Mini Shop Hop to Calico Creations, Cotton Pickins' and Aunt Mary's Quilt shops.

Yesterday on a whim I decided to head south of the border to visit a few of my favourite Northwest Washington Quilt Shops.  When I was down there in early June the row by row patterns weren't available and when I came home from Sisters in July the stores were all closed.  First stop was at Calico Creations in Mount Vernon.  Love all the wonderful samples they have in their store.  Anyone ready for Christmas yet?  Laura Heine designs these wonderful collage patterns.

 I've been to Laura's shop in Billings Montana and I'd be in deep trouble if I lived closer to it.

 I love the effect of these quilts on the rustic brickwork.

 Cute sly fox.

 Love this rainbow coloured quilt with the black and white background.  See that car in the lower right corner.  That is the shop's On The Go row.  I can't believe I forgot to photograph it.  Unfortunately she only has the pattern on the free giveaway and no picture.  I'll have to look and see if I can find an image to share with you.

 I'm not a cat person so when I see dog quilts I giggle, aren't these guys cute/

 Rainbow houses.

 Look at all those White and Black fabric!

 All those fabric to the left are part of her $8 corner!

 Another view of the corner and yes I did find something to come home with me in it.  Afterwards I saw a sign to my left of where I was standing and there were more clearance fabrics in a large storage cupboard!

 Great fish and bird quilts for the nature lover.

 Look at her collection of Kaffe Fasset fabrics!  I think it is the biggest in the Northwest.

 Baby bear over the door as I exited.

 I found Calico Creations Facebook page here.. I borrowed the image of their row to share with you.  Is it not too cute!
                                     
The next stop was at Cotton Pickins' in Stanwood.  Made sure I photographed their row right away.  You can see their Flower row from a previous year to the right.  She also designed a wonderful mermaid row for the water year.

 Great inspiration for a quilt and sewing machine shop.

 Love this little Halloween corner.

 A few more of her Halloween goodies.

 She has designed some fun wool felt pins kits.

 She participated in the Wooly Block last year.  Sadly I'm not a cat person but her block is cute.

 Hello Kitty!

 This is part of her children print corner with some lovely bright colours.

 A corner for chefs.

 Some lovely inspirations on the wall.

 At her entrance she had a quilter's garage sale happening.

 Under the mini lights is where she cuts her fabric and rings you out.

 Cute button and a mini trailer quilt.

 Love the pink flamingo and the retro trailer.

 The final stop for the day was Aunt Mary's Quilt shop.  A favourite place to stop with mom when we travelled along I-5.  Carol always asks after mom who has gifted her with some of her knitted dishcloths over the years.  Is this house row not too cute!

 Snowman alphabet.

 Carole's previous row by rows

 Here is this year's On the Go.  She always has a fun embroidered and coloured row.

 Love this version of Laura Heine's travel trailer.

 Love this triangle quilt.

 Carole always has some lovely vignettes on the top of her shelves.

 I have a cousin Carol and her mom was my Aunt Mary!

 Is this dachshund quilt not adorable!

 This pillow is wonderful, I think a friend may need to make two.  She just adopted two dachshund cross puppies.

 That quilt draped over the chair looks like it belongs to the witch enjoying her brew.

 I did buy a bit of fabric.  First from Aunt Mary's if you see anything you want you can contact her here and I'm sure she will send it to you.

 I missed the cabbages the first time they came out so I got it along with the sale dots...

 ..and this Seattle inspired print from Calico Creations.

 I have a featherweight and am always photographing bees so these two came home with me.

 Along with the bee on the go!