Quilt shops near Fort Polk, Louisiana?
 

Hi, all! Well, it seems that we will be moving to Ft Polk soon( I am dreading the thought) and I need some help. I will likely not be working for a bit once I get there, so I figure I will be piecing quite a few quilts to keep from being bored. I am having no luck locating fabric or quilting stores near the area. If any of you are from around this area, I would appreciate some advice on where to go to buy fabric, take classes or get long arming done. I still have a lady in Ft Bragg that I can mail my tops to be LA'd. But I would love to have another choice in case she is out of town or something else comes up. Thank you for any and all advice. I have a feeling that I will be in my sewing area a lot more once we move there. I have heard nothing good about the area at all!!:thumbdown:

Thanks again!---Tanya

I can safely tell you that there is a shop located in Pineville La. which is about an hour drive from Fort Polk. The name of the shop is Aunt Nell's Quilt shop. There's also a shop in Lake Charles called Quilts Bayou. Both shops have long arms on site and both quilt for the public. There's a shop in Lafayette called The Borne Quilter, they sell longarms/mid arms but don't quilt for the public. You can find the numbers to any of these shops in yellow pages on-line

Thank you so much for the information! I think that I will feel better about moving there once it's over. I have to just let things roll like they are going to. I will get right on looking at the #s. Thanks again!

Also, I forgot to mention. Leesville has a guild and an upcomming quilt show either the 1st week of April or May in 2013. I forgot which month and DeRidder which is a city very close to Fort Polk has a guild also.

I have an app called quilt shop. You can type in location or use in area. There are several but nothing close.

Thank you all for this information. It is extremely helpful to me! I'm hoping to make this an easy transition and having something to do that I love will be so helpful.

I am sorry you have not heard anything good about Ft. Polk. It is a beautiful area in my book. I hope you will find it a pleasant surprise once you get there. I visit the post at least once a month and it seems like they always have a lot of activities. Of course there is the heat and humidity that takes some time to get use to. Let us know how you like it when you arrive.