{"id":72308,"date":"2026-09-21T07:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=72308"},"modified":"2026-09-15T18:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T01:46:36","slug":"blue-bar-quilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/blue-bar-quilts\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bar Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Bar Quilts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another shop I visited before the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show<\/a> was Blue Bar Quilts<\/a>. This shop describes itself as a ‘welcoming modern quilting community’. The shop was much smaller and more crowded than Sew Much More<\/a>, but this shop also had a lot of great items to buy.<\/p>\n

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Blue Bar Quilts – front to back of store<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The store had a lot of stuff. It was really hard to take it all in, which probably shocks you coming from me!<\/p>\n

They used the space very well as every inch was full of fabric, notions, patterns, samples, etc. I had to make a couple of circuits around the store to see everything. Even still, I am sure I missed some things I would have found interesting. <\/p>\n

I did notice that the shop had a good selection of Liberty fabrics as well as Tilda fabrics. There was also Tula fabrics and other modern designers.<\/p>\n

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Blue Bar Quilts – bag patterns & samples<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was impressed with the selection of bag patterns. Most of them had samples to go with them, which is what attracted me. I would have looked at the bag patterns anyway, but I saw what I thought was an Aneela Hoey<\/a> pattern (check the top of the photo). It was! <\/p>\n

There were actually a couple of different Aneela Hoey patterns, which was a first. I don’t think I have seen them in a shop before. <\/p>\n

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