italy and Greece are on my bucket list of places to go.
Marcie Van Deren
I loved Paris when I was there in 1980. I’m sure it’s vastly changed, but the old parts I imagine are much the same. The elderly people on the streets are my favorite memories of France!
Jennifer Bouhana
I would love to go to Scotland someday! Paris was amazing when I went years ago😍 Your post brings back great memories!
Carol Baker
Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos of your trip to Paris. I studied French for four years in high school and a trip to Paris was something I was looking forward to after graduation, but life has a way of changing our plans sometimes. Fifty-two years later and a trip to Pairis is still on my bucket list.
Mary
Lucky you , seeing such beauty and sharing it with your girls.
Gail Wilcox
I’m delighted that you got to go, especially with your girls – hang onto the memories. Your pictures of the art pieces were lovely and, I agree, there’s a quilt in the Mondrian.
sylvia storey
such lovely pictures. So glad you got to do this trip
Carolyn Garrod
Would love to go back to Austria. Great post!!!!
Helen Glover
I too love that picture you mentioned in the Louvre. It has always been a fav of mine. It was in my grandma’s house when I was growing up. Takes me back! Plus Mona. She’s the best. You are very blessed to visit especially with your lovely daughters. The trip of a lifetime!
Elisa
What a fun trip! We went to Paris with our kids about 15 years ago. Youngest son, then about 14, got sick so he and I stayed in the hotel room – him watching German music videos – while hubby took everyone else to see the sights. The very last day, son was well enough to race across Paris with hubby, in a taxi, to see Jim Morrison’s grave, the one thing he didn’t want to miss. 😜 Someday I’ll be back!
Jen Backler
My bucket list place to visit is New Zealand. Would love this prize as I am in need of a sewing machine cover for my new to me machine!
Lee Ann
My bucket list: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Germany.
Carol C Thomas
Travel bucket locaiton–I would like to visit all the National parks. I would like to do a international trip to Ireland, scotland, and England.
Lisa Garms
❤️ It looks like really special time spent with your daughters.
Anne McGilvray
I would love to travel to Australia. It just seems so foreign in it’s landscapes and animals.
Suzanne AllenSuzanne
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Edie Parker
I loved, loved your pictures of Paris. I am a French citizen and have lived in the US for 76 years. As much as I consider the US home, my heart has always been in Paris. You have visited some of the same highlights i love. The fabric was quite French and beautiful. I look forward to more pictures and so happy your daughter was the recipient of your gift. And thank you for sharing
Liz
Your pictures were awesome. Thanks for sharing. I’m glad you got to go with your daughters. If the one who is moving is coming to the East Coast, quilters here, including me, will be happy to welcome her.
Dian Hoffman
Bucket list trip to Norway, Sweden and Iceland will be my first choice when traveling normalizes and grandchildren are a bit older and would enjoy it too.
Jenny M.
Love your pictures! I’ve been to Italy a few times before I was married, and I’d love to go back with my husband and son!
Michelle Haskell
One of the places I would like to visit on my bucket list is Scotland. Of course there are other places as well. I love seeing your pictures and sharing your adventures. It looks like you had such a wonderful time!
Barbara Patrick
HI,
Love your trip pictures. Thanks for the give-away!
Debbie LaFleur
Bonjour! WoW! You just went on my dream trip!
Thanks for sharing your fun memories! I would Love to win the bundle! Merci Debbie LaFleur
Vicki Sprain
I would really love to go to Japan!
Debbie
I’m so happy y’all were able to make it to Paris. I was share my love for Paris with my boys during the summer of 2014 when they were In high school. I enjoyed seeing it again through their eyes. My top 3 bucket list travel now is India, Seychelles, and Bali. The older I get the more I want to just go, go, go! Love reading your blog.
Laurie Ruiz
Hi there! My travel list for someday some year includes: Greece, Spain, Italy, Paris, Germany, and Hawaii. 🙂
Getting to any of those places will certainly cheer me up.
Susan Cornell
Hi, always wanted to go to Hawaii. Maybe someday.
Lisa Lopez
wow beautiful pictures and I would like to go to New Orleans. and would also be greatfull if I was the person getting the sewing machine. Thank you Lisa Lopez
Kathy Hilts
My favorite vacation was a trip to Switzerland…the most beautiful country! It’s wonderful for those who love lakes, rivers, trees, waterfalls, hills, the Alps, and farm land dotted with sheep, cattle, & goats. We had a pass to freely use all buses, trains, and boats and that’s what we did everyday. This country is a hiker’s paradise…so grateful to have been there.
Sandy Stagge
Thanks Amy for the post and photos! Looks like an amazing trip with your daughters–priceless!
Mary Redick
The scenes from Paris are intriguing and beautiful! I’d love to win the giveaway!
MerlLynda
I hope to visit Ireland with my mother sometime soon. A sewing machine cover would be a pleasant reminder.
Sher Blomster
I would love to travel anywhere! You are so inspiring – id love to win the giveaway!
Mary Stanfield
My favorite in the Louvre is also Winged Victory. She takes my breath away as I climb the stairs!
nicholsas
I’ve been to Paris twice. Loved Nutella crepes from a street vendor!!!!
Cathy Hepburn
On my bucket list is Scotland, Wales, New Zealand, and Australia. I was blessed to be able to visit Ireland in 2018 with my sister. It was a fantastic trip and we’re talking about doing another one before too long.
STH
This summer it feels like everybody but me is traveling! My partner just got back from London, and we’re hoping to go there together soon, possibly in the fall.
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Carolyn Moss
Paris is a beautiful city with such rich history. I have been several times during different seasons, but late April thought all of May is my favorite. I really am enjoying your pictures of your escape to Paris and environs. Beautiful fabric! I need a cover for my 48 pound sewing machine which has to stay up in the cabinet now that I’ve had shoulder replacement. The cover is wonderful. Thank you for the opportunity.to win this giveaway.
Julie Nokleby
I would love to see Paris. I have been to London a few times and consider myself an Anglophile.
Nancy Thompson
I love both the UK and France but next on my wish list is Italy!
On another note, still hand quilting my Union Jack quilt!🧵✂️🪡
MARY MALHEIM
OH, so pretty
Denise Dennison
Hi Amy!
Congratulations on going to Paris! Wishing you and yours fun times and awesome memories!
Kira Garvie
That trip looks amazing! A trip I’ve had in the planning since pre-COVID is a tour of Wales and Scotland… fingers crossed it will finally happen this fall!!
Bridget
I would love to visit Japan someday!
Clarissa Bencan
Your trip must have been awesome. I’m looking forward to going to Tuscany with my family, including the young grandkids.
Terry L.
I am vicariously traveling through your lovely pictures.
Dianna Kume
Paris sounds amazing!
Marilyn Snow
Thanks for sharing some of your adventures with us. I would love to go to Paris someday!
Alice Hogan
Hi Amy, Thanks for the great photo’s!
I’am sure you got some great inspiration for future quilts.
Alice
Linda Campbell
Loved reading and seeing about your trip. So glad you could finally make it.
Peggy Menster
Amy, I loved your pictures of Paris. I’d like to visit many places in Europe.
Gretchen Aman
Paris was beautiful in the Spring! I was there with my daughter and granddaughter. keep working on that bucket list, I’m still working on mine.
Joan Sheppard
Returning to a favorite place is always a challenge – will it be the same? Mostly I remember smells, and the food! Can’t wait to see the inspiration this trip makes to your quilts! Thanks for the photo journey!
Kathy A Shuffler
Beautiful fabric. Would make a great cover.
Gail Cass
Thanks for sharing the Vaca photos…very nice!
Gail C
Vicki Jethro
I have been to Paris, my next destination I hope to go to Ireland!
Mari Parker
We had a trip planned for Paris in 2020 for my 50th and YES, we do know how that turned out. So Paris is still on the list but so it Rome, Santorini, and an African safari. Oh and Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, Iceland, the Galapagos, Machu Pichu…
Sew many places, sew little time and money! Heehee! Someday!
Nancy
So happy for you all on getting to Paris! Lovely pictures.
Jan Hary
Hi! So glad you were able to forfill your bucket list dream. I was able to do that going to Ireland nine years ago. I left a small piece of my heart there and was so thankful for the opportunity. Something you never forget.
Rebecca Trittel
Oh, Paris! I’ve been lucky enough to visit several times and it never disappoints. I’m glad you were able to share it with your daughters!
matardiff
So wonderful and exciting that you could go to Paris with your girls! Wouldn’t it be nice if you could make it a tradition!
Marsha Schmitz
I’d love to visit Banff
Jan Truhler
Paris looks marvelous!
Joan Ferguson
I would love to revisit with my sister the little island in Norway my grandfather came from.
Renee
Hi! One of my bucket list trips is an international quilt tour with my quilty friends.
Patty Namba
I’ve been to France twice is the past few years and I fell in love with the country,. Enough to start taking French lessons! I can’t wait until I’m able to go back again.
Lori Sheetz
I would love to see Paris and travel to Scotland. Looks like you had a great time!
Michelle Jones
My bucket list trip at the moment is just to be able to see my mom again. She lives in Canada and I’m in California and I haven’t seen her since 2019. Thank you for sharing your Paris pictures with us. It looks like you got to see so much and the weather looks like it was sunny and warm!
Kathleen Miller
I’m enjoying travelng to Paris with you. I was booked for a tour this summer with several girlfriends. With Covid still out there, we opted to cancel. Maybe next yeear….
Irene Jochem
Thanks for your great photos, enjoyed them all. What a great adventure!! I would love to go back to Hawaii, as I was in Hawaii when I was younger, following my high school grad. I just loved the warm air, the smells of the beautiful flowers and the ocean. Thanks again for sharing your wonderful trip. Irene from Canada
Treva
I was blessed to visit France while I was in high school. In Paris, I got to visit both Notre Dame and
Sainte-Chappelle. The Rose Window in Notre Dame was magnificent, but Sainte-Chapelle was glorious!
Jan
Lucky lady visiting London earlier & Paris. Joan Ford of Hummingbird Highway just posted pics of her latest overseas trip. Lucky ladies seeing places that were established before the USA was established.
Carrie Kaup
Your Paris pictwere beautiful. I’ve never traveled much, but I’d kinda like to go to Australia.
Rebecca Loach
Thank you for hosting the giveaway. I enjoyed reading about your trip to Paris.
Patricia Yahner
Hello! We are also taking a trip originally planned for 2020 this summer. We are looking forward to our trip to Ireland soon.
Doreen Roksvaag
Thanks for sharing your trip to Paris with us. I remember seeing the Mona Lisa in NYC when I was a little girl. Brought back some good memories of a family trip.
Sharon Coleman
What a fantastic journey with your girls!
jaretta
Enjoyed looking at the pictures from your trip.
Sarah J. Dempsey
It’s been 20 years since I was last in Paris! Your pictures were a wonderful reminder of that trip and planted a travel thought in my head!
Norajean Aguilar
Looks beautiful, leaving for France in a few weeks
Eileen Armijo
Thank you for the pics. Can’t wait to see more!
Lesli S
Loved your Paris pics! Would love to see more as we probably won’t visit Paris anytime soon. I love this fabric line! That aqua floral is so pretty!
mandymend
I would love to return to Barcelona again.
Machele Gantt
Would love to win this give-away. Great looks of Paris!
Maureen Weflen
I look forward to more posts and pictures of France. I have been there and everything you related is so true. Thanks for sharing
Wendy
I am in awe! Downunder is so…far away. So I do live to take ‘trips’ in the beautiful fabric designs of talented artisans. And Riely Blake Designs are right up there for romance and style.
Australia is a beautiful place.
Sherri Huff
I loved The Musee D’Orsay, my favorite museum in Paris! I enjoy all your fabulous photos, Paris…what an I say!💜The macaroons best ever. My mom took me to Paris for my first European trip and my 28th birthday, great memories! I’ve returned a few other times, with friends. You all will be treasuring these memories forever!🌞🥰
Dorothy
Sounds like a marvelous time!! I have always wanted to go to Belgium, my grandparents migrated from there years ago. One day 😉
sfs930
I love Paris! How much fun to go there with your daughters!
L Yvonne Beckett
What an incredible experience. I am an art quilter and can only imagine all the amazing inspiration you experienced!
Kristy S.
I can no longer travel, so I stay home and create quilts AND enjoy all the fabulous photos others share of their adventures. Thank you!!!
Kaelyn L.
My bucket-list travel destination is Scotland 😍
Maryanne Richards
I love your travel photos and the museum pictures. My travels are mostly limited to camping and hiking but I would love to visit all the US national parks (not all in one trip though).
Kathy E
Ahhhhhh Pareeeh! Visiting Paris is a dream and I truly enjoyed your photos! I hope to get there some day!
Diane Osment Graham
Your Paris pictures are absolutely awesome!!! Several years back I went to England, Scotland and Whales. The Riley Blake fabric, Saturday Paris, is beautiful and will make a beautiful sewing machine cover. Thank you for the opportunity to register for your giveaway.
Andrea Courtois
so many places! but top of my list if Japan, India, France & Argentina
milkmaidjean
Hi Amy,
Lucky you and your girls…to fulfil a lifelong dream and relive the memories of your youth with the next generation. I live on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and my dream vacation has been in the planning pre-covid. Hoping circumstances will permit in the near future, my close friend Elaine – both of us Manitoba prairie girls – after almost 30 years would love to make a ‘prairie road trip’ back to Manitoba and visit our many friends taking a north route in one direction and returning the southern route. Some friends are mutual, others hers or mine only but we know when it does happen we will have doubled or tripled acquaintences and ALL will be mutual friends henceforth. We are both now widows. Thanks for all you share to inspire Amy. I’m 76 and made my first quilt in December. Currently the 5th one is almost finished. I do have the end job long armed by a professional. Had I known the joy of quilting sooner, I would have begun many years ago. All the best and hopefully there will be future mother/daughter trips to enjoy. Kindly, Jean Campbell
Connie Schnier
I am would love to visit Monet’s Gardens.
Crystal Harrell
Loved all the pictures. Thanks for making us a part of your trip. My bucket list trip is to Italy. Not sure which part but I’m sure I will enjoy wherever I end up.
Kathleen
So excited you got to travel to Paris! Thanks for the chance to win!
Marcie N
Beautiful photos! I would love to visit Paris someday.
Lee
I am so happy for you that you did get to go to Paris. I went years ago and it was an experience I will always remember – I was 17. I would love to see Finland which is where my parents are from. Thank you for the pictures and post and lovely giveaway! I need a cover for my machine – This would be so perfect! Have a great weekend!
Robby Bottom
Amy this Paris post is wonderful. It’s on my bucket list as I’ve only been to the airport. Wonderful post , as always. You are the best and your girls are so truly blessed to have such a beautiful and smart momma. Well done.
Tara
Oh my goodness! I loved Paris! The Eiffel Tower sparkling! My favorite museum was the L’orangerie.
Patti Stidham
Wonderful memories for you and your girls!
Teresa B
What a blessing that you were able to return to Paris…with your family this time!!!
Karrynn
Such a precious memory for you and your girls . You have planted a seed that I might try to plan a trip with my daughter.
Mona
What a great time for you and your girls being together is one of the best things you can do. Sewing is my happy place and one day I would like to go to Spain that is where my ancestors are from. Love your posts and all the fun stuff you share.
Rochelle Saldaña
I absolutely adore Paris! My favorite European city is London, with Paris right after it!
Wendy
Psris is still my all time favorite travel destination! Hope you had lots if fun!
Lisa Holstein
I would like to visit Monets gardens someday.
pbanks58
Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos. They are absolutely glorious.
Julie Lynn
I’d like to visit Italy. We were hoping to go this year for our 20th anniversary but are still hesitant to travel that far. Maybe one day…. Glad you had a great trip!
Denise House
I don’t have a bucket list, but I’ve always wanted to travel up the East coast to Prince Edward Island. I appreciate all the time and effort you put into this blog. Thank You.
Natalie Myers
One of my bucket list places is to see Croatia! I’ve heard its absolutely beautiful!!😍
Judi
I’ll just say hi since although I’d love to see some other places in the world I have no desire to fly! Therefore, I’m content to live vicariously through you. Beautiful pictures and thank you for sharing. I’d love to win since I bought a new sewing machine last fall and it could use a beautiful!🪡🧵
Genevieve C
Hi Amy, I so loved your pictures of your trip. I have been following you since your kids were little. Wow does time fly!! Thanks for the baby quilt ideas. I am going to be a grandma for the 5th time in a few months and have yet to land on one. Maybe I will do the Eye Spy quilt since it’s going to be a boy. Thanks for letting all of us follow you and your family especially on this lovely trip to Paris.
Rita Wilson
The next place I would like to visit is The Grand Canyon.
Donna
Love your Paris pics – a magical place!❤️
Julie B
I would like to travel to Japan, Scottland, Spain, and Greece.
Laura
I would love to visit London and go village hopping in England and Ireland!
Theresa Stanley
I’ve been to Paris and loved it. (I never got close to the Mona Lisa either.)
My dream destination, outside the US, is Florence Italy. (In the US it would be to spend some major time in Utah, Tennessee, or Missouri.)
Thank you for sharing your vacation pictures.
Karen Addleman
I don’t really have a travel wish location other than maybe Hawaii. I just enjoy this great big beautiful country we live in
Carole K
I’m SO happy to see your Paris photos! What beauty and such a special time together. It’s on my bucket list for sure, but in the meantime— I’ll look forward to the rest of your pics. Thanks for inviting us along!
Christina Thomas
Really amazing pictures! Thanks for sharing. I grew up an Army brat in Germany, so I was lucky to visit Paris. My husband and I also travelled there during our honeymoon in 1990.
Carol Pataky
Bucket list is a trip to Italy!
Beverly J Smith
Your articles are great!
Would love a new machine?
mitchellkerri
My bucket list travel place is Australia. I have always wanted to go there but don’t like to fly and one other place is anywhere tropical!!!
Shirleyann N Graff
In August of 2021, my husband and I celebrated our anniversary on a Viking cruise with 3 days in Paris. A storybook romantic experience we both will never forget. Paris to Switzerland with many stops along the 15 days of travel via water, bus, and trains. Unforgettable! Congrats too on your memorable travel experience with your family!
Nancy
It looks like it was a wonderful trip! I love the architectural photos, especially the one of the long, covered walk with arches on the side. Beautiful!
Tammy Steinhoff
Your trip looked great, thank you for sharing your adventures!
Robyn
It was so wonderful to see your Paris photos. I travelled there 15 years ago with my husband and 2 very small boys in the winter time. So different in cold weather, but Still an amazing experience. The fabric collection looks so pretty.
Mel
Love your blog! Thank you.
Allan and Isabelle Doblanko
Paris is a very beautiful place. I have been there and quite enjoyed myself. I would really like to travel to New Zealand.
Martha
Paris has been one of our favorites. Can’t wait to go back!
Lynda Friedel
What a lovely trip to take your girls on. When I visited Paris for the first time at the age of about 45 I was in awe at all the architecture and art and loved eating al fresco!! So glad you had the opportunity to do this. My bucket list…well, now I’d love to visit England, Ireland and Scotland…still dreaming! Thanks for sharing your trip and all that you do for the quilting community!
Bookishjessica
Paris is on my list but Scotland is number one on my list! I live in southern Utah so taking my kids ( 8 and 5) to all the beautiful parks in this state is also high on my list.
Susan
My daughter and I spent time in France on her 16th birthday – 16 years ago. We hope to make another visit …….
vivoaks
I know I will never travel anywhere that requires a plane or boat to get there. My husband is terrified of anyone but him being in charge of transportation. We used to drive from PA to Dallas, TX – it was 24 hours of driving time and he refused to let anybody else drive the entire time. Having said that, there are still places I’d like to go! We’d planned a trip to Nova Scotia in June of 2020 – yes, you know how that turned out. We’re still talking about getting there, but nothing definite is planned yet. I’d also love to make the trip to Alaska, or if that doesn’t work, then to someplace in Northern Canada to see the Aurora Borealis!! Since 6th grade I’ve wanted to travel to Australia, but know that will never happen. Most of these trips take much more money than we have available, so even if the husband didn’t mind flying, we couldn’t afford to go anyway, so I’ll be happy with what I get – whatever that turns out to be. 🙂
Nan
What a wonderful trip to do with your daughters, sweet memories.
Gale
Am I really the first to comment? I would love to see Paris someday! So funny, I worked with an absolutely lovely man from the south of France many years ago and when I told him I wanted to see Paris he was horrified! Why would you ever want to go THERE he said! So I guess it’s not for everyone…
patchworknplay
I was lucky enough to spend three weeks in Paris a few years ago, and stayed right near the Pompidou! What a beautiful city Paris is! Thank you for sharing your time with us- it looked amazing!
Jan Dudley
Thanks for telling about your Paris trip. I’ve always thought seeing a fjord would be amazing. Thanks for the chance at the give away. Jan D
Vicki Eick
Hi there! Would love to visit Paris!!
Gail B.
You’ve created so many beautiful memories in your travels! I enjoy seeing the pictures not only of your European adventures , but also your local & stateside trips.
Lorraine e
Oh you lucky duck, you have been to Paris! It has been on my bucket list for over 45 years, I am still hopeful. I landed a great job in Sydney (Australia) back in 1975, with Banque Nationale de Paris. I knew nothing about France but quickly learned that my name, Lorraine, has French origins, hence my life wish to see the country for myself. Your photos are lovely and I’m so pleased your were able to fulfil your dream of taking your daughters there.
Paula
Paris is on my list too! I’ve been studying French.
Sharon Barnes
Hi Amy, I love looking at your travel photos from Paris and look forward to more!
schlyne
Hello, Japan and South Korea are bucket list travel items for me.
Alice Erickson
Sounds like a wonderful trip!
Linda Haan
One of my bucket list destinations is Spain.
Judy Willits
HI there -I just wanted to say thank you for the lovely pics of your trip to Paris! I am nit able to travel much anymore andhave never been to Paris. I really enjoyed your enthusiasm for the food, museums, art and architectural beauties.
I’m glad you jumped in and took your girls too-every moment spent with them now will last them a lifetime! So thank you!
Judy Nesbit
I love that you returned to Paris with your daughter. My bucket list is to return (after 40+years!!!) with my daughter and granddaughter. You have given me the hope we will! Wonderful photos brought back a few memories.
Nathalie
I have always wated to visit New Zealand- and one day I will. Maybe I should move Paris a little up the list.
Ashley
I would love to go to Switzerland!
Elizabeth Collins
I very much enjoyed your pictures from Paris and look forward to seeing your next pictures from your trip!
JennyH
I’d love to visit Australia!
Angelia JOhnson
I would like to go to England.
SJ
Paris would definitely be on my list- and maybe Australia if it wasn’t such a long trip!
Lorraine
I was just in Paris last month but only for a day. Didn’t have a chance to tour the city but did manage Disneyland Paris which we really enjoyed. Definitely on my list of places to return to! Your pictures are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!!!
Julie Drew
Wonderful photos & a lovely giveaway. My bucketlist destinations are Rome & the Galapagos Islands.
Jennifer Andrist
I can’t believe you were there the day of the Mona Lisa attack! My brother was in Paris days before the tragic fire at Notre Dame… I told him he was bad luck! I’m so happy you were finally able to visit Paris with your girls!
Debbie M
Love your pictures! I hope to go to Germany some day!!
Linda Schnittger
How awesome your visit sounds!
I was there close to 30 years ago and what I remember most was that there was so much walking! And the farther I walked the farther things seemed to get!
I don’t understand caking the Mona Lisa. You can’t even get close to her. All he nailed was some bulletproof glass.
Trina Murray
Hi Amy, I’m so happy for you that you got to take your girls to Paris and share the experience with them. They will always remember this trip. My bucket list trip is Alaska. I thought I wanted to take a cruise there, but after talking to friends, I would rather fly in, so that I can spend more time exploring Alaska.
Anne Niinisalo
What a lovely trip! Can’t wait to see More pictures
debbiebrugman
So very glad you were able to make your travel plans with your daughters happen. The photos are lovely. Is that a breakfast pastry with an egg in the center? It looks amazing.
Rebecca Wilson
Paris holds very special memories for me as well. I hope I get the chance to go back one day. Thank you for sharing your lovely photos.
Terri
My bucket list trip is also France because I have been following the Chateau de Gudanes, which is a historic Chateau undergoing restoration in the South of France. It has been truly an amazing adventure seeing the current owner restoring this beautiful home to it’s former glory. It has given me so much artistic inspiration in my quilting.
Michelle
I loved Paris also!
Sandy
Great photographs of Paris, Venice and Normandie–especially love the architecture! Good way to capture future ‘quilting designs.’ Thank you for chance to win giveaway!!
Jess
One of my favorite cities!
Christine Atwell
I would love to travel to Paris, Italy, Ireland, and Scotland!
Jenni-Hope Kelland
I was lucky enough to live in Switzerland for a year and a half in the early 80’s! People ask if it’s on my bucket list to return to the country I love so much. Of course I’d love to but financially it just isn’t going to happen. Instead of being sad, I say that actually living there for a year and a half is what’s on my bucket list and CHECK! How many people have been able to check that off their list? I am so grateful!
Cindy Rux
Love your photos. I took my daughters on a wonderful trip to Europe in 2006.
Joy pay
I’d love to spend a month in either Ireland or Scotland. Long enough to get immersed in the the area.
Linda Piccola
Fabulous recap and photos!! Wish I were along to have your perspective!
Rachel
Hi! I’d love to go Japan!
Terri Costa
Wonderful story about your Paris trip! Thanks so much for sharing. Please enter me in the give-away.
Margarett
I love to read what have been doing: sewing, traveling, hiking, etc. You give me some good ideas on what to create. Thanks.
Julie
Hi, I want a Mondrian quilt! Would love to go to Paris someday.
Cathy
Paris is fun for Mothers and daughters to see together. My two daughters took me to Paris for my 70th birthday! we had such a lovely memorable time!
Rebecca
I know it’s really cliché but I’d love to go to Venice. I’ve heard that they only open Venice up to tourists in a set time frame so the locals can have a break from the madness. So the ultimate dream would be to go in that non-tourist time frame (pipe dream, I know).
Ros Cosgriff
Everyone dreams of going to Paris ….. how lucky your girls were to make the trip with you ….. a memory they will treasure for ever.
Erin S
Would love to go (back to) Venice! Went to Italy on a high school trip and only got a day in Venice…not near enough!
Teri
Looks like a lovely time to visit Paris. Top of my travel bucket list would be Scotland.
Tracy M
I LOVE that you made it Paris! It’s definitely on my bucket list along with most of Europe (E & W), but really I’d love to visit most of the globe, waters/islands included. 😃
Janet
I love your pictures of Paris! It makes me think of traveling to Europe, something we’ve put off the last few years because, well, you know why. Happy quilting!
CariAnn Kampen
Love to visit Portugal 🇵🇹
Caroline
Many places I will enjoy thru others eyes.
Nicole H.
I’d love to see Paris with my own eyes…..and the amazing art in the galleries too. Took five years of French I’d love to put to some use. I think I’d also really appreciate Florence, Italy. I’m intrigued by Bali, Belize, Thailand and Greece too. Loved seeing your photos!!
Lisa Marshall
Paris looks lovely! Such an inspirational place! Thank you for sharing.x
Betty Anne Alexander
I would love to go to Ireland . I have met a few very inspirational quilters from there and would love to meet up with them.
Debbie Lynn Dick
Hi Amy, Your travel pictures to Paris are fabulous! Love that you got to spend quality time with your daughters. Isn’t it crazy wonderful how we “quilters” can see a potential pattern in all things like carpets, colorful floors, paintings, etc.. Thanks for sharing with us.
Wendy Snyder
I am on my way now for a bucket list experience to Southern France, for a weeks worth of adventures and workshops hosted by the French General 💙🤍♥️
Tanya Tullos
Your photographs are beautiful!
Liz Frisby
Love your photos Amy. It looks like an amazing trip to check off your bucket list.
Jane
Thank you for sharing your photos. Paris is on my bucket list for sure!
Michaele Pumpelly-Pennell
Magnificent pictures what awesome sights you were able to see..
Denise
I would like to someday travel to Paris! These pictures are such a treat. what a fun giveaway
Rita Montgomery
Oh, your travels to Paris, again, sounds wonderful.. Maybe some day. Thanks for a chance to win your giveaway.
Bobbie Mowery
I’ve not made it to Paris but I loved your pictures. Would live to win this giveaway.
Bobbie in Washington State.
Vicki Ross
I love your pictures and would some day like to go visit Paris. Last November I took my kids (son and daughter-in-law daughter and son in law)and my 2 grandkids to Florida to Walt Disney and Universal Studios. That was a bucket list item for me. It was also planned for 2020 but didn’t happen. Was a wonderful way to spend Thanksgiving.
Susan Dempsey
Lovely photos! Newfoundland is top of my list, it was meant to be 2020, but fingers crossed for 2023
Mary Ann
Paris was my first foreign city as a bright eyed college kid – and I’ve loved her ever since! So many people I talk to have said how dirty it is, or how unfriendly the people are, but I’ve never experienced that in the times I’ve been back. Not once! She’s a gem!
Bridgette
Paris, Paris has always been #1 on my list. How wonderful that you were able to share this experience with your girls❤️
Valerie
Salut, Amy! So happy that you made some lovely memories with your girls in Paris.
Roberta Hainlin
Always enjoy your posts and patterns Amy. Thank you for sharing your many talents, travels, and your life!
Deb
Great trip!
Beth T.
One of my cousins (and favorite people) majored in French and married a French citizen. Now she has a perfectly lovely French daughter and I have a standing invitation to go to France. As an immunocompromised person, I wish I had gone there sooner. Now I travel vicariously–thanks for the photos and “getaway”!
Mary Beness
A very generous giveaway to celebrate National Sewing Machine Day. It should be a thing as it is a most important component of our creativity. I have a German Markets River Cruise and the Baltics on my wish list 💗
Amanda Bibble
This might say a lot about me… but what was the food in the first set of pictures?! Was it a crepe? Looked delicious! Lol The place on my bucket list that my husband and I would love to go is Egypt. It’s our little obsession. I’d also like to buy some beautiful fabrics from other countries!
ingridib56Ingridib
Thanks for the tour
shadesofrandom
How exciting! The Mona Lisa story is so strange. I hope you save a copy of the news story along with all your pictures. I have no desire to leave the country. Where I’d like to visit is Florida to visit my brother and sister-in-law.
Susan Young
Paris looks absolutely fantastic.
Loris Blair
Looks delightful!
Sarah Carr
Love your newsletter & your tour through Paris! Me & one of my girls are currently visiting Aix-en-Provence, near Marseille & are also loving the change of pace, scenery, & culture!
TheGranChris
I’d love to go to Spain. The beautiful tiles are calling my name.
Debbi
While I’m probably too old to make an international trip, I hope my daughter and granddaughter can make a trip like yours. Looks like you made some wonderful memories!
Wisniewski Diane
Your photos of Paree thoroughly delight me! I’ve been fortunate to be there with myself twelve years ago and four years ago w my husband. We took that trip specifically to catch a few stages of the Tour de France. We spent five days in Paris and four days in Normandy. Every American should have the opportunity to tour Utah and Omaha Beaches in Normandy!
I’m looking forward to some French-inspired fabrics from the Paris fabric collection. Quilting is my joy, my therapy, and my inspiration!
Dorothy
My bestie leaves for Paris on 6/30
Karen Hobson
Looks like a wonderful trip! Memories to cherish forever! Thank you for sharing it with the homebound like me!
SandyMay
I’m an old lady, so I know this will never happen, but I’ve always wanted to vacation on either the island of Phuket, Thailand or on the Maldives. Guess I’ll just stay home and sew.
Linda Druce
Paris looks absolutely amazing, I’m so glad you managed to go with your daughters. I’d love to go there too, it’s where my son proposed to his wife. I got to help him arrange all the details of the trip but of course I didn’t get to go 😊
Nancy W
Thanks for the tour! I’ve never been outside the US except to Canada.
paula probasco
Hello
Marie
Nice pictures from Paris. Seems your visit was quite extensive
Andrea Sanderson
What a fun trip! I’d love to visit Paris someday. And England. And Italy. And Greece. You get the idea. 😉
How special to travel with your girls!
Mary Dalrymple
Thank you for the entry. Love your pics, I lived in Northern Ireland for 18 months and regret never popping over to Paris I’m too old now but love seeing other peoples travels
Deborah Oconnell
Love your photos of Paris, it’s on my bucket list, from Australia to Paris, it’s a long long way. Keeping my fingers crossed, some day, maybe♥️♥️
Paul Bailey
Hi Amy, your trip looked amazing! Thanks for sharing it with us. Paris is on my list for sure!
heathercawte
Hi, Amy! So lovely to see your Paris photos. I haven’t been back there for years, as I’m now housebound by chronic illness. Stitching keeps me sane!
Elvia Purnell
Hi Amy, so glad you got to visit Paris. I was there many years ago. I would love to win the giveaway.Elvia
Judith Norton
I would love to travel to Italy and see some of the ancient ruins that I have only read about or seen on travel television shows. After visiting the ruins, it would be great to cruise along the Amalfi Coast. One can only dream!
Maryse VaillancourtPrescott
My bucket list is back to Maui,Hover Dam,Grand Canyon and vegas
Katharine
Looks like you had a great trip. Japan is on my bucket list for travel destinations.
Bridget
My bucket list travel is go to Iceland to see the northern lights! Your pictures are beautiful. Looks like you had a great time!
quiltersandal
Oooo Layla! Paris would be wonderful Tom visit! Ireland and Scotland are on my list!
debdesalle
Your photos are just lovely, we just got back from Greece. Now seeing your photos, I want to go to Paris.
I love your newsletters and enjoying reading them.
Gail Beam
It looks like you had a marvelous unforgettable trip to Paris. I loved looking at all of the awesome pictures of the places that you visited. Thank you for the chance to win the giveaway.
Patty Kollack
Loved your Paris trip and pics. I was there a long time ago and it was sweet to see the pics of the places I was at and it still looks as beautiful! Glad you got to go back and share it with your family.
Linda Theriault
When I was a teenager I always wanted to go to Paris. I am now 75 years old and still have not made it there! Guess I will have to settle for vacations in the states and pictures of your trip to Paris!
Avril Lees
WOW! A whistle stop visit to a romantic place full of inspiring buildings, colours and buzz. Full of new ideas for your next project. I just know you’ll be weaving ideas in your head that will capsulate your visit. Thank you for inspiring this newbie from Scotland UK💞
kaholly
How exciting to travel to Paris with your girls! What marvellous pictures. I never made the opportunity to travel internationally, and now I’m not up to it, so I applaud you for making it happen. Thank you for sharing your adventure.
Rebecca Erdelyi
Love Paris! Glad you had a good time.
Diane Johnson
Loved the Paris photos. We are making our first trip in September and truly enjoyed your comments! So special you were able to take your girls….it warms my heart. I’m 70, so that opportunity didn’t happen for me. Today, tIme with my children and grandchildren are my most cherished days❤️
Yvonne Carrington-Buss
A Mondrian inspired quilt would be amazing! It becomes a challenge to find patterns for guys’ quilts and this would be perfect.
Cassandra McLeod
Great pictures, I especially like the one of you with the Eiffel Tower in the back!! I visited France while in high school. My host family generously brought me to Paris to experience all it offered. Would enjoy going back one day!!
Jeanna
I would like to see Alaska, or Yellowstone. So many places I haven’t seen in the USA.
Christine Clearwater
Paris is amazing! Next up on my bucket list is Scotland. Time to start planning.
Jennifer Allison
Looks like a lovely trip! I can’t wait to travel again!
lynn boneberg
What a fun time with your girls. Such a special trip they will remember forever.
Tricia Woods
I’m so glad that you are finally able to go to Paris. Enjoy your trip and I look forward to seeing the pictures and ideas that are inspired by the trip. I love Alaska!
Sharon Arwood
Thank you for sharing and for the giveaway opportunity. Beautiful photos as well.
Marianne Kotch
My travel bucket list includes Alaska. I’d love the cruise the inland waterway.
Amy Kollasch
Thank you for sharing the pictures! I will never go to Paris myself. I just can’t handle all the crouds and i am not a fan of traveling in winter. Looking through your pictures was wonderful! I bet it was so much better in person! Thank you for a chance to win.
Barbara M.
I would love to tour America’s national parks. I live on the east coast and have visited Acadia, but that’s as far as I got!
LizAnn Lizotte
So jealous, one of my bucket list destination is to go to Barcelona and other areas of Spain
Rose Cantrell
Beautiful pictures.
Julie Kennedy
It looks like you had a great trip! I would love to go to Paris someday.
Janet Kaye Foster
I love the fabric in the giveaway
Elaine Heinrich
I loved you photos and the thoughts of a trip to Paris. My husband and I had hope to do a Rhine River Cruise starting with 3 days in Paris but travel was still difficult. We hope to make it happen next year. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Lee
I enjoy reading your blog (and seeing your lovely photos!)! I’m always inspired to make something pretty!
Vickie Bell
So many beautiful pictures, however I am not ready to travel especially to another country!
cathy k
I would like to travel the U.S. and see all the amazing places there are.
Darlene Hoctor
Paris looks lovely.
Kathy Reynolds
Paris!!! The art… everything you shared are on my bucket list! It was a fun ( visual) visit maybe someday!🥰🍀
Wendy
So glad you were able to share the experience with your daughters. Utah is on my bucket list. Also England.
Jo A Quaglia
LOVE Paris and hope to visit again soon. You went to some incredible places that I have not yet seen but now added to my list. I do not have a bucket list but places that I have been fortunate enough to visit in the past and highly recommend are: The Galapagos Islands, Kenya (African photo safari), Tahiti, Normandy, Holland & Belgium
Debbi Storczer
My bucket list items are to visit Japan and Hungary. Japan with my daughter and Hungary with my husband as his parents came from there. He is first generation American.
Andrea Jones
What a great adventure! I would love to go to Japan one day – it’s on my bucket list!
Sharon Thomsen
Hello! What a wonderful vacation! Truly a trip of a lifetime and so wonderful to share with your girls. I would love to travel to Hawaii. Still in the country but seemingly a world away. Thank you for this opportunity!
Jacomina de Regt
indeed, counting my blessings too that travel is possible
Susan Boutault
Wow, looks like your trib was worth it. Thanks for sharing!
Monique
On my bucket list is a visit to Ireland to try and find information on my Irish Ancestors.
Lori
What a beautiful trip!! I would love to visit my Grandmother’s birthplace in Wales England one day!
Miriam- me2made
Hi Amy. I also love Paris. I have been there for several times now. It s a wonderful city. So many nice spots to go to.
This year I will go to another place in Europe: London.
Best regards
Miriam- ME2made
The Netherlands
Kelly
What a fun trip! I was able to go to Italy for 2 weeks a few years back before the pandemic hit but didn’t get to go to Paris. I love the paintings you photographed! So glad you got to take your girls! Memories they will never forget!!
Marlene Jackson
Looks like you had a wonderful time with your daughter.
Jo Anne Gaulin
Hi Amy!
Your trip to Paris looked like it was amazing! I just finished a quilt in the Saturday in Paris fabric as a wedding gift to a dear friend. I chose SIP, because it was the first trip she and her future husband took together.
Colleen Williamson
Looks like you had a wonderful time. So glad your girls were with you to share in something you love. Maybe future generations will continue to go like a tradition!
Sherry Laface
Hi there! I hope you had a wonderful time in Paris! My bucket list place to visit is Australia 🇦🇺! I have always wanted to go and my nephew has been several times but as being a flight attendant he doesn’t really get to have time to just go sightseeing. I absolutely love your quilt pattern and your website is wonderful and easy to navigate. Happy quilting 😁😁😁
Sherry LaFace
Nan McKenzie
New to your blog and really enjoying it! Thanks!!
Patricia
Thank you for sharing! I’d love to get to Paris someday too.
Michele E Barris
My dad took great pictures of the Effile Tower during WWII from an airplane and I have always wanted to visit there!
Rachel Kornstadt
Hi. Glad you had a good time
Mindy H
I would love to go to Scotland to see The World Bagpipe Competition! I would love to visit the Scottush Ilses in search of quilters and their histories. The Celtics has so much history entwined in their quilts!
And Ms Amt Thank you for sharing your talents and experience!
Kathy
Would love to take my grand-daughter to Paris, maybe next summer!
Alta Clayton
Hi, love your pictures and Paris.
William David Halbert
Hi. We have been to Paris a number of times. Would like to get to Portugal, Andorra, Return to Rome, Barcelona and Bulgaria.
Cindy Blossey
I am so happy for you to make your trip to Paris. I was 19 and in London, To return to London has been always a dream. A bucket list dream.
Jamie Scheibach
Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures of Paris. Sharing a memory with our kids and making a new one of that place with them is the best!
Barbara
Great trip! Great giveaway
Nancy
How wonderful that you were able to share Paris with your girls and make special memories. I enjoyed the travelogue and would enjoy winning the giveaway as well!
Teddie Clark
Your pictures are beautiful. My husband and I were in Paris several years ago and it was an experience of a lifetime. So happy you and your daughter were able to make it happen. Memories of a lifetime.
Jessica
I’d love to visit Europe sometime.
Peggy Wright
Amy. Thanks so much for posting all your wonderful pictures! I’m glad you had such an amazing time! Spending time with our children is such a wonderful time!
Karen Varble
Love your Paris pictures. Always enjoy seeing what quilt projects and patterns you are working on. Thanks!
Stephanie
Thanks for sharing Paris with us all. Lovely!
Barb Losee
I am loving your Paris pictures, on my bucket list! Can’t wait to see more! Thank you for everything!!!
Beth Rogers
Thank you for sharing your trip!! I love ‘traveling’ through someone else’s eyes. So glad you could enjoy this time with your girls. And thanks for sharing your love of all things quilt with us!!
Kathy Boehm
Hi! Your pictures are beautiful, thank you for sharing them with us. Paris is definitely on my bucket list, I’m happy to see that travel is getting somewhat easier. Ireland and Japan are also on my list.
Jean
Wings of Paradise took my breath away when I saw it in person!
Deb Spangler
Wonderful trip!
Mary Veronin
Thank you for sharing your pictures of Paris, I want to go back again it truly is a beautiful place ♥️
Lisa Horn
Thanks for sharing about your trip. My sister and her daughters are currently in Italy,have started their European adventure in London(where they managed to visit a quilt shop for me to pick up a desired pattern!). They spent several days in Paris as well. I love your photos! Hoping to get there in the near future-fingers crossed my Air Force son gets another assignment overseas!
Janel Robinson
Wonderful pictures and memories! Australia is on my list of dream destinations!
sbaitz
Your trip looks fantastic. I would love to travel to Ireland or Australia.
Carolyn Sands
Great photos! The Greek Isles are on my bucket list. I was supposed to go this month but the tour has been postponed until next year. Fingers crossed…. What a great giveaway with a really good project. Thanks for a chance to win and I’ll be looking forward to your next post on your trip.
Diane Antle
Hi, looks like a wonderful trip to Paris!
MS Sam Nicholson
Oooh, you went on my dream vacation!! Thank you so much for sharing all your pictures! Sainte Chapelle would be AMAZING to see. Wouldn’t that make such a wonderful quilt? All the stain glass! Thank you for all the pictures again, my dream to go some day continues!!
Connie
Looked like so much fun.
Dianne Smith
I enjoyed seeing your pictures.
Brenda
Hey Amy, It looks like a beautiful time in Paris with your daughters! How exciting! I had to giggle when you mentioned the sun being up past your bedtime. I totally get it! I’m so glad you had this time with your daughters.
Bonnie Larson
Ahh, Paris. That has long been on my bucket list. Someday. Thanks for sharing
Myna Harris
My bucket list travel destination is Scotland.
Linda
I was fortunate enough to visit Paris before the Notre Dame fire. Visiting there on a Sunday morning by accident, and having the experience of quietly sitting through a Mass was quite a spiritual experience even though I understand no Latin.
A sewing machine cover would be a perfect project for Paris themed fabrics.
Jean Burke
Thanks for the lovely pictures! What an adventure!!
Amelia Blount
Hi! Looks like you had a great time. Congrats!
Debbie
Loved your Paris pictures. I made my granddaughter a beautiful Paris fabric quilt. I don’t remember the fabric line, but it is pink, yellow, gray out lines of the Eiffel Tower. Sadly, she’s hidden it away because she’s at a disagreeable age. Hopefully, someday she’ll appreciate and love it again.
Austa Rogers
Haven’t been to Paris scene I was a kid, hoping to get there again in a few years
MSgt Tammy Arnold
What a wonderful adventure for you and your girls. Paris is definitely on my bucket list, but would love to take my husband to some of the places I got to go when I was in the Air Force. Germany, Spain and Italy were my favorites. I love the fabric choice for the sewing machine cover! It would look so cute covering my 1947 Featherweight named, Lena, after my Grandmother.
Nancy A Benedetto
I went to Paris, 56 years ago, as a young girl on an exciting adventure. I worked for an airlines, so I went on the airlines tour and it did not disappoint. What I got to see was so amazing. There was so much, but my favorite was Notre Dame. So happy you got to take your daughter there. Nancy
Susan Ecklund
What a wonderful trip for you and your daughters. Thanks for sharing the photos and offering this giveaway.
Roni
Oh Paris is in my bucket list!!
Bonjour!
Sydney Schatz
Paris is a fabulous city!! But my bucket list includes Ireland and Bali–to make my own batiks!! So happy for you and your girls to be able to do this trip!! Memories are the best!
Dawn Lewis
Love your newsletters! Look forward to hearing about your adventures! I would like to travel anywhere in Europe-it is just so rich in architecture and history! Thanks for letting me travel along vicariously with you Amy!
Please enter me in your giveaway for Paris-themed fabric! Love that Main print! Thank you!
Marilyn
Love your shots of Paris. Bucket list – Machu Picchu but after 2 + years, going to the next town would be exciting. Thanks for the giveaway
Ruth
What a wonderful trip!
Hope to someday see a quilt “by Mondrian”.
Ann Bracken
Paris is definitely on my bucket list! I would love to take a few weeks and travel all over Europe. So glad you were able to take your girls.
Karen S
I was shocked how far away you had to stand from Mona Lisa! We were able to stand right in front of her – but that was 40 years ago! LOL!! So glad you had a lovely trip with your daughters.
Dana Nemecek
I would love to go to Paris someday!
Frances Silvus
Enjoyed your pics so much. We haven’t traveled since Covid, so they were especially fun to see. I look forward to your email each week. Thanks for your inspiration!
Marty Link
I would love to go to Vienna again! thanks for the opportunity!!
Elyse Bennett
I went to Vienna years ago for a study abroad program. I fell in love with the city, even though I was only there for a few weeks, and I’ve wanted to go back. One day I’ll make it
Stacey Smith
Hi Amy; It is wonderful that you and your daughter’s were able to go see that beautiful country. Enjoy the rest of your summer.
Jan
We just finished a cruise for our 30th anniversary (Nova Scotia and St. John’s). Booked a transAtlantic for next May. Pics were wonderful – thx for sharing!
Melanie
Paris sounds wonderful! I would love visiting the bakeries and museums.
lisadoc
I too would like to go to Paris one day. Actually most of Europe would be nice!!!! England. Germany, Italy, Greece….you get the picture.
Diane Lampe
So glad you coumake this trip happen
Michele T
I really want to return to France to visit with my French relatives! Paris is an amazing city!
bettyeking
Your Paris photos are beautiful! I would love to see the lochs of Scotland, the green rolling hills of Ireland and the sites of England. I’ve heard about the textiles of Europe and would LOVE to see the markets in person. Thanks for the taste of Paris!
Jennifer
What a beautiful experience you all had. I have always wanted to travel to Europe and try all the different foods and just enjoy the tourist spots
Judy Parham
Oh, how I love Paris. Reading your post brought back fond memories and my desire to return for another visit.Thank you for sharing.
Donna
I love the family time with your girls. Good memories and warm feelings.
Liz Williams
I would love to visit Paris for my 40th wedding anniversary- 2025 ❤️
Clara Haessig
Thank you fpr sharing. On my bucket list is a cruise to Alaska.
Patty
I look forward to reading your blog and have made some of the quilts you generously share with us.
My husband and I love London as you do and have been planning a return trip there for the last two days. It is so exciting to plan to visit the places we have missed since 2019. My first stop will be to Liberty of London. I need some white Tana Lawn to back a chevron quilt made with Liberty blues and white.
Kimberlie Bovard
Hi! On my bucket list is a visit to Scotland!
Nancy Momono
Hi from a new quilter in Florida
Rachel Gagnon
would love to visit Hawaii – thank you for your nice pictures – I kind of visit Paris through you pictures.
Donna Sproston
Your photos make me want to move Paris to the top of my bucket list, but for now I would settle for Paris, Illinois or Paris, Texas after this travel drought. That Mondrian says quilt for sure. Thanks for the photos and inspiration.
Elise Edholm
Took my girls to Paris, too! Best trip ever. So happy for you!
Paola Lucis
Hi Amy! I love your newsletter as you mix your day-by-day experiences with very interesting sew and quilt information.
Paola (by Milan, Italy)
Mardelle
I’ve traveled internationally a bit but still have longed to see the Far East or Africa.
Carrie Cameron
What an exciting adventure. My 18 year old Grandaughter has just returned from a trip to London and Rome. The first of many adventures for her. I was busy raising her Mom at her age. I would love to go to Tuscany and anywhere in Austrailia. Those are just dreams now.
Looking forward to seeing more Beautiful Pictures.
Jan Wilson
Your beautiful photos touch my France-loving soul! Have you been to Québec? It’s pretty magical, too!
Gloria Williams
Thank you for sharing your wonderful pictures. The best part of travel is sharing with the ones you love. I went to Paris with my Mom and 24 years later went back with my husband & daughter. Your pictures bring back some great memories. I love your quilt blog. Please keep posting.
Nancy
Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing
Becki G.
Ahhhh….Paris, The first and last time I was there was when we were celebrating our son’s 21st birthday and our 25th wedding anniversary. He “re-newed” our vows in Norte Dame. This year we are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary!! Oh to be able to celebrate by “re” re-newing those vows in Paris at Norte Dame. Alas, it is not to be.
Lisa
Loved reading about your adventures! Such beautiful pictures. ❤️
Cindy Wienstroer
I have been lucky that i made it to Japan in 1982 but have also wanted to go to the British Isles. My husband uses a wheelchair so it probably will only happen thru others photos. But we do see USA with our small travel trailer!
lisaomeeks
Loved your pictures. Brought back memories of my time there with my two sons!
Joan
A special trip for a mom and daughters! What a memory maker! I need to do that!
Julie
Very cool trip…inspiring pics. I enjoy traveling vicariously with you and your family. 🙂
spiritedsunflower69
Your pictures are beautiful and make me want to visit Paris. My first travel destination would have to be Ireland or Scotland though.
Donna Mounts
That looked like so much fun!!
Sherill Carothers
Paris is one of my favorite places! I am glad your trip was a success.
Angela McDuffee
Paris is a magical place to roam and get lost in another time and place. That’s how I feel roaming streets in Florence, Italy. Bucket list dreams are the best when shared with loved ones.
Missy Reynolds
Oh my goodness! What a marvelous trip! I’d love to go to Europe again. Went when I was a senior in high school but surely didn’t appreciate the things I saw as much as I would now. Thanks for sharing your pictures!
Carol Thornton
The idea of traveling is stressful to me, but I love watching others enjoy it. It is so very inspiring even from my “at home” perspective. Thank you for sharing.
Peggy
Amy, I visited Paris a few years ago(before 2020) and also loved it. What a fabulous place to see and experience especially with your children.
Cindy
I love to travel and also Love Paris and plan taking our oldest granddaughter next year for graduation. Your baby quilt pattern was the first one that I made when I first started quilting about five years ago. Thanks for sharing and for giveaways!
Patricia Jewell
Thank you for sharing your travel pictures!
Kathy S.
So happy you and your girls got to spend good quality on a trip together and no less to Paris! I’d be glad to just get out of state!
Mary Durham
Wow! Thanks for sharing the beautiful scenes of Paris! I would love to go there as well as England, Scotland, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.
Marjorie Giesey
Thank you for the lovely memories!I toured Paris many years ago with my husband and a picture torn from a quilt fabric store near the Seine, we searched and asked vendors as we walked along near the Cathedral and found the shop and i was able to buy some fabrics to make a quilt!
Pamela Dianne Emard
I always enjoy your travel journals. But Paris is on MY bucket list for my 65th Birthday this year in December. What could be better? Art, gardens, architecture, and food! I’m in heaven just viewing your photographs. Thank you.
karen2498
Thank you for your lovely pictures. It has been many years since I was in Paris and it was great to tour with you. I’m sure it will be a trip to remember for all of you.
Kathy Bonnett
You have phenomenal pictures of The museums. I enjoyed perusing them. 🙂
Melissa McDonald
I really enjoy reading your blog and seeing all your lovely pictures.
Debbie
Thanks. I have wondered about returning to Paris. Yu make a strong case!
Tanya
Aww, I’m glad you were able to take your trip it looks so pretty! I’ve always wanted to visit Ireland, we’ve been talking about it since we first started dating (17 years). Hopefully some day we will make it happen!
Barbara Applegate
Hi, would love to travel but it is not in my budget but I love sewing and making quilts.
Janey
My younger brother and sister have a French connection. Their ancestors on their father’s side come from France. How they would both love to travel there! Thanks for sharing. One of the joys of the quilting community is enjoying the many walks of life our fellow quilters come from or travel through in their life’s journeys.
Libby
Enjoyed your Paris Post … as I am not a traveler, I just want to say “hi” and thank you and Riley Blake for this opportunity to win this prize. Safe travels to you and your family!
Mary
Hi love your article of where you visited in Paris. My favourite city to visit is Seville but dream of visiting Canada!
Phyllis
What a wonderful trip that must have been for you and your family! Nothing compares with spending time with family, except maybe quilting!
Janice Trumbauer
Amy, thanks for sharing your pictures. So glad you were able to make one of your dreams come true!
Terri Fitterer
Hi Amy, thanks for sharing pictures of your trip. So happy for you and your girls could share this experience together. It is so wonderful you, Riley & Blake and Babylock have teamed up to make this giveaway possible. Congratulations to the lucky winner!
Julie Sosebee
Beautiful pictures! We hope to visit Romania one day. Our daughter was fortunate enough to visit Europe with People to People and their 1st stop was Paris. Amazing adventure I was so she could go on.
ampy7458
I am inspired by your trip to Paris and going on a Mediterranean cruise in September which includes France . So many sites to see
Emilee
What an amazing trip and fo have shared it with your girls makes it all the better. My daughter has been in love with Paris since she was tiny and so that is definitely on our bucket list together!
Jane
Your trip sounds wonderful! You’re right, never let opportunity pass you by! Glad you were able to take your daughters. What a gift!
Deanna Brennan
Hi Amy! I love Paris too! I was lucky enough to visit when I was 18 and I am still trying to make it back again. My son will graduate from college next year and has always wanted to go to Italy…hoping I can make it happen like you did with your girls.
Thanks for sharing!!!
Cathy B.
We too had a trip cancelled in 2020, which was supposed to be Munich and Salzberg. Hopefully one day!
Patricia A Bertrand
I love that you went with your family. Thanks for sharing Now I want to gol. I hope I win. I bet almost everyone say s that.
Patty
Mary R Cortez
I would love to see Alaska!
Dawn James
My bucket list travel adventure is to casually drive all across the US, wandering wherever my heart desires, stopping at quilt shops along the way collecting fabrics from each shop that will all go in a quilt when my trip is done. I would want to collect at least one fabric from each state.
Jeanne Peters
Right now a trip to wal mart feels like a vacation (wish they sold fabric). But we’re still taking Covid very seriously so i am hoping i can venture out like you did soon. Glad you got a chance before the daughter flew the nest to make those memories. Keep up the posts they really me feel like I’m connected to the outside world
christine Triplett
Love the Riley Blake designs and fabric. Thanks for the tour of Paris.
Vicki
Lobe Paris as a young adult nut have seen lots of beautiful european cities. Sorrento was the most recent one.
Jo
Looks like you had a great time.
Carolyn Montgomery
I lived in Germany for 3 years but we never made it to France.
Ruth Krauszer
Love the pictures you posted. I personally would love to go to Italy, but I see the beauty with going to Paris also. I hope you enjoy your trip.
Kim Runions
Hi! I loved seeing the pic of Paris. Thank you for sharing.
Karen Wilson
I love reading your blog about your trip to France with your girls. I too love travelling with my daughters. And they also have a passion for travel so it’s fun! And my kids are fun to be with so we always have a great time.
Wendy
Enjoyed your pics! I visited Paris several years ago and wish I could have spent a bit more time there. Two places on my bucket list ….Scotland and Australia.
Jeanne Fuelling Brown
Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Kim Poper
How lovely! I would love to go to Switzerland. I have friends living there right now and her posts are beautiful! Thanks for sharing your photos
Lynn Hassebroek
Looking forward to more of your pictures of Paris.
Dani
Your photos are beautiful! I just finished watching the first season of Emily in Paris on Netflix and have become enraptured by the architectural and cultural glimpses in the show. I have definitely put France” on my bucket list – but first I need to refresh my high school French and I’m already working on that!
Sandy Neiman
I just returned from my bucket list trip to Alaska. It was so beautiful!
Pam MacConnell
Paris is still one my bucket list along with Provence! I would love to have that giveaway to make a cover by my BabyLock Ellisimo! New cat in the house who wants to hug my sewing machine and leave his long white fur everywhere!
Pam Suther
Looks like a trip of a lifetime!
Melinda Killion
Thanks for sharing your fun adventure!!! Closest I’ve been is Paris, TX!!!
Nancy Baker
Great photos and story! I’d love to visit Ireland someday.
Jann Bradford
Loved the Paris photos. A print of the Elizabeth Le Brun painting hangs in the bedroom my grandchildren sleep in when they visit! My daughter and granddaughter had a trip to Paris planned in May 2020. We r hoping for next Spring 🙂
Sybil Derderian
Thanks for sharing your visit to Paris and offering these beautiful fabrics to give us all a ‘taste of Paris’! I love the heart pincushion!
Debra Rolfe
My bucket place to visit is Australia.
Beverley Mark
Hi Amy, Love your Saturday newsletters. Your trip to Paris sounds grand. Thanks for having the giveaway. I have been meaning to make a sewing machine cover for years!
Janice Mockmore
Paris is a place everyone should visit!
I am looking forward to a cruise to Iceland.
Carol Gunn
Hi Amy. What a great trip – I love France too and your photos brought back lots of memories for me. The angel is my favourite ever statue, and I did love the view of Paris through the clock at the top of Musee D’orsay. The fabrics are wonderful. CarolG
Kim Kingston-Durgin
This sounds like it was a fun trip. Thank you for posting your pictures and sharing your adventures!! My bucket list destination is Alaska in the summer. I think it would be a wonderful trip at a time of the year that is extremely hot in Texas, where I live. Kim
Carol Gunn
Forgot to say, thank you for the lovely baby quilts. One of them will be perfect for my next baby quilt … so hard to choose … probably the five & dime. CarolG
Peggy Hutchings
Hi Amy, what a fabulous trip to Paris. Would love to win the gifts and I sew on a baby lock machine so a gorgeous cover would be nice!!!
Lynn E Edgar
Dear Amy, I am sitting in my living room, reading about your wonderful adventures in France and gazing at my antique replica of Winged Victory. I have had her for over forty years and still in love with this statue. Paris and all of the art galleries and museums has always been a dream trip for me. Maybe someday. Thank you for sharing your trip experiences.
Susan Reinhard
My dream trip is Italy!
Leora Stewart
Love all your Paris pics! The view of the city from the Pompidou is spectacular!
Tanya
I and three of my friends went on a 3 week tour of Paris and saw some gorgeous country and things. Your pictures bring back so many good memories and I cannot thank you enough for those. Make sure to go see Monet’s garden home.
Dot
I’m lucky to have visited several European countries years ago. Since I’m a knitter as well as a quilter, I’d like to visit the Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Or, at tthis point, just be able to get out of my home town!
Ruth
I would live to visit France and Italy!
Paula
Your photos are lovely!
Marilyn
A sewing machine cover is on my to do list!
Lori Hamby
Hi Amy, your trip sounds wonderful. I just finished a fantastic bucket list mother(me)-daughter trip to London and the surrounding countryside.
Janet Gervin
Thank you for sharing your pics! Paris is truly beautiful! Ireland is my bucket – family background and all!
Mary Kolb
Paris looks incredible but London tops it on my bucket list!!
Teri Howell Grundstedt
Maybe someday we will get to Paris. Your pics are great
Mary Jo Stahl
Thanks for sharing your photos! It looks lovely.
Christyane Dorssers
How exciting to have gone to Paris. Your trip brings back memories of when my husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary there in 2019 just before the pandemic hit. It was our first big holiday since we were married. I so enjoyed reading your blog. Good luck to everyone in this contest. What an amazing and generous prize package you put together.
Betsy
What a trip of a lifetime Amy. My hopes are to,visit India one day. The furthest I have traveled is Alaska.
Ruth
Beautiful little snapshots! Great selection of photos. Thank you for sharing your trip. Looking forward to more!
Lucretia Adams
Interesting to me–I’m going to Germany in 6 weeks for the Passion Play-then to Austria, and Switzerland.
Sandy Boland
I want to go to Italy….and now France! Good for you.
Debra Campbell
A trip with daughters is always special. I’m from California and I would love to visit Utah again.
Kelli
Thanks for sharing your lovely pictures 🙂
Cathy Calloway
Norway fjords and Iceland are still on my bucket list. But not sure when/if we’ll be brave enough for a big trip! Paris looked wonderful, but too crowded for us…
Pat Meeter
It looks like a beautiful trip. Enjoy seeing your photos
Delfina Lozano Pichardo
Hi, I loved the pictures of Paris.
Donna Groff
What a great trip you had!! So glad you got to go with your two daughters.
I am sure they will remember this trip the rest of their lives!!
A great adventure for you all!!!!
Sue L
What a wonderful trip!
Pam Shallenberger
My bucket list is to go to the NE part of the United States in the fall. I would love to see this!
Laura Dewsnup
Your adventure looks stunning, an experience of a lifetime with your daughters! Amazing memories forever.
Pat Hove
I sew with a Babylock also. Love your Paris adventure. Been there myself!!
Debbie Dhams
I too was lucky enough to take a trip to Paris with my daughter eight years ago!
It was the trip of a lifetime and treasure the memories.
Vickie Carroll
Thank you Amy for sharing and reminding me how truly amazing Paris is. My first visit was well over fifteen years ago, so time to go back for sure! Love the Saturday in Paris collection. I have a layer cake of it and have been looking for just the right pattern. Recently I bought some beachy patriotic fabric to make your Regent Street flag quilt. I appreciate the inspiration, creativity, and talent you share.
Megan Barley
How fun! Travel goals start closer to home, visiting out west. But Ireland and Iceland are both dream destinations.
Susan Schmidt
So glad you got so much done while in Paris. It’s such an amazing city !
Judi Green
I, also, love Paris. The colors and the flowers. So much to seee,
Kathy
Thanks for sharing. Paris was one of my favorite places to visit. Always love hearing what everyone visits.
Karma Ramirez
Wow! Looks like you were able to take in tons of cool things in a short time! Good for you and your family! While touring the Smithsonian in DC I too was inspired by the Asian Art museum! The different prints and artifacts are so beautiful! Can’t wait to see what you create next from your eye candy filled trip!
Lauren Lawson
I would love to go to London. I love history so I’d like to visit historical places.
Lisa Carson
Hi Amy. I love your pictures. I’ve been wanting to do a tour across Europe and Portugal is a big draw for me. Thank you for sharing 🙂
donnawt
Your trip looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing your “travelog”
Rhonda
Beautiful! So special to take your girls. I want to go to Scotland! That is my out of Country bucket item!!!
Reabecca
Thank you for sharing pictures, it brought back many memories. At the time we were there we had a Volkswagen camper with Texas A&M sticker on back window. We are driving towards the Arch when a smaller VW drove by and started honking the well known fight song and giving the Aggie thumbs up out of roof skylight of car.
Fun memories
Thank you
Suzanne
Hi! I’ve been to Scotland, but would LOVE to go back for more than just a visit — kind of a senior study abroad or senior exchange (!) — staying long enough to really get the idea of what it is like to be a Scot. 🙂 (Thanks for the weekly emails and the giveaway.)
Debbie Miller
A great trip to Paris! I have always wanted to go to Ireland.
Barbara Grant-D'Avola
I love your blog so much. Thank you for sharing.
Camilla Smith
So glad you and the girls could make this trip happen, memories forever!!
Julie Schindler
I went to Paris with my daughter in 2019 – what a wonderful time we had! I regret not visiting some fabric stores – that must mean I need to go back!!
Robin
Paris is just so wonderful! Where else can you get house made gelato at 2 am on the Champs Elysee?!
Edith Comeau
Love all your pictures,looking forward to more. Paris on my bucket list.
Marion Rudasill
Oh, my goodness your pictures are wonderful!.
Rhonda
Beautiful photography!
Tamlyn Jordan
I visited Paris in the 80s when I was stationed in Germany. I was I was pregnant with my first baby, and the fresh bread and butter helped my through my morning, noon, and evening nausea. Thankfully we were able to take in the sights in a more gentle time. I love your photos and plan to return again.
Mary Ann Gill
Enjoyed your photos of Pstis. Maybe someday I’ll get to go.
Dee
I would love to visit Germany one more time and Scotland too. Love these countries!
Julie Martin
I was in the Paris mission about the same time you were in London—but I was never assigned to Paris, so I missed so much!
Garnetta Mallory
I still have Paris on my list, but loved the ten days that we spent in Rome, Italy. And I would love to make a cover for a sewing machine.
Barbara Aguirre
Beautiful fabric!
Adele
Looks amazing, I would love to visit Paris, it’s on my Bucket List!
Lynette M Gross
Paris is on our bucket list! As of 2017 Rome is my favorite, so I hope to accept the challenge and check out Paris very soon. Your photos are very beautiful 😍
Kay Bowen
What I love most is you travel not just for yourself but for your family!
Keep enjoying them.
Suzanne Adler
I loved Paris — I hope to get back there – I went there in March and we were expecting long sleeve weather — but it was freezing – needed a winter coat and we didn’t have any! I love walking through the museum. I would love to win — I just bought a new babylock and need to make a cover for it so this would be perfect! Thank you.
Rita Olivieri
Lucky you. A dream fulfilled is a wonderful thing. Love the pictures. Hoping to return to Hawaii sometime. ?? Was our honeymoon destination.Rita
Ruth Rosimo
So happy that you were able to take this trip with your daughters! Time is flying by and it is so wonderful to be able to do these adventures. Your pictures make me want to visit Paris!
Thank you for your creativity and beautiful quilts!
Linda
Love your photos! Inspires me to travel.
Looking forward to the sewing machine cover. Need a short project during the summer heat!
Anne
Sounds like a wonderful trip. Glad you were able to go. Thanks for letting me know June 13 is national sewing machine day. I’ll be sure to Sew.
Anna Shetler
Loved reading about the places you got to visit in Paris. When I graduated college I did a trip to Europe and one of the places we went was Paris. You read about all of this but when you actually see it in real life, it is so amazing.
Kathie Weatherford
My bucket list destination is in the states – it is a visit to the New England area and Alaska. Maybe someday.
Alexandria
Paris, France would be lovely. Paris, Ontario is do-able. Love your photographs.
Nikki Moshier
I, too, love Paris. Next bucket list travel will be Ireland.
Alice Powell
Hi Amy,(that’s our daughter’s name) My husband and I were on an adventure this year also.We went to Alaska (it was in the 70s and the places we stayed did not have air conditioning)They said it was unusually warm.GREAT OTHERWISE.
Dena Coop
So love your photos. I have been to Paris 3 times and your photos take me right back again!
Mallory
It looks like you had a lovely trip! I’ve been to England twice, and I would pick to go back there! Traveling where I don’t know the language intimidates me. But I supposed I could go to France for a day and then BACK to England right? Ha! Thanks for offering a giveaway!
Celia Morse
The Orangerie in the Tuileries Garden is over of my favorite places in Paris. I could state at the money water lilies paintings for hours.
Karla K Currie
Loved your pictures. The Louve is definitely
On mu bucket list. So glad you had a great trip
Anna Murphy
I’m sure Paris is lovely and the pictures are beautiful but the fact that you were there with your daughter is priceless.
On my bucket list was Ireland and my husband and I honeymooned there it was incredible!
lamnova02
I love traveling and glad to get back into it this year! Montreal up first in July!
Barbara Johnson
I was in Paris for my 25th Wedding anniversary! sounds romantic, right? The only problem was that I was there on a business trip, and my husband was at home with the kids! My coworker and I only had about 24 hours there so we didn’t really get to see much. I hope that next time my hubby will be able to go with me!
Heather Prescott
Thanks for sharing! Hope to go to Portugal this summer!
Frances T
Hello! I’m enjoying your newsletter very much! I have always wanted to go to Ireland and Scotland – long list of descendents from there.
Linda in PA
It sounds like you had a great trip! I always wanted to go to Hawaii and was able to make the trip several years ago. My husband, our daughter and son-in-law, our granddaughter, and I had a wonderful time! I enjoy reading your blog!
ANN D
My husband and I visited Paris several years ago. We really enjoyed the boat tour on the Seine and seeing the Eiffel Tower lit up at night.
Thanks for the chance to win the giveaway.
Linda Bond
Thanks for sharing all the pictures. Just beautiful! So glad you got to do that with your daughters. They will always remember such a wonderful trip.
Emma K
What a fantastic adventure! So glad you were able to go with your girls before a big move. It sounds like it was a wonderful time!
I’d love to go to Scotland with my mother one day.
travelingro
Obviously, with Traveling being part of my email address, I love to travel! At 85, not doing as much so I travel to different places with my quilts! I’m hoping I’m never to old for that! Thanks for all you share. I’ve made some of your lovely patterns.
Sue Marshall
My bucket list is Paris, and I so appreciate you sharing your adventure. Thanks!
Penelope Kindt
I am a total Anglophile, all the way. I would love to back to England and roam on my own to the little villages.
Dana Harris
Amy you are so fortunate to be able to travel I am hoping to travel with my grown daughter in the future. Would love to see Paris.
Thank you for your generous give away.. Dana Harris
Barbara
Hi! So glad you enjoyed yr trip. My bucket list was Italy, Paris and London. Did Italy two years ago. So next Paris. Maybe Normandie and then Venice too. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the great pictures!!😊
becky
Inspired and only a tad jealous 🙂
Jacqueline Fisher
Love the photos!! Brings back memories of my (one and only) trip to Paris at age 22-we won’t be mentioning how long ago that was!
Tina Travers
Would love to go anywhere!
Marie Holdridge
Hi, These pics really make me wish I could go to Paris. You are spot on to treasure these moments with your kids!
Julia Huddleston
Glad you got to treat your daughters to a place you love. I bet they will have many fond memories when they get older and are thankful for a very thoughtful Mother!
LEAH Holland
Bucket List – Ireland or Scottish Highlands, north of Inverness….
Loved Scotland, London, Amsterdam and Vimy Ridge area…. wasn’t too keen on Paris. Too crowded.
Liz Grundvig
Hi! I’m smiling still from this post. Everything so lovely – your pictures, daughter, you, that ice cream, and omg… poor Mona Lisa!
Kim C
I went to Paris 35 years ago this month when I was six months pregnant with my oldest daughter. I was stationed in Germany so Paris was just a bus ride away. I still remember the excitement of seeing all the wonderful sites especially going to the Louvre. I would love to go again some day. Thank you for the chance to win this sweet giveaway.
Bobbie Schneider
I love the Paris pictures. I will have to satisfy my desire for travel from the blogs I follow. Maybe if I stop buying fabric I could travel more, not!
Patricia Piasecki
I’ve never been to Paris- only in my dreams. Your pictures are so lovely!
Donna Egan
Hi! Looks like a great trip! I would love to visit Greece
Arlene Helms
Looks like a fantastic trip but the crowds at the Louvre would have me heading elsewhere!! 😃 I enjoy your travel adventures so I hop you’ll keep sharing.
Patti Hershey
Loved this post1. I’ve been to Paris 3 times and I never get enough of it!!! Hope to go back again!
Brenda
You have some beautiful photos. I traveled to Europe in the late 1960’s.when everything was easier and cheaper!
Paris was definitely among my favorites. It is hard to put in to words how amazing it its. It has to be seen and felt.
Julie C
My husband and I dream of doing a long distance walk somewhere in the UK. We’re waiting for the travel craziness to calm a bit…
Rosie Watters
sound like an amazing trip—i’m ready to go, again—most lovely of places to visit!!!
Kathy
Ah love Paris need to go back soon.
cwknitnut
I’ve always wanted to visit Australia
Ruth Brooks
Beautiful photos. I long to go to Paris and have a long list of things to see there. Thanks for this post!!
Ruth Brooks
Margery Pinnetti
I share your love of Paris and I appreciate sharing vicariously with you. Amy, you are a gem and a go-getter. You inspire us; thank you!
Jean Truchan
How cool to take your girls with you this time!
Ellen Harrod
I love your blog! Always interesting about your quilts and travels! My bucket list would be to travel to London and Paris!!
rae6684
Paris is on my bucket list, like you I will only have a few days so dont really plan to sleep there at all – just walk and eat lol, and look for fabric
Jacqueline
I love Paris!! Even though we didn’t even make it out of the train station before my husband was pickpocketed. Three children can distract you! It was still a wonderful time!!!
Mary B
What a great trip that must have been. Fabulous pics! I’d love to go to Italy some day.
Pat Lynch
Thanks, Amy, for the wonderful photos of Paris. After taking four years of high school French; my dream has always been to visit France. I have not made it yet but hope to one day!
Sara
Thanks for sharing. Not sure if traveling is in my future any more but sewing certainly is 😄
Sue E Mullin
Took my daughter to Italy this spring! Mother/daughter trips are the best!
Valerie
You make me want to go to Paris!
Jana Weatherford
We just came home from Manhattan and then the east coast. To our surprise Manhattan was our favorite.
Connie Plotzki
Love to walk the Camino is Spain
Jannette B
I’d LOVE to go to Europe for a month or so, but a significant medical issue has made that impossible. So, I live vicariously through the trips of others! Thanks for this quick tour of Paris!
Kris Kinigson
I love Paris, too! Hoping to go back for my 40th wedding anniversary. On my bucket list is Italy and the Amalia coast. I love your patterns and have made several of them. Thank you!
Chris Neef
I haven’t been to Paris yet but hopefully in a few years we will go. Thanks for the inspiration!
Nancy Arneson
My Granddaughter would love to go to Paris. It is her big dream. She is only 12 but I would like to take her and my daughter if I have a chance. So inspirational to read about your experience; Thank you. Nancy Arneson
Anne Pankow
Thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures of Paris. I always enjoy pictures of your trips. I always wish I was there with you. My hope is to travel to Paris and Italy with my son who loves art museums. You give me hope that traveling is becoming safer and safer. Thank you so much Amy. P. S. I have almost completed my version of your pattern Fly the Flag. Love your patterns.
Sarah Gunter
How exciting! So glad you were able to fulfill your wish of taking your girls to Paris. Would love to have been able to take our children there or to Italy. At least I can “share” yours through the great photos and memories. Thanks for sharing.
Sharon Eisen
I am envious. Wish I were there!
Margaret
I loved seeing your Paris photos – they brought back so many memories of my trip there a very long time ago.
Gail Sowin
Thank you for sharing about your Paris trip. One of our bucket list vacations in the States is to get to the Grand Canyon.
Holly
Hi! I was in Paris in 2016 when my daughter was spending her spring semester studying abroad. I agree, it is a beautiful city & yeah, lots of walking😂!
DAlex
I’m so happy for you that you got to visit Paris again. I hope I get to go someday!
Brenda Kempton
I would love to tour the Southern states where my
Paternal ancestors lived and settled before moving west.
Elizabeth Stevens
Loved your pics & commentary!
Christine Hess
What a wonderful trip you had!
Beth Haurand Croswell
Thanks for sharing. Paris is still on my Bucket List
Vickie O
My bucket list destination is Hawaii. Wonderful pictures of Paris. Thank you for sharing.
Vigdis
Looks like you had a nice trip to Paris! I have been in Paris a long time ago and would like to go there again.
Lillian Letters
I love the idea of a Mondrian quilt.
Happy stitching!
Diane Coleman
Hello! Looks like a fabulous trip. My bucket list: Alaska; Iceland and and a new sewing machine!! 😉😉😉
LisaRose
One of my bucket list adventures is to see Alaska and spend time in the remotest area possible for me. After living and traveling in Europe, I am all done with crowds! 😀
sylvboris
I just might have to add this to my bucket list now!
Katie Presser
I want to see the Northern Lights!!!! Not really one place… but I want to be where the colors are the most vibrant!
Bonnie Hayes
Enjoyed the scenes of Paris!
Saturday in Paris —cute fabric bundle!
stefanie
beautiful photos – I haven’t been in just as long as you had so it was really a treat to see. We share some favorite places!
ginnybn
Hi Amy, your blog is one of my favourites and Paris is such a special place – you can just feel the history! Would love to win the giveaway – have a happy day!
Robin Powell
I’d love to visit my in-laws, who we haven’t seen in 3 years because of world events. They live on the beautiful island of Nevis.
Teri Johnson
Hi, Amy! Love reading your column and seeing your amazing projects! Thank you for being so generous with your quilt patterns and tutorials, which I’ve found so very helpful!😻
Susan Gee
Hi Amy, looks like a fabulous trip! My bucket list includes a tour of the Greek Isles. Maybe one day…
Sandie Thompson Yuengling
What a lovely trip! We were there in 1986 and my son had his 4th birthday there. We told him he could eat anywhere he wanted – he chose the Burger King on the Champs-Elysees! Next month he’ll be 40 – maybe time for a return trip🥰
Angela Tomassi Myers
Fabulous photos of Paris. I have never been to Paris but it is on my bucket list! My dream trip happened in 2018; my entire family traveled to Italy and saw my family on my dad’s side and we went to Greece! Santorini Island is truly magical 🙂
Loretta Swan
I really enjoyed see the sights through your eyes.
Thank you.
jaybirdinohio
Amy, you can share your travel picks with me any old day! I love seeing all the pretty places, and whew! If the Louvre was that crowded, better you than me! That’s way too people-y for me. Can’t wait to see what else you got up to with your girls. Looks like a wonderful trip.
Shelley B.
What a wonderful trip – can’t wait to see and hear more about it!
Sandy Claessens
Your lovely travelog will have to do for now. Thanks
Roberta S Willett
Would love to visit Australia
Andrea Foster
I would like to go to Montana and Alaska.
Beth Mc.
Thanks for sharing. It looks like a wonderful trip. Maybe I’ll have to add that to my bucket list.
Cath
It feels like your post was just for me. My boys and I were booked to go to Paris in early 2020, Covid and the lockdown cancelled our trip. I went in 1994. Mr 11 and Mr 18 have never been. Mr 18 is about to graduate and leave home for uni. We are booked on 22/6/22 to fly out but my youngest’s passport still hasn’t arrived due to the Covid passport delays. We have three days for it to turn up before our trip is cancelled. Loved your photos, they brought warmth to my stressed heart.
Susan F
What beautiful photos. Very glad you were able to finally take your trip.
KATHLEEN SCHULTZ
Hi love the photos
Jeanne Hoerr
Thanks for sharing your Paris trip! I haven’t been there since 1974 (so long ago!), but it was amazing. Beautiful memories made with your girls is priceless 🙂
Peggy L.
I would like to visit some of the states that I have not yet seen. Oregon and Washington top my list.
Sharon D
A trip of a lifetime!
Dee H.
Thank you for your blog, Amy! My bucket list travel destination is Ireland and Scotland. Someday…
joolze52gmailcom
Since my brother lived in France for two years many years ago, I’ve always wanted to visit However, as my husband now has Alzheimer’s I can’t see myself getting there so seeing your photos was great!
Lois Uresk
When I got married, we moved from Utah to Boston. (42 years ago). We have only been back once. I feel fortunate that we have been able to travel to most of the United States. Also, we have been to the Alberta area of Canada. My most adventurous trip was to Cambodia, after our daughter served a mission there. My dream trip would be back to Boston and then on to England and Ireland. My dad’s parents immigrated to the U.S. from those two countries.
PaulsL
Love the pics. Thanks for sharing. I have been to Paris and several cities in Europe. My bucket list would be to spend some time in Tuscany. Maybe next year.
Vickie D.
Would love to visit just about anywhere since I’ve mostly been home since retiring in late 2019 (perfect timing lol). Paris has always been a bucket list item. Enjoyed seeing the pics and thank you for the chance to win.
LeAnne K
This looks like a fun and beautiful trip! 🙂
Elizabeth Lynn
I would love to visit Ireland! Thanks for the chance to win.
Mario San Diego
I would love to visit Paris but crowds are not my thing! Also I notice people were not wearing masks-scary!
Martha Cook
Having traveled from coast to coast due to my husband’s military career I’ve seen a lot of America. Maybe see the Grand Canyon? But due to Covid and time I would love to see our daughter more often than every four or five years who lives in Canada.
Sheilah P.
Your photos brought back so many memories of my last trip to Paris. Thanks for the mini vacation.
Doreen
I’ve only flown once and that is enough for me! Not impressed with flying or water travel. Glad you had a good time in Paris. I’ll enjoy it through your pictures! Thanks.
Cy D Swendsen
I have been blessed to be able to travel alot prior to 2020. Having a husband who was in the Navy helped. Ireland was my favorite.
I still have Australia, New Zealand and Brazil on my bucket list.
Lynn Mullen
I loved the mini tour you provided in photos and comments! I loved Paris too, as well as French food, and French inspired fabrics. Looking forward to more Paris photos and comments, and to your quilts.
Renee
What a wonderful trip for you and your daughters! Thanks for sharing your photos. One of the items on my list of things to do/places to go is the Santa Fe Opera.
Wanda Humphrey
Hi, I have been to Paris and this fabric would be the best thing to celebrate my time In Paris.
Wanda Humphrey
It’s a beautiful Sunday here in Wisconsin. Hope you are having a blessed day. I tried posting just a few minutes ago but didn’t see it go through, so trying again. I have been to Paris, and it is a beautiful site to see. This fabric would really top off my day and dress up my sewing room.
Camilla F.
I would love to tour New Zealand. It looks so beautiful!
Shannon Parsons
Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures and comments! Looking forward to more. I would love tto enter your drawing for the fabric, etc.
Patti A.
My husband still goes over and over his time there when he was there on leave from the Air Force and SAYS he always want to take me the there, Hmmm we will see about that!! Would love to win the prize by the way!!!
Caralee Earl
I really want to go to Washington DC
Andrea Hoke
Ooooh, I’d love to get back to Europe!
yolanda v
I went to Pairs many years ago. Would love to go back. It is so beautiful.
yolanda v
I visited Paris many years ago and would love to return. It is beautiful!
Kaye
We visited Paris in 2014 and I’d love to go back! Living through your pictures!
Jennifer B
I want to visit _all_ the places, but right now Africa has captured my imagination. Someday!
Mary Logsdon
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful photos. I felt as though I was in Paris through your photos. Thanks again!
Mary Howland
Loved all the photos. Paris is on my list, Venice for sure, and Ireland. Actually I’d love to go anywhere right now. Except the Mona Lisa crowd photo sort of freaked me out – so many people crowded together.
Tammy
I went to Paris when I was in my early twenties, for a quick 2-day tour of the city. We walked by the Louvre, but the lines were too long for our schedule. I am glad you got to go in! The art you shared is lovely. Thank you!
mary c quilts
I think travel has been upended for many of us. I loved your story and pictures. Hopefully, I will be able to travel again, too.
Linda Douglas
Hi, What a nice trip for You ! Lovely Paris !
Thanks for sharing the giveaway !
Lynn
I went to Paris when I was in my twenties, for a quick two-day tour. We walked past the Louvre but did not have time to wait in line to enter. I’m glad you got to go in! Thank you for sharing the beautiful art work. And for this giveaway offer : )
Ann Marie Schmelter
Love your pictures of Paris!
GWEN D HUMPHRIES
I want to go to Egypt, Tanzania and Nigeria
bastrop52
Hoping I can return to Paris one day. 🇫🇷
Mary Jo S.
So many places are on my bucket list as my husband and I are just retiring. Ireland is at the top of the list! Thanks for sharing your trip.
Jo Anne G Hawks
A Mediterrean cruise is my dream trip.
Bess
My oldest & I went on a school trip to Paris & they only scheduled 2 hours for the Louvre – a total crime! We were literally jogging thru trying to see the highlights. It’s totally on our bucket list for us to go back & spend at least a whole day there – especially since they’re a fine arts major now – lol. Looks like a fabulous trip!
Pat
Oh, I know you had a great trip. Thanks for sharing your pics!
Marcia
Loved your Paris pics and commentary. I visited Paris in the fall of 2019. Beautiful beautiful city. Next up is Ireland and Scotland!
Carol LaBella
My dream has always been to visit Paris and I really enjoyed seeing it through your pictures, How wonderful you were able to enjoy this journey with your girls.
Vivian
I was 20 on my first and only trip to Paris. I stayed at the Hotel Palais D’Orsay, long before it became a museum. From everyone who visits I learn Paris remains the same, something beautiful, cultural and exciting around each corner.
Pam Miller
What a special time to spend with your girls.
Wonderful memories!!!
Kara Osmundson
Looks like a fantastic trip. I have a friend who brought her daughters to London for the Jubilee. Both cities areas on my bucket list.
Lee L.
Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing. I was in Paris in February many years ago and the weather was not nearly so nice. Glad for you and your girls though!
Jane Morrical
Hi! Love your pics of Paris…I think Switzerland is my favorite destination—at least one of them! As beautiful in summer as in winter!!
Joanna
As much as I still need to see more of the good ‘ole USofA, I do think Italy would be a fantastic place to visit. So glad you were able to check-off a destination on your list!
Pat S
So enjoyed your photos. Thanks for sharing. So sad to hear that St. Chappelle is closed for restoration:(. It is by far my favorite. By any chance did you find any cute little fabric shops while you were there? We have plans to visit Paris soon.
Sue Chase
Thank you for the Paris post. I’ll be celebrating Sewing machine day everyday this summer as I had my trip to Nv to see my grandson graduate high school last month. It’ll be fabulous since it’s to hot outside all ready in Louisiana.
Renee Arnold
Loved looking at your pictures. I went to France on a school trip when I was 15. A trip I’ll never forget! Got lost in the Louvre and never did see the Mona Lisa. Don’t know why anyone would want to ruin it.
Barbara Beernink
Thank you for sharing the highlights of your trip!!!
Tammy S
Thank you for sharing your adventures!
Julie
Beautiful pictures. Brings back memories of our very short few hours in Paris. I’d like to go back when we had more time. Bucket item first though: We need to go to England and Wales!
Lodi
I’d love to revisit Barcelona. My husband and I visited on our $5 a day honeymoon 49 years ago, and again 20 something years ago with our grown/growing son. Magical! Gaudi! Ahhh!
Rita
Thank you for sharing these pics. They bring back fond memories. My husband and I took our 2 daughters to France the summer before our oldest got married (that October) and our youngest went off to medical school out of state. It was the trip of a lifetime for us as a family.
Cecelia Cortez
I would love to travel anywhere outside the United States. I love the photos of Paris you posted.
Maria
I enjoyed the pictures and narrative. I have not had the opportunity to travel, but loved ur sharing.
ldfalk
Would love to visit Paris – definitely on the bucket list!
Tina Stanfield
I would love to go to England.
Dina Kilcrease
My bucket list trip is to Venice! There is something fascinating about going down the street in a BOAT.
For those who think Costa Rica might be nice… put it on your bucket list. My husband and I have been about 6 times and we are hooked. Volcanos, beaches, jungles, zip lining, white water rafting, super happy friendly people, sea turtles, Macas and everything is beautiful… what’s not to love??
Annie LaFarge
Hi! I love your blog and have made several of your patterns! Cross weave is my favorite! My bucket list is to go to Ireland and Scotland for my honeymoon. My husband and I got married 8/1/2020 with close family in a beautiful outdoor ceremony – thanks to COVID we haven’t been able to go yet!!!
Leslie Schmidt
I was a French major in college, but never got close to it. Your pictures are a brief look that transported me to a fascinating place, if only for a minute. Thanks.
Sandra Hansen
Wow, Amy! You brought back some wonderful memories of my once in a lifetime trip to Paris with my husband in 2005. Reading your blog makes me want to go back again! Thanks for sharing!
Melanie A
Castle tour down the Rhine.
Joan Gudorf
We were in Paris years ago and loved it! I’m anxious to read about your experience at Normandy. That is still on my bucket list.
Carla Norris
On my bucket list was Ireland and I took my granddaughter with me. So beautiful and so many amazing memories we shared. So glad you shared the trip with your girls. My next bucket list destination is France with my husband. It’s a great blend of romantic destinations that I love balanced with history that my husband loves.
Cyndy L
I would love to purchase an RV and travel to all 48 states visiting all the National Parks.
Terri W
As it’s said, Paris is always a good idea! My granddaughter and I traveled there in 2018 and it was a dream come true 😉
Caroline Simm
I love Paris as well, & would love to go back ❤️
Doreen Satterwhite
Ahh Paris, on my bucket List!
Cathy
Traveled to Paris during a WWII tour 10 years ago. We walked 12 miles in the one day we had in Paris. Such a beautiful city with a fascinating history. Your photos are beautiful, as are your quilts!
Angie Moore
My Bucket List travel dream is to tour Europe by train!!
Susan_in_LA
I hope to visit Great Britain at some point in the future. I’d also like to visit the Netherlands.
Sandi
That’s a beautiful trip to share and make memories with your daughters! Your pictures are wonderful. Hugs,
Lori J Smth
I’m ready for a vacation too!
Jane Lussmyer
My husband and I were taking the other day about the trip we would like to make if we could and it would be a trip to Africa for a Safari. Enjoyed your pictures to Paris.
Vicki H Coffey
50th wedding anniversary coming up this summer and we still have not decided where we want to go for our “honeymoon” trip. We have a long bucket list!
Alex Fogel
I would love to go back to Paris, I was there 30 years ago and I imaging things have really changed.Alexandra
Debby Hux
I loved your pictures of Paris, it’s definitely on my bucket list!
Paula Wilson
Hi ! A place on my bucket list is Anna Maria Island, Florida !!
Kim C
I would like to go back to Niagara Falls to visit my family soon.
Deb Ninis
My husband and I were in Paris in January 2020 before, before the world closed down.. is was amazing… We walked everywhere… still processing my experience. Thanks for bringing back some sweet memories with your pictures. Your daughter will never forget this.
Madeline Realmuto
I am going to Paris in October. I was there briefly a few years ago at Christmas and wanted to see a season I miss here in Florida, Fall! Can’t wait.
Jeanette L. Yager
I would love to go to Scotland, Belgium, Norway, and France to visit the places some of my ancestors trod! Who wouldn’t love a European Tour of some kind!
Mildred A Plaskett
Enjoyed the Paris pictures. I am not a fan of flying, so probably will never visit France. Thanks for the giveaway. I did not know it is National Sewing Machine Day.
Diane
Lovely pics! I’m going to clean and shine my sewing machine today. Just might give it a hug.
Deb Merrill
Living in Texas, I want to go ANYWHERE that isn’t HOT!!! Enjoy your trip and your girls!
Emily
I’d really like the chance to visit all of the National Parks in the contiguous 48. I know that the few I’ve visited have been absolutely beautiful, and while that’s a huge bucket list item, it should keep me busy in between projects! 😀
Kayla Clark
I have almost visited all of the United States. I finally made it to Alaska this summer. I have been to Australia, New Zealand and am looking forward to more travel abroad!!
Robbin
I’m an armchair traveler right now, but when my husband retires we want to go to Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland and Italy. Thanks for letting me travel with you and still take care of my grandson!
Nancy Centrella
Just saying hi!!
Rosemary B
Amy, you lucky girl!
Thank you for sharing these photos! I love them and I hope you share some more.
I am so happy you got outta here and went on an adventure. I would love to go to France.
I lived in Paris as a kid in Vaucresson, if a cool 4 story house.
You are so sweet offering a give away, Good luck and best wishes to all entrants
Diane
I loved your photos of Paris! And Paris is on my bucket list of places to visit.
Alicia Campbell
Beautiful Sights and Photos. Happy National Sewing Machine Day
Darla
Thank you for sharing. Would like to take a trip to Glacier National Park.
BFromM
My current bucket list would be to travel somewhere, anywhere, on a plane. Hopefully, eventually, I will feel comfortable doing that.
Jenny Ballou
So love your travel pics. I just returned from a beach vacay!
Kim S
Beautiful photos! Scotland is on my bucket list.
Kathy Myers
So glad you were able to complete your trip. As I write this I am on my bucket list trip to Alaska!!!
Linda Booth
Thanks so much for sharing! One of these days I may get to travel as much as I would like. Until then, I will relish in looking through other people’s pictures and comments.
Renita Tanski
What a nice trip to share with all of us! And, thank you for including us in your quilting world.
Donna Winchell
Never been to Paris, always wanted to go. Thanks for the great pictures. I have been quilting for about eight years and love doing it. Just had my first great granddaughter. Of course she got a quilt.
Trixie Comfort
I have always wanted to go to Hawaii. This is at the top of my bucket list. The 2nd place I would like to visit is Alaska. I have enjoyed your beautiful pictures of Paris and I would love to go there some day.
Caitlin
My bucket list has quite a few places but I really want to ride the gondolas in Venice!
Debbie Fioranelli
We were in Paris two days after the “cake smearing” episode! Loved Paris and hope to return soon!
Katty Abdullah
Hi..Great Giveaway i hope to win..
Amanda
Paris is one of my favourite cities. But you didn’t mention going to Montmartre with its artist lined streets and the Sacre Coeur, a beautiful white marble church.
Mary C. Peryea
Thanks so much for the pictures of Paris. I was there when I was 20. We won’t say how many years ago that was, but I would love to see it again.
Judy Thompson
I’ve always wanted to go to Paris and sit at an outdoor cafe’. The pictures really are beautiful, but I think with Covid, I’ll just stay home and sew😕
Susan
Alaska has always been on my wish list of places I would like to visit. There are lots and lots of places I would like to see, but I know it won’t happen unless someone gifts me a million dollars. 🙂
Kath Priestman
I’ve never been to Paris, but my beau and I are heading to Haida Gwaii in September. I am thrilled beyond measure!
Peggy Terzian
I went to England, Scotland & Wales when I was 17 years old, and I’d love to go again-that was 45 years ago! Otherwise, I love traveling the southwestern part of the United States.
Paula Bartels
Hi, Amy. I enjoyed reading about your trip to Paris. I want to visit Mexico and see the ocean.
Please enter me in your giveaway. Thank you!
Paula
Barbara
Loved to see your photos! Brought back good memories, I was lucky enough to live there for two years!
Connie Jackson
Paris must be a beautiful place to visit. I’d love to go there. Thanks for all the great tutorials you offer and this giveaway opportunity.
Rae Couch
Hello, looks like a lovely trip. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
MELINDA MCINTYRE
What wonderful family memories you will have of this Paris trip! I enjoy traveling but I don’t think I will ever get outside the USA. Thank you for sharing! Your pictures are lovely.
Wendy Busenbark
Paris is one of my wishlist destinations. I’d also like to travel to the Pacific Islands (Hawaii, Fiji, Samoa, etc.) The fabric is definitely inspired by Paris.
Roxie Tew
Thank you so much, Amy for my virtual trip to Paris. I think right now Alaska is my prime target or bucket list place. I’ve heard it’s absolutely amazing and beautiful. I like nature and outdoor places the best. Another would be to see the Pacific Ocean and big Redwood trees in California.
WAM
What a great trip! Thanks for sharing your FAB pictures!! My bucket list trip is a ’round the world cruise. 😀
sue
I loved visiting Paris, many years ago. I am always awestruck by the age of the buildings. We are such upstarts here in the U.S. 🙂
Linda Kay Smith
Thank you for sharing the wonderful photos of your trip to Paris. I’ve never been there but it’s a place I would love to visit.. I recently started taking online French language lessons. It’s not been easy but it’s been a lot of fun and very satisfying to start learning basic words and phrases. It’s been well worth my time.
BILLIE
My bucket list is Alaska and Norway.mMabemore of Europe
Lynne Stroyne
I would LOVE to visit Amsterdam! I want to see Holland and the tulips. Scotland and Ireland are also on my list. I am so glad you were able to go and enjoy yourselves!
Lucinda
Thank you for sharing! Would like to visit Ireland and Israel but also grand canyon and Alaska.
Deloria
Thank you for sharing your pictures! I would love to travel to Santorini someday.
Wendy Hansen
I am a serious Anglophile and my dream is to spend an entire Summer in England. I wanna explore every nook and cranny of it.
nancyangerer
We had a goal of visiting all 50 of our states. We visited the last three last August. Now at almost 80 I don’t think we will be doing much traveling except to visit children and grandchildren. We will be going to Virginia in July, and want to visit more family in Illinois sometime in September. We live in Alabama.
Karen Anderson
I’d love to see the redwoods in California, and the fall colors in the northeast. I love this fabric collection!
Pat Wakefield
Love your pictures!
Rochelle Summers
What a wonderful trip to make when the girls are still into travelling with Mom and you are young enough to keep up. Congrats on taking care of this bucket list item.
B Walton
I would love to visit Paris, other than having to actually go there. I feel like I’ve seen the best of it today right here! Like you, I wish to revisit New Zealand, having been there 40 years ago. The Southern Alps are still the Southern Alps, even if the country is now much more modern and cosmopolitan.
Gabrielle Gilbert
loved Paris when I visited a few years ago, need to visit again
Alice Allen
Lovely to see your recent Paris photos! I have not been there in decades and would lovely to see it again, to remember past times and to learn about new things that have come about since those long past days. Thank you for the chance to enter your giveaway!
Maureen Abramson
Oh, I would love to go to Paris! I’ve been to Ireland many times and want to return there as well. My parents were from Ireland, so we visit family when there. Another dream destination is Italy and of course while there visit Vatican City. You look like you had an amazing time. What a wonderful treat for your girls. 🙂
Ginger Barlow
I’d love to go back to Italy or Belize or Kenya or India but there are just so many other exciting places too!
Rosemary Carroll
Hello
Susan Schneider
I have started a French language course online in preparation for a trip to France. I just want to ready!
Angie
Hi Amy! Paris looks beautiful! Maybe someday I will go.
Nanette Rene Hendrickson
I love Paris, but I really want to go to England again.
Lorelei Stinson
Wow Amy, it looks like you had a fabulous time in Paris. My sister and I celebrated our 50th birthdays there and we loved it. A once in a lifetime experience that we will treasure. Thanks for reminding me of that special time.
Julie DETERDING
I want to go to the Oregon coast and Snake River
Debbie
Thank for the sharing your pics of Paris. I was there in 1998 and visited many of the same sites,
Emily Lynn Wakefield
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Melinda Thomas
Oh, Amy! All your pics make me want to go! Actually, Italy would be my bucket list. I’m a big fan of your quilts and fabrics.
Diana Acker
It would be hard to come home so soon…so much more to see & do. There is a regular free hosted tour of Paris on FB. I would love to hike the Appalachian trail or go to Scotland. Thx for sharing your fabulous pics!
Sandra Nelsen
I’d love a trip to Israel. Our last bucket list travel was to Hawaii March 1st, 2020, and came home to Covid and toilet paper wars! I did get to travel to England/Scotland once, but getting kind of old now, so if it isn’t planned soon, isn’t going to happen.
Pat
I went to Ireland with my sister in 2004 and that was a trip of a lifetime, would love to go back , but this time go to England, Scotland and Wales,
Susan Sanchirico
We actually completed the #1 trip on our Bucket List in June 2020. We stayed domestic. We traveled the Great Loop on our 36’ Kadey Krogen Manatee. We circled the eastern part of the US starting in the Hudson Valley, across the Erie Canal, through the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi with a side trip to Chattanooga, down through Florida and then back home through the Chesapeake and local rivers. We spent 384 days on the boat traveling close to 5,700 miles. No real traveling since then but hope to do some within the next few years.
Karen Jones
I have never visited the Northwest – our trip was cancelled by the COVID outbreak. Hoping to get there next spring.
Carole Criddle
Just today my husband & friends spent the day at Clearwater Beach in FL. The white sand was soft & beautiful with all the beach umbrellas but the water was heavenly, warm with gentle waves. Never enjoyed a beach more. Want to return again.
Jane Baum
Japan with my all-grown-up son is on my list for 2023. Crossing fingers that we can make it happen. Thank you for the inspiration, especially Paris!
Pat G.
I’d like to go to Africa!
Charlene Boniscavage
Your photos from Paris are beautiful! So glad you got to enjoy it with your family. Paris is on my bucket list, also Ireland.
Christine
I don’t remember much of high school French, but I definitely need to plan a trip to France after Notre Dame is restored.
Lisa Favalora
I would LOVE to go to Paris!!!! Maybe one day…..
Karen Schaefer
Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures!
Shelli
What a wonderful trip to France! Someday I would love to travel to Scotland. Planning a trip to Yellowstone this year. Be safe.
Heather P in Cali
I visited Paris with my parents and brother and loved it. We wanted to go to the Louve but lost our passports and spent the day at the embassy, haha. I loved Venice even more & can’t wait to see and hear what you saw. I would love to travel to Spain, it’s on my bucket list for sure!
MoeWest
All my travelling lately has been armchair travelling! I enjoyed seeing your Paris pictures. I would love to visit Paris .
Wilma Havenga
Paris and the Antarctic!
Shannon
How fun! I have always want to go to Scotland!
stephanie Page
I am reading your post from Bali, where I am getting away from the cold snap in Australia, and taking in the fabric making of the Balinese. Triple ikat weaving is very complicated but fascinating to see the processes in action, from the dyeing to the spinning and the weaving. Good luck to your daughter for her studies.
Caroline Russell
Your photography was wonderful. I especially was moved by the photo in Sainte-Chappelle near Notre Dame showing the majesty of the stained glass…gorgeous and breathtaking. I’m sure being present was overwhelming to say the least. God speed.
Catherine Rykwalder
Love traveling and finding fabric stores. Great one in Paris-Le Rouvray-Provence fabrics!!!
Laura Waterman
I would love to go to Paris. Your photos spurred the travel bug inside me. That’s great you took your kids. Please post more on your trip.
Theresa McHenry
What a fun post! I remember being assigned a final paper on the Sainte-Chappelle in an art history class at my Jr. College years ago. At that time it was difficult to find much in the way of sources about the beautiful structure and it’s art in our library that was in English (much in German and French). We were not allowed but 1 internet source. All of this to say that while the paper was a struggle, I fell in love with Sainte-Chappelle and all of its beauty. Would love to see it someday. Thanks for sharing your trip!
KT
Thanks for sharing! I would love to go back to Paris–was there only once for 12 hours–not long enough!! Next spring my daughter should be in Romania, and we are hoping to visit her there.
Cindy
Hi Amy! Loved your travel pics and so happy you were able to take your girls! I’ve never been to Paris but it’s on my bucket list! Can’t wait to hear more!!:)
Barbara Rogers
Would love to visit England, Scotland, and Ireland. Your pictures are beautiful. Thank you for the giveaway and all your tutorials.
Sally Craig
One of my bucket list destinations is to take a train ride to Niagra Falls, and from there get in to New York and see the city.
Cara
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Cara
Did you hear about the guy who pretended to be an old woman in a wheelchair so he could throw cake at the Mona Lisa? CRAZY!!!!
Cindy Waye
Looks like you had a wonderful trip. On my bucket list is a trip to Italy. I would love to see the beautiful countryside and eat and drink their amazing food and wine.
Rita S
A fun trip would be to Australia! But on day at a time is wonderful also.
Alison McConnell
What a wonderful trip! It looks amazing!
Kate Robinson
Beautiful pictures! I would love to travel to Paris with my daughter someday… bucket list!. Headed to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick this summer with the family. It’s a little closer to home
Amy J.
What a wonderful opportunity of a lifetime! Your pictures were wonderful, and a lovely glimpse into the beauty that is Paris
Diane Rose
What a wonderful trip! I love Paris and can’t wait to go again!
Mary Baker
What a fabulous trip! Keep posting your photos! So cool! I just got back from a quick tour with my son and his school- WW2 focus. It was fast paced, the weather was perfect, the students incredibly wonderful. Returned with covid but it was so worth it!
mf1509
Still on our bucket list is visiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada. We were booked for 2020 but Covid ruined it. Waiting for relaxed travel rules.
Cindy Berry
What a wonderful and memorable trip for you and your daughters… Glad you were able to do this. Hugs. Cindy Berry
Stephanie S.
Thanks for sharing your pictures! I would love to travel to both Italy & the British Isles.
Paula
While I’d love to travel to Europe, that’s a no-go for hubby. We have been to Maui and Kauai and hope to go back soon. Our 2020 trip was cancelled due to you-know-what, and with my new job, we haven’t managed to fit it in yet. We’re still hopeful for sometime in the next year. Thanks for sharing your trip and the giveaway!
Micheline Prescott
To see Paris is in my bucket list as is Australia. Looks like it was lots of fun and you saw so many beautiful pieces of art. Thanks for sharing this trip with us!
Marybeth
I hope to go to Ireland some day!
Carmen
I loved your travelogue! I long to travel again!
Lesley
Just planning a trip to England and Paris so this post is so apt – I loved seeing your pics!
Sandra
Loved seeing your Paris pictures.
Corina
I have only been abroad twice, once when I was 19, I went to Norway (had never been abroad before, not on holiday by myself!) totally fell in love with the place, then we went to Italy on our honeymoon 24 years ago. Hoping to explore lots more places in the future 😃
Karen
Alaska is on the top of my list, but a trip to paris would be nice. Enjoying your pictures
Patti Schwartz
Hi Amy
I love your quilts and I so appreciate your free pattern you gave me for signing up to your blog. My Grandma raised me and taught me sew by piecing quilt pieces. We made many quilts together. After mastering the by hand quilt piecing, she began teaching me to your her Singer Treadle machine. I made my first dress when I was just a child. I have been able to share my joy of sewing with my daughter.
Thank you Patti Schwartz
Monique
I hope to visit Scandanavian countries one day! Paris is super fun!
Theresa Hobratschk
My bucket list is too long for just a comment….hahahahaha! We are blessed to cross one item off this summer – Montana!!! My daughter starts college this fall, so she may at some point study abroad, so we too may get to visit Paris! Looks like a great trip!
yoyopattycakeshotmailcom
I absolutely love Paris and all my visits there! So glad to enjoy it again through your lens! Many happy returns!
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Adrienne C
I would love to take my mom to France. Her parents were from there and we have never been.
Adrienne Curtis
I would love to take my mother to Paris. Her parents were from France.
Darlene B
I don’t have a specific destination on my bucket list, but just need a vacation to anywhere!
BarbCorry
I’d like to see Paris again or revisit Europe, so many wonderful places. Glad you could take your daughters.
Jane Roach
I would love any kind of getaway! Haven’t had a vacation in 26 years! Hubby has Alzheimer’s and stuck at home now taking care of him. I love Wisconsin and always dreamed of going to Hawaii and Alaska.
Ruth L Bradford
You are so lucky to have been able to go to Paris. Too late for me but I love seeing the city thru other people’s eyes. Your pictures are great. Thanks for sharing.
Jan Simonson
Well, then there’s have fuel prices……….
Dawn A Kerley
I hope to take my husband to Venice, after were both cancer free..
Dawn
Return to Venice with my husband.
shelley cline
Hi from San Antonio
JWest
My husband and I love traveling to Paris! We’re repeat oglers at the Musee D’Orsay and have learned to plan our lunch at the cafe upstairs. The food is pretty good, but it is the painted ceilings that make lunch so memorable there. We also enjoy picnics and strolling through the gardens at Versailles. If you do not want to tour the palace interior (again), you can go to a number of other gates other than the King’s gate and get in for free (unless there is a special event like a concert) and NO LINE! (Yay!!) In particular, we like to use the Queen’s gate bc it is walking distance from a very nice open market. There, we fill a backpack with the day’s choices of bread, fruits, terrines, desserts, cheeses, and cured meats. On the way to the Queen’s gate, there just happens to be a little wine shop with chilled beverages if you are so inclined. It’s not a short walk to the Grand Canal but an enjoyable one and you get to tell yourself you earned those delectable foods you brought from the market!
Katrina
My family are planning a family reunion in northern Idaho this July. We’ve rented a large home to hold 18 people. (8 adults 10 kids between 4-16) Hopefully we will survive and still love each other after 9 ten days together! There will be lots of water sports happening on the river and lake, also water park for the younger ones. The best part will the road trip getting there and back home to Southern California.
Kathy Persons
My son loved Paris not sure I want to fly across the big pond~
Joni Jessup
What an awesome opportunity Amy. I was fortunate to take one of my daughters at HS grad to Paris. Was soo wonderful. Would love to visit Israel
someday.
Patty
So wonderful reading of your adventures! Stay Calm and Keep Traveling!!
Jaylene B.
I would love to visit Austria one day.
Jackie
My husband and I took a trip to England in July 2012, just before the Olympics opened. We drove all over from London to Oxford to Stratford to Bath to Hampshire. We would love to return again–can’t believe it’s been ten years–and pick up where we left off, starting this time with Cambridge!
Pamela
Would love to go to Europe and to see the Normandy beaches and the cemeteries
Lori M
Thanks for sharing your Beautiful pics of an amazing trip!! & for chance to win your Give-a-way too..:D I would like to just visit all to Awesome place thrioughout the USA…
Lori and Lisak
My dream trip is to the UK: England & Scotland, then to Ireland. Covid messed up our plans to due this in 2022. we’re hoping to go next year!
Dianne+Mann
So exciting to be in these other places in the world. How lucky you got to go with your girls
Thank you for all the help and tutorials and patterns. So beautiful!
Sherry G
One destination on my travel bucket list is Italy. I’ve visited France twice and loved it…especially the countryside villages, but Paris is always wonderful also! Thanks for sharing your latest adventure!
elkeck
Okay – I didn’t think Paris was on my bucket list until I read your blog! It’s on my list now! Thanks for sharing!
Donna F
My niece is in France right now with classmates for a month of classes. On my bucket list for a trip now is the lower 48 states and as many quilt shops as possible that I have discovered on FB in the past two years. Happy Travel to all.
Annette Ackley
I would someday like to visit Germany or Italy. Your pictures are beautiful!! I have been out West in the states, but would like to travel further West and see some of the South.
Pat Kohne
Paris is truly a city to love, would love to go back. Did buy some butterfly fabric and it’s still waiting to be used.
Donna Caughlan
cruising on the Q E II to England is on my bucket list. My husband and I have traveled a great deal but this would be such a special trip. My mother cruised the Atlantic several times and I would love to have some of her experiences, I might miss my sewing machine on the trip, but that is something I could enjoy when I returned from such a memorable trip.
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Bev
I would love to visit France via personal river boat. The scenery looks spectacular and you can select your places to stop.