We're celebrating Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day! Today there's a worldwide celebration going on for independently-owned quilt shops everywhere.
What would we do without these locally-owned businesses? Well...maybe there wouldn't be as many entries in the checkbook each month...that would be a good guess! Hmm....
Hannah and I headed out to Patchwork Plus in Dayton, Virginia, which is owned and operated by Ken and Phyllis Reeves and advertised as the largest quilt shop in the Shenandoah Valley.
Below you can see the front check-out desk and all the beautiful fabric and winter-themed samples that catch your eye the minute you walk in the door:
And more fabric, patterns, and samples looking inside the shop:
Look at all the green batiks below! Delicious!
Love this section with all the quilting greens! There are also displays of antique sewing machines around the shop which are interesting. You can see several displayed in this photo:
Here's Hannah peeking through an antique Royal Electric on display:
One thing I especially love about our quilt shop are the classes they offer. I thoroughly enjoy going to my monthly Block-of-the-Month class, because that means I've gotten my block homework done--which is always a relief!
Here's Barbara (Quilting Gal) on the left, my class teacher, and Phyllis on the right, the shop owner, showing a 12 Days of Christmas quilt during Show & Tell in last month's class:
As you can see...lots of inspiration can be found here:
I think I've posted the picture below before, but I included it here again for those who are stopping by for the first time on the I Love My Quilt Shop blog tour. Even the outside of the shop draws quilters in with the small barn quilt above the door:
I hope you've enjoyed the tour of my local quilt shop!
~Deb
Ooooh, what a yummy place to visit! I don't know if I have time yet today to visit the nearest quilt shop, I'm certainly not "ready" to go now as I'm somewhat a mess from house cleaning. If not today, will have to take a rain check I suppose.
Posted by: Connie | Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 02:01 PM
I enjoyed the tour! I am not really familiar with quilting but I do enjoy seeing what you have done! When I go out to Lancaster, Pa. I always admire the quilts there. I also love your tote bag Hannah!
Posted by: Sharon Baksa | Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 06:23 PM
Looks like a really nice shop! I like the photo of Hannah peeking through the sewing machine.
Posted by: Stephanie in MI | Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 07:15 PM
Hey...I've been in there! It is so colorful and fun! Glad you enjoyed your time out to celebrate!
Posted by: Dorothy | Friday, January 25, 2013 at 02:36 PM
My goodness, that quilt shop is huge! How lovely to get a little peek at such a spacious and roomy fabric shop. I love the old sewing machines, too (makes me wonder why I gave mine away, until I remember that it weighed too much to lift and I couldn't get it out of the cupboard - but it was beautiful).
Posted by: Jo | Friday, January 25, 2013 at 03:56 PM
What a fun trip and wonderful shop too!! I did not get back to our local shoppe, about 25 miles east of Kinston as she just had her grand re-opening last Saturday and I attended that.
YES...we should do all we can to support local!!!
Posted by: Kathryn Duke | Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 09:27 AM
How lucky you are to have a quilt shop like that so accessible!!! Wow!!! Do you feel like a 'kid in the candy store' walking through? Thank you for sharing your wonderful shop with us. And I like Hannah peeking through the antique machine too!
Posted by: Lisa Spivey | Monday, January 28, 2013 at 08:46 AM
What a great day out! The bolts of green, oh I love all of them...green has always been my favorite color. I wish we had a few shops like that near by Rebekah and I would enjoy that. I have several projects that I would like to do before the new baby arrives, which means I need to get busy as they will take some time.
So neat that you have been able to do the quilt class, as I'm sure it was a lot of fun for you. Looking forward to seeing your next project :)
Have a blessed week~
Laura
Posted by: Laura | Monday, January 28, 2013 at 03:28 PM