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Rosemont Quilt Show Report (long)
The IQA show in Rosemont (Chicago) went better this year. At 3:00 p.m.
on Thursday I didn't believe they would open on time at 5:00 p.m. but they did. A few employees were rushing about finishing things but they were able to open the doors. Since most of us went straight to the vendor area it didn't matter that not everything in the quilt display area was finished. I feel sorry for the Quilts, Inc employees. They were over-worked or under-organized, I am not sure which. They really worked hard while I was around. I enjoyed helping them hang the quilts on Wednesday and Thursday. My friend and I have worked out a system to avoid most of the crowds. Because we are registered for the show we are allowed to attend the show on Thursday from 5 to 7 with only other registered quilters. This means only about 2500 quilters to 850 venders. Good ratio. From 7 to 10pm the public is allowed in but not that many come. We are able to do our really serious shopping all on this night. Each morning we have a class while we are fresh. We then return to our room, teach each other what we learned and rest until late afternoon. By then the crowd is thinning. The show is open until 7 so we have time to see the quilts and shop with a more managable size crowd. Attendance on Sunday afternoon is light so we can take one final sweep through the entire show. The quilts were all ones that had been at Houston last fall. I am not into the little postcard types. Some art quilts with stuff hanging off of them don't do much for me but the larger, more traditional quilts one can never see too many times. The staff said that next year there will be a portion of the show that is just seen in Chicago. I attended the Thursday Sampler which had about 20 teachers arranged around the ballroom giving simultaneous demonstrations. I always enjoy this type of event because I see the style of teachers I might not want a full class with but enjoy learning their techique. Jenny Byer was the lunch speaker that day. I have heard her speak before and was afraid it would be the same talk. This was new and interesting. She shared how she became interested in quilting and what influenced her design style. She said that she was first designing fabric for VIP. In 1983 that company decided that quilting had peaked from the interest started by the bi-centenial and they would not longer use her designs. (we have proved them wrong!) She was immediately asked to design for RJR. I had registered for the Applique Day on Saturday thinking it would be similar to the Thursday Sampler. It was also held in a large ballroom but was more structured. First the panel of seven Applique teachers talked and showed their work. We were then sent to tables according to the color of our program. When the bell rang you moved to the next teacher. I enjoyed the morning and learned several good tips. On Sunday I took a hand quilting class. Occasionally I use the stab method to add a little hand quilting almost as an embellishment to a quilt but I am 99.5% a machine quilter. The teacher tried but she didn't get through to me. I know I would enjoy hand quilting if I ever learn it properly. I have always enjoyed embroidery and cross stitch. Add the binding by hand is one of my favorite parts of a quilt. I will just keep trying different teachers and maybe someday it will click between my brain and my fingers. My shopping was mostly for African and Japanese fabrics. I also bought rayon batik for a jacket. I bought several finished batik panels which I will use when decorating a women's center this fall. One evening I looked especially for different tone on tone blacks which I will use with the African fabrics. Also purchased several pieces of bead jewelry. I have spent the morning organizing my ethnic fabrics so the new purchases will fit on the shelf. Can't wait to get started sewing with them. Sorry to say there are several other projects and a trip to Florida which must come first. The show next year will be April 8 through 10. Hope more of you can attend. Someday it will be as big as Houston. Susan |
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Susan,
Thanks for a great overview of the show. And thanks for including the dates for next year's show. I'm really going to try to be there -- it's only a four-hour drive so I don't have an excuse, do I? Anybody else from around here want to start making plans??? -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Susan Laity Price" wrote in message ... The IQA show in Rosemont (Chicago) went better this year. At 3:00 p.m. on Thursday I didn't believe they would open on time at 5:00 p.m. but they did. A few employees were rushing about finishing things but they were able to open the doors. Since most of us went straight to the vendor area it didn't matter that not everything in the quilt display area was finished. I feel sorry for the Quilts, Inc employees. They were over-worked or under-organized, I am not sure which. They really worked hard while I was around. I enjoyed helping them hang the quilts on Wednesday and Thursday. My friend and I have worked out a system to avoid most of the crowds. Because we are registered for the show we are allowed to attend the show on Thursday from 5 to 7 with only other registered quilters. This means only about 2500 quilters to 850 venders. Good ratio. From 7 to 10pm the public is allowed in but not that many come. We are able to do our really serious shopping all on this night. Each morning we have a class while we are fresh. We then return to our room, teach each other what we learned and rest until late afternoon. By then the crowd is thinning. The show is open until 7 so we have time to see the quilts and shop with a more managable size crowd. Attendance on Sunday afternoon is light so we can take one final sweep through the entire show. The quilts were all ones that had been at Houston last fall. I am not into the little postcard types. Some art quilts with stuff hanging off of them don't do much for me but the larger, more traditional quilts one can never see too many times. The staff said that next year there will be a portion of the show that is just seen in Chicago. I attended the Thursday Sampler which had about 20 teachers arranged around the ballroom giving simultaneous demonstrations. I always enjoy this type of event because I see the style of teachers I might not want a full class with but enjoy learning their techique. Jenny Byer was the lunch speaker that day. I have heard her speak before and was afraid it would be the same talk. This was new and interesting. She shared how she became interested in quilting and what influenced her design style. She said that she was first designing fabric for VIP. In 1983 that company decided that quilting had peaked from the interest started by the bi-centenial and they would not longer use her designs. (we have proved them wrong!) She was immediately asked to design for RJR. I had registered for the Applique Day on Saturday thinking it would be similar to the Thursday Sampler. It was also held in a large ballroom but was more structured. First the panel of seven Applique teachers talked and showed their work. We were then sent to tables according to the color of our program. When the bell rang you moved to the next teacher. I enjoyed the morning and learned several good tips. On Sunday I took a hand quilting class. Occasionally I use the stab method to add a little hand quilting almost as an embellishment to a quilt but I am 99.5% a machine quilter. The teacher tried but she didn't get through to me. I know I would enjoy hand quilting if I ever learn it properly. I have always enjoyed embroidery and cross stitch. Add the binding by hand is one of my favorite parts of a quilt. I will just keep trying different teachers and maybe someday it will click between my brain and my fingers. My shopping was mostly for African and Japanese fabrics. I also bought rayon batik for a jacket. I bought several finished batik panels which I will use when decorating a women's center this fall. One evening I looked especially for different tone on tone blacks which I will use with the African fabrics. Also purchased several pieces of bead jewelry. I have spent the morning organizing my ethnic fabrics so the new purchases will fit on the shelf. Can't wait to get started sewing with them. Sorry to say there are several other projects and a trip to Florida which must come first. The show next year will be April 8 through 10. Hope more of you can attend. Someday it will be as big as Houston. Susan |
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Was on a bus tour from Canada to the Rosemont Quilt show and had a great
time. We attended the preview night and enjoyed it as the crowds were not too overwhelming. Had a chance to view the quilts and some of the merchant's mall that night. Little did we know how crowded it would be on Saturday. Did the Bernina fashion luncheon and very much enjoyed that. Looking forward to going back again next year. Chicago is a beautiful city. "Louise" wrote in message news:_p2ac.131455$po.851219@attbi_s52... Susan, Thanks for a great overview of the show. And thanks for including the dates for next year's show. I'm really going to try to be there -- it's only a four-hour drive so I don't have an excuse, do I? Anybody else from around here want to start making plans??? -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Susan Laity Price" wrote in message ... The IQA show in Rosemont (Chicago) went better this year. At 3:00 p.m. on Thursday I didn't believe they would open on time at 5:00 p.m. but they did. A few employees were rushing about finishing things but they were able to open the doors. Since most of us went straight to the vendor area it didn't matter that not everything in the quilt display area was finished. I feel sorry for the Quilts, Inc employees. They were over-worked or under-organized, I am not sure which. They really worked hard while I was around. I enjoyed helping them hang the quilts on Wednesday and Thursday. My friend and I have worked out a system to avoid most of the crowds. Because we are registered for the show we are allowed to attend the show on Thursday from 5 to 7 with only other registered quilters. This means only about 2500 quilters to 850 venders. Good ratio. From 7 to 10pm the public is allowed in but not that many come. We are able to do our really serious shopping all on this night. Each morning we have a class while we are fresh. We then return to our room, teach each other what we learned and rest until late afternoon. By then the crowd is thinning. The show is open until 7 so we have time to see the quilts and shop with a more managable size crowd. Attendance on Sunday afternoon is light so we can take one final sweep through the entire show. The quilts were all ones that had been at Houston last fall. I am not into the little postcard types. Some art quilts with stuff hanging off of them don't do much for me but the larger, more traditional quilts one can never see too many times. The staff said that next year there will be a portion of the show that is just seen in Chicago. I attended the Thursday Sampler which had about 20 teachers arranged around the ballroom giving simultaneous demonstrations. I always enjoy this type of event because I see the style of teachers I might not want a full class with but enjoy learning their techique. Jenny Byer was the lunch speaker that day. I have heard her speak before and was afraid it would be the same talk. This was new and interesting. She shared how she became interested in quilting and what influenced her design style. She said that she was first designing fabric for VIP. In 1983 that company decided that quilting had peaked from the interest started by the bi-centenial and they would not longer use her designs. (we have proved them wrong!) She was immediately asked to design for RJR. I had registered for the Applique Day on Saturday thinking it would be similar to the Thursday Sampler. It was also held in a large ballroom but was more structured. First the panel of seven Applique teachers talked and showed their work. We were then sent to tables according to the color of our program. When the bell rang you moved to the next teacher. I enjoyed the morning and learned several good tips. On Sunday I took a hand quilting class. Occasionally I use the stab method to add a little hand quilting almost as an embellishment to a quilt but I am 99.5% a machine quilter. The teacher tried but she didn't get through to me. I know I would enjoy hand quilting if I ever learn it properly. I have always enjoyed embroidery and cross stitch. Add the binding by hand is one of my favorite parts of a quilt. I will just keep trying different teachers and maybe someday it will click between my brain and my fingers. My shopping was mostly for African and Japanese fabrics. I also bought rayon batik for a jacket. I bought several finished batik panels which I will use when decorating a women's center this fall. One evening I looked especially for different tone on tone blacks which I will use with the African fabrics. Also purchased several pieces of bead jewelry. I have spent the morning organizing my ethnic fabrics so the new purchases will fit on the shelf. Can't wait to get started sewing with them. Sorry to say there are several other projects and a trip to Florida which must come first. The show next year will be April 8 through 10. Hope more of you can attend. Someday it will be as big as Houston. Susan |
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Sylvia, there were two women from Canada at our table at the Bernina
luncheon on Friday. The one right next to me was from Ottawa; had a cane....was that you? Susan, I'm sorry to have missed you! My friend Marie came from California came to stay with me and go to the show. She arrived at Midway late Thursday afternoon. We were at the preview from about 7:30 to 9:45. We looked at the quilts, thinking we'd save shopping for the next day I live more than an hour north of Rosemont so it was a late evening for us. On Friday we saw the rest of the exhibits. We tried to be organized about shopping but got distracted ("ooh, look at this one!" "and that one!"). Next year I will deliberately cruise the booths, annotating the program book, then go back. Also went to the Bernina Fashion Show luncheon. (Fabulous, but costumes rather than clothes.) Group dinner Friday night with friends (RCTQers Anna and Julie, among them). Marie had never been to Wisconsin so on Saturday we drove to Milwaukee and spend most of the day at the Milwaukee Art Museum (www.mam.org). We had time to shop at the Cutting Table, a great quilt shop in south Milwaukee. Sunday we went back to the show. People were pretty weary--quilters and the vendors. I got 20 half yard pieces from one vendor who had reduced the prices to $2.50 per half yard. Left about 2:15 to get Marie back to the airport. Overall: lots more room this year. Fewer beads and buttons. Easy to register onsite. Easy to park. Sign me up for 2005! Nann |
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All things being equal, I expect to be there next year. This year, the
kitchen intervened. I have a question for those who went to the classes and such----was it entirely handicapped accessible this year? Last year that was limited---classes in the Hyatt basement offered a chair lift to the basement, but no way of transporting a wheelchair or scooter down to the basement. And of course, all my classes were in the basement. sigh --pig On 3/29/04 17:36, opined: Anybody else from around here want to start making plans??? |
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