One lady said she would have to remortgage her house, I laughed and said, "when and if my husband pre-deceases me I'm getting a reverse mortgage to buy it all!!!" Yes, also saw Alex Anderson, Ricky Timms and Marti Mitchell. Marti Mitchell was so kind and eager to show her techniques. Oh heck, everyone was nice and helpful. As for the quilts, green with envy - I don't have enough time on earth left to ever accomplish anything worthy of that show. It does amaze me the talent of the lady quilters in Japan, there work is unbelievable. We only spent 2 days there, wished we had more (of course my husband said "no way!!" when he saw the damage I did in just 2, lol!!!).