Quilt shops in Oklahoma?

A little web searching will find you some Oklahoma treasures...

in Enid Cotton Patch, 8250 E. 71st St., Tulsa, OK 74133, Phone: (918) 252-1995, E-Mail: snipped-for-privacy@cottonpatch.com, Web Site:

Oklahoma Quiltworks, 9323 N. Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City, OK 73120-1514, Phone: (405) 842-4778, Fax: (405) 810-0739, E-mail: snipped-for-privacy@okquiltworks.com, Web Site:

Shop Hours: M-TU-W-F 10-5, TH 10-8, SA 10-3

Prairie Quilt Fabric Shop, 101 S. Main St., Hennessey, OK 73742, Phone:

405-853-6801, Fax: 405-853-4548, E-mail: snipped-for-privacy@prairiequilts.com

Quilted Thimble, 825 N. Aspen, Broken Arrow, OK 74012, Phone:

918-259-1077, Fax: 918-251-6852, Web Site: E-mail: snipped-for-privacy@aol.com, Shop Hours: M-F 10 - 5:30, ST 10 - 4

Rippit Quilt Shoppe, PO Box 129, NewKirk, OK 74647, Phone: 580-362-1234, E-Mail: snipped-for-privacy@wiredok.com

Serendipity Quilt Shop, 117 1/2 N. Muskogee Ave, Tahlequah, OK 74464, Phone: 918-489-5652

That sounds like a lot of shopping to check all those out.

There's a large list of guild here:

Have you honestly looked for something and not been able to find it? Seems strange to me.

marcella

"Karen Garza" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

As a former Okie... I can swear that there are kind hearted, quilt loving people there ;-) Can you give a bigger hint than central?? Like a major city you might be close to? Tulsa has a ton of stores and large show every year. Same with Oklahoma City. There is Green Country Quilters Guild somewhere there. And a weekly meetin at Laurie G's house?? Heck I would miss that too and I've never even been to it

Hi Marcella Thank you for your response. Why does it seem so strange? Have you ever lived in OK? Yes, I have looked for something and not been able to find it. Sometimes I am looking for a fabric to go in a quilt and I have an idea in mind about what I am looking for. Yesterday I went looking for backing fabric for a baby quilt. I couldn't find what I wanted so I ended up piecing a backing together. I am in Blanchard. The nearest big city is Oklahoma City. It is about a 40 minute drive to down town OKC. There is a very small quilt shop in Norman, which is about 20 minutes away. The next closest one is in OKC. Then Hennessey. That's a fairly new shop, but they have lots of fabrics there. That one is 88 miles away. Then Mapquest shows Enid - 127 miles away Tulsa - 132 miles away Broken rrow - 143 miles away Newkirk - 145 miles away Tahlequah - 189 miles away Thank you very much for the link to the quilt guilds. I see that there are a few within an hour's drive of me. I will definitely check them out :-)

Karen

Howdy Jan I am in Blanchard OK. About 40 minutes south of down town OKC. Unfortunately, Tulsa is two hours away. Maybe I am just spoiled from being in CA. I am hoping that if I joiin a quilt guild I will be able to find out where more quilt shops are. Maybe I just haven't given it enough time here. Yeah, I think I really must be spoiled.

Karen

Thank you Elspeth!

Karen

"Karen Garza" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Well let's just see what and who we can find for you ;-) If you run across Marilyn Karper anywhere in your travels, consider yourself blessed. She's in OK City and I had the pleasure of volunteering for her at MQS this year. Here's her website

From there is allegedly a guild in OKC as well as some others that names I don't recognize, but you might ;-) Scroll down to OK Links you to some more guilds ;-)

This one meets in OKC ;-) As for stores.... google brought up:

Strawberry Workshop The

114 SE 2nd St Blanchard OK 73010-5520 405-485-2465

Oklahoma Quilt Works lists a whole bunch out by town... some close.. some not.... Quilt show:

Well, hopefully that might get you started and I'm hoping some others from your area will pop in and say hi. :-) And you are right, it's just different from California. Culture shock can take a bit to wear off ;-)

Jan wrote in news:Xns97FC86D201EB4maketimetoquiltnospa@207.217.125.201:

And a disclaimer I volunteered for Marilyn Karper for one morning... I do not consider myself to know her, nor would she recognize my name if you say it. I just have bumped into her thru different internet lists as well and have always found her to be nice, professional, and a generous spirit ;-)

Living in the wide open spaces has its advantages and disadvantages. Clean air, shorter job commutes vs. long distances between quilt shops and no friends to road trip with yet. Bummer. Keep trying and you'll hook up with someone with your interests. I've heard (and experienced) that it takes about two years to get comfortable after a move. Good luck! You have this cyberguild to hang with in the meantime. KJ

Howdy!

Several other Happy Helpers have given you info about shops and guilds in your "general" area, and a link to The Really Big Quilt Show in Houston. ;-) I'll just add that you're welcome to hang out here w/ us while you get thru' another Ok. summer , and plan to come see the Big Quilt Show in Dallas next year (usually in March)

Other shows:

A Quilter's Safari in Norman July 21 & 22 snipped-for-privacy@cox.net for info

Ok. City Winter show in January

Other listings: When ya' gotta' have a quilt fix, ya' just gotta' have it! ;-D

Meanwhile, from what part of Cal. did you move? What took you to OK? Can we see some of your quilts? Pics of your stash would be appreciated, too, esp. when accompanied by maps and directions.

Welcome, Karen!

Ragmop/Sandy--down here in Arlington, Tx, about as hot as Blanchard Ok== which (heat) is NOT Okay with me!!! ;-D

Howdy!

Several other Happy Helpers have given you info about shops and guilds in your "general" area, and a link to The Really Big Quilt Show in Houston. ;-) I'll just add that you're welcome to hang out here w/ us while you get thru' another Ok. summer , and plan to come see the Big Quilt Show in Dallas next year (usually in March)

Other shows:

A Quilter's Safari in Norman July 21 & 22 snipped-for-privacy@cox.net for info

Ok. City Winter show in January

Other listings: When ya' gotta' have a quilt fix, ya' just gotta' have it! ;-D

Meanwhile, from what part of Cal. did you move? What took you to OK? Can we see some of your quilts? Pics of your stash would be appreciated, too, esp. when accompanied by maps and directions.

Welcome, Karen!

Ragmop/Sandy--down here in Arlington, Tx, about as hot as Blanchard Ok== which (heat) is NOT Okay with me!!! ;-D

Howdy!

double post -- "repeats"== must have been the onions on the Applebee's Santa Fe Chicken Salad--;-D

R/S

oops; didn't mean for there to be attachments. I am so sorry.

a few. just found this map today. they dont have much on it yet but i guess it will build up given time. paducah is near the end of april and houston (the biggest quilt show in the world) is near the end of october. you can google for both of them. i've not got either link handy now since the puter crash of june, 06, argh. have you tried asking round any fabric shops there about local guilds. i know they quilt in OK just gotta find the right folks who can take you under their wing. hth, jeanne

oklahoma is way too far from the ocean for me. i'm used to it being a short drive to the pacific, i'd never be able to live so far away. some folks in OK have never ever in their entire life seen the ocean. amazing, eh. hope you find all the shops and guilds you need there soon but in the meantime you have us for whatever you need us for. :) cheers from winter in the south pacific, jeanne

Hi Karen!!!!! Good luck on your search for the fabric grail!

Norman Area Quilters Guild. Meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 7PM at Methodist Church.

I don't know how current that is. They have my guild (in Kansas) meeting on Tuesdays instead of Mondays, but it's a start.

Check in the fabric department at Wal-Mart. Those ladies usually know those things.

I found a lady looking at quilting books at a local bookstore, struck up a conversation and she is now a guild member.

HTH, Cindy

I really enjoyed the shop in OKC on the north side of town. DH and I have been twice while visiting relatives in the area. The shop in Norman is nice, smaller, and I have heard under new management since my last and only visit (old management was bad!). I have heard nice things about them since then. In the southern part of OK are some shops that might be worth looking into also (Durant and Ada). Definitely check into local guilds. OK is different from CA, but I found very friendly when I was in college and I was a lonely little Yankee!

Kathleen in TX