Before I left with the DH to go to Jackson, California, I looked up quilt shops (of course I did!) and found a few in the area. The issue is that ‘area’ in the surroundings of Jackson can mean anything from 5-30 miles. There is a lot more driving there than in my area. I ended up not being willing to drive the 45 minutes to Galt and Angels Camp, thus only visited one shop.
The Sewing Cottage turned out to be a very nice shop. It is the kind of shop I wish were near my house. It is in the same shopping center the restaurant where we had lunch on Friday (the day before I visited the shop). Clearly, my quilt radar was not working, because I didn’t see it. I did know where it was once I spoke with the owner.
They had very nice shop windows. One of them showed samples from their applique club, which was taken from a QNM magazine or series.
I also thought the unique way of using fan blocks was clever and interesting. There is a real sense of doing things in an unusual, clever, but not weird way in the shop. It seemed like they didn’t mind trying things.
The shop had a wide variety of styles of fabric. They had a little bit for everyone, which is probably a good decision in this type of area. The only thing I didn’t see was much turquoise fabric in the shop. They may have been out. I still found a few things to buy. 😉
Looking at this photo across the width of the shop, I was looking at their shelves of batiks.
They are also a Brother dealer. They had a few machines. I didn’t really spend any time looking at them — just a glance.
They had a lot of batting. Laurel, one of the owners, said that when she and her sister, Olive, bought the shop, the previous owners had a longarm. I don’t know if the batting is leftover from that time or if the local quiltmakers just prefer batting on a roll. They no longer have a longarm and I didn’t ask why not.
I was amazed to see the variety of thread this shop had! Yes, they had Aurifil. I just had to buy a spool of my favorite piecing color, #2600.
It was a fun diversion while DH spent time in meetings.
Stop by and visit Laurel and Olive if you’re in the area:
The Sewing Cottage
Address: 11974 California 88, Jackson, CA 95642
Phone: (209) 223-0393
Hours: Friday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Looks like a very nice place to visit!
fun to visit vicariously–Thanks.
It’s a great shop. Ideally like itwhenyou share pictures of the shops you visit. Always like to see what the quilts look like, tooo. There may be different trends from my home in michigan, thanks 😉