Two years ago, I attended the event in Savannah. Had a BLAST! Immediately put QuiltCon 2019 in Nashville on my calendar. I had a good time and met some nice folks, but I left without the warm fuzzies that I did in Savannah.
Why?
- Downtown Nashville is very crowded.
- Parking was expensive.
- Conference hotel prices were outrageous.
- Food vendors were confined to one small space where the dining seating (roped off to boot) also served as the seating for the demo stage. I had to eat my lunch sitting on the floor of the loading dock. Not cool.
- Unless you sported vibrantly colored hair, nose rings, full sleeve tattoos and a hipster vibe, some of the vendors weren’t that interested in you. I saw more than one customer leave an armload of merchandise in a booth because they grew tired of waiting for someone to take their money. Apparently Instagram followers are more important than paying customers.
- There was no communication at all from QuiltCon or the instructor regarding a required kit fee for one class. This caught several class attendees by surprise, many of whom don’t carry cash. We had to pay the kit fee at the door before we entered the classroom. Why wasn’t the kit fee included in the class fee?
- Dear instructors: please remember your students paid money to learn and sew- not listen to you constantly pitch the various products you sell, represent, or serve as a brand ambassador for during the entire class. Once, maybe twice, is more than enough.
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