Buffalo Quilt Shop & Shop Hop
Posted By Margaret on April 24, 2010
My purchases from Elmwood Village Fabrics
It’s always fun to visit different quilt shops. Earlier this week some friends and I took a road trip to Buffalo. We discovered the coolest quilt shop on Elmwood Avenue, Elmwood Village Fabrics. It’s a small store but well worth the trip! They have a whole store of Amy Butler and similar fabrics. I was so overwhelmed when I arrived…I wanted a yard of everything! But finally I narrowed it down to just a large bag full! The neighborhood stores in the area were also fun. We enjoyed a slice of unique pizza from the pizza place next door for lunch. Then continued west a few blocks to a new Penzy’s spice store that just opened (I have a link to Penzy’s on my link page). Both the fabric store and the spice store recommended a cupcake from a bakery called “Delish,” but unfortunately they are closed on Mondays. Next time you’re in Buffalo, visit Elmwood Village Fabrics (http://forfabric.com) and shop the neighborhood.
And locally, next week (Wed., April 28 – Saturday, May 1), is the annual area Shop Hop. If you’ve never participated in a shop hop, it’s lots of fun. You have a passport and get it stamped at each of the participating shops. They usually have goodie bags at each of the shops and for this year’s hop the theme is “School of Shops.” At each shop they will be demonstrating a different quilting technique, tool or product. Complete the hop by getting your passport stamped at each of the 7 participating shops and be entered into a drawing for the grand prize of 49 yards of free fabric (7 yards from each store). Also, each store is donating a $100 Gift Bag and there will be additional prizes donated from various vendors. A shop hop is a great way to check out all of your local shops as well as seeing what’s new. The 7 participating stores are Betty’s Quilting Etc. in Spencerport, Scarlet Thread in Webster, Jackie Lynn’s Fabric in Irondequoit (Rochester), Patricia’s in East Rochester, Ivy Thimble in Victor, Mt. Pleasant Quilting Co. in York and Chestnut Bay Quilting Co. in Caledonia. You can pick up a passport at any of these stores.
It looks like you bought some beautiful fabrics, Margaret! While in Virginia last week, I found the most amazing quilt shop! It is called the Artful Quilter and she does have a website. The owner is an artist and the quillts she makes are amazing to say the least! I was inspired to make a couple! Come to find out, her shop was voted as one of the top ten quilt shops in America! If you are ever near Alexandria, Virginia visit The Artful Quilter on Burke Road.
My favorite thing to do when I travel is to visit quilt shops. They’re always different. I think a quilt shop reflects the personality of its owner. I always get great ideas and find different fabrics when I visit a quilt shop in another part of the country. Here’s the website of the Artful Quilter, http://www.artfulquilter.com.