Quilt Shop: Pressing Matters Quilt Shoppe, Holland, Michigan

Pressing Matters Quilt Shoppe is the first of two quilt shops we visited in Holland, Michigan, yesterday.

It was a big store, and well organized. You can find its website right here. This is how it looks walking through the front door. I really liked that sailboat quilt hanging there. Kits were available.

Walking to the left side of the store...oh my...so much fabric. Most of what I saw here was of the vintage reproduction type. Its selection of fabrics reminded me of Primitive Gatherings in Murrieta, California.

On the back wall, there was a nice selection of wool.

Fabrics were arranged mostly by color. I took a good look at these reds. It occurred to me that I should be looking for something to finish off my current redwork embroidery project.

I noticed some blue sailboat fabric here that I thought might make a good choice for my regional fabric.

At the ends of the shelving units, there was a nice supply of notions.

When I'm looking at these kinds of fabrics, I generally prefer the pastels.

At the right side of the store there was another long wall of fabrics.

While I'm not usually much of a panel person, I really liked this bright polka dot panel. I didn't purchase it, mainly because I didn't know what I'd do with it. 

Also, I could be changing my mind about panels. They're great for practicing free motion quilting, and then you have a pretty quilt at the end without too much fuss. 

They had a selection of my favorite Creative Grids rulers.

There was fabric everywhere I looked.

Also, I knew you'd want to see these vintage miniature sewing machines.

The little chest of drawers in this next image is miniature, and that's another miniature sewing machine.

It's always a treat seeing these.

Some of you might remember when I made this hand-embroidered quilt some years ago. It resides with a good blogging friend these days. It was one of the quilts I rehomed after having to evacuate because of a wildfire. It's always fun when I can see some of the actual machines that were included in the quilt.

There was a narrow hallway toward the back of the store. I liked these quilts hanging on the wall. Can you see the three-dimensional pinwheels there on the left?

So I enjoyed snooping this store. I purchased two yards of this red and off-white. I'll use this in my current embroidery project. I was hoping I could find something with an off-white background since my embroidery backgrounds are also off-white.

I got a yard of this next one. I just liked it. It could be used in one of the Happy Village quilts. I don't have plans to make another one, but maybe this fabric will inspire me.

I've loved seeing the sailboats on the lakes, and so I chose this for a regional print to include in my latest Shop Hop project...or maybe it will be the next one. I'm accumulating a lot of regional prints.

This was a great shop with lots to see and friendly service. I still have one more quilt shop to tell you about, but I'll save that for another post.