Good morning, my friends. No one would be any more surprised than I am at the presence of a quilt shop in the tiny town of Seward. We parked on the main drag, and I walked a short distance to the front door.
These fish (whales?) were inlaid on the front steps.
Walking through the front door it looked like this. It was a small space, well used, and chock full of fabrics.
Walking around those fabrics on the right, I found more fabrics to choose from. There were several boxes of fat quarters there on the left, and they were labeled with subject matter. It made it easy for me to choose my regional fabric.
On the far right wall were more Alaska themed batiks.
There were more pretty panels here.
And a nice display of vintage sewing machines. They were high overhead, and so it was hard to get very good pictures of them.
Moving on...these were all celestial-themed fabrics.
There was a good supply of books and patterns.
Along the back wall were more traditional quilters' cottons.
Along this wall, more patterns and kits from Alaska designers.
There was a good supply of notions.
These were under the front register.
Oh, and what's that I see on the left?
When I see a basket of buttons like this, I just want to run my hands through it.
So I liked this store if for no other reason than it was there. I ended up purchasing this "Leader of the Pod" pattern. I'm thinking I can put this together with the bear pattern I purchased earlier and create a "Land and Sea" quilt. It's from the same designer of the bear pattern. Maybe there's a way for me to incorporate the panel I bought too.
And when I saw this mosquito batik, I knew I needed it for my Shop Hop quilt. If you're keeping score, that's five fabrics down, one to go.
I know there are more quilt shops ahead. It should be no problem finishing off my Shop Hop 4.0 quilt with fabrics from this trip.
Okay, so that's it from me today. It's time for breakfast. We'll probably wait until this afternoon for our hike when there's less chance of rain.
8 comments:
My what a lovely shop and my heart slipped a beat at the display of vintage sewing machines.
That looks like a great little shop. I love the pattern you bought. I've had that on my wish list for a long time.
Ewuuuu! Mosquitoes ! Too funny.
Looks like a fun shop to explore. I bet you will be able to combine those patterns and the panel. I'm also waiting to see an art quilt of some of the wildlife you've seen (wink).
Just wondering if the fabric prices in Alaska are similar to what we find???
Seward was a good place, with the boat tour and that nice little quilt shop! Dot in NC
Love the shop hop fabric you picked, very fun.
I think you could visit that shop several times and still not see all the goodies on display. I rather wish I had seen that mountain panel before I started my current landscape because I would have made my water with a greenish tinge too. Oh well - next time.
The mosquito fabric made me smile - who knew there would be such a thing. I'm sure the Resident Engineer would like those far better than the real thing.
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