MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
People from around the world are flocking to a small Kentucky town. It is QuiltWeek in Paducah, an event that's been on pandemic pause for two years. Now quilters and residents are welcoming it back with open arms. Derek Operle with member station WKMS reports.
DEREK OPERLE, BYLINE: Paducah has a long history with fiber arts. It's known as Quilt City USA and is home to the National Quilt Museum and is just one of two UNESCO creative cities for crafts and folk art in the U.S. Simply put, QuiltWeek here is like a big music festival but with sewing machines instead of amplifiers, and it temporarily doubles the population.
