I went to Spring and Fall in 2018, and both were tons of fun. There's a little bit more going on in the Spring, and the quilt show seems to have more quilts... but there were still plenty to look at in the Fall show. A few less vendors, but still plenty. And not quite so many people visiting Paducah during the Fall show.
One thing tho... I think going twice in one year was too much for me. I got Paducah Burnout. Now I don't want to go back for a few years. Once a year was just right.
All the little pop up stores in town were there in the Fall, but the vendor mall in the old Finkle's store was not. And the hurt book sale was held in the quilt show, so you couldn't see it without paying show admission.
Hancock's was full of beautiful fabric to sell us in the Fall. And whoever said they didn't have kits cut must not have found the back room full of kits. There were as many as ever.