My first blog post!

2007-12-09T10:26:00.000-08:00

I feel so hip and cool...I'm writing a blog! Honestly, I've shied away from it, simply because I thought I'd never be able to consistently write posts. So, with no promises about how often this gets updated, (some may later feel that less is more!) here I go.
Quilt Expressions is my quilt store, located in Boise, Idaho, or Garden City, Idaho, depending on how you split hairs. Garden City is smack dab in the middle of Boise, but for some reason it has retained its independent city status. We get mail that's addressed to us in Boise and Garden City--the post office doesn't seem to note the distinction.
I love my quilt store, my staff and the people who visit us. I think the best qualification a shop owner can have is to be inherently nosey...and I am! I am interested in all the projects my customers are working on, and I don't have a preference as to fabric choices, patterns (just don't ask me to piece or applique the tricky stuff) or styles. I do have a preference for size, so my staff has come to call my the "Queen of Make-it-Bigger."

Speaking of making it bigger, we recently moved the shop into a new location, down the strip, that's twice the size.

Here's some photos from moving day. Rodi on the left (she's gonna kill me for this view), Kat's in the middle, and that's Susie on the right--are wheeling a load down the strip to our new location.

We used a scissor lift to clean the ceilings in our new spot...not my favorite chore! That's me on the left, Rodi in the middle and my husband, Ron, on the lift.

This is a "before" photo of the new shop at the end of the first day of moving. Whew! We got 'er done. Trust me, the shop has come a long way from this. I guess I'll have to take some new pictures for the next post.

Until next time, happy sewing!

Karen and the QE staff

2008-01-31T08:15:00.000-08:00

It's another snowy day in Idaho and time to post some pictures and news. The shop is coming along--it is a continual work in progress. For Christmas, my dear sweet husband (that's a DSH for the acronym-minded) insulated and sheet rocked the two heat-sucking garage doors that are in the main area of the shop. My friend, Rhonda, got some big, big diamond stud earings from her DSH, but I'm telling' you, my gift was much more appreciated!

This week the new walls are getting painted and we'll have more room for slatwall...more patterns, more books!

I promised a few pictures of the shop, so here's a view of the main shop area, just as you've walked past the check-out counter.

So many of our customers call and talk to Mary, and I know it's always nice to "know" who you're talking to, so I snapped her pic behind the counter.

See the quilts on the wall behind her? The one on the left is from a pattern (available in our store--you'll have to call to get one for yourself) designed by one of our own. The one on the right is a new kit from the Serenity line by Heather Mulder Peterson. You can order this kit on line!

Stay warm and dry...under a quilt!

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My first blog post!