{"id":21795,"date":"2014-02-01T06:29:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T13:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=21795"},"modified":"2016-06-28T16:57:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T23:57:49","slug":"sewing-cottage-quilt-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/sewing-cottage-quilt-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewing Cottage Quilt Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sewing Cottage, Jackson, Calif<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before I left with the DH to go to Jackson, California, I\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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They had very nice shop windows. One of them showed samples from their applique club, which was taken from a QNM magazine or series.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Sewing Cottage: Dresden Plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sewing Cottage: View across the width of the shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Looking at this photo across the width of the shop, I was looking at their shelves of batiks.<\/p>\n

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Sewing Cottage: View down right side of the shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They are also a Brother dealer. They had a few machines. I didn’t really spend any time looking at them — just a glance.<\/p>\n

They had a lot of batting. Laurel, one of the owners, said that when she and her sister, Olive, bought the shop,\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

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Sewing Cottage: View down the Thread wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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It was a fun diversion while DH spent time in meetings.<\/p>\n

Stop by and visit Laurel and Olive if you’re in the area:
\nThe Sewing Cottage<\/p>\n

Address: 11974 California 88, Jackson, CA 95642
\nPhone: (209) 223-0393
\nHours: Friday 10:00 am \u2013 5:00 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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