International Quilt Show #1

Several months ago I volunteered to visit my daughter, Anna, who lives in Chicago, timing the visit with the quilt show.  You all met Minnie last week.  Well, it worked out just fine that the same weekend of the International Quilt Show would be the same time Minnie would go home.  Anna and I arrived at 10 a.m. to Rosemont, a village north of  Chicago, very close to O'Hare.  The village has done a beautiful job of establishing itself as a convention center mecca, for all size shows.  Nearby is a combination outlet- high end shopping mall as well.  For those persons staying for the show or taking classes the general area seemed very convenient with hotels and walkability.

This year marked the 40th anniversary of the show, thus red (ruby) was the color of the large display of quilts greeting visitors.  Anna more than willingly took over my phone for pictures.

So many to like and very hard to choose a favorite.  I really like the squared Dresden of sorts above directly.  The rectangular shape of the blocks resemble dryer sheet size.  These  photos are just a sample of the large quilts hanging from the ceiling to greet attendees.  No matter wherewe stood or were shopping you could see one of these celebratory quilts.  While the vendor booths were a bit squashed, ample space allowed us to view and take pictures.