Memories By the Yard

San Antonio does’t have many quilt shops, luckily this is a quality one. It’s HUGE inside and they offer a wide variety of fabric, including home décor stuff. The employees are also helpful, especially if you’re terrible at putting fabric choices togethers for quilts. The best part about this place is the beginning quilting class they offer. As of this writing, it is a 7 week class that meets for three hours once a week. Its about $ 80. Linda Stanchos teaches it, and she is dynamite. She is a former school teacher, so she can find a way to explain complicated things that you’ll actually understand, and remember. You should be able to thread your machine first, and maybe sew in a straight line. You’ll make a wide variety of quilt blocks, and then quilt and bind a small lap quilt. It was so fun! She can also help you figure out what quilting tools you NEED and which are just nice to have. Quilting can be a hobby with a high start up cost, so this is good to know. There are some basic supplies you’ll need, but it isn’t too bad. If you complete this class you’ll be able to do basically anything. I recommend the $ 5 quilt over at Sew Special Quilts as a good next class.
This is another quilt shop that I feel needs to diversify their class offerings. Some beginning appliqué classes would be nice! To be fair, they do have better class options than anywhere else in town, in my experience.

My go to fabric shop. Great customer service. Employees remember you and are more then willing to help with fabric selections, patterns or any seeing advice you need. They offer a great selection of classes. There is a terrific selection of fabrics, batting, thread, and tools as well as upholstery material. There is a gentleman that comes in once a week that services machines and sharpens scissors. Nice guy. If your interested in classes I highly recommend you check it out!
Rating system:
5 stars = I’ll drive across town specifically for this, and rave to all my friends about it!
4 stars = Would recommend visiting.
3 stars = Average, acceptable, positive.
2 stars = Would only go if everyone else wants too.
1 star = I will definitely not be returning.

Fantastic customer service! My party visits as three quilters together, one brand new, one intermediate, and one much more practiced. We are always able to find what we want, and then some. The employees are all crafters too, and are happy to help you find some coordinating fabrics. The store offers some great classes and a place to quilt. They sell a ton of cotton fabrics and are constantly updating to be seasonal or more modern. They also sell fun fabrics like minky, and have a large clearance section. If you weren’t too particular with coordinating fabrics to go with your main one, you could definitely find something in the clearance section to save a bit of money on the overall project.
Rating system:
5 stars = I’ll drive across town specifically for this, and rave to all my friends about it!
4 stars = Would return and recommend.
3 stars = Indifferent, average, acceptable.
2 stars = You could drag me here unwilling.
1 star = I will not be returning.