Hi there:
I live in Calgary too.
I like the following stores in Calgary:
Fabric Cottage Traditional Pastimes (although I can't always get someone to wait on me) Tumbleweeds (in Airdrie)
In Edmonton, the best stores are:
Cottons And More Earthly Goods, Inc.
Email me, if you want to meet me while you're here.
There's a beautiful quilt hanging in City Hall in downtown Calgary
Cynthia Jacquard The Ripper
Hi Julia,
>
> Not to sure about quilt shows here in Calgary right now , but there is
> Heritage park, and they do have quilts in some of the houses that are set
> up. I also do remember from my last trip to the Glenbow Museum, they also
> have quilts set up. But store wise , we do have a few that I do enjoy ,
> there is the Fabric Cottage great fabrics and they have some wonderful
> quilts on display. As does Freckles, I haven't been to the Quilters Cabin
> yet so I am not sure what they all have.
>
> I am trying to find some information that I have on the puter for the one
> Guild that I do know of but I cant find it as of yet.Edmonton, I am not sure
> what's there so I cant help you on that end. Jasper is great this time of
> year and you should be missing the worst of the heat we have been having in
> Calgary of late, so it should be nice and comfy for your trip up here.
> Being a Calgaryian I do hope that will like it here:) I don't sound at all
> biased here do I ? lol
>
> Dawn
>
> --
> When life gets you down , Get up and Mambo
> John Candy
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> > I'll be flying to Calgary on Sunday, staying for about a week and then > driving
> > up through mountains and hiking spots for a week after that, perhaps > around
> > Jasper, perhaps getting to Edmonton. Is there anything quilt related that
> I
> > shouldn't miss? I'm particularly interested in shows, museums or guild
> > meetings, but I'm also happy to know about great fabric stores and fun > stuff
> > that's not quilt related.
> >
> > --Lia
>
>
3 shops are all within about a mile of each other. Something else to take in in Edmonton if you have the time is the West Edmonton Mall--biggest mall in North America. I wouldn't go for the shopping, but the attractions within the mall (water world with wave pools, ice arena, submarine and dolphins, amusement park, Bourbon Street with lots of restaurants) are worth seeing. I think your dates are off for most of the quilt shows. If you go to
This may be a little out of your way, but there is a great quilt shop in Cold Lake, called Quilted Gems and Other Treasures. The lady that runs it is Mrs. Miller and she is really nice. They have a beautiful selection of fabrics and fat quarters, and lots of notions. There is another one that is not so big, called the What-Not shop. It's a plumbing/quilting store. Her prices are better than Mrs. Miller's, but her selection is much smaller. If you are going to Calgary, there's not much chance youi will get as far north as Cold Lake (it's only a 7 hour drive). ;-) HTH! Michelle
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