Hello from Snohomish, just a few miles north of you, we have a fantastic quilt shop here, Quilting Mayhem. They have classes in almost everything you can imagine, lots of fabric, notions and machines. I have been in Hawaiian quilting group (hand applique) and a Westalee ruler group for a couple of years and love the ladies in both; not to mention Mindy and her wonderful staff who are so helpful. There are a lot of shops in the Seattle area and a couple of great quilt shows coming soon. Quilters Anonymous at the Monroe fairgrounds in March and the Everett Quilt show in Everett in May.