The Country Store Quilt Shop

On Friday my co-worker, friend, and partner in crime, headed to our favorite local quilt shop. And yes, 75 miles away is local around here...and C had to drive over 50 miles just to get to my house. Still, this gal is always a joy and the miles matter not when you're in good company.

We only get to this shop about once a year, but it's a favorite. It's located on the square in a small town called Lovington:

The Country Store is owned by this wonderful lady, Dee Ann:

She's fun, and passionate, and energetic, and helpful and full of creative ideas.. I've been meaning to post about this shop, but I always get sidetracked in catching up with the ladies that work here and in the projects C and I have in mind, not to mention the new fabrics that catch our eye and inspire new projects

And Dee Ann recently bought the space next door and expanded her shop so this was the perfect time to give ya'll a tour.

This is what you see when you walk in the door

 Dee Ann has set up cute little vignettes around the shop.

                                       

She has a love for antiques and is also in the process of opening up an antique shop two doors down from the quilt shop. That'll be another fun stop when it's open!

                                      

There are lots of samples for inspiration and I love the old church pews along the wall that hold pretty bolts of fabric:

                      

I neglected to get a photo of the books, but the racks on either side of the front door hold just about anything you could want. Seasonal fabrics are up front on the left and children - a few of the novelty fabrics are in the lower right corner in this shot:

                          

This little cart holds an array of precuts

                          

The second room holds threads and patterns for embroidery

                         

And the back room serves as a classroom and a longarm is also set up where they offer quilting services:

                           

Dee Ann is an authorized Janome dealer and the front of the new addition has machines and accessories for purchase:

                            

There is a wall of rulers and templates:

                             

And the back has a large selection of yummy fabrics. Tone on tones on the left - western fabrics on the right:

                           
                           

This corner hold batiks:

                            

They were still setting up the space for Civil War reproductions and there is also a display of 30's, but I didn't get a picture of those although I did come home with some. :) I'll share those in a subsequent post.

This little town only has a population of 11,000 and it's not close to any other towns, but we all know that quilters will travel for fabric and "if you build it, they will come" and in this case, it's definitely worth the trip!