Help - make my holiday please?

Hello
I've been 'lurking' for a while now, and find this group very interesting. I
was not planning on joining in for a while yet, but my husband has planned
and booked a holiday to Orlando Florida as a surprise treat for my 50th
Birthday and our wedding aniversary.
Please help me find quilt/embroidery supply shops in the Orlando and Tampa
areas of Florida!
We in the UK so envy you the wonderful goodies you talk about and I want
some too!
Please forgive me if I have broken any rules of ettiquette, but this is
urgent to me, I've only got two days to prepare!

Best wishes to all!
Wendy Play in the UK

Welcome, Wendy, happy to meet you. I can't help with your Orlando trip as
I'm halfway across the country in Tucson, Arizona. But I can wish you bon
voyage and happy shopping!

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

"Wendy Playle" wrote in message
.. .
Hello
I've been 'lurking' for a while now, and find this group very interesting.
I
was not planning on joining in for a while yet, but my husband has planned
and booked a holiday to Orlando Florida as a surprise treat for my 50th
Birthday and our wedding aniversary.
Please help me find quilt/embroidery supply shops in the Orlando and Tampa
areas of Florida!
We in the UK so envy you the wonderful goodies you talk about and I want
some too!
Please forgive me if I have broken any rules of ettiquette, but this is
urgent to me, I've only got two days to prepare!

Best wishes to all!
Wendy Play in the UK

From: "Wendy Playle"

..... Please help me find quilt/embroidery supply shops in the Orlando and
Tampa
areas of Florida! .........

Will you have a rental car while in the States? If so, there is a *very*
nice needlework shop about a 30 minute drive north of the Orlando area. It is
in a little town called Mt. Dora. The shop is DREAM STITCHERS at 141 N.
Highland St. Phone is 352-735-4438.
The easiest way to find stuff like this is to use this link...
http://www.ypbellsouth.com . It is for the Bell South Yellow Pages. Just
put in the type of business (needlework OR quilting) and the city & state
(Orlando, FL OR Tampa, FL) and it will give you all the info you need. You can
even get driving directions! If you know the addy of your hotel, you can get
the directions before you leave home and make the trip to this side of the
pond!!! I found the one LNS and 4 LQS when I looked just now.
I was in Orlando several years ago and found a very nice quilt shop on the
main street that is on the SOUTH side of Disney World (can't remember the name
of the street -- sorry). It is several miles east of Disney and on the north
side of the street.
Hope you have a GREAT time and get lots of stash to take home with you.
Happy B'Day & congrats on the anniversary :-))! CiaoMeow ^;;^
..


PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

I used to live in FL and can recommend Queen Ann's Lace at 715 E. Vine
Street in Kissimmee, FL. This is very close to Disney World. Another that
is probably 75 miles away is Rainbow's End at 941 Broadway in Dunedin, FL.
This is one of the largest.

The following is a link to a listing of FL Quilt Shops. I left FL several
years ago so I can't be much help on any new ones.

http://www.kathkwilts.com/shops/florida.html

Good Luck and enjoy your stay. One word of advice however. FL can get very
hot during the summer so bring light clothing and lots of sun-screen.

Shirley



"Wendy Playle" wrote in message
.. .
Hello
I've been 'lurking' for a while now, and find this group very interesting.
I
was not planning on joining in for a while yet, but my husband has planned
and booked a holiday to Orlando Florida as a surprise treat for my 50th
Birthday and our wedding aniversary.
Please help me find quilt/embroidery supply shops in the Orlando and Tampa
areas of Florida!
We in the UK so envy you the wonderful goodies you talk about and I want
some too!
Please forgive me if I have broken any rules of ettiquette, but this is
urgent to me, I've only got two days to prepare!

Best wishes to all!
Wendy Play in the UK

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ORLANDO AND TAMPA
"Wendy Playle" wrote in message
.. .
Hello
I've been 'lurking' for a while now, and find this group very interesting.
I
was not planning on joining in for a while yet, but my husband has planned
and booked a holiday to Orlando Florida as a surprise treat for my 50th
Birthday and our wedding aniversary.
Please help me find quilt/embroidery supply shops in the Orlando and Tampa
areas of Florida!
We in the UK so envy you the wonderful goodies you talk about and I want
some too!
Please forgive me if I have broken any rules of ettiquette, but this is
urgent to me, I've only got two days to prepare!

Best wishes to all!
Wendy Play in the UK

Wendy, welcome - boy have you come to the right place for information and
lots of good people!

What a wonderful birthday and anniversary gift! I found a good link to
Florida shops. I have been to most of them from Mt. Dora north. One shop
that I can recommend but I don't see it on the list is the Cottonbelle in
Dunellen which is west of Ocala. But I have been to The Quilt Shop in
DeLand, Whipporwill Station, The Red Barn, Cottonbelle, and the shops in Mt.
Dora. All were wonderful. This link also provides a list of shows by date.
It looks like some are going on in Orlando so you may be able to get to one
or two of those as well. Here's the link, hope it helps. Have a great
time! We want a full report with pictures!

http://members.aol.com/anotherpat/fl...lorida%20Shops

Alice in NJ
www.ourcyberfamily.us



"Shirley.Caylor" wrote in message
...
I used to live in FL and can recommend Queen Ann's Lace at 715 E. Vine
Street in Kissimmee, FL. This is very close to Disney World. Another
that
is probably 75 miles away is Rainbow's End at 941 Broadway in Dunedin, FL.
This is one of the largest.

The following is a link to a listing of FL Quilt Shops. I left FL several
years ago so I can't be much help on any new ones.

http://www.kathkwilts.com/shops/florida.html

Good Luck and enjoy your stay. One word of advice however. FL can get
very
hot during the summer so bring light clothing and lots of sun-screen.

Shirley



"Wendy Playle" wrote in message
.. .
Hello
I've been 'lurking' for a while now, and find this group very
interesting.
I
was not planning on joining in for a while yet, but my husband has
planned
and booked a holiday to Orlando Florida as a surprise treat for my 50th
Birthday and our wedding aniversary.
Please help me find quilt/embroidery supply shops in the Orlando and
Tampa
areas of Florida!
We in the UK so envy you the wonderful goodies you talk about and I want
some too!
Please forgive me if I have broken any rules of ettiquette, but this is
urgent to me, I've only got two days to prepare!

Best wishes to all!
Wendy Play in the UK

Hello Wendy!

Welcome to RCTQ. This is a fun NG. Most of us adore Chocolate. In
fact, that just happens to be
my area of specialty. Newcomers are advised to send a pound or
two of chocolate for vetting. Kindly post your chocolate
choice(s) to my Palace in Virginia. I will sample all bits for
quality and flavor and send you an e mail report ... eventually.
G

Now, I do not have info on shops in FL, but I have other
suggestions for travelers! Be SURE to use your Sun Block, a hat,
and good quality sun glasses. Florida sun is especially intense.

If I were traveling from another country to the USA I would buy
bunches of US Postage stamps to take home for future swaps. You
might want to consider that. Then some time when you want to be
in a USA based swap, you can send postage stamps to the hostess
for the return mail. She/he could use the correct amount and
return the excess stamps to you.

Have a wonderful trip.
PAT, Official Chocolate Taster of RCTQ
and Queen of Everything!


Wendy Playle wrote:

Hello
I've been 'lurking' for a while now, and find this group very interesting. I
was not planning on joining in for a while yet, but my husband has planned
and booked a holiday to Orlando Florida as a surprise treat for my 50th
Birthday and our wedding aniversary.
Please help me find quilt/embroidery supply shops in the Orlando and Tampa
areas of Florida!
We in the UK so envy you the wonderful goodies you talk about and I want
some too!
Please forgive me if I have broken any rules of ettiquette, but this is
urgent to me, I've only got two days to prepare!

Best wishes to all!
Wendy Play in the UK

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ekoluvr (Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply ) writes:

Will you have a rental car while in the States? If so, there is a *very*
nice needlework shop about a 30 minute drive north of the Orlando area. It
is
in a little town called Mt. Dora. The shop is DREAM STITCHERS at 141 N.
Highland St. Phone is 352-735-4438.

If you get to Mount Dora, Quilts and Other Comforts is located there - a nice
shop. Ask when you get to town, as I don't have their address handy.
Susan, from Kingston ON
quilting in Florida (what else?)

See - I TOLE YOO they were good here!

Welcome aboard!
--
Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

I believe there is a nice shop at Clearwater and thats not far from
Orlando....Im going to visit myself this summer so......when you get back
please post all the shops you found with ratings out of 10
Flossy
Malvern England
***** Queen of Plaids ******
http://www.flossy.net