Anybody been to MaryJo's in NC????
#32
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Lancaster PA
Posts: 628
Went to NC to visit family a few years ago. Didn't go straight home though. Stopped at MaryJo's on the way. I could have spent a full day there. I love how they have all bolts arranged by color or theme. I wanted Patriotic fabric and there it was, all in one section, just waving to me. Bought ohhh so many beautiful pieces! Worth the trip I think.
#33
Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 8
I live in Augusta, GA and will hop in the car for the 3 hour drive anytime! Down the road from Mary Jo's is a thread mill, Long Creek Mills. Also hop in the car to go to Atlanta (2 hours) to Intown Quilts-bright fabrics-and have taken classes there too. Along the way to Atlanta, Exit 80, is Sweet Home, a more traditional shop. Recently discovered Quilting By the Bay in Panama City, Florida. No distance too great for that perfects fabric.
#34
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 175
Mary Jo's is my very favorite store! I live 1 hour away, and have been going there for over 50 years (Back when she had her store in Dallas, NC and had a large separate room for polyester knits.)
I have sewed clothes for myself, 3 daughters, and 6 grandchildren as well as some for friends (maternity clothes; dresses for weddings: gifts;etc.) After retirement I started making quilts---What a wonderful place to find fabrics for quilts! Decorating fabrics are plentiful and wondeful; and notions are plentiful and discounted!
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I have sewed clothes for myself, 3 daughters, and 6 grandchildren as well as some for friends (maternity clothes; dresses for weddings: gifts;etc.) After retirement I started making quilts---What a wonderful place to find fabrics for quilts! Decorating fabrics are plentiful and wondeful; and notions are plentiful and discounted!
Guess you can tell this message hit a top favorite for me!
#35
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 175
Mary Jo's is my very favorite store! I live 1 hour away, and have been going there for over 50 years (Back when she had her store in Dallas, NC and had a large separate room for polyester knits.)
I have sewed clothes for myself, 3 daughters, and 6 grandchildren as well as some for friends (maternity clothes; dresses for weddings: gifts;etc.) After retirement I started making quilts---What a wonderful place to find fabrics for quilts! Decorating fabrics are plentiful and wondeful; and notions are plentiful and discounted!
Guess you can tell this message hit a top favorite for me!
I have sewed clothes for myself, 3 daughters, and 6 grandchildren as well as some for friends (maternity clothes; dresses for weddings: gifts;etc.) After retirement I started making quilts---What a wonderful place to find fabrics for quilts! Decorating fabrics are plentiful and wondeful; and notions are plentiful and discounted!
Guess you can tell this message hit a top favorite for me!
#37
I love Sweet Home Quilts. We head up to PA several times a year and I always try to time our trip home so that we can stop at MaryJo's. I even convinced my husband a few years ago to make the 5 hr trip and spend the night there. I never knew there was a second floor! Need to make another trip now to check it out. I will also be checking out the thread place.
#39
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Darlington Heights, VA
Posts: 85
YES!!!!!! It is worth a trip. Have been several times and it is overwhelming. Try to take a list of fabrics you want or projects. There is also a place called Long Creek Threads(?). Someone please correct me if I have the name wrong. They have all kinds of thread in large cones. The prices are great also. Happy quilting.
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