Quilt Shop: Roxy's Quilt & Sew; Fort Mojave, Arizona

When we arrived at our KOA site yesterday, I first asked my friend The Google to find a quilt shop near me. As I've said many times, The Google is my best friend when it comes to finding quilt shops. It was my first quilt shop visit of the trip, and being here in the tippy triangle of Nevada, we crossed the state line into Arizona to find it. The shopkeeper, Roxy, one would assume, was as friendly as could be, and I enjoyed my time here. It was just about 3 miles from where we were staying.

The shop is located in an "L"-shaped strip mall. Roxy informed me she likes the corner slot in the mall because there are fewer windows, and it keeps the sun off her fabric bolts. Approaching the front door, I first looked left, and then right, as directed by the arrow.

The front door is rather unimposing...

but step inside, and all that color is quite a surprise. The shop is quite a bit larger than it appears upon approach.

It's a small space square-footage-wise, but it was crammed with bolt after bolt of fabric...lots of unusual ones I hadn't seen before.

She had some cute displays near her juvenile prints.

There was a whole wall devoted to patterns ant notions. And this store kind of specialized in panels of all kinds. There were panels covering the walls everywhere I looked.

The black and white prints always catch my eye.

I liked the panel at the bottom of the next image.

She also had quite a few of these digital fabrics. They're so pretty. I've purchased a few, but haven't yet found a good use for them.

There was a good supply of solids.

And beautiful batiks.

I thought some of you might enjoy this vintage Singer sewing machine. This is a little older than my first Singer.

These next fabrics were all flannel, wool, and faux fur.

There was a back room where a long arm machine was located. The fabrics there were on sale for half price with a minimum one-yard cut. I didn't find anything I couldn't walk away from.

There were Christmas and Halloween fabrics in the same room.

These next fabrics were ombres and there were also some fabrics I can only describe as "dark" fairy frost.

This panel above the cutting table caught my eye. It seemed like I should be able to use this as some sort of travel memory quilt, but nothing has jumped to mind.

Across the room from their darker cousins were the more traditional fairy frosts in pastels.

The one criticism I have of the shop was that there were no fat quarters cut. I requested one of the regional print I selected, but she told me she didn't cut fat quarters from the bolt. She said she had trouble selling the leftover fat quarter. She had some fat quarters, but she purchased them in boxes from the manufacturer. Here's an example of what was available.

Toward the back of the shop was a classroom, and there was a woman learning to sew there.

Warning: Technical quilting terms ahead.

When I checked out, I was given this little gift of a needle minder. This appears to be machine embroidered.

Inside, there was even a needle. Cool!

For my purchases, I selected two yards of this one. I just liked it. The hands are about the size of a quarter.

Being in the land of casinos, I chose this one for my regional print. Since I couldn't have a fat quarter, I asked for a half yard. It's a rather large scale print, and I wanted to be able to choose any section that appealed to me.

So there you go...one quilt shop visited, and I hope many more to go before we head for home.