There's a nice little quilt shop, Affordable Quilting, in Tupper Lake, about 40 minutes from Lake Placid. You'll go through Saranac Lake on the way to Tupper. Be sure to stop there to see the Adirondack Carousel. Instead of horses, it features hand-carved animals native to the Adirondacks. And there's another quilt shop across the road from it! Saranac Lake was a famous cure center for tuberculosis - lots of history there. Lake Placid hosted the Winter Olympics twice, so you might want to check out the Olympic Museum and sites.