Cupcake Quilts {Old Spring, TX}

In the northern suburbs of Texas is a small area known as Old Spring and on one corner, in an old red schoolhouse sits Cupcake Quilts. In mid-November I was lucky enough to spend two days teaching Cuddle quilt workshops there.  I’d just been in Houston a week before for Quilt Market and Quilt Festival, but this was a totally different experience. The shop is set in a shopping area with a variety of old homes converted into shops: bath soaps, candles, antiques, leather furnishings, Dutch candies and home goods, Texas memorabilia, CBD oils and more.  A friend had recommended that I check it out while I was there, neither of us knowing that I’d be teaching smack in the middle of it.

Cupcakes Quilts has two locations: Old Spring is their original location, the second being down the road in Humble.  I didn’t get a chance to visit, but I’m sure it’s just as lovely. The Old Spring location is an old building,As you wander between rooms, you’ll find all sorts of fabrics, precuts, kits, patterns and a nice selection of Cuddle, as well.

I picked up a variety of quilting cottons, both from the clearance and the main floor, with no particular project in mind. I’m just a sucker for cowboys and nursery rhyme prints.

You can visit them online at cupcakequilts.com or at either location:

Logo of thread-topped cupcake  for Cupcake Quilts in Texas.

Cupcake Quilts
219 Gentry Street
Spring, TX
281-528-2929

Humble
9574 FM 1960 Bypass
Humble, TX
281-446-4999

Today! It’s I Love My LQS Day!

It’s here! It’s finally here!

Awesome logo made by the one and only Crissy Roth

It seems like pretty much forever ago that we started toying with the idea of making ‘I Love My Local Quilt Shop Day‘ into more than just a holiday marked on calendar. I don’t even remember what company made the calendar, but the day wasn’t highly promoted and FabShop figured it should be. Months later, it really got rolling and stores, quilters and bloggers climbed on board. Now’s it off the hook! Everyone seems to be shouting about it and it’s pretty awesome.

Today I’ll be visiting quilt shops in Vancouver with the FabShop work crew, then trying to cram in a few Portland visits on a circuitous route home.

If you are in the Portland area, you should definitely check out these shops (whether it’s today, this weekend or next month, just do it.)


Cool Cottons: 2417 S.E. Hawthorne
Hands-down this is my favorite store to shop for quilting cottons because:
1. It’s just over a mile from my house. I can (and do) walk there.
2. Marie remembered my name after the first visit and greets me every time.
3. The fabrics are arranged by color and she has a great selection of Kokka.

Bolt Neighborhood Fabric Boutique (their photo)
Bolt Neighborhood Fabric Boutique: 2136 N.E. Alberta
A cute little shop down the way from Modern Domestic, they have a wide selection of fabric types, including a variety of apparel fabrics (voile, linens, chambray, etc.). They also have an excellent selection of various hardwares that you need for purse/bag making. In fact, they had bits there that I couldn’t find at Fabric Depot. Color me impressed.

SewPo (their photo of me and Crissy visiting Kate's shop)
SewPo: 830 N. Failing
Tucked away in one of the hipster neighborhoods, the ladies at SewPo are delightfully down to earth and super kind. I don’t get over there often enough as it’s at the complete opposite side of town, but I can vouch for the fact the the sewists and quilters who live in that ‘hood are lucky to have the shop there.

There are a few others that I’ve stopped by in the Pacific Northwest
Pine Needles Quilt Shop: 429 1st St Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Boersma’s: 203 NE 3rd St, McMinnville, OR 97128
West Seattle Fabric Company: 2210 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
Island Quilter: 17639 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA 98070
Drygoods Design: 5308 Ballard Avenue NW, Studio One, Seattle, WA 98107

Where do you shop for fabric and why?