JanC - thanks for the info. I'll be sure to connect some of the things you mentioned. I'd love to get to the fair to see the quilts.
While I'll just be visiting in Nokomis (having surgery in Springfield and recuperating), I grew up in Greenfield with some family still there, family and friends lived in Carlinville, and the list goes on. Hope to do a self-guided shop hop while I"m there and after the knees heal.