Fabric stores, etc. (click on underlined blue text to go to Web sites or open e-mail windows): 

      Carson Valley general area:

The Quilt House 1328 Hwy. 395, Gardnerville 782-8845. Hours: Mon.- Sat. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; closed Sundays.

Homespun Treasures P.O. Box 1388, Minden, 89423 (Johnson Lane area). Styrofoam punch technique that mimics quilting. Info. 267-0409.

Quilter's Quarters 1490 Albite Road, Suite 6, Topaz Ranch Estates, (775) 266-4350. Take Hwy. 208 to the red A-frame (their Web site has a map). Hours 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Mon.-Sat., closed Sundays, (Alice says to call ahead for a special appt. if you like).

Artisans International Gallery, 1653 Lucerne St, Suite B, Minden, 883-8881, artisans@artisansinternationalinc.com Hours: Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. This gallery regularly exhibits quilts and showcases quilters, and they also have occasional fabric art workshops (see below under upcoming shows).

      Carson City area:

Jo-Ann's Fabrics  Carson City Mall, Hwy. 395 and Stewart, 883-0399 OR 3750 Kietzke Lane, Reno, (775) 359-1352. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.- 9 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.

Craft Market 2750 S. Carson, Carson City (775) 883-3933. This store gives a 10% discount on fabrics purchased for guild classes, and members get 15% off on the 15th of every month. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.- 6 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. No Web site.

Mill End Fabrics Carson City store: 951 B  N. Stewart, 883-0919. Reno store: 1745 Kuenzli Ave., (775) 322-5844. Hours: Mon-Fri. 9 a.m.- 6 p.m., Sat. 9:30 a.m.- 6 p.m., closed Sun.  No Web site.

Sierra Sewing Center 1000 N. Carson St., Carson City, 884-9500, OR 4145 S. Virginia St., Reno, 823-9700. Hours: Mon-Sat 9:30-5:30.

The Uncommon Thread 1525 W. Williams Ave., Suite L, Fallon, (775) 867-4225.

      Lake Tahoe area:

Fabrics Unlimited 155 Shady Lane, Kingsbury Grade, 50 yards behind their old store at Stateline, 588-3211. Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Quilting Tahoe 2264 Lake Tahoe Blvd., #7, South Lake Tahoe near Tahoe Keys. (530) 544-9797.  Hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily.

Quilter's Haven at Truckee 11025 Pioneer Trail Road, Suite 103, Truckee, CA. Info. (530) 587-6053. Hours: M, Th, Fri, Sat 9:30-5:30; Tues-Wed 9:30-6; Sun 10-5.

      Reno area:

Windy Moon Quilts 440 Spokane St., Reno, (775) 323-4777. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Ben Franklin Crafts  Reno store: 245 E. Plumb Lane, (775) 348-0050. Sparks store: 530 Greenbrae Dr., (775) 331-5755. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.- 6 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.  

Going Batty Quilt Shop 9744 S. Virginia St., Suite C (north of Winco Foods), (775) 351-2424. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.; closed Sundays.

Hancock Fabrics, 534 Greenbrae Dr., Sparks. (775) 331-6999. Hours: Mon-Fri. 9:30 a.m.- 8 p.m.; Sat. 9:30 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Sew-n-Such 3702 S. Virginia St., Suite G-8, near the Atlantis, under new ownership, Info., 825-2677. Hours: Tues-Fri 10-6, Weekends 10-5, closed Monday.

Machine Quilters:

Quilted with Love Julie Thomas, 885-9817. E-mail: juls72861@aol.com

Sierra View Quilting, Dick & Jeanne Benesh, 884-1632. E-mail: djbenesh@sbcglobal.net

Topztitch'd by Vicki Finchum, 782-4545. E-mail: vicquilts@charter.net

National Speakers and their Web sites:

Linda Ballard  

Marsha McCloskey 

Dierdra McElroy 

Pat Magaret and Donna Slusser 

Nancy Elliot MacDonald  

Bonnie Browning  

Jan Krentz  

Sharyn Craig 

Cathie Hoover

Jill Schumacher

Christine Barnes 

Melinda Bula 

Norah McMeeking

Our Favorite Web Stores (submitted by guild members)

The Fabric.com Online Fabric Store Often has deals on S&H. No tax.

Fashion Fabrics Club Separate section for cottons.

Patchwork Mountain Quick delivery, reasonable S&H, no tax.

J.Hittle Has everything! Flat rate S&H, no tax.

Cotton Club Enormous selection, reasonable S&H, no tax.

Fabric Depot Great selection and 30% off online purchases.

Dawn's Quilting A site with quilting clipart. We're using her designs here for free.

The Quilter's Cache Turn your volume down lest the music puts you in a trance! Good resource for blocks, though. 

Quilting for Fun This is a nice site with a friendly owner who asked to be on our links pages. AND, if you enter this code: cvqg-nv-937 for your Coupon Code when you check out, you'll receive 10% off your entire order.  

Bernina This site has free online classes and lots of good stuff besides info. for Bernina owners.

Connecting Threads This site has fabrics and books that are frequently marked down to move, so check it often!

Thousands of Bolts This site has a nice search tool where you can find manufacturers, colors, fabric themes, etc.

Big Daddy Gypsy This site is new and offers some of the hard-to-find fabrics that quilters sometimes need for projects like crazy quilts. They're out of Arlington, WA., so not that far away.

Zuliblu is a new site by guild member Janet Williams and her daughter, Julie. They sell all sorts of hand made and sewn gifts ... check it out!

MAPMUSE has a new interactive map of U.S. quilt supply stores, check it out HERE! There's also an interactive map of quilt guilds across the country, check that out HERE! And finally, a link to fabric stores HERE.

Area Quilt Guilds

Truckee Meadows Quilters in Reno and Sparks.

Creative Quilters of Nevada Reno 89570. For additional information, contact Carolyn Susac at CAROLYN144@juno.com

Upcoming shows and such (please contact us to add your nearby cause or event!) *

Truckee Meadows Quilters in Reno and Sparks presents "RENO IS QUILT TOWN," at the National Automobile Museum, Harrah's, 10 S. Lake Street, downtown Reno. July 19th (9:30-5:30) & 20th (10-4). Please visit the show Website for more information.

PeacedQuilts is inviting quilters from all over the world to create quilts that incorporate symbols representing groups or individuals in conflict and donate these quilts to those in conflict. One PeacedQuilt includes Christian, Jewish and Islamic symbols and was donated to a mosque. Check out their Web site for more information.

* On this page, we try to include quilt shows and classes within a day's drive from Carson Valley, BUT if you're willing to travel a little, there's usually a quilt show going on somewhere! Here are some Web sites you can use to search for more shows: www.quilt.com/QuiltShowsPage.html    www.quiltguilds.com/add_your_show.htm  www.americanquilter.com/quilt_world/events/  Good luck and great quilting!