Making Lemonade!

We opened here on beautiful Palouse Street last summer, but it has looked like this since July.


Trucks, backhoes and dirt all over the place.

Our neighbor next door has created a solution (or at least is trying to adapt) to our lack of parking and the extra efforts our customers need to go through to get to us.

He has put this outside his door.

Eddie Walker Love!

We love Eddie here at Stash. Her creativity and enthusiasm is a great energy to be around.

She has an apron design that she is going to be sharing in a class here at Stash.

Here she has used the canvas weight Authentic fabric.

An Emergency Road Trip

It all started because we needed this for a class: The order didn't come in; it was Saturday and overnighting from somewhere to Walla Walla was too risky, but we found some here:

At Bear Paw Quilting in Coeur d'Alene. So Sunday morning Kathy and I jumped in the car. It ended up being a great day. It's so fun to see other stores...got some great ideas.

We also had a great lunch at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. One day I will be a good blogger and show great pictures of the food we ate. Around the corner was the cutest little store called:

Ari and her husband couldn't have been nicer. She's designing patterns. Hope we can carry them here at Stash!

Here's a little taste of Buttercuppity. Gotta love the name!

The Circus is Coming!

Some kind of craziness overtook the Stashettes this morning....
You might hear from us, "We don't really carry novelty."

But here you have it. Was it the smell of the sawdust or the taste of cotton candy?

Two of us were so infected with the circus bug we actually got the other two to think Circus fabric is a great idea. It is so charming and engaging; I can't wait until we get it in!

A Small Diversion

We all love quilts and all things quilting here, but Project Runway is starting tomorrow, and I just got the most beautiful Bernina dressform, and the fabulous My Label software http://www.berninamylabel.com/ which we carry at the store. So I'm a little obsessed with garment construction right now. I'm so obsessed that I actually purchased a cd of patterns from a German company called Schnittvision. Now my mother's name is Zimbelman, but the only thing that has gotten me is a strudy frame and the ability to order cheesecake in Munich. Google translate got me through the emails...I hope it is up for all the instructions!

Our Friend Miss Rhonda!

Miss Rhonda, the best music teacher Freewater Elementary ever saw, has become a quilter. I think she has been at it for about 5 months and has completed about 6 quilts! She always approached teaching music with 110% enthusiasm, and now that she is retired she is approaching sewing with the same fantastic, enviable energy.

Bernina Envy

There are four of us here in Stashland...............after a llllooonnnggg process and wait, we have become Bernina dealers!
Three of us ordered and have received this bad boy of their very own....guess who wasn't sure and couldn't commit....

....what was I thinking??!!