I've always heard about this shop and finally had the opportunity to pay a visit.
Little Blessings Quilt Shop is located in the middle Tennessee town of Crossville. It's so close to the exit ramp (#317 on I-40), that you can see the sign from the interstate
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Little Blessings sign (left) is close to the street.
Scrappy (right) stands at the store's front to meet customers. |
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Little Blessings' mascot, Scrappy, is a 3-dimensional otter that was part of a Crossville celebration several years ago. You'll meet Scrappy, the official shop greeter who stands about 4-foot tall, as you enter the store.
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| Little Blessings Quilt Shop, Crossville, TN. |
The main fabric room is quite large and well lit. Julia and her husband, who were long-time farmers and did everything together, bought the shop from the previous owner about 8 years ago.
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| The central fabric room at Little Blessings. |
Julia and I met in the classroom, which has several long tables, chairs and workstations for students for the shop's classes and sit-and-sew sessions. Quilts, wall hangings, table runners, toppers—projects big and small—adorn the walls and provide inspiration for new and seasoned quilters alike.
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| Classroom at Little Blessings |
Julia, a very experienced quilter, has designed many quilts for classes, BOM (Block of the Month) programs and for a shop hop in which the store participates.
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| Examples of quilts for sampler programs and shop hops. |
Below is the most recent sampler quilt from the
2012 East Tennessee Shop Hop. The yellow, violet and blue color scheme plays to the event's theme of Springtime.
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| 2012 East Tennssee Shop Hop sampler quilt. |
For quilters not wanting to make a large, bed quilt, Julia offers ideas and samples of smaller projects such as wall hangings, placemats and pillows.
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| Quilted projects large and small. |
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| Every quilt needs some blue fabric. |
When visiting Little Blessings Quilt Shop, you will enjoy choosing fabrics from their sizable collection.
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| This room had the brights, novelties, geometrics and juvenile prints. |
This room is dedicated to a wonderful assortment of brights, dots, stripes, whimsies and swirls, and animal and juvenile novelty prints. These are my kind of colors and prints!
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| The Blank Quilting Inspiration Center showcases collections and coordinates of novelty prints. |
I found a dog print with a bright red background among these animal theme prints.
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| Whether you are a kid or a"big kid," these brights, novelty prints will make you smile. |
To accompany your focus fabrics, there is a rainbow assortment of blenders such as
Splash and
Fusion Illusion, as well as an extensive collection of 20s and 30s prints, neutrals and others.
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| Left: Splash and other blenders. Right: 20s and 30s novelty prints. |
Here is Rachel cutting the fabric for me. Behind her are more stunning and colorful examples of the fabric and quilting possibilities that this shop inspires.
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| Rachel cuts fabric for me at the counter at the front of the store. |
