Shopping Trips!

I revisited several shops from my travels last summer, as they are in the area of Leisure Lake Resort where we are staying. Again, I managed to make a few purchases in each store!! Who can't resist a new book or fabrics. Check out last years posts for photos. I will also be posting photos of my latest purchases soon.

Thimbles
I made two visit to Thimbles. On the first trip there, I didn't pay attention to the days of operation! It was closed.

Robert's Sewing Centre

The Sewing Center

I also visited Quilters Quest which is next door to a large tool shop! Yah!! More on this shop later. I have photos to share when they are loaded onto this tablet.

Enjoy!

Robert's Sewing Center Continued

I had some internet difficulty yesterday loading photos up to Blogger so here are a few more.
from Robert's Sewing Center. I will definitely be making another trip there next summer!

 

 

Looking down from the second floor

My purchase

Part of the batik section

Robert's Sewing Center: A Quilter's Paradise

 

Robert's Sewing Center was next on my 'shop hop' following Prairie Shop Quilts in Batavia and it happens to be close to the RV Park. What a place! At first glance, you find yourself surrounded by sewing and embroidery machines and accessories. Walking a little further to the right and past the sales desk, is a whole other world of fabrics, books, patterns, accessories / tools and quilts. Two large classrooms are adjacent to the over 7000 bolts of cotton fabrics which line the walls and center aisle! I didn't know which way to turn. Thankfully, my husband met Robert and they had a lengthy conversation about sewing and embroidery machines. In fact, I was finished my exploring and purchasing before they were.

I was permitted to take photos as long as I didn't photograph the quilts on display. The sales staff were very friendly and helpful. I did find a rather large selection of batiks at the back of the store.

There is also an upstairs which looks down on the first floor. Robert has a collection of commercial as well as antique machines for sale. All along the upper wall are beautiful quilts. The patterns are available for purchase.

There are quite a few photos so I think I will show them in a couple of posts. Tomorrow there will be some views from the balcony. Please check out the shop's web site for more photos and lots more!

Enjoy!