Showing posts with label Tiny Stitches; Quilt Shops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tiny Stitches; Quilt Shops. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Atlanta Shop Hop Day One

Shop Hop! A glorious day in Atlanta! It just doesn't get much better than this! 



It has been many years since I was able to attend the Atlanta Shop Hop on a Thursday morning, Day One. Our day began in Marietta, northwest Atlanta. My SIL Janice who is not  a quilter joined me on Shop Hop. She is making girlie playclothes for her granddaughter. Between us, we have five sons. It sure is fun to look at fabric for girls.

Our first stop was at Little Quilts.   LQ was transformed into a Bee Hive for the Tour of Homes. The shop was swarming with "worker bees" led by the Queen Bee, Mary Ellen, owner of Little Quilts.  The shop was 
swarming with quilter friends, like Silver Thimble ladies, Carol and Ann.
lots of neat bee decorations, quilts, fabric.....
a beehive of temptations!

Next stop: Tiny Stitches 
The Queen (shop owner, Maeta)
the "Engagement"
Tea
a cup for coffee lovers like me


a place of royal beauty!
A bonus at Tiny Stitches was visiting with blogger Melinda of Melinda Quits, Etc who works at the shop.

I'm out of time for tonight. More tomorrow......

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Quilt Sampler Magazine

I've been searching the magazine racks of my local grocery store waiting for copies of Quilt Sampler magazine to arrive. Quilt shops had the magazine earlier, but it didn't work with my schedule to visit one of the shops that I knew had it in stock. I know it's obsessive, but I have every issue of Quilt Sampler magazine. I bought it before I actually began quilting. Quilts and quilt shops have been a long time attraction. Congratulations to Tiny Stitches quilt shop in Marietta, Georgia (northwest Atlanta) for inclusion in the Fall 2010 issue. Tiny Stitches is a gem of a quilt shop. The shop has lots and lots of fabric. I particularly like to shop for flannel fabric at Tiny Stitches. I usually visit this shop during the Atlanta Shop Hop in March of each year. My SIL lives near Tiny Stitches. Perhaps, I need to suggest a "field trip" next week.