Yes, Sieglinde Schoen Smith was the quilter. It was her "look" and detail. It was gorgeous.
The show hopefully will only operate as separate venues for this year due to the flood closing of the convention center. The prize winners and big time vendors were in the Pavillion white tent building downtown. Close quarters but doable. The classes and exhibited wall quilts were in a big church. The rest of the vendors were in the empty Circuit City and Office Max right next to the Kentucky Oaks Mall. So there were only a couple of changes to the free bus schedule and you could still get around by bus.
Eleanor Burns tent sale was the BEST place to get fabric. $5 was the highest price for cotton and $6 for batiks but there were all kinds of discounts and coupons all over (even on her website). She had three locations and all had the sale fabric and great choices. Her show was so funny and almost an hour and a half long. Lots of techniques shown.
Hancocks was disappointing for their warehouse sale. Did not buy anything and this has never happened before. The price for the warehouse flat folds was $5.98. Dont know if he reduced it for Saturday but the choice was poor. Full retail price on his store fabric but he had a lot of newish fabric. A few could be found at Eleanors.
Weather cooperated while the show was on with only a few light showers and a lot of sun. We got fantastic service all over (Bob Evans was the exception) and met some wonderful people. The bakery downtown had the best sandwiches, salads and bakery goodies. Next year I plan on eating here more than once.
We made our reservations for next year.