it was on my bucket list, but life kept getting in my way i did go to some large regional shows and found that I needed to look at all the quilts first, taking notes and sometimes taking pictures of quilts or techniques I liked. Then I went shopping - I only spent cash so I would not buy more than I could afford.
One thing that was fun was seeing all of the fun jackets, etc that some of the attendees were wearing - they were inspirational too.