Thimbles

Thimbles is another quilt shop that I visited recently. It is located in Lockport, IL. This shop has over 3000 bolts of fabulous cottons, as well as everything a quilter needs to complete a project. Beautiful quilts and quilted wall hanging were everywhere. Such inspiration and very friendly staff, too!

Take a look inside the store.

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

Prairie Shop Quilts

It's time to continue with my 'shop hop'. We are an hour's drive from Chicago and going into the city just about every day doesn't leave much time to blog. By the time I get back in the evening, it's almost bedtime. However, it's amazing the things you see while driving. Have you ever seen an eighteen wheeler do a U-Turn in the middle of an intersection? Last week, as we were stopped at a red light, waiting to go onto the Interstate, a large transport truck did just that! Needless to say, the back tires did a screeching sound as they turned. I didn't even have my camera ready. It would have made a great photo.

I Googled some quilt shops and found three in the area of Leisure Lake Resort, Joliet, IL. We drove about an hour to find out that two of them are no longer in existence. I was reminded that a phone call in future might be in order! However, the third place, Prairie Shop Quilts, Batavia, IL, was still operating. It is a lovely shop with very friendly sales ladies who were only too delighted for me to take photos around the store.

Of course, I had to purchase a few batiks! I asked if there were any other shops close by. To my delight, I found out that there was a three month Northern Illinois Quilt Fest going on. Boy, was I excited! At least this trip, I will get to a few of these and I have a list for next year to explore.

The Prairie Shop Quilts website has lots of photos of its shop. Please take a few minutes to view them.
Here are a few of mine.
Enjoy!

Travel Update

I have visited a few more sewing shops this week. However, Sunday, was spent at the Bristol Renaissance Faire near the Illinois / Wisconsin border. This was a blast! Most people were in period costume, some were very elaborate. Every Faire day recreates a time when knights were noble, maids were merry and turkey was, well, turkey! I didn't try the turkey legs, but I was told by a very reliable source, that they were excellent.

Check back to hear more about my trips. My photos aren't loaded on my tablet yet and I won't have very good internet for the next day or two. In the mean time, Sew We Quilt is having a Ho, Ho, Ho blog hop. Day three starts today!

Enjoy!