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Watch Ami and her volunteers set up their booth on the last day of the show in Houston.  Watch 'til the end, they get a little goofy.

Ami also wanted to remind you about popcorn bidding for the Stanley Cup Quilt-Off online auction in which Alex and Ricky are participating.  Here's what she has to say:

Our online quilt auctions feature dynamic bidding, also known as "Popcorn Bidding." If a bid is made within 9 minutes and 59 seconds of the auction's scheduled closing time, Popcorn Bidding automatically extends the scheduled closing time for the auction of that particular item for another 10 minutes after the bid is made. Each subsequent bid resets the clock to allow bids to be made for another 10 minutes. Once there has been no bidding activity for 10 minutes, the bidding is considered completed and no further bidding is accepted. The auction for the item is closed. As always, the person who placed the highest bid wins the item.

Popcorn bidding prevents a practice known as "sniping," where bidders place a bid in the last seconds before an auction closes, thus preventing other bidders from responding with a higher bid. Auctions which employ Popcorn Bidding mimic traditional "live" auctions.

As always, if there is a specific item you really want, it is in your best interest to monitor the auction during the last few minutes.

The auction ends this Thursday, starting at 9:50pm CENTRAL time should be very interesting to watch should there be any popcorn bidding going on.

For more info, to see the quilts, or to bid, click here.