Hello all,

I need to pick a couple brain cells from you. My DH and I are taking an anniversary trip Oct. 1-4 to Northern Michigan (Mackinaw City in LP to Tahquemenon Falls in UP). Husband will need to spend some time on his laptop (online college courses don't care that it's our anniversary, I guess), so I want to be able to pop into a shop or two to "feed my habit" while we're up there. Does anybody know of a place (or 20??? :lol: ) that I might be able to stop and visit while he's studying???

Thanks so much!

Odessa

It's been 4 or 5 years, but right at Whitefish Point there was a large LQS. At the time, I had only been quilting for 6 months. They sold fabric and cross stitch and yarn at that time. Sorry, can't remember the name of it.

There are some other Michigan people here that should be able to help more than me!

P.S. Happy Anniversary!

Can't help much with shops but right off I75 is Gaylord and they have a huge Ben Franklin, it is right on main street. Have fun up here, That is a beautiful time of the year to hit the UP and the falls are great!
Take the riverboat tour it is fun! And ride the train at the falls.

Hi Odessa,

I googled and this is what it came up with. You can check our some of the links that google came up with.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=...a7f458acaa2672

Yahoo! Yellow Pages is really good for this kind of thing. You put in your city of choice, go to Retail Shopping, then Arts & Crafts, then Quilting, and up pops a list of quilts shops. Usually the Sponsored Businesses tab is showing, so click on the Distance tab to see what's actually there.

http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?...ttype=distance

Most of my knowledge is about the K'zoo to GR area, but if you can only go to one northern Michigan shop, make it The Ice House in Grayling. It's well worth it! http://www.theicehousequiltshop.com/ Awesome place!!

There is now an online version of the Quilters Travel Companion which has shops, shows, guilds, retreats, everything you could ever want to know about quilting stuff in any state ot province. http://www.quilterstravelcompanion.c...s/Michigan.htm Have a great trip...and Happy Anniversary! :D

Sault Ste. Marie -- Gloria's Happy Hooker (honest, it is a wonderful quilt shop with yarns)

Google a quilt shop in Paradise, MI on the shore of Lake Superior.

Also nice shops in Marquette and Negaunee -- Lake Superior side of UP
and
great shops in Escanaba and Menominee -- Lake Michigan side of UP
and
don't forget Jeri's Quilt Patch in Norway === :D

Odessa, just wanted to tell you I think your cake is awesome! I noticed it right away. Did you paint the pictures on it or use a spray gun?

Wow! Thanks one and all; this really is going to give me a head start on my choices!

Up North, we've already got our tickets ordered for the Toonerville trolley train/boat tour to the falls. :wink: AND, I've been to that Ben Franklin in Gaylord (which is on the way -- yay!), so I may have to take a "potty stop" ... hehehehehe!

Ghostrider, the Icehouse is one of my favorite out-of-town shops! Again, another one not too far off the Interstate!

Kay, I hadn't previously heard of Gloria's Happy Hooker; we may have to make the trip to the Soo to find it, if only because the name is so intriguing! I've been to a little quilt shop in Paradise; I wonder if it's the same one you mentioned ... seems like a tiny little hole in the wall, but loaded full of terrific finds! That was the first one I thought of, but I was hoping for more options and the folks here came through!

Thanks everyone for the Anniversary wishes.

Janstar, I don't own an airbrush, and since I don't do rolled fondant, the decorations on the cake had to be piped on by hand, which is one reason why the "fabrics" don't have a lot of pattern to them. But I was told that the woman whose birthday it was just loved it!

Here are some more pics:

I don't know why, but my pics didn't show!

I THINK IT IS A WORK OF ART AN GLAD YOU TOOK A PICTURE

Gloria’s Happy Hooker
2733 Ashmun
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783

owner Gloria Larke is terrific
[email protected]

Thank you kay for the address. I'm looking forward to possibly getting there!

And dizzy, I'm so glad you like my "quilt"/cake! I had forgotten the technizues I had used to make it until I saw the pictures again (my avatar is just too small to appreciate my techniques).

Love this site! So terrific to have a group of friends who understand my addiction and are willing to feed into it!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

\Thanks one and all!

Odessa

Your cake is awesome.

Joey, love your avatar. if you don't mind sharing, is that a quilt you've made? and if so, could you advise on techniques used/post a better pic? i'm trying to do a tropical reef/fish quilt for my grandson for xmas. he's 3-1/2 and he LOVES tropical fish! thanx much

odessa

Kay, thanks for the tip on Gloria's Happy Hooker...I'm in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, just a hop across the bridge, and I had no idea it was there. I've been to Joanne's over there, but never heard of Gloria's.

OdessaQuilts, if you make it to Sault, MI, and you have passports, hop on the bridge (right at the end of I75), and c'mon over here to Sault, Ontario. On our main downtown street (516 Queen St. E), you will find Life's A Stitch, our local quilt store. And don't forget to sign their guest book. They have a lot of American customers.

http://www.lifesastitch.ca/

Are you going 23 North? AuGres, Bay View Calicos(love it) East Tawas, Cotton Patch on Newman, turn right at the light Oscoda, Sunshine Quilt shop, on the right before you get into town.....Harrisville, Hollyhock quilt shop, turn right at light, on left side. All my favorite haunts....

thanks rb for the ontario shop info. my birthday is this month and I'm getting one of those "enhanced" driver's licenses so I can cross the border and back without problems. hubby doesn't have one, but I can just leave him on the Michigan side for a while (it'll be okay ... it's not snowing out yet so he won't freeze! :lol: :lol: :lol: ) I may just have to pop over!

And Linda, we'll probably be traveling I-75 this time, but have been to Hollyhock in Harrisville before (loved it!) and to Bay View in AuGres (but it wasn't open the day I was there and stopped by). We may just have to take a meandering route this time ....

Oh, the fabrics are calling my name ....

........... Odessa! ..................

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Dare I answer? Hubby may want to eat on this trip!

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On the way there is Two Sisters by Bear Lake --Pig Patch Farms in Scottville--Quilt Fabric and Siccsors in New Era==Quilted Memories in Montgue--The mercantil in Whitehall and these are just my personal favorites :D

I am a Yooper and therefore eminently qualified to answer this question! I think we have a quilt store in most of our little towns. You should look in the yellow pages as you pass through the towns. I have been to a few around here and will list those for you, but I don't know how close you will be to my area, so I don't know if these will help.

I live a block or so away from Quilter's Haven in Menominee, MI, and just across the bridge from us in Marinette, WI is a smallish shop called Pine Street Quilts. I consider it my civic duty to stop in to Quilter's Haven at least every couple of weeks. I wouldn't want the economy to suffer too much, right? LOL!

There is the one that Kay mentioned- Jeri's Quilt Patch in Norway and that one is neat- it's an old house with antiques and stuff for sale in addition to fabric. They have a huge sale every year around the Super Bowl where they sell fat quarters for FIFTY CENTS!! It's a madhouse in there for that.

I visited one in Ironwood, Mi- it's called the Fabric Patch- a long time ago. I think it was a smallish store, lots of Thimbleberries type fabrics. Ok, I just googled it and it's a BIG store. So it's not the one I went to, unless they made it bigger. I think I want to go there after googling it. It looks AWESOME!

I haven't been to the store in Escanaba, but the gals at Quilter's Haven really rave about it- the owner's name is Glenna and I guess she is an amazing quilter and very nice. http://www.quiltsnstuff.net/
There is the website and this is one that I would like to visit in the future, just because I have heard good things about it.

I follow a blog for a West Michigan shop. I haven't been there, but here is the blog with the store's address: http://westmichquilter.blogspot.com/

I hope that helps! If you do go to Quilter's Haven, tell them Lisa sent you! Or better yet, PM me and I will meet you over there. :0)

Well, you'll love our beautiful part of the state this time of the year!
In Traverse City, you'll find Quilt N' Bee, north to M 72 to Renee's House of Quilts - just off US31/M72 corner, North to Charlevoix to Hearts to Holly, East to a great one in East Jordan (Quilt Cottage? i forget name) , oh yes, we skipped Cousins in Bellaire. There's NO shortage of places. Enjoy! Honk as you pass thru Elk Rapids.
Pansypenny :lol:

I was just in the U.P. this weekend :) There is a cute little place in Paradise, MI near Taquamenon Falls!

Thanks much one and all for the advice. We leave on Thursday this week and will be staying in St. Ignace. I have been to the one in Paradise before; it's incredibly quaint and I loved it the last time I was there. We'll be taking the Toonerville Trolley on Saturday, then the ferry ride to the falls and back again. I doubt the quilt shop will be open before and/or after we go on our train/boat rides. But DH says we may go on Friday ... he's a man after my own heart!

I will take a printout of the suggestions and see where it leads us .... I think he'll be happy if I promise to make him another quilt (the first top I made him is at the machine quilter's place waiting its turn to be quilted).

Odessa