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barbrdunn 10-31-2010 01:55 PM

I'm going to both West Palm Beach and Orlando for a couple weeks and would appreciate if any of you can suggest some great quilt shops I can visit while there...or any place else I should visit. I'm planning on lounging on the beach and by the pool in Palm Beach while hubby fishes at Okeechobee...dolphin swimming in Orlando while hubby golfs. Looking forward to my first extended trip to Florida.

Patty Patches 10-31-2010 02:06 PM

My suggestion: stop and pick me up on the way.[he-he]

Patty Patches 10-31-2010 02:11 PM

Just kidding,have fun.

LaurieE 10-31-2010 03:03 PM

Rainbow's End Quilt Shop in Dunedin is THE quilt shop to go to in Florida. It's on the Gulf side of the state. I don't get there very often because it's a 4 - 4 1/2 hour drive for me. Here's their website: http://rainbowsendquiltshoppe.com/

sharon b 10-31-2010 04:21 PM

Also send sewnsewer2 a PM she lives in Florida and can give you some suggestions :thumbup: I forget the name of the shop she took me to - but we had a great day together- she is over by Cape Canaviral ? She is on the east coast

clem55 10-31-2010 04:46 PM

Hey Patty, no, you aren't kidding and neither am I!! I'd love to be heading out to Florida, but not before Xmas is over. I am already feeling thre affects of the cold!$@#@#^$$&

moonwolf23 10-31-2010 05:29 PM


Originally Posted by barbrdunn
I'm going to both West Palm Beach and Orlando for a couple weeks and would appreciate if any of you can suggest some great quilt shops I can visit while there...or any place else I should visit. I'm planning on lounging on the beach and by the pool in Palm Beach while hubby fishes at Okeechobee...dolphin swimming in Orlando while hubby golfs. Looking forward to my first extended trip to Florida.

Try to get some time in St. Petersburg if you can. Have some real floriday key lime pie. Take pictures and get inspired for a tropical quilt you can make when you go back home in the middle of the winter.

Maybe take one special photograph and get it printed on cotton fabric and use that as a key piece.

Oh and in Venice, Fl, (Gulf coast side) they have a statue of the kissing scene(sailor kisses nurse) when the guys were coming home from WW2

quilter2 10-31-2010 05:49 PM


Originally Posted by barbrdunn
I'm going to both West Palm Beach and Orlando for a couple weeks and would appreciate if any of you can suggest some great quilt shops I can visit while there...or any place else I should visit. I'm planning on lounging on the beach and by the pool in Palm Beach while hubby fishes at Okeechobee...dolphin swimming in Orlando while hubby golfs. Looking forward to my first extended trip to Florida.

I live just north of Orlando, I like The Quilt Shop of DeLand, not in Orlando but a nice shop. I don't know when you will be in West Palm, but the World Quilt Show is there starting on Nov 12th, I am going to that on Friday. If you want to PM me as to when you will be in Orlando, maybe we could get together.

barbrdunn 10-31-2010 08:27 PM

Thanks all for the good ideas!

JETTA 11-01-2010 02:38 AM

RAIN BOWS END IN DUNEDIN,FLORIDA,it's one of the largest I've seen.I go about once a month while in Florida and stock up on everything.


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