In the winters, I work part time (VERY part time) at our local quilt shop. The woman who owns it is a good friend of mine and she spends her winters in Sitka. Sitka is beautiful. If you've seen the movie The Proposal, with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds...that is NOT Sitka. I found it rather funny that the producers thought no one would notice that the movie was pawning off some other obscure town as Sitka. Hollywood is funny like that.
Considering the size of our town, I think we're pretty lucky to have a local quilt shop. In fact, this past summer, there was an article in Quilter's Newsletter about a woman named Pat who spends her summers up here working in the shop. She's famous now. In our hearts, anyway. During the winter, we are open limited hours. Maria and I are the only two people working in there, and we spend the majority of our time preparing for the summer tourist season and filling mail orders from the website. Since Halloween was on a Saturday this year, we thought it would be fun to make a little to-do about it. So we had treats and hot cider, special sales, door prizes and invited all the little tricksters in town to stop by for trick-or-treating. Then it snowed. We always get our first snow in town around Halloween and this year was no different. It makes me want to skip right over Halloween and move on towards Christmas, stopping for pie in the middle of November.
One of these days, I'll take you on a tour of the quilt shop, but for today, have a peek at our little Halloween party.
Yay! Snow! I am ready for snow!
Posted by: Julia | 11/04/2009 at 06:15 AM
The shop looks wonderful. I hope you will post some more pictures some time!
It was 80 degrees here yesterday and I had worn a sweater, which by 2:30 I was ready to ditch and just wear my underwear. It would be lovely to be able to wear a sweater and really need one to keep warm!
Posted by: Nicole | 11/04/2009 at 06:21 AM
Good morning. Are you in one of those pictures? What could be a better job than working (very) part-time in a quilt store? Yeah, that sounds about right to me. And yes, it's been near 80 here the last few days. This morning...not so much. Maybe I will wear a sweater. Have a great week.
Posted by: Christine Thomas | 11/04/2009 at 06:44 AM
pretty black & white & orange quilt.
Posted by: Amy | 11/04/2009 at 06:54 AM
How lovely. I've read that article a while back in QNM. I remember there was a fantastic paper-pieced fish quilt on the wall - or at least I think so. I LOVE that fish - lol ! I'm hoping I'm on the right track here and not having a funny turn :-)
Posted by: Andrea | 11/04/2009 at 08:49 AM
NOT SITKA!! I fell in love with that place from the movie. Where was the movie shot, do you know?
I've decided if for some reason I get to live a different life, I want one just like yours, it sounds like nothing but fun, even with the snow.
That's a very nice looking quilt shop!
Posted by: Thelma | 11/04/2009 at 04:36 PM
Can you tell me the name of the pattern/book that the orange w/ black/white Halloween Quilt was made from? I just LOVE it!! Also, what is the name/location of the shop that the quilt is/was pictured in?? Lovely!! Thanks~
Posted by: Deb Myers | 11/23/2009 at 10:20 AM