Off the Rails Quilting in Bondurant is our regional winner for Iowa! It all started with a text between two friends… ”Curse you! Now you’ve got me dreaming about living in Ankeny and opening a quilt store. Oh, the fun we could have!” Well, dreams do come true… Please tell us your store’s story. Ann…
Vicky’s Fabrics in Kapaa is our regional winner for Hawaii! Read on to learn more about this mother-daughter shop that is at the heart of the Kauai community. Please tell us your store’s story. Vicky’s Fabrics has been serving the Kauai community since 1982. Started as a fabric and dressmaking shop by Vicky Masuoka, Vicky’s…
The Apple Basket in Kaiwaka is our regional winner for New Zealand! A creative 8-year-old found her way to sewing and then grew up to own a wonderful quilt shop. Read on to learn more! Please tell us your store’s story. Ngaire Williams, the store’s owner, has always been very creative and started out making…
Scrappy Rooster Quilts in Kingsland is our regional winner for Georgia! A quilter took a leap of faith and bought her local quilt shop when its owners decided to retire. Read on to learn more! Please tell us your store’s story. The store opened under a prior ownership in 2018 in a small retail space…
Hayes Sewing Machine Company in Wilmington is our regional winner for Delaware! Read on to learn how a chance meeting on a bus has grown into a long partnership in both business and life. Please tell us your store’s story. Trevor and Mary Hayes met in England on a bus. Another passenger was causing trouble…
Colchester Mill Fabrics & Quilting in Colchester is our regional winner for Connecticut! This business recovered from an arson fire and is now thriving in an interesting, new space. Please tell us your store’s story. We are celebrating 48 years in business. After an arson fire destroyed our original location in June of 1997, we…
Nanno Creative in Druten is our Regional Winner for The Netherlands! We are excited to tell you the story of how a fabric-loving little girl grew up to be the owner of a wonderful quilt shop! Please tell us your store’s story. Rianne Nota is the owner of Nanno Creative, and she told us about…
The Fabric Snob in Winnipeg is our regional winner for Manitoba, Canada! Customers are loving this new fabric shop that started out as a cloth diaper business. Read on to learn more! Please tell us your store’s story. The Fabric Snob started in Lindsey’s basement almost 10 years ago. What started as a journey to…
Hi Fashion Sewing & Quilt Shop in Grand Junction was our Regional Winner for Colorado! We are excited to tell you more about this awesome shop and about the owners who have kept this family business going for over 50 years. Please tell us your store’s story. When Hi Fashion opened in 1965, it was…
Quiltzauberei.de in Dinslaken is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Germany! We’re excited to tell you about their beautiful store, their wide selection of fabric (and yarn!), and their amazing staff! Please tell us your store’s story. Ina Magedanz is the heart and soul of Quiltzauberei.de and has been fueling it with passion for over…
Rosie’s Calico Cupboard in San Diego is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for California. Rosie and Vic Gonzalez are the owners of Rosie’s Calico Cupboard. We asked Rosie to tell us more about the store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Please share some history of your store. Rosie’s started out by selling fabric at…
Troll Brothers Quilt Designs in Shawnigan Lake is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for British Columbia, Canada. We asked the owner, Stacie, about her store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? We started as a home-based business in 2018 with the goal of making quilting more…
Cactus Quilting LLC in Sun City West is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Arizona. We asked Kelly about the store and the impact from our contest. Can we share some history about the store? Cactus Quilting was a wonderful opportunity that came out of the COVID lockdown. In April 2020 the shop was just a small…
Remember Me Quilt Shop in Mountain Home is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Arkansas. We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? Our store has been in our area for many years! The store began its life sometime in the 70’s in…
Au Fil d’Emma in Fleury-les-Aubrais is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for France. We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? Emma Coutancier founded a website and a shop called Au Fil d’Emma in 2007 in Orléans, France, to sell the notions…
Sew Charming Quilt Shop in Clanton is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Alabama. We asked Owners Penny Smith and Emily Hand about the store and the impact from our contest. Can we share some history about the store? We began April 1, 2014 and have grown and moved to bigger locations three times. We have now…
Dragons Heart Quilt Shop in Pincher Creek is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Alberta, Canada. We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? Owner Lynn Brasnett has been a lifelong sewer/quilter with a dream to one day open her very own quilt…
Kirsten’s Quilt in Hedehusene is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Denmark. We asked Kirsten about her store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? It started as an online shop in 2004 and then opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008 to supplement the online shop.…
Twisted Sisters’ Quilty Pleasures in Eagle River is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Alaska. Now entering year seven, the shop has been through an earthquake as well as the impact of Covid. Yet it remains a strong community-based quilt boutique that thrives with the help of family, friends, and amazing customers. We asked Owner Katy…
The Local Quilt Shop Contest was created to highlight the efforts of local quilt shops and provide the general public an opportunity to show their appreciation. By supporting local quilt shops, we are building community, maintaining centers for inspiration, and enriching our local economies. This year was our biggest competition yet. Compared to 2022, we…
For 2023 we expanded our prize offerings to include one Grand Prize and individual regional prizes for each state or territory of the USA. This year, we sourced over 30,000 votes for 1,901 stores. Grand Prize USA: Quilted Twins (Dade City, FL) A top contestant in the last few contests, Quilted Twins took the Grand…
For 2023 we expanded our prize offerings to include one Grand Prize and individual regional prizes for each province or state of Canada. This year, we sourced over 5,400 votes for 97 stores. Grand Prize – Canada: Quilts By The Bay (Digby, NS) With 1677 votes in the 2023 contest, Quilts By The Bay really…
In addition to Grand Prizes in the USA and Australia, in 2023 we expanded our prize offerings to include Grand Prizes in Canada and United Kingdom, too. We also added individual regional prizes for every other country in the world who received votes. This year, we sourced 39,327 votes for 2,092 stores around the world.…
Quilted Twins in Dade City, Florida is our 2023 USA Grand Prize and Florida Regional Prize Winner We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? These twin sisters decided to open a quilt shop unlike any they had ever seen before. They…
Quilts by the Bay in Brighton, Digby, Canada is our 2023 Canadian Grand Prize and Nova Scotia Regional Prize Winner. We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? I started selling my quilts to a local shop, but when the shop owner retired,…
Kadina Craft and Sewing Centre located in Kadina, Australia is our 2023 Australian Grand Prize Winner. Located in South Australia in Kadina, which is primarily a hard working farming district, the shop services the local people of the Copper Triangle (15,000 population) and also post goods all over Australia to its online Facebook customers, too!…
Oh Sew Sweet Ltd., located in Barnsley, United Kingdom is our 2023 Grand Prize and Regional Prize Winner. The shop is located in a business village, which is not perhaps is not what is expected for a quilt store but it is working. We feel the look and feel of our website is very important…
With over 60 winners in 2023, we anticipate doing weekly blogs to highlight each winning store. Posted: Coming soon: May 25, 2023 — Kathrine’s Quilt Stue – Oslo, Norway June 1, 2023 — Watergirl Quilt Co. – Prescott, Canada June 1, 2023 — Stitch n’ Snip – Garden Valley, ID June 8, 2023 — Quilt…
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2023 Local Quilt Shop Contest. Voting is now over and we are working hard to complete the final tabulation of results and contact the winners. We will announce the 2023 Local Quilt Shop Contest winners on March 8, 2023 at 2PM Mountain on Live with Annie. We…
The Local Quilt Shop Contest was created to highlight the efforts of local quilt shops and provide the general public an opportunity to show their appreciation. By supporting local quilt shops we are building community, maintaining centers for inspiration, and enriching our local economies. This year was our biggest competition yet. Compared to last year,…
Sew Yeah Quilting — Las Vegas, NV With 10,000 square feet of retail space, thousands of bolts of fabric, and a the popular Sew Yeah Show — the family and team behind Sew Yeah Quilting in Las Vegas, Nevada, is our #1 Grand Prize winner for 2022. Owned and operated by three brothers, Brody, Teancum,…
Beach Tyme Fabric and Crafts — Ocean Shores, WA Located in a small costal community in western Washington State, this shop has a lot of fun. With daily “shout the word” sales, a huge selection, and fun owners, this shop has become a real cornerstone of the community and a destination shop for the region.…
Palm Beach Quilting — Carrum Downs, Victoria Celebrating their ten-year anniversary, this shop does it all. Owner, Maureen Miller, expanded to a full blown shop in 2009 saying: “You can only regret what you don’t do. So let’s have a go.” Palm Beach Quilting now has two long arm quilting machines, loads of fabrics, thread,…
The Old Country Store — Intercourse, PA This runner up winner is no stranger to the winning circle in our LQS Contest. After winning Grand Prize in our first contest, they featured in our top stores every year since. Jan, Dean, and their team are known worldwide for high-quality quilting fabric, top-notch customer service, and…
The Quilted Cow — Branson, Missouri After taking our Grand Prize last year, The Quilted Cow came back again this year with a large number of wonderful votes and comments. Located just outside of Branson, MO, the Quilted Cow team provides a casual and inspiring gathering place to all. Their 3,000 square foot space is…
Quilted Twins — Dade City, Florida A fabric warehouse-type store that features beautiful current fabrics along with closeout bargains, this shop is small in size, but large in heart and selection. Owners Rachael and Becky, who are twins, started the Quilted Twins local quilt shop. Becky is now in Poland so Rachael and her husband,…
River’s Edge Antiques & Quilt Loft — Hayward, Wisconsin River’s Edge Antiques & Quilt Loft has been in business for 20+ years and is run by the husband and wife team, Gail and Mike. They have two businesses in one building, an antique shop that Mike runs and the quilt shop that Gail runs. Known…
Thank you! Thank you to everyone who voted and to all the local shops who competed in the 5th Annual Local Quilt Shop Contest hosted by ByAnnie.com with sponsorship from Jaftex Corp, h+h americas, HQW Distributors and Shannon Fabrics. The 2022 contest proved exciting and competitive with the top spots changing hands regularly. We beat…
Our fourth annual Local Quilt Shop Contest has come to a close. We are so excited to announce the winners! The outpouring of support and love for all of the participating local quilt shops, regardless of their total vote count, was outstanding on all fronts. We have read hundreds of moving comments and recommendations for…
Local quilt shops represent the beating heart within our lovely sewing and quilting communities. Their pulse brings life to the many unique styles, traditions and cultures that come with sewing! They create an atmosphere for growth and camaraderie. It’s where we go to get the creative juices flowing! In honor of ‘Visit Your Local Quilt…
Quilt shops are the cornerstones of the sewing and quilting community. They provide gathering spaces for classes and a welcoming environment to get the creative juices flowing. They’re great places to get inspired, to learn new skills, or get just the right tools needed to unlock your potential. In honor of ‘Visit Your Local Quilt…
Quilt shops are the cornerstones of the sewing and quilting community. They provide gathering spaces for classes and a welcoming environment to get the creative juices flowing. They’re often places to get inspired, to learn new skills, or get just the right tools needed to unlock your potential. In honor of Visit Your Local Quilt…
Off the Rails Quilting in Bondurant is our regional winner for Iowa! It all started with a text between two friends… ”Curse you! Now you’ve got me dreaming about living in Ankeny and opening a quilt store. Oh, the fun we could have!” Well, dreams do come true… Please tell us your store’s story. Ann…
Vicky’s Fabrics in Kapaa is our regional winner for Hawaii! Read on to learn more about this mother-daughter shop that is at the heart of the Kauai community. Please tell us your store’s story. Vicky’s Fabrics has been serving the Kauai community since 1982. Started as a fabric and dressmaking shop by Vicky Masuoka, Vicky’s…
The Apple Basket in Kaiwaka is our regional winner for New Zealand! A creative 8-year-old found her way to sewing and then grew up to own a wonderful quilt shop. Read on to learn more! Please tell us your store’s story. Ngaire Williams, the store’s owner, has always been very creative and started out making…
Scrappy Rooster Quilts in Kingsland is our regional winner for Georgia! A quilter took a leap of faith and bought her local quilt shop when its owners decided to retire. Read on to learn more! Please tell us your store’s story. The store opened under a prior ownership in 2018 in a small retail space…
Hayes Sewing Machine Company in Wilmington is our regional winner for Delaware! Read on to learn how a chance meeting on a bus has grown into a long partnership in both business and life. Please tell us your store’s story. Trevor and Mary Hayes met in England on a bus. Another passenger was causing trouble…
Colchester Mill Fabrics & Quilting in Colchester is our regional winner for Connecticut! This business recovered from an arson fire and is now thriving in an interesting, new space. Please tell us your store’s story. We are celebrating 48 years in business. After an arson fire destroyed our original location in June of 1997, we…
Nanno Creative in Druten is our Regional Winner for The Netherlands! We are excited to tell you the story of how a fabric-loving little girl grew up to be the owner of a wonderful quilt shop! Please tell us your store’s story. Rianne Nota is the owner of Nanno Creative, and she told us about…
The Fabric Snob in Winnipeg is our regional winner for Manitoba, Canada! Customers are loving this new fabric shop that started out as a cloth diaper business. Read on to learn more! Please tell us your store’s story. The Fabric Snob started in Lindsey’s basement almost 10 years ago. What started as a journey to…
Hi Fashion Sewing & Quilt Shop in Grand Junction was our Regional Winner for Colorado! We are excited to tell you more about this awesome shop and about the owners who have kept this family business going for over 50 years. Please tell us your store’s story. When Hi Fashion opened in 1965, it was…
Quiltzauberei.de in Dinslaken is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Germany! We’re excited to tell you about their beautiful store, their wide selection of fabric (and yarn!), and their amazing staff! Please tell us your store’s story. Ina Magedanz is the heart and soul of Quiltzauberei.de and has been fueling it with passion for over…
Rosie’s Calico Cupboard in San Diego is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for California. Rosie and Vic Gonzalez are the owners of Rosie’s Calico Cupboard. We asked Rosie to tell us more about the store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Please share some history of your store. Rosie’s started out by selling fabric at…
Troll Brothers Quilt Designs in Shawnigan Lake is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for British Columbia, Canada. We asked the owner, Stacie, about her store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? We started as a home-based business in 2018 with the goal of making quilting more…
Cactus Quilting LLC in Sun City West is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Arizona. We asked Kelly about the store and the impact from our contest. Can we share some history about the store? Cactus Quilting was a wonderful opportunity that came out of the COVID lockdown. In April 2020 the shop was just a small…
Remember Me Quilt Shop in Mountain Home is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Arkansas. We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? Our store has been in our area for many years! The store began its life sometime in the 70’s in…
Au Fil d’Emma in Fleury-les-Aubrais is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for France. We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? Emma Coutancier founded a website and a shop called Au Fil d’Emma in 2007 in Orléans, France, to sell the notions…
Sew Charming Quilt Shop in Clanton is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Alabama. We asked Owners Penny Smith and Emily Hand about the store and the impact from our contest. Can we share some history about the store? We began April 1, 2014 and have grown and moved to bigger locations three times. We have now…
Dragons Heart Quilt Shop in Pincher Creek is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Alberta, Canada. We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? Owner Lynn Brasnett has been a lifelong sewer/quilter with a dream to one day open her very own quilt…
Kirsten’s Quilt in Hedehusene is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Denmark. We asked Kirsten about her store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? It started as an online shop in 2004 and then opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008 to supplement the online shop.…
Twisted Sisters’ Quilty Pleasures in Eagle River is our 2023 Regional Prize Winner for Alaska. Now entering year seven, the shop has been through an earthquake as well as the impact of Covid. Yet it remains a strong community-based quilt boutique that thrives with the help of family, friends, and amazing customers. We asked Owner Katy…
The Local Quilt Shop Contest was created to highlight the efforts of local quilt shops and provide the general public an opportunity to show their appreciation. By supporting local quilt shops, we are building community, maintaining centers for inspiration, and enriching our local economies. This year was our biggest competition yet. Compared to 2022, we…
For 2023 we expanded our prize offerings to include one Grand Prize and individual regional prizes for each state or territory of the USA. This year, we sourced over 30,000 votes for 1,901 stores. Grand Prize USA: Quilted Twins (Dade City, FL) A top contestant in the last few contests, Quilted Twins took the Grand…
For 2023 we expanded our prize offerings to include one Grand Prize and individual regional prizes for each province or state of Canada. This year, we sourced over 5,400 votes for 97 stores. Grand Prize – Canada: Quilts By The Bay (Digby, NS) With 1677 votes in the 2023 contest, Quilts By The Bay really…
In addition to Grand Prizes in the USA and Australia, in 2023 we expanded our prize offerings to include Grand Prizes in Canada and United Kingdom, too. We also added individual regional prizes for every other country in the world who received votes. This year, we sourced 39,327 votes for 2,092 stores around the world.…
Quilted Twins in Dade City, Florida is our 2023 USA Grand Prize and Florida Regional Prize Winner We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? These twin sisters decided to open a quilt shop unlike any they had ever seen before. They…
Quilts by the Bay in Brighton, Digby, Canada is our 2023 Canadian Grand Prize and Nova Scotia Regional Prize Winner. We asked them about their store, staff, and the impact of our contest. Can we share some history about the store? I started selling my quilts to a local shop, but when the shop owner retired,…
Kadina Craft and Sewing Centre located in Kadina, Australia is our 2023 Australian Grand Prize Winner. Located in South Australia in Kadina, which is primarily a hard working farming district, the shop services the local people of the Copper Triangle (15,000 population) and also post goods all over Australia to its online Facebook customers, too!…
Oh Sew Sweet Ltd., located in Barnsley, United Kingdom is our 2023 Grand Prize and Regional Prize Winner. The shop is located in a business village, which is not perhaps is not what is expected for a quilt store but it is working. We feel the look and feel of our website is very important…
The Local Quilt Shop Contest was created to highlight the efforts of local quilt shops and provide the general public an opportunity to show their appreciation. By supporting local quilt shops we are building community, maintaining centers for inspiration, and enriching our local economies. This year was our biggest competition yet. Compared to last year,…
Sew Yeah Quilting — Las Vegas, NV With 10,000 square feet of retail space, thousands of bolts of fabric, and a the popular Sew Yeah Show — the family and team behind Sew Yeah Quilting in Las Vegas, Nevada, is our #1 Grand Prize winner for 2022. Owned and operated by three brothers, Brody, Teancum,…
Beach Tyme Fabric and Crafts — Ocean Shores, WA Located in a small costal community in western Washington State, this shop has a lot of fun. With daily “shout the word” sales, a huge selection, and fun owners, this shop has become a real cornerstone of the community and a destination shop for the region.…
Palm Beach Quilting — Carrum Downs, Victoria Celebrating their ten-year anniversary, this shop does it all. Owner, Maureen Miller, expanded to a full blown shop in 2009 saying: “You can only regret what you don’t do. So let’s have a go.” Palm Beach Quilting now has two long arm quilting machines, loads of fabrics, thread,…
The Old Country Store — Intercourse, PA This runner up winner is no stranger to the winning circle in our LQS Contest. After winning Grand Prize in our first contest, they featured in our top stores every year since. Jan, Dean, and their team are known worldwide for high-quality quilting fabric, top-notch customer service, and…
The Quilted Cow — Branson, Missouri After taking our Grand Prize last year, The Quilted Cow came back again this year with a large number of wonderful votes and comments. Located just outside of Branson, MO, the Quilted Cow team provides a casual and inspiring gathering place to all. Their 3,000 square foot space is…
Quilted Twins — Dade City, Florida A fabric warehouse-type store that features beautiful current fabrics along with closeout bargains, this shop is small in size, but large in heart and selection. Owners Rachael and Becky, who are twins, started the Quilted Twins local quilt shop. Becky is now in Poland so Rachael and her husband,…
River’s Edge Antiques & Quilt Loft — Hayward, Wisconsin River’s Edge Antiques & Quilt Loft has been in business for 20+ years and is run by the husband and wife team, Gail and Mike. They have two businesses in one building, an antique shop that Mike runs and the quilt shop that Gail runs. Known…
Thank you! Thank you to everyone who voted and to all the local shops who competed in the 5th Annual Local Quilt Shop Contest hosted by ByAnnie.com with sponsorship from Jaftex Corp, h+h americas, HQW Distributors and Shannon Fabrics. The 2022 contest proved exciting and competitive with the top spots changing hands regularly. We beat…
Our fourth annual Local Quilt Shop Contest has come to a close. We are so excited to announce the winners! The outpouring of support and love for all of the participating local quilt shops, regardless of their total vote count, was outstanding on all fronts. We have read hundreds of moving comments and recommendations for…
Local quilt shops represent the beating heart within our lovely sewing and quilting communities. Their pulse brings life to the many unique styles, traditions and cultures that come with sewing! They create an atmosphere for growth and camaraderie. It’s where we go to get the creative juices flowing! In honor of ‘Visit Your Local Quilt…
Quilt shops are the cornerstones of the sewing and quilting community. They provide gathering spaces for classes and a welcoming environment to get the creative juices flowing. They’re great places to get inspired, to learn new skills, or get just the right tools needed to unlock your potential. In honor of ‘Visit Your Local Quilt…
Quilt shops are the cornerstones of the sewing and quilting community. They provide gathering spaces for classes and a welcoming environment to get the creative juices flowing. They’re often places to get inspired, to learn new skills, or get just the right tools needed to unlock your potential. In honor of Visit Your Local Quilt…