Fabric Etc.II is terrific...There is a shop very close to the expo...on Plumgrove Rd.,in Palantine(?)..Prints Charming. I haven't been there in a couple of years so check before. All the good ones are in the suburbs. The only one that is worth going into the city is in Bucktown, but with traffic...it could be a 2hour drive.
A store that isn't a quilt shop...but a fabric shop. Vogue Fabrics in Evanston, on Main St. LOTS of fabrics...