19 Jan Local Quilt Shop Day!

Thursday, January 24 is Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day!  What a great idea!  Lots of quilters are participating in a blog tour to highlight our fav quilt shops – check it out here.

I know I’d be lost without all my LQSs.  I’m lucky enough to have at least a dozen quilt shops within an hours drive of my house.  Since each quilt shop has a personality of its own, rather than tell you about one, I’ll tell you what I like about some of the ones I visit most often.

I have to start with The Quilting Season.  I took my first quilting class from Mary, the owner.  Mary is just the nicest and warmest person you ‘d ever want to meet and she has a great staff too.  If you’re stuck on a project, they’ll be able to help you out in no time.

AASC Kona wall

Ann Arbor Sewing Center stocks the entire line of Kona solids, so I visit them pretty regularly when I need a new color or more of one I already have.  If you are a fan of batiks, this is the place for you!

I recently discovered that Bits ‘n Pieces (Wayne, MI) carries the entire line of 50wt Aurifil thread.  I’m pretty picky about my thread color, so I bet I’ll be stopping by a lot from now on.

Quilts at the Marshall House always has lots of my favorite Quilter’s Dream batting in stock and also has a fantastic blender wall as well as tons of other beautiful fabrics.

So, please go and visit your LQS today, tomorrow and on Jan 24 in particular.  I know they’ll have something fantastic there that you just can’t live without!

If you’d like to check out some other favorite LQSs, here’s who’s kicking off the blog tour this weekend:

• Abby Glassenberg – While She Naps 
• Alissa Haight Carlton – Handmade by Alissa 
• Allison Harris – Cluck Cluck Sew 
• Cara Wilson – Cara Quilts 
• Carolyn Friedlander – CarolynFriedlander.com 
• Cheryl Arkison – Dining Room Empire 
• Christina Lane – The Sometimes Crafter                 
• Debbie Grifka – Esch House Quilts 
• Diane Gilleland – CraftyPod 
• Pam Harris – Gingerbread Snowflakes (Read Diane’s and Pam’s back-to-back) 
• Jane Davidson – Quilt Jane
• Jen Carlton-Bailly – Betty Crocker Ass
• Krista Hennebury – Poppyprint 
• Laurie Wisbrun – Scarlet Fig 
• Michelle Freedman – Design Camp 
• Monica Solorio-Snow – Happy Zombie 
• Pat Sloan – Create with Pat Sloan 
• Penny Layman – Sew Take a Hike 
• Rachael Gander – Imagine Gnats 
• Rae Hoekstra  – Made by Rae 
• Rita Hodge – Red Pepper Quilts  
• Victoria Gertenbach – The Silly Boo Dilly