{"id":60644,"date":"2023-11-05T06:53:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T14:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=60644"},"modified":"2025-10-24T21:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T04:50:31","slug":"the-quilt-loft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/the-quilt-loft\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quilt Loft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Quilt Loft, Albany, Oregon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trip home from Portland started off slow. It took us forever to get out of the city, which I expected. it was Friday afternoon, after all, and people wanted to get away. I was a little surprised, though, since we left around 1pm. I thought that was a little early for people to be leaving the office.<\/p>\n

What I did not expect was slow traffic all the way down I5. It wasn’t stopped, but we only went about 40-50 mph (~70 kph). Finally, I was falling asleep at the wheel and needed a break. We stopped in Albany<\/a>, because it was close and looked large-ish. Mom was able to find a quilt shop there, which was a bonus. We thought we could, also, certainly find a coffee shop, but no such luck. Note to Starbuck’s: please put your *amn outlets next to the freeway not in some secluded Safeway.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it was worth a stop. I had never been to Albany, Oregon and the shop was worth stopping to visit. It is a mile or two off the highway, but the Google directions were good and the downtown street, where the shop is located, had a lot of charm.<\/p>\n

The Quilt Loft is a large shop, though the interior also came across as long and thin. It covers two storefronts and held a lot of fabrics.<\/p>\n

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The Quilt Loft, longarms in action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was VERY impressed to see four longarms, controlled by computers working away when we were there. I was told later that one of the staff was an excellent custom longarm quilter and was working back there as well. I was happy to see a shop helping people get their quilts finished. I am sure it is good for their cash flow as well.<\/p>\n

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The Quilt Loft, batting and notions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The longarm area was in the back of the second storefront (to the left of the main door you see in the photo above). In front of the longarm workroom was the notions, books and batting area. I had never seen rolls of batting in a quilt shop like they had in the Quilt Loft!<\/p>\n

I didn’t check to see what kind of batting they had. You can see that the do offer a few choices.<\/p>\n