I've thought - and this goes for most shows - that the quilts are getting MUCH MORE artsy. Excellent quilters and designs to be sure, but I used to leave quilt shows seeing lots of quilts I would like to make, because I USE them. The quilts displayed the days are so elaborately quilted, they are like cardboard! And certainly not something I would use on the beds and risk the cats and dogs jumping on! I understand all the fancy quilting for a wallhanging, but I miss the "useable, cuddly bed quilt category". And it seems I see the same vendors at all the shows, and even when there are different ones, the product selection is very similar. But I love it anyway and wouldn't miss it!