{"id":59173,"date":"2023-05-16T06:50:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=59173"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T20:57:36","slug":"family-threads-quilt-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/family-threads-quilt-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Threads Quilt Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_59176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59176\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/family-threads-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59176\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/family-threads-1.jpg\" alt=\"Family Threads Quilt Shop\" width=\"258\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/family-threads-1.jpg 258w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/family-threads-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 85vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family Threads Quilt Shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I visited Family Threads quilt shop in San Juan Batista before the Retreat. This is a great quilt shop. There was a wide variety of fabrics, lots of patterns, bag supplies, solids and good notions.<\/p>\n<p>The shop was small, but they had a wide variety of fabric. They had many, many panels hanging around the upper part of the ceiling. This is only the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/quilt-shop-just-for-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second shop<\/a> I have seen with so many panels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59130\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120728_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59130\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120728_wm-sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Family Threads main room\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120728_wm-sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120728_wm-sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120728_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family Threads main room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The shop also had a lot of fabric. They also had a wide variety of fabrics I hadn&#8217;t seen. I saw a lot of novelty fabrics that I have only seen online. Now I know I can go to somewhere relatively nearby and actually look at some fabrics.<\/p>\n<p>The bolts on the floor in the front were a wide variety of polka dots. You can see the main color. The dot colors were all different.They weren&#8217;t just white. Yes, I bought a couple of fat quarter packs.<\/p>\n<p>In the photo, right, you can also see the panels mentioned above.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59131\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230422_225722_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59131\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230422_225722_wm-sm-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"Family Threads main room\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230422_225722_wm-sm-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230422_225722_wm-sm-768x809.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230422_225722_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 85vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family Threads main room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The isn&#8217;t exactly crammed, but every surface was well used. There are also a lot of different textures in the storage furniture. In the photo, left, you can see the interesting sides of the white shelf.<\/p>\n<p>The shop had lots of pre-cuts and not just jelly rolls. The polka dots I mentioned above were all over the shop in fat quarter packs. There were different combinations, too. I saw some monochromatic packs in blue and others with a selection of rainbow fat quarters.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-59173 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20230421_124045_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_124045_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Family Threads notions\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-59141\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-59141'>\n\t\t\t\tFamily Threads notions\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20230421_124050_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_124050_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Family Threads notions + fabric\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-59140\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-59140'>\n\t\t\t\tFamily Threads notions\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The shop had a good selection of notions as well. I was especially impressed with their selection of Creative Grids rulers. You can&#8217;t really see the rulers, which are behind the pre-cuts in the photo on the right. You can see a nice selection of some great fabrics in that same photo.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-59173 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20230422_225612_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230422_225612_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Family Threads solids room\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-59128\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-59128'>\n\t\t\t\tFamily Threads solids room\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20230422_225533_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230422_225533_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Family Threads solids room\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-59127\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-59127'>\n\t\t\t\tFamily Threads solids room\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I was thrilled that I finally found a shop that carries Northcott solids. remember <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/random-quiltcon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I discovered those at QuiltCon<\/a> in 2016. I didn&#8217;t need any the day I was there, but I&#8217;ll go back and get some in the future. The solids room was also the shop classroom. Some people were sewing there the day we visited.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59126\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_123229_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59126\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_123229_wm-sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Family Threads bagmaking materials\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_123229_wm-sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_123229_wm-sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_123229_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family Threads bagmaking materials<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the vestibule of the solids rooms was where they stored their bagmaking supplies. I was impressed with the setup. The drawers were labelled so it was easy to find different types of interfacing. You calso see straps and webbing stored. I liked this area a lot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59122\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120701_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59122\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120701_wm-sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Family Threads patterns area\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120701_wm-sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120701_wm-sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230421_120701_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family Threads patterns area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The shop had a LOT of sample bags and other small projects as well as a wide variety of patterns.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, Family Threads was a great shop and I want to visit again.<\/p>\n<p>Get a different view, though. Julie wrote a good <a href=\"https:\/\/highfibercontent.blogspot.com\/2023\/04\/pre-retreat-supplies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> about what she bought, and the shop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>107 The Alameda, Suite D<br \/>\nPO Box 1203<br \/>\nSan Juan Bautista, CA 95045<\/p>\n<p>HOURS Mon-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-3, Sun Closed<\/p>\n<p>Tel: (831) 623-0200<\/p>\n<p>Website: https:\/\/familythreadsquiltshop.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I visited Family Threads quilt shop in San Juan Batista before the Retreat. This is a great quilt shop. There was a wide variety of fabrics, lots of patterns, bag supplies, solids and good notions. The shop was small, but they had a wide variety of fabric. They had many, many panels hanging around the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/family-threads-quilt-shop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Family Threads Quilt Shop&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[519],"tags":[334,346],"class_list":["post-59173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-519","tag-quilt-shop","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59173"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59202,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59173\/revisions\/59202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}