Yes, I went on both Friday and Saturday. It was crowded and the parking, was well, they call it parking? I was told that Olympic trials were taking place in the same area on those days.
There were so many vendors and so many quilts. The way they had the quilts laid out was rather confusing. You couldn't just go up one aisle and down the next, it was in circles or squares or something. I am sure that I missed some quilts. I didn't care for the lighting in the quilts areas, it was difficult to see the quilts clearly. It didn't take long to see them because there weren't many that appealed to me. Most of them were art quilts and I am not a fan.
The good thing? I didn't have far to go to get to Long Beach. I was really rather amazed at the fact that those people have actually put on shows before. There were so many things that were so poorly done. At a small local show last weekend, I spoke with three vendors who had been at the Long Beach Festival. They didn't speak well of it and didn't do very well there even though there were about 13,000 people the first day and they expected 30,000 the second. I heard that they only expected 5,000 the first day.
Will I go next year? Nope, I don't think it was worth the gasoline to drive 35 miles, the $10 to get in and the $10 to park my car.
JoAnne
