Do you have a favorite quilt shop in Boise Idaho or on the way to the panhandle?

We are pulling our trailer from So. Cal to Idaho panhandle for some fun camping and fishing. If I can, I would love to stop at a quilt shop look around and by something.

I don't know your route. I don't mean to sound stupid but I am not a traveler. Do you take I-84? The best quilt store that I know of is on the square in Rupert, Idaho. There is another that a friend of mine likes around Boise. I will email her and see what the name is.

We are taking I-84 to Boise. We will pass thru Rupert, Is it The Gathering Place? I just googled it.

Yes, they have a lot. I could spend all day there just looking.

There are two in Boise that I have visited. One is the Quilt Crossing and is located at the southeast corner of Curtis and Fairview at 5725 Fairview Avenue in Boise, Idaho. They are also the Bernina dealer.

The other is Quilt Expressions located at 9115 Chinden Blvd., #107 in Garden City, Idaho 83714. Garden City is part of Boise on the west side of town.

Both of these stores had really friendly staff.

Boise also has the JoAnn's and Hancocks, etc. There's another small quilt shop, The Country Quilter, in the Vista Shopping Center, but they were closed the day I was shopping.

If you are going north through Idaho and happen to go through Moscow, Idaho, they have a wonderful store called Quilt Something located at 705 North Main Street, Moscow, ID 83843-8511. However, when I went through there 3 years ago the staff was not very friendly or helpful.

Hope this helps. Enjoy your trip.

Nancy at the Quilt Crossing was the first person to teach me anything about quilting. The shop was the first quilt shop I've ever been to and I credit them with introducing quilting to me. It is a great store with friendly staff and large selection. I highly recommend a stop there.

How funny, Candi, I took a beginner quilt class from Nancy at the Quilt Crossing! They do have a lot of nice fabric and other crafty things in there as well. I also really like Quilt Expressions. When I was in Cour d' lane a couple of years ago, I went to the Bear Paw quilt shop. Haven't been to it since they changed locations, but they had some awesome stuff, too.

Have you been to 2 Sisters Quilting Shoppe in Meridian?

There is a really nice shop in Bosie that I visted often when I visited Mtn. Home Air For Base, where my dau and SIL were stationed. If I remember it. will PM you. It was the Quilt Crossing!!

Well Hula said it all LOL But Theres also
Mill End : (208) 336-2737 - 2155 Century Way, Boise, ID
83709 i show another (208) 336-2737
137 N Benjamin Ln, Boise, ID

Caledonia Fine Fabrics (208) 338-0895
605 S Americana Blvd, Boise, ID

Country Quilter (208) 424-3188
966 S Vista Ave, Boise, ID

Hope both lists help. Theres not much here but the few are good. Ohh also the WM up on Overland has a fabric dept. Have a very safe trip and lots of fun. Hope this hasnt reached you to late but might help in the future.

I'm still here, we leave Friday after the Long Beach International Quilt Show. Thanks everyone. We are going camping so I hope we pass thru Boise so I can shop a little.

Small world, ha? I took the class in September/October of 2007. I didn't own a sewing machine then (I only bought one last year) or knew anything about quilting other than it yields gorgeous quilts. Nancy was awesome in taking her time to over-explain things to me and showing me how to thread needles, use a seam-ripper and other basic things that other ladies in the class knew. I enjoyed her classes. I remember I even missed one of the classes for a reason or another and she met me one afternoon and went over what I missed because she knew I wouldn't be able to figure it out on my own. :lol:

They've closed.

On your way to Rupert, you go through Burley Idaho, the home of Alice Walters who designed and sells the Wonder Cut Ruler...BUT...there is also a Mill Ends Quilt shop on the Main Street...floor to ceiling with fabric, and I think it even has every single 30's fabric ever made. All top quality fabric that I could tell. It was wonderful. Joanie

Sounds like you are arriving from Utah to Idaho?
There is a nice shop in Baker City but that is further along I-84.
Too bad!

http://www.traditionsquilts.com/
Cute shop! Nice people! Pretty fabrics!

I stop in every time we go to see FIL.