This past weekend, my friend Pam and I went up to Vermont to finish our training on Autosketch. This program is a design program for the Statler Stitcher. Brian from Cowles did our training. Although it was a very long drive, as they are located right at the Canadian border, we took advantage of some stops along the way. Quilt shop stops.Our first stop was as Country Treasures. We LOVED this store and spent a little more than 2 hours there. There was gads of fabric, literally room to room to room and an upstairs too!! The staff was very friendly and the customers as well.
There was a class going on while we were there and they invited us in and gave us a show and tell. How great that was and inspirational. A great group of talented ladies and very warm and friendly.The owner Sue was wonderful and allowed me to take many photos. So here they come. Make sure you click on them to enlarge to get the full effect of the store.
Lots and lots of fat quarter packs...
Lots of new fabrics...
My friend Pam browsing a small portion of their pattern selection...
The cutting room....
Rolled Fat Quarters....
The color room and fat quarters....
Yellow Fabric...
Brights and baby....
A pretty sample in the classroom...
Sue , the owner on right, and one of her lovely customers from class browsing the new fabrics that arrived while we were there....
Katie, she who helped Pam and I quite a bit and cut all of our fabrics.....Thanks Katie!!
30's lovers rejoice...the 30's room!!!
So that's it for
Country Treasures. If you want to visit them they are in Vermont, click
here for their information. If you get a chance to visit
Country Treasures in Vermont, tell Sue that Jackie from CT sent you!
Then we had to recharge and ate lunch at the Heritage Deli. It was great and we met up with the ladies from the shop who were taking class that day.
Then on to Yankee Pride in Essex Junction. I forgot to take pictures there, but it was a great shop and I got some good deals on their 50% off rack!!
Well the rest of the trip was great. We learned autosketch and had a nice time visiting with Julie, Brian, and Beth. Thanks guys for taking good care of us. We did manage to stop back at Yankee Pride on the way home.
All in all it was a great trip with great company!
Jackie
Lots of Photos from a Terrific Weekend...
Now I am going to get caught up on reading all of you blogs!!
There was a class going on while we were there and they invited us in and gave us a show and tell. How great that was and inspirational. A great group of talented ladies and very warm and friendly.
My friend Pam browsing a small portion of their pattern selection...
They are walking into here.
This shop is a small one and primarily sells sewing machines, as seen in their shop sign.
The next shop is lovely as well, Quilter's Ranch. They are very nice and have a good variety of fabrics, patterns, and books.
Another shop that I really like is Quilter's Oasis. Kathy, the owner, is very nice and always recognizes me when I come in...which is saying a lot since I am only in about 2 times per year. I was there the 1st day they opened their store. Kathy was also kind enough to let me take some pictures inside the shop. If your in the area stop by and tell her Jackie from CT sent you.
Then as luck would have it my husband wanted to take a day trip to Tombstone and we had to travel through Tucson. On the way, of course, we made a pit stop at this shop....Cactus Quilt Shop. My family could go next door and get their shoes repaired if need be.
Then even more luck. We got to Tombstone and their was a Quilt Show.
Here are some of the pictures.
Then back to Phoenix area. Another of my favs...Zoe's Trunk. Love, love, love this store lots of eye candy.
The Quilter's Koop is another favorite. It is small but great ideas!
A surprise this year, Cutting Edge Quiltworks moved their store in the same strip mall but a bigger space, very nice.
I will leave you with this last picture. We went to Wickenburg on our last day and visited Vulture Mine. Lots of abandoned buildings, but look what was in one of them......Oh to sew!!
So I have provided within this post the links to these wonderful shops, please visit them on the web or if you get to AZ visit them in person!
Also, I have updated the gallery on my website with some of my customer's quilts. Come and check it out!
