Quilters Trivia

Kathy Stevens,
Illustrator

To date I have visited with nearly every quilt shop in
Washington, Oregon, California, Kansas , Iowa,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The largest shop I have seen to date has over 20,000 bolts
of fabric
Rosies Calico Cupboard
7151 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA
619-697-5758
www.rosiescalicocupboard.com

Hi and Welcome to my
"Just for Fun" page.
As I travel and visit the quilt shops
across America,
I would like to share some trivia
with you.
"Just for Fun"

After finishing the QuiltPoster
for California,
a dachshund
who needed a home
hitchhiked a ride with us from
Portland Oregon and he traveled with
us (and our two dogs) for months
visiting quilt shops...
until one day...he found a job
as a quilt shop mascot in
Southern Iowa.
His name is now Babie.
You can visit him at
Backyard Quilts
220 E Jefferson
Corydon, Iowa
641-872-1013

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The Quilt
Cottage
6823 Hwy 51 S
Hazelhurst, WI
715-358-7074

Bears Quilt Shop
10722A Trask Ave
Garden Grove, CA
714-590-9209

This shop is owned by a gentleman who was taught to quilt
by his grandmother as a young boy.
Later in life he became passionate about riding motorcycles
and one day he put a teddy bear on the front of his bike
and therefore the nickname "Bear"
www.bearsquiltshop.com

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On the way to Kalona to visit with the Woodin Wheel Quilt
Shop we drove through Riverside, Iowa and saw a replica of
the Starship Enterprise from the original TV Show, Startrek.
Apparently this is the future birthplace of
Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise

The oldest Quilt
Shop I found is in
Iowa, at 112 years
old and has sold
fabric since 1894.

Was the trip from
Needles and Hooks Quilt Shop in
Joseph, Oregon 541-426-3089

via Hwy 86 overlooking the Hells Canyon
area

To:
Quilts Plus in Halfway, Oregon
541-742-5040

The smallest Shop Hop to date is only
3 stores

1. Country Stitchin'
915 Hwy 76
Waukon, Iowa
563-535-7376
2. Forest Mills Quilt Shop
650 Forest Mills Rd
Postville, Iowa
563-568-3807
3.Yellow Bird Arts
201 Main Street
Lansing, Iowa
563-538-4350

It may be a small shop hop, but
customers just love it
and so did I.

Bobbin Along Quilt Shop
Clatskanie, Oregon

The owner of this shop found that she
needed a serious surgery that would
leave her unable to keep her shop
open during recovery.
Her customers got together and ran
the shop for her in order to keep it
open.

Visit Startrek.com

On our way to Kolona, Iowa
we saw these vehicles near the quilt shop

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Kathy at the
Lincoln Presidential Museum.
This exhibit was of Abraham Lincoln
as a merchant.
Notice...he is selling Fabric!

This shop is located one block over
from Hwy 18 in West Union, Iowa.
322 East Main Street
563-422-3822

Just down the street from "Q" is for Quilts
on 620 S. Glenoaks Blvd. in Burbank, CA,
we noticed the NBC studios on Alameda
Ave. Around back is the NBC Studio gift
store and they gave Gene and I some
tickets to that evenings show.

Gene and I have had the honor to visit six Presidential Libraries. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, The Nixon Library,
The Eisenhower Library and The Herbert Hoover Library, The Truman Library and The Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Library and Museum.
. In each Library, one of the first things on
display is a quilt.

Quilt being presented to Mikail Gorbachov

On a Recent visit to the Woodin Wheel Quilt Shop in Kalona, Iowa, Katie Karnes,
one of the owners, showed us these pictures of the quilts that her shop had sold
which were presented to former President Ronald Reagan.
and a quilt they sold that was presented to Mikail Gorbachov leader of the former
Soviet Union.

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www.jessejames.org

The sewing machine shown above was owned by Zerelda James.
She is Jesse James mother, the most famous outlaw / bank robber in history.
The quilt in the background was also made by her

The Nixon Family Quilt shown above is on display at
the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
This is the bed where former President Nixon was born.

True Value Hardware Store
118 West Front St.
Brooklyn, Iowa
888-522-7712

This shop has an unusual location because
it is inside the True Value Hardware Store

While visiting quilt
shops in Iowa,
we stopped in
Brandon and
found the
Worlds Largest
Fry Pan

(holds 44 dozen eggs)

This quilt shop has the distinction of having a jail cell in the middle of it.
It was formerly the City Hall in Buffalo Center Iowa.
Connie Peterson, the owner purchased this building for one thousand
dollars and turned it into a quilt shop.
Visit her at 113 1st St NW Buffalo Center, Iowa 641-562-2460
(Bring your get out of jail free card)

This is the view from

Ocean Wave Quilts
529 Trinity St.
Trinidad, California
95570

Suzie Burkhart, Owner

The annual snowfall
at Crater Lake is 533
inches per year.
Here you see Kathy
at Crater Lake in the
early Spring

If you are ever visiting Quilt Shops in
Medford, Oregon...you are not far from
Crater Lake
which is a lake inside the top of a volcano

While visiting Quilters Haven in
Rockford, IL, one of the owners,
Stephanie mentioned that sock
monkeys originated in Rockford, IL.

Sock monkeys were popular around the
1900's. The Nelson Knitting Mills in
Rockford, Illinois made the original
Rockford Red Heeled sock in 1890.
In 1920 the mill soon began packaging
directions for the sock monkeys with each
pair of socks after a customer made a doll
and sent it to the company.

Quilters come from all over the world.
Every business in town will display
beautiful Quilts on their buildings.
Lots of fun and prizes available.

Kathy selling Quilt Posters at the
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
in Sisters Oregon.
Alex Anderson was signing
autographs that day.

We found this quilt while visiting
Quilts & Quilting
607 Main St.
Princeton, WI
920-295-6506
Grandma and Grandpa are
actually sewn into this quilt.
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larger view.

Minnesota has some great
quilt shops
and in Blue Earth you will
be greeted
by a 50ft Green Giant...and
if you listen carefully you
might hear a
"Ho Ho Ho" in the distance
Click on the photo to see
how big the Green Giant
really is!

Grand Rapids Minnesota is the birthplace of Judy Garland and it has
two great quilt shops to visit.
You can also visit Judy's childhood home.
(Note the Singer Sewing Machine in the window.)

While visiting shops in Northern
Wisconsin, we saw a great invention
The Local Weather Stone

Needle in a
Haystack
207 Q Rd. Hwy 400
Severy, Kansas
620-736-2942

The Stitchin Post
311 W. Cascade St.
Sisters, Oregon
541-549-6061
Home of the
"Sisters
Outdoor
Quilt Show"
Always on the second
Saturday in July
www.stitchinpost.com

Minutes before the show,
Jay Leno came out
(to tell us to laugh at the monologue)
He asked the audience if we had any
questions and we asked for a picture.
The NBC staff took this picture .

Former President Reagan
and First Lady Nancy
Reagan with a Quilt from
Woodin Wheel 515 B Ave,
Kalona, Iowa 52247
319-656-2240

Lillie's Classic Quilts & Home Decor
113 W. Myrtle
Independence Kansas
620-331-4690

Deborah Viets - Shop Owner
with Bill Kurtis, building owner

The building the shop is in is owned
by Bill Kurtis, anchor for "American
Justice" and an Emmy Award winning Investigative Reporter.

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