Brian had all sorts of surprises in store for me today. We started out the day by driving to downtown Whitmore Lake, where he found what he thought was a quilt shop. Brian knows that I love to quilt. 'A' for effort. It actually was a Yarn shop (Whitmore Lake Yarn Company). The store was filled with different types of yarn in all sorts of different colors. They also had patterns, classroom space and different things for knitters and crocheters. Nice little store.
Meet Louie. A mixed Yorkie and Havanese. He works at the shop. He looked exactly like Gus, but with a bigger body, and a more toy-like bark.
While at the Yarn Company, we were turned onto a pretty nice Quilt Shop (Lake St. Mercantile) in South Lyon (MI). It was a nice 2 story townhouse type building. A quaint country style quilt shop with a ton of different fabrics, patterns, kits and different quilting projects.
An article appeared in the Quilt Sampler Spring/Summer 2008 on the quilt shop.
Fabric on bolts and fat quarters galore!!!!
Wall quilts line the stairwell going to the second level. They even had a quilt that was dated prior to 1850.
This mural is on the side of a building in downtown Whitmore Lake. This photo does not do it any justice on the detail of the work.
The Polly Market is a little grocery store in downtown Whitmore Lake. For being a small town, its a cozy and quaint grocery store. It has almost everything one would need.
Afterwards, Brian drove me around Whitmore Lake. There are spots around the lake that are already frozen, which look really pretty. We are sure when the spring/summer rolls around, it will be beautiful still.
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