zozee

I'm here in Maryland and I can recommend:

Hoppin Bobbin in Aberdeen --lots and lots of quilts on the walls, mostly made by the owner Kelly. It's the shop where I took my first quilting class 5 years ago and fell in love with the hobby. What's there? An entire room for batiks. A longarm in the center of the store where you can watch through "windows" at what's being quilted. A Christmas room, a fairly large selection of juvenile prints. Very good customer service. Your hubby might enjoy the Ordnance Museum in Aberdeen which is within minutes of the Hoppin Bobbin.

You two would probably enjoy going to Havre de Grace which is just one town away from Aberdeen. It's right on the water, complete with Promenade , old lighthouse, a Lock House Museum, quaint shops, and good restaurants (we like Tidewater Grille). You can get right off 95 onto the Aberdeen exit and it's about 2 miles down just before the railroad tracks.

There are a couple other shops in the immediate area (Glory Bee's in Fallston on Rt 1--small, friendly, bright).

A bigger one is up in Towson ( called Bear's Paw) which is loaded with fabric, but the service can be hit-or-miss. It's worth it if you just want to hit one shop off 695.