Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day 2024 is on Thursday, January 25, 2024: Looking for local quilt or yard goods shops, for a group to visit while in town for several days.?

Thursday, January 25, 2024 is Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day 2024. Pennsylvania - Quilting Shops‎ Looking for Quilting Shops in Pennsylvania? Find it here!

Quilt shops do not acquire anything like the recognition they are entitled to for the vital part they play in providing covers. Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day intends to change all that by bringing individuals together, in their neighborhood quilt store, to commemorate all points quilty.

Let's face it, a quilt shop is a lot greater than just a store. It's a spot to socialize, have a cup of coffee, make new buddies, and talk about patchworks. Material stores of any type of kind could participate as well, expanding the range of the day even further.

If you have actually never ever made a patchwork, and certainly that puts on a couple of of you, then perhaps this is the time to begin quilting. Why not go along to your local patchwork store and find out how it's done? If you don't have a local patchwork shop, go to someone else's-- they will not mind!

JoAnn has shops all over the U.S. Check out the site on the computer and it will give you a search.

Quilters in northeast Ohio, where can I find a real quilt sop?

Try these three shops:

Abigayle's Quiltery & Yarn

8096 Columbia Road, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138

(440) 235-7446

Quilt Design Studio

2490 Lee Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44118

(216) 321-0542

Raphael's

2342 Professor Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113

(216) 241-2210

For a fantastic newspaper with an extensive listing of shops, articles, etc., see The Country Register - contact Barb Moore, P. O. Box 37, Cable, OH, 43009, (800) 842-2730, (937) 652-1157, Fax (937) 484-8963, or go to .

I've picked these up in quilt shops in both Michigan and Florida, and they're PACKED with hints and tips, info on local shops and so much more! If you visit the website, you can get papers for other states - terrific for "siteseeing" when you travel.

What is the best quilt shop/ resource on line?

is a great search engine for 210 (and growing) participating shops. You can find fabrics, books, patterns, etc. Just type in a key word or two and hit Thumbnail to get results. So many fabric lines have a limited production run that by the time an LQS empties a bolt the fabric is no longer in production for reorder. This allows you to track down that elusive yard you need. :o) It's also a great way to get competitive pricing on the same item (but always check shipping costs, too!)

I try to spend my $$ locally whenever possible. It's great to be able to look closely and touch fabric or flip the pages of a book before buying. It's also important to help local small businesses stay in business.

Favorite designer? Hmm, McKenna Ryan does great stuff. And I always love Eleanor Burns'/Quilt in a Day patterns/books. Very clearly written step by step directions. She was an early developer of many of the efficient techniques we enjoy today.

Favorite fabric? The amazing flannels that are available these days. And batiks. Ooooh, the batiks...

Edited to add: I've not purchased from the fatquartershop.com site but they have some wonderful free patterns.