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Quilt Shop Stop: Prairie Shop Quilts - Batavia, IL

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Prarie_Shop_Quilts.JPGAfter attending the Batavia Quilt and Textile Show, I stopped by the local quilt shop, Prairie Shop Quilts. This shop is full of gorgeous fabrics and they have something for everyone. Unfortunately I’m one of those people who loves almost everything because I can see projects in almost every piece of fabric.

The selection covered feedsack/thirties print fabric, Asian influenced prints, plenty of novelty prints and one of my favorites - batiks. As you can see I chose 5 fat quarters of the gorgeous batik fabric to add to my collection for doing the grandmother’s flower garden. batiks_2.JPG

A couple of more things I enjoyed about this shop was the long list of classes that are offered and the long arm machine rental. A few classes that caught my eye were Flower Pounding (using real flowers to color your fabric), Hand Piecing - Mariner’s Compass (one of my favorite patterns), and Dog Gone Fun - Needle Felt Dogs (the sample, which was very tiny, was the cutest darn thing). The long arm machine rental is very intriguing. I haven’t heard of a shop doing this although I haven’t really investigated the availability. You can get a look at the machine on the store’s website tour.

If you are in the area I would recommend stopping by. You are sure to find something you are looking for or at least something that is looking for you.

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Posted in General, Quilt Shops, Travel on July 17th, 2007

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