Hello from Washington State
01-14-2011, 10:28 AM
#72
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Western Arizona
Posts: 1,930
Originally Posted by mim
I'm going to need to study a WA map to find out where you all live. Living in New England, most of our states are really small and it's easy to know where everything is -- the west is BIG -- and the ocean is on the "wrong" side.
Mim :lol:
Mim :lol:
We went to Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Ma & discovered that it is just a rock with a wooden box built around it. Not a very big rock at that.
Every part of this country is unique & beaut. though. If I could make that trip again, I'd hit every quilt shop I see. I suspect they are all identical though.
01-14-2011, 11:33 AM
#73
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: maine/washington
Posts: 1,572
Our quilt shops are small and really reflect the personality of the owner. One shop in the Sebago area specialises in cat fabrics.
Another owner loves bright colors -- no Thimbleberry fabrics there :-)
I taught in a Thimbleberry lover shop -- Very conservative New England colors and patterns.
I found out in my travels how relative "old" really is. in the US 'old" is 2 to 300 years -- in Europe "old" is a couple thousand. And in the far east and middle east it is even older. All treasure their heritage
Mim
Oh gosh, that is so funny. Having the ocean on the wrong side isn't the only difference. The west coast is "new" compared to the east. My husb. was from Maine (way up north in "the county" & the cities surprised me at how old the red brick buildings are & how narrow the streets are.
We went to Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Ma & discovered that it is just a rock with a wooden box built around it. Not a very big rock at that.
Every part of this country is unique & beaut. though. If I could make that trip again, I'd hit every quilt shop I see. I suspect they are all identical though.
Another owner loves bright colors -- no Thimbleberry fabrics there :-)
I taught in a Thimbleberry lover shop -- Very conservative New England colors and patterns.
I found out in my travels how relative "old" really is. in the US 'old" is 2 to 300 years -- in Europe "old" is a couple thousand. And in the far east and middle east it is even older. All treasure their heritage
Mim
Originally Posted by Pat G
Originally Posted by mim
I'm going to need to study a WA map to find out where you all live. Living in New England, most of our states are really small and it's easy to know where everything is -- the west is BIG -- and the ocean is on the "wrong" side.
Mim :lol:
Mim :lol:
We went to Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Ma & discovered that it is just a rock with a wooden box built around it. Not a very big rock at that.
Every part of this country is unique & beaut. though. If I could make that trip again, I'd hit every quilt shop I see. I suspect they are all identical though.
01-14-2011, 02:53 PM
#75
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Western Arizona
Posts: 1,930
I totally agree with you that "old" is relative. Depends on where you are.
How do those shops survive if they specialize in something like cat fabrics? That seems odd to me. Shops need to serve a wide variety of customers in order to survive. Must be a lot of cat lovers in that neighborhood. LOL.
How do those shops survive if they specialize in something like cat fabrics? That seems odd to me. Shops need to serve a wide variety of customers in order to survive. Must be a lot of cat lovers in that neighborhood. LOL.
01-14-2011, 05:12 PM
#76
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: maine/washington
Posts: 1,572
they have a good supply of a wide selection of fabrics. They specialise in cats. -- they have a "shop cat" too.
I found the shop when I was in a cat fabric swap with an international group. It was started by a girl in Denmark.
this is a wall hangong I made from some of them. I call it Cats in my Attic Windows
Mim
I found the shop when I was in a cat fabric swap with an international group. It was started by a girl in Denmark.
this is a wall hangong I made from some of them. I call it Cats in my Attic Windows
Mim
01-14-2011, 11:50 PM
#80
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Macon, Ga
Posts: 655
Welcome from "on the road", currently Houston, TX, but leaving in a.m. for the thriving warm and sunny city near Detroit. Definitely not MY choice.
Hope you enjoy the fellowship of the quilters on this Board and take full advantage of the wealth of knowledge available to you.
God Bless, Cherie
Hope you enjoy the fellowship of the quilters on this Board and take full advantage of the wealth of knowledge available to you.
God Bless, Cherie
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
