Iowa City is not very far away from Kalona. You can find hotels there. Kalona is a small Menenite community. They has lots of quilt shops there....most of the store in town have a fabric corner. The Stitch and Sew is a really nice shop. It is next door to the textile museum. There is a annual quilt show in Kalona in April. It features lots of quilts done by local people and are mostly hand quilted.