Paducah, Kentucky: Giant Needle and Thread
The chrome-plated needle is 22 feet high, and the attached red thread extends 46 feet, weaving in and out of the ground. Paducah is a destination for quilting.
- Address:
- 533 N. 5th St., Paducah, KY
- Directions:
- Downtown, on the south side of US-60 BUS/Martin Luther King Jr Drive, just west of its intersection with N. 5th St.
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A twenty-two-foot high chrome-plated steel needle and thread sculpture, formally titled "E Pluribus Unum," is the work of artist Michael Terra. It was commissioned to honor the quilting and crafts culture in Paducah, highlighted by "QuiltWeek," the city's annual quilt show.
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