NEW LOCAL YARN SHOP FELT SO BLUE!

Alpine BLUE stitches was amazing!

The owner Robert was so darn cute!

Don't ya love his blue hair!

Located in Grove City, OH

it's a short drive around the Outer belt

for me to get there! About 20 minutes or so!

The house is just darling!

So let's go in!

This yarn is from a local indie dyer!

Dye Mad Yarns

Knitting Nook

Look at this FIREPLACE mural

FIBERLICIOUS!

A quick stop to look back and 

one thing is for sure...

I will be back!

And oh yeah, I didn't leave empty handed!

THELMA & LOUISE ADVENTURE

August was another outing for besties and quilty things.

Kathy Guenther, my Louise and I were ready for some fun!

Headed to a quilt retreat always means SHOPPING !

First stop was Heavenly Stitches 

near Lima, OH

A perfect name for a wonderful shop.

Loved all the church arches and feeling in this shop!

We visited  smalltown Elmore, OH

with fun shops in the downtown area

including a quilt shop!

Pink Polkadot!

Small but some fun fabrics inside.

Then off to Maumee OH

for another unique LQS 

The Quilt Foundry!

We found a yarn shop, Chickadee Yarns, which is always

of interest to us.  Kathy is an avid knitter.  I play at it.

Found a very MODERN quilt shop in

Milan, Michigan, TEXTILES.

We loved this modern vibe!

Across the street was

Plum Tree Yarn Shop

and of course we needed to check it out!

This bike was yarn bombed!

We had to head to a fabulous yarn shop

in Ann Arbor named SPUN!

While in that town we visited the

 Ann Arbor Sewing Center!

We hadn't heard of TILDA

but it seemed to fill the shelves here.

How stinkin cute is this quilt!

And the last place is where we stayed for the Quilt Retreat

in Techuseh, Xichigan

The Quilt Patch Shop

was within walking distance from the retreat house.

More on the retreat coming...

but wasn't this a fun road adventure!

YARNBYRDS

Have you heard of the traveling Yarnbyrds shop

owned by Robin Ritchey?

I have actually been in this RV a couple times

as it traveled around Central Ohio. 

Great selections of yarns to browse!

What I didn’t know is that Yarnbyrds has a hidden gem tucked away 

on private property near Easton Mall!

A wonderful yarn shop and retreat center called The NEST!

And its located just a few miles from me!

Let’s take a peek inside the yarn shop! 

Cute accessories like these scarf magnets! 

Two magnets hold the scarf in place when one is behind the scarf

And the pretty piece is visible on the front of the scarf 

Conveniently located above the yarn shop  is the retreat facility!

It’s well appointed with a comfy sitting area for stitching.  

A kitchen for making meals…but many great restaurants are

a short drive away at Easton Mall 

The retreat rooms, sleeps 6-8 people, trundle beds seem reasonable in a small space. 

There was another bedroom with a larger bed, but you have more peeps to sleep…

a hotel chain is within walking distance. 

And Robin is such a gracious owner!

Please consider a stop at the shop or book a getaway retreat! 

Here's a link to the website where you can find out

all the details of everything...click here!