{"id":63227,"date":"2024-08-01T06:45:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=63227"},"modified":"2025-10-24T21:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T04:49:14","slug":"boersmas-fabric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/boersmas-fabric\/","title":{"rendered":"Boersma’s Fabric"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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Boersma’s Sewing Center Inc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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<\/a>. Back then I thought the shop was awesome. It was even better this time.<\/p>\n

AND they have a super cool sign. That windmill was moving when I took the photo.<\/p>\n

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Boersma’s fabric<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

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 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n