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Posted by Monica Ferris on June 4, 2009, 8:12 pm
I am taking a BIG train trip next summer from Minneapolis to Salt Lake
City (to the EGA convention there), with stops along the way,
including in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Reno. (Obviously, I'm
taking the long way!) Are there needlework shops I shouldn't miss in
those cities?
Mary Monica Pulver
aka Monica Ferris
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Posted by Marianne T on June 4, 2009, 8:44 pm
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> I am taking a BIG train trip next summer from Minneapolis to Salt Lake
> City (to the EGA convention there), with stops along the way,
> including in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Reno. =A0(Obviously, I'm
> taking the long way!) =A0Are there needlework shops I shouldn't miss in
> those cities?
> Mary Monica Pulver
> aka Monica Ferris
There are shops in the Seattle area that are needlepoint shops.
Threadneedle Street in Issaquah and The Needlepointer in Everett. Both
are friendly shops with helpful gals. They both have websites
www.threadneedlestreet.com and www.needlepointer.com
In Portland, there is Acorns and Threads, mostly cross stitch. Also
wonderful shop and wonderful people. There is also a needlepoint shop
near A&C, but their name escapes me at the moment. Nice canvases and
also nice folks.
Boy, I miss those shops.
Hope this helps.
Marianne T. in the Northern Arizona black hole of needlework
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Posted by NDJoan on June 5, 2009, 4:44 pm
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> There are shops in the Seattle area that are needlepoint shops.
> Threadneedle Street in Issaquah and The Needlepointer in Everett.
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> In Portland, there is Acorns and Threads, mostly cross stitch. Also
> wonderful shop and wonderful people.
Thanks for this info, Marianne! I'll be going to that neck of the
woods the end of July to visit my DSis! I think one of my nieces is
in Issaquah, too.
Liz, how far are you from Portland? Just in case........
Joan
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Posted by Tia Mary on June 4, 2009, 11:38 pm
Monica Ferris wrote:
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> I am taking a BIG train trip next summer from Minneapolis to Salt Lake
> City (to the EGA convention there), with stops along the way,
> including in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Reno. (Obviously, I'm
> taking the long way!) Are there needlework shops I shouldn't miss in
> those cities?
>
> Mary Monica Pulver
> aka Monica Ferris
The Karen should be popping in soon with info about her favourite LNS
in Sacramento. I *think* it's called something like The Fuzzy Penguin
or something along those lines. That's assuming it hasn't gone the way
of the dodo bird -- VBS. Tell us more about the train trip! I have
often thought about taking the train from here in Magnoliaville to
Lizard Land but I'm not too sure about what the accommodations are like!
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More info please :-). CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Monica Ferris on June 5, 2009, 3:06 pm
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> Monica Ferris wrote:
> > I am taking a BIG train trip next summer from Minneapolis to Salt Lake
> > City (to the EGA convention there), with stops along the way,
> > including in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Reno. =EF=BF=BD(Obvious=
ly, I'm
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> > taking the long way!) =EF=BF=BDAre there needlework shops I shouldn't m=
iss in
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> > those cities?
> > Mary Monica Pulver
> > aka Monica Ferris
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDThe Karen should be popping in soon with info about he=
r favourite LNS
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> in Sacramento. =EF=BF=BDI *think* it's called something like The Fuzzy Pe=
nguin
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> or something along those lines. =EF=BF=BDThat's assuming it hasn't gone t=
he way
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> of the dodo bird -- VBS. =EF=BF=BD Tell us more about the train trip! =EF=
=BF=BDI have
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> often thought about taking the train from here in Magnoliaville to
> Lizard Land but I'm not too sure about what the accommodations are like!
> =EF=BF=BD More info please :-). =EF=BF=BDCiaoMeow >^;;^<
> --
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< =EF=BF=BD (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at =EF=BF=BDhttp://community.webshots.com/user/tiam=
ary
This started with an invitation to speak at the 2010 EGA national
convention in Salt Lake City. Flying is such an enormous hassle
nowadays and I have fond memories of taking a train from San Francisco
to Milwaukee back in the sixties, so I decided to see about train
travel again. I really should have considered the Zephyr out of
Chicago, it's a much more direct route, and the places to stop along
the way are numerous. But I have wanted to take the Empire Builder
for years, and so Empire Builder it is to Seattle. And the Coast
Starlight to Sacramento. And the Zephyr to Salt Lake City. One
problem: There are no bookstores or needlework shops along the train
route in Montana. I'm doing two library stops instead, one in Wolf
Point and another, if things work out, in Havre or Cut Bank. Then
Spokane (bookstore, probably), then Seattle, then Portland, then
Sacramento, then Reno, then Salt Lake. I'm traveling with a friend --
but if any stitchers want to hop aboard for part of the ride, what a
joyous riot that would be! I will also, of course, be thinking how to
turn the journey into a mystery novel.
Accommodations are good, from a roomy seat to a suite with a shower --
though the latter is really costly. What I like is that I can get up
and move around, from my seat to the lounge to the observation car to
the dining car.
Because there's only one train a day, when we get off in, for example
Wolf Point (11:31 am), I'm there until the train comes through again
the next day, so we'll spend that night in a motel.
Mary Monica
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> City (to the EGA convention there), with stops along the way,
> including in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Reno. =A0(Obviously, I'm
> taking the long way!) =A0Are there needlework shops I shouldn't miss in
> those cities?
> Mary Monica Pulver
> aka Monica Ferris