Omaha has a super-duper airport and super-easy access to thousands of hotel rooms. Downtown is so configured as to offer as much personal security as is probably possible in an urban environment.

I wish I could tell you if there still remains a world-class needlearts shop in town, but there is Mangelsen’s, and there are three Hobby Lobbys. If the event could be scheduled before or after the College World Series in June (dates unknown) and NOT in the terrible heat of summer, your ladies would probably have a wonderful time.

Oh, yes: visitors can also get HERE by bus & by train, as well as by plane or car. Try these:
http://www.wowt.com , http://www.ketv.com , and http://www.kptm.com . If you google the Doubletree Hotel chain, you can find out about the best and biggest hotel in town, I believe (and it’s downtown, very close to the airport).

The Joslyn Museum of Art has one of the most renowned collection of important works of any regional museum; the Durham Western Heritage Museum has lovely stuff and brilliant installations all of the time; the Old Market has amazing antique stores & places to eat (and it’s within long walking distance to the Doubletree); and every major religious group will find an awesome edifice for worshipping, if anyone wishes to do that. The Chamber of Commerce would no doubt be too glad to help you plan something very special, given enough lead time.

Omaha, Nebraska is definitely a city I would never have thought of, since I have never been there … I, too, would like to hear more from someone who can fill in the details.

Thanks so much for the details on Indianapolis; they are very helpful! I have found it to be an easy city to get around in myself, although it is growing at a fast pace, and so sometimes traffic can be a bit snarled … but usually for something like a stitching festival, we stitchers are holed up somewhere stitching rather than driving around doing a lot of exploring of the area … Usually.

I have to admit I’m biased toward Indianapolis myself as it’s only two hours from me, but I think it has a LOT of things going for it which would make it an excellent choice for a future Stitching Jubilee venue.

I’d be happy to tell you more about Stoney Creek magazine; of course, you can follow the link, too, and get some good information there. I’m behind, though, on everything, so a detailed post will have to wait. I can say that it is and has been one of my favorite subscriptions for many years, largely because I am a Halloween nut and am especially enamored of Stoney Creek’s witches. In fact, Stoney Creek’s witch this year was GORGEOUS …

More later, and hopefully soon … but please be patient with me, as I have promised many people more info on a number of different things, and it’s the holiday season (as we all know), I still have to wrap and mail gifts, I still have to write and send cards, and I still am dealing with a lot of medical issues (trying to cram in as much as I can medically prior to the end of the year because right now, it’s not costing me a dime, but come January 1st, I’ll have to pay 20%).

Your suggestion of eastern midwestern cities certainly does make sense; thank you. Cleveland is a nice city, I agree. I also like Cincinnati very much.

Thank you for helping to spread the word, and also for helping to get the thinking caps on and tuned!

Thank you for your suggestion and reasoning. As one of two or more midwest locations, which I personally think is a necessity at some point (because the midwest is HUGE, and there are thousands of stitchers all over it who deserve the opportunity to attend an event like the Stitching Jubilee), I would certainly agree that Grand Rapids would make an extremely agreeable choice. I’ve only been there once, but it was a lovely city, and I agree about it having lots for spouses to do, too.

However, as an only choice, I don’t feel it’s very viable simply because it isn’t centrally located enough, just as Des Moines, Iowa wasn’t/isn’t, for other Midwest stitchers. The location needs to be within a four to six hour drive of most of the rest of the midwest to be “perfect,” and have a really good airport. A good public transportation system is a huge plus, and having a train hub is also a significant plus, in my opinion. (Personally, I’d far rather take a train than drive myself — OR fly. If I were traveling with someone else and thus sharing gas costs and the driving, then driving becomes a bit more attractive … but not much, LOL, as I could be stitching all the way on a train!) I’ll update the post with this information, in fact, so stitchers are thinking along these lines when they answer the question.

On a different note, tell us more about the Stoney Creek maagazine? I saw it in Barnes & Noble the other day, but didn’t do more than glance at it.

When I flew into Chicago, I went to Midway, instead of O’Hare, and I stayed about 20 minutes away in a Comfort Inn that was quite nice. I would imagine that there are many alternatives around the city area.