After two weeks on camps, vacation, and my son’s 100-mile MS bike ride, it is definitely time to get back to work!
While on my various road trips I was able to visit 2 great quilt shops. The first is Stitch ‘N Time in beautiful Jackson, Wyoming. This is a fun little quilt shop, that has quite a bit of [ MORE » ]
I haven’t highlighted my local quilt shop yet! It is Quilter’s Haven and is located in Bountiful, UT, just 5 miles from my house.
Quilter’s Haven has been in business for 13 years, and it started out in an old home on Main Street. A few years ago it moved to its current location in Colonial Square. It is a way cute space, with wood floors, 2 levels, and a great classroom in the basement. And, of course, there are always beautiful quilts hanging on the walls and draped over their antique bed. [ MORE » ]
The last stop on my trunk show tour is the Fat Quarter Quilt Shop in Wendell, Idaho! They have just recently moved into a new space, and as well as quilting supplies, they sell mid-arm machines. They offer quilting classes, and a “work day” where quilters can come in, complete projects and socialize! The Fat Quarter Quilt Shop is the home of the Wood River Quilters Guild, and hosts a number of fun activities each month.
Four of my quilts are visiting Boulder City, Nevada at a shop called Fiddlesticks Quilts. Fiddlesticks looks like a very cute shop, and they offer classes and host retreats as well. Their next retreat is in the spring of 2010.
They have a fun web site, with lots of information and photos. (One of these shows tons of beautiful batiks, my favorite!) [ MORE » ]
Four of my quilts are enjoying a stay in Logan, Ohio at a shop called Honey Fork Fabrics. This shop easily has my favorite street name ever: Goat Run Honey Fork Road. Is that too fun? (Probably not, if you have to write it all the time!)
Honey Fork Fabrics is a family-owned business that actually started in Columbus, OH as a custom design and fashion construction shop in 1983. They moved to Logan in 1992 and loved the quilting heritage there, and now run a rural quilting shop, with high quality quilting fabrics and supplies. [ MORE » ]
Four of “my babies” are visiting Fayette, Arkansas for October at a shop called Sit’n & Stitch’n Quilts. Fayetteville is located in the scenic Ozark Mountains, north of Little Rock.
Sit’n & Stitch’n is owned by two Sisters-in-law, Kathy and Mavis. They are fulfilling their dream of owning a quilt shop together. The way the name got its name was that Kathy’s mom used to sit on her porch and whenever Kathy would call her and ask her what she was doing she would say, “Oh, I’m just sit’n and stitch’n.” They thought this would be a fun name for their shop!
I love, love, LOVE the name of this quilt shop! My “Fresh and Fabulous” Trunk Show is in this cute shop for the month of September. Going Batty is located in beautiful Reno, Nevada, just northeast of Lake Tahoe.
They offer tons of classes, workshops, retreats and long-arm quilting services. They will soon be hosting Vicki Tracy as a guest teacher. She will also be doing a trunk show. Their classes range from the very beginners to more advanced quilters.
Four of “my babies” (quilts) are in Hanford, California at a cute shop called Quilter’s Quarters. Hanford is in central California, just south of Fresno.
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Four of “my babies” are currently being viewed at Ben Franklin Crafts in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin! (No, I don’t know how to pronounce it, either.)Â I’ve never been there, but it is just to the west of Milwaukee and Lake Michigan.Â
I had  a wonderful 10-day vacation visiting many historic sites in New York, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri! I saw tons of beautiful, antique quilts, and even have a few pictures of some of them. (See entire post)
I also got to see some beautiful Amish quilts in Ohio. We ate dinner at a little Amish place called Mary Yoder’s. They had many wonderful quilts hanging on the walls, all hand quilted.
