Mini Shop Hop
Kevin planned a lovely day trip to the Sacramento area and even included a fabric shop on the itinerary. The plan was to go to Meissners Sewing in Rocklin. It has a ton of machines, threads and a limited selection of quilting cottons. Lots of tone-on-tones and batiks and a small collection of fat quarters.
On the way to Grass Valley Kevin spotted another quilt shop and even agreed to turn around so I could check it out. Sugar Pine Quilt Shop has an amazing collection of quilt fabrics! I've never seen this before - and wish I'd gotten a photo in the shop - but staff cuts fat quarters out of all the fabrics and tucks them into the top of the bolt so it is easy (too easy) to get a huge assortment. There's a room full of Kaffe Fassett and other Rowan designers, another with repros and yet another with conversationals. Mixed in are Denyse Schmidt, Heather Ross and Amy Butler prints. I got kind of carried away (don't tell Kevin).
Finally, we were window shopping along Mill Street with a stop into Foothill Mercantile when we stumbled upon Fabrics on Mill Street. I expected it would be mostly fashion fabrics - of which it does have a nice selection of silks, voiles and lawn - but it has a lovely collection of quilting cottons. Plus laminated fabrics.