Episode 137—Three States, Ten Stores
Janet scratched her itchy traveling foot recently with a twelve-day trip from Montana to Seattle to Cleveland and back, with a stop on the Olympic Peninsula and a teaching stint at a quilt store along the way. Curious to see how fabric and quilt shops around the country are faring in the wake of Joann's 2025 closure, she ducked into ten different stores across three states and taught four classes at Quilting Mayhem in Snohomish, WA. Come along as she recaps the trip, the shops, and what she heard and saw.
SHOW NOTES
Cleveland-area quilt stores
Sew Creative Cottage — Fairview Park, OH — sewcreativecottage.com
The Quilting Bee — Lakewood, OH — www.thequiltingbeeonline.com
Imagine That & More — Cleveland, OH (near Fairview Park) — www.imaginethatnmore.com
Pins and Needles — Middleburg Heights, OH — www.pinsandneedles.com
Olympic Peninsula-area quilt stores
A Stitch in Time Quilt Shoppe — Sequim, WA — www.astitchintimequiltshoppe.com
Quilted Strait — Port Gamble, WA — quiltedstrait.com
Sherry's Cozy Quilts — Poulsbo, WA — www.sherryscozyquilts.com
Janet’s Favorite Store in Seattle
Pacific Fabrics — Seattle, WA — www.pacificfabrics.com
Western Montana
Swanky Sisters Mercantile — Ronan, MT — www.facebook.com/swankysistersmercantile
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Janet Szabo’s website
Big Sky Knitting Designs website—Purchase digital copies of Janet’s knitting patterns and order copies of her books.
The ‘Suck It Up, Buttercup’ Blog—Janet’s commentary on life in Montana
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