About this episode

Janet shares her experiences visiting ten fabric and quilt stores across three states during a recent trip.

Send us feedback about this episode! Janet scratched her itchy traveling foot recently with a twelve-day trip from Montana to Seattle to Cleveland and back, with a stop on the Olympic Peninsula and a teaching stint at a quilt store along the way. Curious to see how fabric and quilt shops around the country are faring in the wake of Joann's 2025 closure, she ducked into ten different stores across three states and taught four classes at Quilting Mayhem in Snohomish, WA. Come along as she recap...

People in this episode

Host: Janet Szabo

Topics covered

• travel
• fabric shops
• quilting
• teaching
• crafts

Keywords

• quilting
• fabric shops
• travel
• classes
• crafts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quilting Mayhem

Places: Montana, Seattle, Cleveland, Olympic Peninsula

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