Shows & Contests: 2011 AQS Quilt Show & Contest - Des Moines
General Information
Special Quilt Exhibits
Quilters will be vying for more than $44,000 in cash awards in the AQS Quilt Contest. More than 1,000 quilts will be on display including:
- AQS Quilt Contest
- 28th Annual show of the Des Moines Area Quilters Guild using the theme: A Community of Quilts & Quilters.
A variety of special quilt exhibits will be featured:
- 2012 Pilgrim/Roy Invitational Quilt Challenge
- AQS Authors' Quilt Exhibit
- International Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Contest
- New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Orange Peel, semifinalists in the annual contest of the National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
- Quilted Yurt by Linzi Upton, Scotland
- World War II Quilts from the collection of Sue Reich
General Info Pages
- Welcome letter from the Des Moines CVB
- Welcome letter from the Mayor of Des Moines
- About our Show
- Admission and Show Hours
- Contact Information AQS Show Staff
- Dining at the Show
- Des Moines Area Links
- Getting to the Show
- Parking at the Show
- Guide to the Iowa's Event Center
- Lodging
- Hotel List
- Hotel Map
- No Smoking Policy
- Package Check
- Photography Policy
- Quilt Appraisals
- Registering for the Show
- Special Quilt Exhibits
- Wheelchair/Scooter Rental
- Wheeled Cart Policy