In the lobby of the quilt show, don't forget to stop by the YO YO's of Paducah table. These ladies always have something special. Last year they showed how to make the bow tie block from charm squares with a few simple folds and hand stitches. It was worth a raffle ticket for the yo yo quilt to watch them demo how to make it.
Buy the pre cut batting squares! You can't miss the batting vendor. Piles of batting. The pre cut 20" batting squares are super cheap. Save your fabric money for E Burns tent sale and Hancock's back room. Eleanor has two tent shows twice a day and in between she is at the barn signing books and just visiting with everyone. Her downtown store has different fabric from the tent sale. Look for a big yellow sign outside a downtown building that says Fabric Sale. The quilt shop that vends it, has darn good buys on fabric. She is in a different spot every year as she gets whatever building is vacant at the time. You can walk from the show to the downtown area but you'll need to take the shuttle bus to Hancocks's and E Burns tent sale. Two days is plenty because Hancocks's stays open late. And don't forget to go to the Mall for lots of great vendors. I found the mall vendors had lower prices then the show vendors.
About 20 miles from Paducah there is another quilt show. It's the same days and it's worth going to if you have time. Lots of vendors other then the big quilt show vendors. I forgot the name of the town but it's very close by.