My favourite quilt store in Mesa is a Bernina dealer on Southern Avenue. The store is called Mad B's Quilt and Sew. Why is it my favourite? Let me tell you:
1. Location, location, location.
Mad B's is only a short bike ride from my house in Mesa on fairly quiet streets with a safe bike lane. That fact alone is worth a ton! (In Manitoba I have to drive one and a half hours in any direction to reach a quilt store!!)
2. Friendly Staff.
The staff are very welcoming. Susan is a quilting over-achiever. She even comes to the shop on her days off to take classes! Kathy has a dry sense of humour and knows the best sandwiches to order for lunch. But best of all is the owner Madonna, she is a real 'go-getter'. It is obvious that Madonna has a vision for her store to be the best at providing wonderful new fabric lines not available at other stores in the area and to provide wonderfully informative classes by local quilt and sewing experts.
3. Inspiration abounds.
Madonna just bought the store from its previous owner in January of this year. In a few short months it has really become an inspiring shop. Previously blank walls are now decorated with quilts and ever changing displays of fabrics.
Get a glimpse at what I mean from these photos.
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| Mad B's on Southern Avenue, Mesa, Arizona. |
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Look at all those gorgeous quilts hanging high up on the walls.
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| Lots of colourful fabrics and displays greet you as you enter the store. |
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The back wall juts out and has been decorated with a fence and close-line full of small quilt blocks
from one of the quilt clubs that meets weekly on Mondays at the store. |
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| Gorgeous batik solid fabrics in a full palette of colours! |
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| Lots of great black and white fabrics too! |
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| A workshop happening in the classroom. |
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| Madonna at the till. |
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