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Paramount Sew & Vac – Eugene

At Sew Creative, I bought a magazine that was part of this year’s Pacific Northwest Shop Hop. I am glad I bought it because it had the names and addresses of various quilt shops on our route. Julie read various parts of the magazine to me as I drove.

This shop, Paramount Sew & Vac, in Eugene was one of the shops of which I had never heard. It also would not have been on my radar if it hadn’t been in the Shop Hop magazine. When I see ‘sew and vac’ I don’t think quiltmaking. Stereotyping, I know and I need to try and curb that.

We decided to stop here on a whim, on the drive to Portland, and were really glad we did. First, the place is HUGE, as in grocery store huge. This is the kind of shop we need in the Bay Area. Second they had a LOT: a lot of fabric, a lot of notions, a lot of Accuquilt, a lot of machines. It is well worth a stop

Paramount: Tula's Graywork — Paramount: Tula’s Graywork

One of the things I was excited to see was Tula’s Graywork for the first time in person! I hadn’t seen it in person before. It was great to see it looks as good as in the photos online.

I ordered some from Pink Door and can’t wait until it arrives. I was sorely tempted to buy a bit, but controlled myself. I do wish Pink Door would send my order. Not sure what the hold up is!

I was thrilled to see so many machines and be able to look at their prices. I have looked a little online, but you always have to call or go into a shop to get the price. Yes, I am continuing to look for a new machine and I feel like this shop gave me some information I needed to move forward on the project.

I had never seen a Grace Rebel machine before, but was excited to see the high harp.

Most people thing BIG harp, but after testing Cyndi’s Juki, I am enamored of a high harp. It is super helpful when making bags, especially if your machine ( like mine) does not have a free arm. As you can see it is a very basic machine. I wasn’t in a place, sadly, were I could test and consider machines, but this looks like a great second machine.

I was impressed to see the amount of Accuquilt dies and supplies that the shop had. I am sure I have never seen so many. I have been considering an electric Accuquilt, though haven’t taken the plunge. I was interested to see a smaller version, the Bolt**, which I hadn’t heard about. I also thought they had more dies than I had ever seen in one place before. I really like to have choices and seeing things in person makes things easier to evaluate.

The outside walls of the shop held the notions. A few were on the left hand wall as we entered. These were supplies for the Brother Scan & Cut. They were on sale for 40% off, so I took the opportunity to select a few things for my Scan & Cut. I had never seen these machines or supplies in a store and was excited. Sadly, there was a problem with the prices. The prices shown were not the original prices, but had already been marked down. They were more than I was willing to spend on ‘spec, so I passed them up. I need to get familiar with the Scan & Cut before I stock up. At least I know where they have the supplies now.

On the other side of the store were more conventional notions: rulers, needles, etc. These were all next to the Accuquilt dies.

Their main line of rulers was Quilter’s Select. I saw a number of sizes I hadn’t seen before, which was interesting. I don’t know if they are knew or I just have never seen them. They had Sew Kind of Wonderful rulers and a few others as well. I didn’t see any Creative Grids or Omnigrid rulers, which I thought was interesting. All of their solids were along the right wall under the notions. I didn’t take a look, so I am not sure what brands were available.

I can’t stress enough how many machines they had! I was sort of overwhelmed with the number of brands as well. I would definitely go back to look at machines if I lived nearby

This store is definitely worth a short detour, if you are in the area.

Apparently, the company has two locations. The other is in Salem, which I didn’t visit. You can email that shop at: paramountsalem@comcast.net

Paramount Sew & Vac

1015 River Rd
Eugene, Oregon 97404
Phone: (541) 345-2100

Email: info@paramount-sew-vac.com

**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops, including their online stores, and other small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can’t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item’s link in my post. There is no additional cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this website.

Another Sew Creative Visit

As mentioned the other day, we stopped in Ashland to visit Mary and rest in between driving to Portland. On our way out of town, we stopped at Sew Creative. The last time I was there was 2021. No masks this time. 😉

This was the first shop we visited on this trip.

The shop was pretty much the same as last time, though with new fabric and supplies. I enjoyed the people working there. They were cheerful and helpful.

The tile on the floor is very striking. It is easy for me to tell which photos are of Sew Creative! I have always liked black and white tile. I forgot they had it in this shop. The shop is STUFFED with all manner of fabric, patterns, notions and quiltmaking supplies.

The front of the shop was set up to invite a person in. They have a small selection of books. I noticed that many quilt stores are not carrying as many books as they once did. Thanks, Amazon.

The small garments were very appealing. I have one small great niece and was tempted to make her something. I resisted as we all know that will never happen.

Sew Creative: front to back - further — Sew Creative: front to back – further

They were in the process of changing displays, so the beautiful table was empty. I really like gate leg tables. The staff were cutting fat quarters, I think, in the back. You can see they had a free demo behind the table next to the check out desk.

An impulse buy when I was checking out was the All Pacific Northwest Shop Hop magazine. It isn’t pictured below for some reason and I loaned it to Mary. I am not going to make any of the projects. Too much green and brown and panels and trees. There were some good ideas in the patterns for settings, especially for setting blocks in the corners. I might be able to use some of them for the BAM BOM. The best part was the list of quilt shops. It wasn’t complete, but there were a lot of shops I didn’t know about. The one I visited in Albany with Mom was not listed, for example

On the other side of the patterns you see across from the table was a selection of fabric. Last time I found some linen/canvas bag fabric in this area. No such luck this time.

That doesn’t mean I didn’t see some appealing colors and motifs! LOL! I found some of the fabrics I bought at Family Threads on bolts here. There were also some nice greys, for which I am always on the hunt. There was soooo much to look at in this shop that I am seeing things in the photos I don’t remember from when I was actually there. There were quite a few people in the shop and that was a little distracting.

I love their notions. Sew Creative has a good selection and I saw that they had improved their selection of embroidery thread. This went with the wool felt I saw, I think.

The display piece on the left of the photo was crammed with various notions. There was a good selection of needles and I probably should have stocked up on the Chenille needles I use for hand sewing, but was too distracted to think clearly.

I was pleased to see some Creative Grids rulers I hadn’t seen before: a 18.5 x 12.5 inch ruler** and a 12.5 x 24.5 inch ruler**. The latter is called “The Big Easy,” which made me laugh. Neither of these are must haves, but recently I have thought they would be useful.

Sew Creative has a good selection of rulers, both small and large. They are largely Creative Grids, but I saw a few other brands as well. I saw a couple of the Jaybird Quilts rulers I used for the Journey to Nebula Sew-a-Long in which I participated a few years ago.

Sew Creative: Notions - Cutting and Sticking — Sew Creative: Notions – Cutting and Sticking

The shop also had quite a few scissors and different kinds of ‘sticking’ notions. I also saw a respectable supply of hardware, which made me wonder if they had bagmaking classes. I was somewhat fascinated by how much they were able to cram onto the turntables they used for notions.

I was also enamored of the patterns. I refrained from buying any as I have more than I would like to think about. There was a a really good selection of bag patterns.

I noticed quite a few of the Charlie’s Closet patterns. These are patterns that are shown in wool on the cover. I have thought of making the one I have with an old men’s suit or from a wool coat. I haven’t done it yet as I really need a hard wearing handbag and that means leather. I might try it though. Keep this in mind. It pops up later in the trip.

I also noticed jelly roll rug (see above) patterns popping up in several shops. I wonder if they are coming back around as a ‘thing’? I made one a few years ago and may make another. It is a good way to use up fabric. LOL!

There were a few quilt patterns, but the rack (shown left) showed more bag and other projects. There was a two zipper pouch that I liked. I didn’t buy it because I didn’t like the Triple Zip Pouch pattern I made. I do like the idea of a pouch with multiple zippers. I didn’t think I need to buy a pattern as I know Sew Sweetness has at least one. I also know that I made a couple of versions of such a pouch from an Aneela Hoey pattern. Still, I am always happy to peruse patterns and discover new designers.

Sew Creative: Applique' BOM — Sew Creative: Applique’ BOM

The shop had several Block of the Month projects. The applique’ BOMs were hanging on the wall in the back.

The fabrics on the rack in the right front of the photo were Kaffes, Philip Jacobs prints as well as Marcia Derse fabrics. I know I said the shop was crammed, but looking at the photos reminds me of just how crammed it was with almost everything a quiltmaker could want.

Behind the notions was more fabric and a display of wool felt. I don’t remember seeing wool felt the last time I visited. I noticed the various pouches right away, but my mind needs a little time to turn over the implications.

Th back of the store held batiks, tone-on-tones and blenders. I am always surprised to see the rounders that hold fabric draped over bolts. It is a good way to see more of the fabric. I am just always surprised.

One of the things I found interesting was a class on using wool felt to make pouches. I think they also had some kits. This is something I haven’t thought about, but why not?

I am not as familiar with the properties of wool felt in terms of use, but I like the idea of not having to worry about the raw edges, as you do with quilting cotton.

The shapes of the patterns shown are interesting and I like the idea of being able to embellish the exterior more easily than with quilting cotton. I have been thinking about a wool felt piece for awhile and this display gave me some more ideas.

It would be so nice to have to quilt shop within a few miles of my house.

I found a nice grey background, though it is a little dark and some blues that are not turquoise. I might use the grey for the Morning Glory Quilt, though, as mentioned, it is a little dark.

I highly recommend this store. Mary is very lucky to have it close by.

Sew Creative
Address: 115 E Main St, Ashland, OR 97520
Phone: +1 541 482 1665

**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can’t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item’s link in my post. There is no additional cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this website.

Visiting In Between Stitches

I took my mom home the other day. She was released from the surgeon and felt well enough to go home. On the way, we usually stop at Peet’s in Castro Valley. I suggested we stop in Livermore, which is a little farther. I knew of a Peet’s there and I wanted to stay in the car a bit longer. As we got closer, she suggested we stop at In Between Stitches, a quilt shop in Livermore. I did a brief review of the shop in 2010, but haven’t talked about it since.

In Between Stitches - new location — In Between Stitches – new location

In Between Stitches was one of the places Mom and I would meet before all of the drama of the past year. They had a lovely shop on Main Street in Livermore near a few restaurants, some nice stores and coffee shops. I knew they had moved and was eager to see their new shop.

The new location is not far from the old, but a little hard to find if you are unfamiliar, as I am, with downtown Livermore. There is parking next to the shop, but we couldn’t find the address so we parked in the big lot behind the Main Street shops and walked over. There is plenty of parking within about a block. It turns out there is a small, one way street above the main street (N. Livermore) on which we drove. I think it has the same name as the larger street. Not sure about that. Anyway, in the photo above, the shop is on the street with the “Do Not Enter’ sign on it. We easily walked across the street from the parking lot and then down that one way street. I am not sure how one would access the shop’s parking lot or drive to the shop.

Once we finally found it, I found the shop to be interesting and nice. They have morphed beyond quiltmaking to include yarn, lots of wool felt and, possibly felting supplies.

In Between Stitches - wool felt — In Between Stitches – wool felt

I was pleased to see the section on wool felt. The only other place with a good selection is Pioneer Quilts outside of Portland. This store is closer and more convenient, once I get my act together to start a piece with the wool felt I have. As an aside, I found some inspiration for a wool felt project as I went through my magazines, so this isn’t out of the realm of possibility.

In Between Stitches - front of the store

In Between Stitches - front of store — In Between Stitches – front of store

In Between Stitches - knitting, yarn — In Between Stitches – knitting, yarn

The knitting section is right in the front of the store. I saw some yarn I thought my SIL might like, but it was $43/skein, which was a little rich for both of our blood at this time. Still, the section has a wide variety of yarn including Madeline Tosh, a yarn I really like.

In Between Stitches - embroidery - twds back of store — In Between Stitches – embroidery – twds back of store

In addition to yarn and wool felt, In Between Stitches has a fairly large selection of embroidery floss.

They have a few different brands including Wonderfil and regular DMC. I also noticed they have a small selection of lapboards for handwork. The covers aren’t my style, but a cover is easily changeable for such a useful tool.

In Between Stitches - bagmaking — In Between Stitches – bagmaking

Did I mention that this shop is STUFFED? It is. In addition to yarn, wool felt and embroidery, they have a section of bag making patterns and materials.

They have a variety of patterns, some of which I have made, from different bag designers. I saw a few different Noodlehead designs, the Hello Pouch from Knot and Thread, some duffel patterns and a few others. I think the woman cutting my fabric mentioned a workshop on making the Oxbow tote. seeing they had some Noodlehad patterns, I asked about the Plover Pouch. They didn’t have it, but I think I would have bought it if they stocked it.

In Between Stitches - notions — In Between Stitches – notions

Of course, they had notions, which you know I love. I felt like kind of a lot of their notions were out of stock. They still had plenty, so I shouldn’t complain.

I was pleased to see the variety of Quilter’s Select rulers they had. The brand seems to be expanding the sizes they offer. I almost bought one as a gift, but the price tag was a little steep for me that day.

In Between Stitches - patterns — In Between Stitches – patterns

Near the check-out counter, the perfect impulse purchase location, were a variety of patterns. The Sew Kind of Wonderful pattern, Attic Windows (bottom of the photo, 2d from the left), intrigued me. I almost bought it but had already checked out and decided I had enough. I’m glad I didn’t because I found a copy when I eventually got home. I need to put it with my other patterns so I see it when I go through them.

In Between Stitches - fabric — In Between Stitches – fabric

The shop, of course, had quite a bit of fabric. They had it tucked in various places all over the shop, except in the front where there was only knitting.

Behind the knitting, on the left of the shop was the first fabric I saw. They had some independent garment sewing patterns as well.

In the back of the shop, I saw some novelty fabrics. There were some food fabrics and I felt myself slipping into that “I should make another Food Quilt” zone. I walked away. Been there, done that. I also saw a few solids in that same area.

The fabric was mostly organized by color, so I saw blenders, tone-on-tones and solids all over the store.

In Between Stitches - notions, batiks — In Between Stitches – notions, batiks

The shop had quite a few batiks, which I am always surprised to see. Many of these were housed under the notions, but I saw them in other places as well.

In Between Stitches - Kaffe Collective — In Between Stitches – Kaffe Collective

Of course, my man Phil (Philip Jacobs) and the Kaffe Collective had a good showing. The top shelf was all of the large flower and other types of KFC prints. Some were from the August (Fall?) 2025 collection, which was nice to see. Under them were fat quarters of various, not just KFC, prints. Under that were more tone-on-tones and blenders.

All over the shop were quilts. They were hung on the walls, from the ceiling, every where.

I bought a few bits and pieces. I thought the Kaffe dots would be good for the Maker tote’s pocket. Turquoise stripes will be good for a binding and I broke my needle threader, so I bought a new one.

I am glad Mom suggested the visit. I’ll have to go and visit again now that I know were it is.

In Between Stitches
Tel: 925-371-7064
167 North Livermore Ave
Livermore, CA 94550

Quilts & Things

As you can see it was a beautiful day. It was a nice day for getting away from the fog of my neighborhood. I went with some friends to Morgan Hill the other day to visit Quilts & Things. This was the first time I visited a quilt shop since I went with Mom to Quilter’s Hollow back in March. The visit was fun and was also a good break from all the other stuff going on.

I left my phone in the car, so all the photos are courtesy of Carrie and SueG! They were kind enough to take photos for me and let me use their phones to take the shots that I wanted. These photos don’t have watermarks, but that doesn’t mean you can steal them. Thank you for respecting my work on this website.

Quilts & Things - view from front door — Quilts & Things – view from front door

The store isn’t large, but it had a great selection. As is usual, it had a number of fabrics I hadn’t seen before. I thought there was a good variety. I saw a number of fabrics I would use for gift bags or drawstring bags.

There were some areas that were super messy, but the store was dusty and just seemed to have some regular clutter.

Quilts & Things - right from front door — Quilts & Things – right from front door

Off to the right as you come in was a selection of pre-cuts and a variety of panels. I was pleased to see that they had some samples that gave shoppers ideas of how to use the panels.

Quilts & Things - right - FQs — Quilts & Things – right – FQs

On the right of the store but farther back was a good selection of fat quarters including some fat quarter stacks/packs. I was tempted by the arrangement. They had Kaffe dots together and I thought I could use those, but decided to look and see what I had at home. I also saw a pack of Ruby Star Society FQs, but decided that I needed to work through the FQ packs I bought at Family Threads before I bought another one. A few days have passed and I don’t regret that choice.

Behind the fat quarter section (at the top of my photo) was one of the messy areas. I am sure it is on their to do list. 😉

Quilts & Things - more cutting tools — Quilts & Things – more cutting tools

Quilts & Things - left - notions — Quilts & Things – left – notions

Off to the left as you entered the store was more fabric and a rack of notions. You know I love notions. The section was small, but well curated. I show only one side of the stand, but all four sides had different groups of notions. This side shows sharp things – needles, rotary cutters, blades, etc. Over near the blenders and tone-on-tones was another rack of scissors and other sharp things.

Behind the notions, I found some more chocolate fabric and intend to make some pillowcases for the Angel family parents. The fabric (see below) isn’t exactly the same as the ones I made for their little kids, but it is similar. It is also different enough so the pillowcases don’t get mixed up.

In the front window was a selection of food fabrics that made me nostalgic for the Food Quilts I made for Will, Kieran and Jeremy. I seriously considered whether I should buy more food fabric and make another one. I decided that the ship had sailed and restrained myself.

Quilts & Things - back left — Quilts & Things – back left

There was a small classroom area in the back behind the section shown in the photo. There was a class or workshop going on, but I couldn’t tell what project the students were making.

This section had a lot of blenders and tone-on-tone fabrics. This is where I found a white I can use for a background. I couldn’t find a plain bright white – not cream or eggshell or any of those other off white options. I found the white you can see below and at the register I noticed it had a faint dot motif. The owner / lady checking us out said that the plain had been on backorder for awhile. I decided to go with the fabric I had chosen. Why not? Most of it was going to donation tops and blocks anyway.

Quilts & Things - blenders — Quilts & Things – blenders

That area was intriguing as well. There weren’t tons, but well chosen blenders and tone-on-tone fabrics. I didn’t see any brown or Civil War fabrics in the shop which is A-OK with me, though I do respect those, like Liz Porter, who love those Civil War prints.

I found a really nice dot print with a white background, but decided that I would look through what I have before buying another background.

Quilts & Things - bag patterns — Quilts & Things – bag patterns

This section was also where the bag patterns were congregated. Julie and Carrie were looking at some that I had made in the past. One was the lunch bag I made for my Grama a million years ago. I thought the pattern was a free one so I sent it to Julie later.

Another good thing about this display was the samples. It is so much better to be able to see the size and shape of bags in person rather than relying on the measurements. I can never visualize the size from looking at finished measurements.

Quilts & Things - Sewing Caddy — Quilts & Things – Sewing Caddy

One example is in the upper left hand corner, the Stylish Sewing Caddy. I was interested in this pattern when I first saw it some months ago. I am really interested in bag patterns that use frames to make them open wide. This was a new one to me when I first saw it. The fabric on the pattern front was not that appealing and I also don’t like the design of the pattern. I know that shouldn’t matter, but sometimes I just can’t get past it. I think the Sheffield and the Quilts Illustrated Tool Tote are better patterns IMO. I suppose this one would be good if you needed something similar, but smaller.

Quilts & Things - thread and books — Quilts & Things – thread and books

The shop had a small selection of Aurifil. I bought another spool of 2600 since I am down to my last spool. They had a large selection of Guterman.

Next to the thread the shop also had some books.

Carrie bought some bowl cozy kits. The shop has the Accuquilt die** and cuts out the fabric, batting (the kind that can go in the microwave) and sells the kits with a sheet of directions. OMG! I thought this was a fantastic idea. It makes no sense for me or one person to buy the die. How many bowl cozies can one person make? I suppose if you are selling them at craft fairs it might be worthwhile. Otherwise, I can see making them for the family one time and then moving on and never using the die again. Now I am thinking about going there, getting her to make me kits for the whole family. LOL!

I went with a small list of things I needed. I came away with a couple of extra things, but they are earmarked for projects that I hope to start and finish this week. I don’t feel like I lost my mind despite the temptations. The little scissors were a nice gift from SueG.

I feel like this shop was a trip down memory lane for me. I saw so many things that reminded me of projects I had worked on or quilts I had made.

Julie is already on top of the visit. She wrote about it on her blog a few days ago.

Quilts & Things is in a strip mall not far from the freeway, though I wasn’t driving, so look at a map. The shop is worth a visit. The people were friendly, the lady working knew people who came in and there was a good selection of quiltmaking supplies.

There are a few restaurants in the mall and a Dollar Store, which was interesting to visit.

Quilts & Things
16985 Monterey St, Ste 316, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Tel: +1 408 776 8438
Online Store – always open. 🙂
Hours: Mon – Fri 11am – 5ish
Saturday 11am – 4ish
Sunday *Closed

Quilter’s Hollow

Quilter’s Hollow had been on my mind after my friend, Cyndi, mentioned she had stopped there. Last Friday I had to take my mom to a doctor appointment near her house. We spent some time at her house, which was depressing. We also went to the doctor appointment, which took forever. I insisted that we visit Quilter’s Hollow, a quilt store in Stockton, as a reward.

I think I have been to this store before, but I couldn’t find a review. I always thought my mom didn’t like this shop so I never pushed to go. Friday, however, I needed a fabric fix, so I forced her to go with me. I said she could stay in the car.

Quilter's Hollow - back to front — Quilter’s Hollow – back to front

I liked the shop. They had A LOT of fabric, which is just what I needed. The shop also had a lot of different kinds of fabric. They also had a full selection of Kaffe fabrics including LOTS of Philip Jacobs prints. I saw lots of Tula, some from previous years, but not super old (no more of that fun octopus print I used in the City Sampler). I also saw Tilde, some novelty prints like Disney Princesses and plenty of solids. I bought some Art Gallery Nature Elements that I had never seen in a quilt shop – only online – before. I gobbled a few of them up, especially yardage in colors I had never seen.

Quilter's Hollow - Notions — Quilter’s Hollow – Notions

The first thing I checked out was the notions area. It is huge! Lots of things related to embroidery. I had had a discussion with my mom a few days before about Jelly Roll rugs. I noticed that they had the rolls of batting used to make the jelly roll rugs. They didn’t have replacements for Sewline pencils, which I needed.

Quilter's Hollow- thread — Quilter’s Hollow- thread

The shop had a lot of thread! It was amazing. I know a lot of it was for embroidery, but it was still great to see. It’s so hard to find a variety of thread you can see in once place.

Quilter's Hollow - Kaffe and batting — Quilter’s Hollow – Kaffe and batting

As mentioned, I was excited to see all of the Kaffe fabrics. It was a really good selection. I saw the iris design by Philip Jacobs in a shop once before and used it for my aunt’s bag, but I haven’t seen other colorways before. This shop had the colorway with the light background. I now have plenty of iris fabric to make bags for my aunt. I also saw a lot KFC fabric that I hadn’t seen before.

Quilter's Hollow fabrics — Quilter’s Hollow fabrics

I really couldn’t take in all the different fabrics were there. I really just let yardage catch my eye and bought some of them.

It turns out my mom likes the shop. She said she might have been mad about something related to the shop when she talked to me about it before. I’ll probably be visiting again!

I took a little time to look at their online shop. Holy Smokes!! They have a LOT of fabric on their online store. I am not sure if this is in addition to what’s in the shop or all the fabrics in the shop. Their online store is well worth a look, if you are never in Stockton.

Quilter's Hollow purchases — Quilter’s Hollow purchases

Quilter's Hollow purchases - Tilde dots — Quilter’s Hollow purchases – Tilde dots

Quilter’s Hollow
8855 Thornton Rd, Ste D, Stockton, CA 95209
Phone: 1 209 477 5253
Hours:

Thu 10 AM–4 PM
Fri 10 AM–4 PM
Sat 10 AM–4 PM
Sun Closed
Mon 10 AM–4 PM
Tue 10 AM–4 PM

New Needles Fabric

I was on my way to lunch with Friend Julie when they closed the road and she couldn’t get through. I was near Los Altos, so I stopped at the gluten free bakery and then went to Needles Studio.

I wanted to quickly see if they had some fabric I could use for the zipper tabs for one of the Superblooms on which I am working.

The iris fabric (right) is the lining fabric because my aunt loves LOVES Loves irises. I don’t want to use it for the zipper tabs, because most the design will not be visible and I think it will look chaotic. I could use a blue, but kept thinking of that ochre color in more of a tone-on-tone design.

Needles fabrics - March 2025 — Needles fabrics – March 2025

I found something that work and few other fabrics as well.

The white will be a background to something, perhaps the Straits of Mackinac quilt?

The blue fruit (lemon?) fabric will be an Atlas portfolio. I have no need to make another, but the fabric is pretty.

Needles was part of a shop hop (10 shops in 3 days – Yikes!). Though I wasn’t doing the shop hop, they gave me a free FQ, a free measuring tape and a pattern for some fabric buckets. I thought that was nice.

Birch Fabrics Again

I visited Birch Fabrics back in October and forgot to post about it. The last time I visited was over 10 years ago. I thought I had been there since then and it is possible. I may not have written a review on those in between visits. It is also possible I have just purchased from their online store. I don’t know.

They have moved to a new space away from downtown and nearer to their warehouse.

Birch Fabrics - first room — Birch Fabrics – first room

The space is MUCH smaller than their previous space, just two small rooms. DH was with me and we also found it a little hard to find. The sign is pretty small.

Still, the space is super clean and well organized. It was very quiet. There was one person working and she was cutting for online orders.

Mostly they had Birch Fabrics, including Charley Harper fabrics, but I saw some Tula fabrics also. There was a small number of notions.

Birch Fabrics - 2d room — Birch Fabrics – 2d room

One thing I found was a couple of different Sun Hat patterns. One was the Sew Hungry Hippie Bardot Bucket Hat pattern. You know that my first Sun Hat didn’t work out very well. I had been thinking about this pattern and was glad to be able to see it in person. You can buy it at Birch, but also on the SHH website. On the website, they also have a video course and SVG files for separate purchase.

Anyway, the second room had all of the Charley Harper prints. I have to admit I went a little crazy with those fabrics. I bought quite a few pieces and they are not my normal purchases. I really liked the Charley Harper fabrics, but I tried not to buy them all.

I might make myself an Atlas Zipper Pouch with the turquoise bird fabric. I bought the fish fabrics to make DH a Hackney. I haven’t gotten to it yet.

I’d visit this store again, especially now that I know where it is. Small, but mighty!

Roxanne’s Again

Roxanne's in Carpenteria — Roxanne’s in Carpenteria

Back in 2013, I visited Roxanne’s and loved it then. I still love it. I want to live in that shop.

The reason I love it is the color. I need to remember these photos and use them when I redo rooms in my house.

The exuberance and color start on the outside before you even enter the shop. Then it continues on in all of the rooms and the goods (gifts, fabric, yarn, paint, etc) they offer. The walls are amazing: turquoise, yellow, violet and then bright white to show everything off. Fabulous.

I didn’t read my previous review before I visited, but I remembered they had a lot of Kaffe. They don’t have a lot. They have ALL the Kaffe, ALL of the Philip Jacobs prints and all of the Brandon’s designs. ALL. OF. THEM. Roxanne’s also had all the dots. I bought one I had never seen before. They had all of the stripes, Shark’s teeth and all of the colorways.

Of course, I wanted it all, but I restrained myself. I bought quite a bit on my Portland trip and, though I have used a lot of it, I still want to use another 50 yards before the end of the year. What I really want is a place to store all of the fabric I want and a large space to work on all of the projects I want when I want. I guess I should play the lottery.

Roxanne's Tula prints — Roxanne’s Tula prints

Roxanne’s has all the latest and best designer fabric. Yes, Kaffe, but also Tula.

Check out all the Tula True Colors: the large dots, the tiny dots, the tiny stripes plus pre-cuts of ALL of them. How come I don’t see these in other shops? Is it because California is so expensive? If I am going to move somewhere the are near this shop is a contender.

Not only did the shop have Free Spirit solids, but they also had the Moda Bella solids and Grunge. There were also some Grunge dots. I looked for that certain violet I like from Free Spirit but I didn’t see it.

Do you see the great turquoise wall in the background? Isn’t it fabulous?

Roxanne's bag pattern area — Roxanne’s bag pattern area

I looked for hat patterns, too. I am not happy with the pattern I am using for the Sun Hat. I probably did something wrong, but it isn’t working out the way I had hoped.

I didn’t find any hat patterns, but I did find A LOT of bag patterns. The shop also had quite a few samples. I liked the one in the center. I thought it was kind of like a file box, but it turns out to be more of a bag with bamboo or stick-like handles. The sample of the Mondo Bag uses great colors.

The bag area also had a lot of kits. Kits are very popular, it’s kind of surprising. I guess people want to just sew. I can relate, but I love shopping for fabric, so I’ll leave the kits to others.

Roxanne's Kaffe room — Roxanne’s Kaffe room

I want to decorate one of my rooms like this, though maybe with the same print in cool colors. I do like the combination of the yellow with the Chrysanthemum print.

I know these colors work, because they are bold, but also because they have the right lighting and they are balanced with a great white on the ceilings and on the trim.

You can see more detail in the photo from the other side of the room.

The pre-cuts are fat quarter bundles and some charm packs.

There are also more nice quilts. Look how the quilts go with the decor!

This room had a lot of quilts for sale, but also had quite a few pre-cuts. I was also amazed to see bolts for sale.

I have never seen bolts for sale like this. They were wrapped up in Saran Wrap-like plastic wrap ensuring that you buy the whole bolt. There were a lot of Kaffe prints, some Tula, including the goldfish, my man Phil and some Anna Maria prints. I saw the grey dots that I use for some of the Fabric of the Year bindings. I wanted one, but I didn’t buy one. I have no idea how much they cost.

Roxanne's towards the Kaffe — Roxanne’s towards the Kaffe

This is the view towards the Kaffe fabric. There was some Tilda fabric behind this shelf..

Out of the picture is a large selection of Anna Maria fabrics. Across from the fabrics shown were the most amazing selection of pre-cuts. I mentioned it before, but these pre-cuts really made me want to buy one, especially when I saw that they had a free bag pattern if you bought a Jelly Roll.

Roxanne's free bag pattern — Roxanne’s free bag pattern

I liked the bag. I think what I liked most was the selection of Kaffe strips. I looked at the piece long and hard and decided that I could cut strips off that fabrics I have and make a similar bag. Perhaps it could even be a guild project?

I thought I could use SIL2’s demonstration of Quilt as you Go for the outside. I’d prefer the interfacing was Soft & Stable** so the bag would stand up. I am sure I could make the outside this way and then insert the lining separately. It’s worth thinking about.

The shop also had a good selection of notions. i always lok for Chenille needles, but I didn’t find the 24s and 26s that I like. it doesn’t matter since they had a lot of other cool notions, like several different types of tweezers.

On the back wall were rulers, including one that helped square up corners and make round corners. I think I have something similar at home, so I didn’t buy it.

Roxanne's Featherweights — Roxanne’s Featherweights

Roxanne's Featherweight accessories — Roxanne’s Featherweight accessories

The shop also refurbishes and sells Featherweights. I saw one that was turquoise. I didn’t look at the prices of it or of any of them. I might have liked the look of the turquoise Featherweight, but I don’t need one.

Roxanne's yarn room — Roxanne’s yarn room

The shop does not just have fabric. They also have yarn and this was a beautiful yarn room. I took a quick look and then walked away as I don’t want to buy more yarn.

I couldn’t help enjoy the beauty of the room, however. Doesn’t it make you want to buy everything?

Roxanne's purchases 2024 — Roxanne’s purchases 2024

I bought one Charley Harper print. They were $16.99/yard!! Fortunately, the shop was having a sale. $16.99 is a lot even for me.

The dots are Kaffe dots in a colorway I have never seen. I may never use it (joke), but I liked it.

The red-violet is for a project and I will use it right away, or nearly right away. I was annoyed at some tweezers I bought recently, so I got a different pair and will try those.

Definitely visit this store!!!

Roxanne’s A Wish and A Dream
919 Maple Ave
Carpinteria, CA 93013
(805) 566-1250
Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can’t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item’s link in my post. There is no additional cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.

Springville Quilt Barn

OMG! I have been to so many quilt shops in the last few weeks! It is really awesome. I don’t have a fabric hangover yet, but I’ll need to sew up a storm.

The Springville Quilt Barn is in the space once occupied by Kim’s Fortuna Fabric and Crafts. I visited the previous shop in 2010, but it only got a brief mention in one of my previous posts. I don’t remember anything about it other than a shop was there.

Springville Quilt Barn - front — Springville Quilt Barn – front

The Springville shop was crowded with fabric, books, kits, notions and was somewhat disorganized. It was not dirty and was filled with GREAT fabric. I enjoyed the discovery process. Everywhere I turned were colors and patterns I love. Jan Leonardo is the owner and she was very friendly and engaged with us.

The front of the shop gave us a taste of what was to come. As soon as we walked in we saw tons of fabric, books, kits, and notions. They were nicely arranged, in my opinion.

Springville Quilt Barn - notions area — Springville Quilt Barn – notions area

I think Jan had a lot going on. She was creating kits, serving customers, posting to her website and all the other things that go into owning a quilt shop business.

There were quite a few notions and I don’t really think I was able to take in all the fabric that was available. It was, mostly, organized by line and somewhat by designer as well. For example, most of the Tilda fabrics were near each other. I saw Tula, Tilda, some Kaffe (and my man, Phil), but lots of other designers as well.

Springville Quilt Barn - Tula Homemade corner — Springville Quilt Barn – Tula Homemade corner

One thing I noticed is that the shop has older prints from the various designers. For example I saw bolts of Tula Homemade there. Not all are listed on the shop website, so call if you need more of a specific print.

Of course, there were other bolts in that corner as well. I also saw quite a few panels in the same corner and in other parts of the shop. I am seeing more panels lately. Are they more popular or have always been popular and I just haven’t noticed them?

FQ packs were everywhere as well.

Springville Quilt Barn fabric - detail — Springville Quilt Barn fabric – detail

I loved the long rows of shelving filled with fabric bolts.

I bought some fabric for gifts, but I also bought a half yard pack of Tilda Bloomsville fabric that I have been admiring. The colors are super cheerful, though there are a few that are a little icky. I hope the colors I like will mitigate any ickiness.

The pack includes the flower prints only not the focus fabrics from that line. I think Jan put the pack together herself as opposed to it being a group assembled by Free Spirit or whichever company distributes Tilda. It was kind of an impulse buy, but I also bought a magazine with a pattern I am going to use for it. Perhaps I’ll start as soon as I get home now that the Green Strips donation quilt is in a good place.

Springville Quilt Barn
2045 S. Main Street
Fortuna, CA 95540
T: 707 496 3433
IG: https://www.instagram.com/springvillequiltbarn/

Kruusn Quilt Shop & Retreat Center

Kruusn - thanks to quiltinghub.com — Kruusn – thanks to quiltinghub.com

Kruusn is in Coos Bay and it was one of the only quilt shops we passed that was open on a Sunday. We actually went out of our way to find the shop, but it wasn’t terribly far out of the way and it was totally worth it.

The store looked like a beach house and when we pulled up I was afraid I was walking into someone’s living room. There were family members there living their lives, but it was definitely a quilt shop.

Kruusn was packed with fabric, bag supplies, patterns, tools and panels. I didn’t see many kits, but I also wasn’t looking. You see it all the minute you walk in. I found plenty to buy there.

The people were super friendly once we all warmed up. They didn’t try and hard sell me on anything, though one of the clerk’s extolled the virtues of rope bowls and showed us both the one she made and embellished with the moon and stars fabric we both bought.

There was so much to look at I had to go through the shop twice.

The front room had tons of notions and bag supplies. I had to stop myself from buying notions. They had so many different scissors and rotary cutters and lots of things I had never seen before. I took advantage of the selection to buy some gifts.

I was really interested in how many ByAnnie patterns and supplies the shop had. They had the most complete set of zippers (all the colors??) I have seen. There were other brands as well. I bought some interesting zipper pulls and some bag gifts for SueG.

They also showed us the ‘Glow’ rulers by Carolina Moore. These rulers light up and are rechargeable. They are also very pricey IMO. The 6×6 inch ruler is $58. They also had a 6.5 x 24 inch size that was $91 and 12.5 inch square that is $78. I am sure they are worth it and I will be buying one when my eyesight deteriorates. I didn’t buy one at Kruusn. This is why I like going to different shops. I like seeing all different things.

Kruusn had a nice selection of V&Co ombre fabrics. You can see them on the back wall of the photo, left.

Friend Julie spent a lot of time in there. I had to go find her at one point as I hadn’t seen her. It turns out she was checking the requirements for a quilt she wants to make and needed a specific ombre.

You can also see how every surface held something interesting. There were lots of charm packs and fat quarter/half yard packs all around the shop.

Kruusn - Ombre Room with Kimberbell — Kruusn – Ombre Room with Kimberbell

The other side of the ombre room held batiks and marbly looking fabrics, including some of the Tonga Treats. There were also A LOT of Kimberbell products.

There were a lot of blanks I have never seen, such as zipper pouch blanks. I also aprons, a variety – a wide variety – of interfacing.

There were things I rarely see in quilt shops such as Art Bin totes and pillow forms. It makes me wonder if they are one of the few shops in the area. If so, they are full service.

They had a respectable amount of everything, but not tons. The shop was full of a lot of different things. It is clear that they are supplying materials for pre-cut projects as well as the pre-cuts themselves.

First they have pre-cuts, as we have mentioned, but then they supplied books for using pre-cuts and a variety of projects that use pre-cuts.

I saw a couple of projects using Bosal as well as patterns for a wide variety of small projects – bags, baskets and other gifts.

Kruusn - gnome & pets — Kruusn – gnome & pets

If you need a ‘Gnome for the Holidays’ quilt kit, this is your store!

This room also had a lot of pet fabrics. On the wall, left, is a fun dog quilt.

Next to the pets is a ‘soft book library’ with kits to make the books underneath. Also, they had a supply of Cutterpillar products, which I have discussed in a recent V&S post.

One of the most interesting things was a modern Necchi. I have never seen one of these before. I have also never heard of one. It turns out Kruusn is a Necchi dealer. That is novel! Seeing the machine immediately catapulted me back to the Necchi I own. As you know it was my great grandmother’s machine. I got it repaired a long time ago, but don’t use it for sewing.

The shop was worth visiting. They had a lot of fabric, charm packs, mini charm packs as well as an excellent section of tools and supplies. They have a rewards program where customers can earn a $10 gift card for each $200 purchased.

Kruusn Quilt Designs, Quilt Shop & Retreat Center
92772 Cape Arago Hwy
Coos Bay, OR 97420
T: 541-808-9972
E: lindamason@kruusn.com

Quilter’s Cove

We stopped in Newport, Oregon to see a BAM friend who moved there a few years ago. I have been wanting to drive down the coast and seeing her was a good excuse.

We spent the whole day on Saturday out and about including visiting Quilter’s Cove quilt shop.

Quilter's Cove: fabric — Quilter’s Cove: fabric

This shop has a coastal theme, as do many of the shops along the coast of Oregon. I probably said that when I talked about the quilt shops I visiting back in 2015 such as Quilter’s Corner (still in business, but was closed when we went by Port Orford). The shop had a lot of batiks in blues and greens.

Quilter's Cove: patterns and fabric — Quilter’s Cove: patterns and fabric

I was also super impressed with the number of Laura Heine patterns Quilter’s Cove had in the shop. If you want to see a Laura Heine pattern made up, this is the shop for you. I don’t know how many patterns are available but there were a lot of them.

I thought about making the Fish pattern as a gift, but I decided to hold off. I’d like to know how the process works. Also, I am not that interested in recreating something someone else designed.

Quilter's Cove: notions — Quilter’s Cove: notions

I was impressed with the notions the shop had. They has a wide variety of tools. They had a wide variety of machine and hand needles. I also saw several versions of the Magic Pins**, and a whole line of rotary cutters. I didn’t see a lot of rulers, though they had quite a few Add-a-Quarter rulers**.

The most interesting thing was that they had Martelli’s rotary blade replacements. I never thought of where I would get Martelli blades if I decided to buy one of their rotary cutters. I have only seen them sold at quilt shows. I have no idea whether or not an Olfa replacement blade, for example, would work in a Martelli rotary cutter.

Quilter's Cove: fabrics — Quilter’s Cove: fabrics

They displayed the fabrics in a way that was a cross between House of Fabrics and a quilt shop. It was an easy way to see what the fabrics looked like.

Quilter's Cove purchases 2024 — Quilter’s Cove purchases 2024

Quilter’s Cove
27 N Coast Hwy
Newport, OR 97365-3122
T:(541) 265-2591
W: https://www.facebook.com/QuiltersCove/
E: quilterscove@gmail.com

**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can’t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item’s link in my post. There is no additional cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.

Boersma’s Fabric

Portland was getting too hot and I was starting to feel the itch to get home. Not seriously, because I love driving down the Oregon coast and looking at the ocean. It is such a beautiful color and the scenery is amazing.

Boersma's Sewing Center Inc — Boersma’s Sewing Center Inc

We stopped in McMinnville after I saw the sign and told Friend Julie about Boersma’s. I remember it from when Amanda and I visited back in the beforetimes. Back then I thought the shop was awesome. It was even better this time.

AND they have a super cool sign. That windmill was moving when I took the photo.

The shop is housed in an old department store space. The store was three stories. The third story was an apartment. There were also classrooms, offices and staff areas on the second story. We didn’t go up there. The basement floor was all sale fabric. They had quite a lot and I found a good canvas for a bag there.

The street level floor was full of fabric, sewing machines and vacuum cleaners. The aisles were narrow and full, but the place was scrupulously clean and did not seem disorganized. I could have bought a lot more than I did, but I made quite a dent in their stock. They had a wide selection of fabric styles – from Tilde and Tula to Pacific Northwest forest and tree fabrics. I didn’t see many, if any, Civil War, etc repros. I wasn’t looking for those, so they may have been somewhere and I didn’t see them.

They have upgraded their technology and have a cool kiosk you can sign up to be on their mailing list and get rewards. Rewards are accumulated through online and in person sales.

The online shop is good. I love their ‘What’s New’ section. It is called ‘What’s New Woo Hoo’! Isn’t that fun and hilarious? I am glad they have a sense of humor.

Boersma's notions area — Boersma’s notions area

You know I love notions. I think I escaped this trip with no new rulers, but I did do a good survey of various notions selections in the shops. This shop had a nice selection including a lot of zippers.

Boersma's interfacing — Boersma’s interfacing

This time I found the interfacings nook. I didn’t buy any interfacing, but they had a good selection.

This trip I seemed to be looking at ‘good ideas in quilt shops’. I am not sure why. Perhaps I will win the lottery and open the ideal quilt shop?

Boersma’s had patterns hanging in the aisles with fabrics. These seemed to be the free patterns that were released with the fabrics by the fabric company. I thought that was a great idea.

They had new sales and repair sections for both sewing machines and vacuum cleaners. I did not look at the vacuum cleaners, though I did see a long line of them in the basement. Perhaps they were repairs?

Boersma's sewing machines — Boersma’s sewing machines

In the sewing machine department, I just took a quick look. Julie said they sold Janomes. Julie liked the chairs they had, which were also available for sale.

This shop is definitely worth a visit. It isn’t that far out of Portland, though it is a trek and you would need a car. If you are only able to visit one quilt shop, this should be it.

There is a McMeniman’s nearby where you can eat lunch, which would be a good break.

Boersma's purchases 2024 — Boersma’s purchases 2024

Boersma’s Sewing Center Inc
203 NE 3rd Street
McMinnville , OR 97128
Main: (503) 472-4611
Toll Free: (800) 822-7397
Fax: (503) 472-1831
info@boersmas.com

Portland: Pioneer Quilts…Again

I visited Pioneer Quilts AGAIN! At that visit, I introduced Julie to the goodness that is Pioneer Quilts.

I did not take the full complement of pictures this time as you have seen the place a million times. I was going to use the creepy view of the building from 2018. However, Friend Julie was kind enough to share her photos with me. She took different photos than I did and has already posted about the trip to her blog. I also visited in January of 2018, March of 2022 and January 2023. I should have taken a photo, because the garden was beautiful this time. All the gardens in Portland are gorgeous. I keep taking photos of flowers!

This time I went into the holiday section first. I know I have looked at that section before, but not in as much detail. They have a Halloween room and a Christmas room.

I really loved the Halloween fabrics, but didn’t buy any. I tried to get Friend Julie to buy some. She did a good job of resisting.

That center table has a fun Halloween witch’s hat pattern from Crabapple Hill Studios. I love their designs. They are so whimsical and fun. I think of buying them and making one of the series into a quilt, but then I realize how many other projects I have. I may do it, but it is pretty far down the list.

I did buy an interesting stripe from the Christmas room. It is broken up a little and the motif is that the ribbons are overlapping. It is cool.

The other cool thing I saw is that they had a display of patterns that relate to the fabric in that room.

I found that working on my EPP Ball #4 was a pain. The scissors I had in my Enigma pouch were not sharp enough to clip threads, so I bought another pair of Karen Kay Buckley scissors** and they are fantastic, of course.

I saw a really nice few through the connecting hallway from the holiday rooms to the main part of the shop.

You can see all the way down the hall to turn to the main shop. It is filled with quilts and fabric.

Pioneer Quilt Shop
3101 SE Courtney
Portland, OR 97222
503.654.1555
info@pioneerquiltshop.com

**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can’t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item’s link in my post. There is no additional cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.

Portland: Just for Fun

When we didn’t find a quilt shop in Scappoose, we headed up to Vancouver and visited Just for Fun again. The last time was in March of 2022. This seems to be the shop I visit when I don’t have something else to do or plans have gone awry. 😉

The shop looked much the same as before, though there was a class going on in the back. I am not sure what they were learning, but the class sounded like they were having fun.

Just for Fun Quilt Shop - front — Just for Fun Quilt Shop – front

Of course, the fabrics were different as well.

I realize now that it is interesting to visit quilt shops at different times of the year. This time of the year Halloween and Christmas were big. Obviously, you have to start projects for those holidays early, so it makes sense.

Just for Fun Quilt Shop - Kimberbell area from front — Just for Fun Quilt Shop – Kimberbell area from front

Just for Fun Quilt Shop - Kimberbell area from back — Just for Fun Quilt Shop – Kimberbell area from back

They still had the Kimberbell area in the front of the shop, but I didn’t notice as much Kimberbell embroidery as I remember from last time. I saw a lot more fabric related to Kimberbell projects, which I found interesting.

There is obviously interfacing and different types of products on which to embroider, so that ‘system’ of products was definitely there. I just don’t remember a lot of actual embroidery. Perhaps I missed it?

Just for Fun Quilt Shop - patterns/kits- front — Just for Fun Quilt Shop – patterns/kits- front

I noticed a lot more patterns and kits than I did last time.

Last time I noticed the samples. This time I noticed patterns and kits. I think kits are much more popular now than they used to be.

This image shows a lot of brown fabrics. This section was for nature type quilts.

Just for Fun Quilt Shop - fabric aisle — Just for Fun Quilt Shop – fabric aisle

They had the same angled shelves as last time. I still feel like I could see the fabrics pretty well. I think those angled shelves take up a lot of space. I wonder what you think about angled vs. straight shelves?

The shop also had a lot of bundles. I think they might wrap up fabrics that are ‘end of bolt’ into bundles. They had a couple of Guicy Guice bundles I considered. I really wanted yardage and they were out. I like the Guicy Guice fabric. The colors are magnificent, but I am not going through my fabric fast enough to collect that as well.

Just for Fun Quilt Shop - notions — Just for Fun Quilt Shop – notions

Just for Fun had a well stocked notions area and I picked up a few things for gifts.

I was interested to see the different sizes of Hot Rulers. I couldn’t think of a use for other sizes, so I didn’t buy any.

I am also always tempted by pre-wound bobbins. I have plenty of thread, so I resisted the urge.

I think I was tired after my gravel road adventure because I didn’t buy much. I did buy another fabric for the new Pillowcase Project and also some interfacing for another Midi Bag. I realized when I got home that I already had one I hadn’t used yet. Well, I’ll just have to make two of them.

Just for Fun
Address: 1503 NE 78th St, Unit 12, Vancouver, WA 98665, United States
T: +1 360 882 9101

Portland: My Quilting Loft

My Quilting Loft is in Troutdale. I don’t know where Troutdale is, though we visited on the day that we also went to Knitted Wit and Feather Your Nest, so I know it is outside Portland. The inside reminded me of another shop I can’t quite bring to mind.

It is on the main Troutdale street and very easy to find. The main street also has a good coffee shop with interesting coffees and other drinks.

The shop is a bright open space with a carefully curated selection of fabric.

I really liked the front windows a lot. I would love a quiltmaking space with such windows even though I would have to protect my fabric.

They had a lot of fabric packs with 3 yards and 3 or 4 fabrics.

There were also a lot of patterns.

They were filling orders and when I asked about it, they talked to me about a live sale they have regularly.

One of the things My Quilting Loft has is their Pouch Club. This is a great idea to get people interested in making pouches and, ultimately, bags. Each month you get a pattern, a set of mini-charms or fat eighths and a zipper. The cost is $19.99. This seems like a good price knowing how much patterns cost. You can find all the information using the pouch option under the Subscriptions & Clubs page. The information doesn’t say whether they have a work session to help make the pouch or to answer questions. I also can’t tell if you can subscribe if you don’t live in the area. It is likely that they want you to come into the shop to pick up your kit.

I continued my hunt for pillowcase fabric for the nephew and found a couple of yards. I’ll use the tree fabric for the cuffs. The black fabric will be used for additional blocks I plan to make using my Orange Peel circle idea.

My Quilting Loft
253 E Historic Columbia River Hwy
Troutdale, OR 97060
E: Kristi@MyQuiltingLoft.com
T:971-292-2991 (during business hours is best time to call)

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