I had an absolutely wonderful trip to Alaska. And the quilt stores were lovely. So here is a brief recap of my travels and the fabric and friends long the way. And I big thank you to my editor Nicole on these, as she did most of the heavy lifting. Thanks for watching

@ruthtweto6457

2 жыл бұрын

What a fun adventure. Since living in AK for several years, these views brought back wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing. And Yes, there are some great quilt shops in Anchorage and in Talkeetna which you would need to stop at another time!

@tcctocrazytccarson7309

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone did a wonderful job ♡

@annemariemartin4946

2 жыл бұрын

wow... you got covid!!! sorry to hear that. I guess it is still not a good idea to travel.

@ksstryker4574

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear you couldn't explore the Anchorage and other Southcentral area shops! Fortunately, you can order online from a few: The Quilted Raven - www.quiltedravenalaska.com/home Seams Like Home - www.akseams.com/ Twisted Sisters Quilty Pleasures - www.twistedquilting.com/home Bearly Threaded Too - www.bearlythreadedquilting.com/ Stitches From Heaven - www.stitchesfromheaven.net/ Sylvia's Quilt Depot - www.sylviasquiltdepot.com/ Even though I live here, some of the Alaska fabrics are so wonderful - they aren't just for tourists! Plus, we have some amazing fabric and pattern designers! Teresa Ascone's work is amazing - www.teresaascone.com/ Wildfire Designs Alaska is one of my favorites for raw edge applique patterns - www.wildfiredesignsalaska.com/ So glad to hear the weather was cooperative and you saw so much while you were here visiting our beautiful state! Sorry that you came home with an unwanted souvenir (COVID). :( Come back and visit us anytime!!

@tracisass4983

2 жыл бұрын

I have a friend ( we are in WI in the US) who did an Alaskan cruise between June 18-27 and she also got COVID after, maybe she was on your ship! I’m glad you are feeling better tho and that it was worth it!

I am overjoyed you had a great time. You and your husband deserve it. You've had at least 3 very hard years!!! Do take another trip whether it's to Alaska or not. Enjoy your time with you hubby. Every minute. I lost mine, my soul mate 2 yrs ago in July and life has never been the same. Create more great memories now. You'll live on them later. Many more happy travels.

Loved the fabrics you chose to bring home with you and I'm impressed that you left so much behind! This is always my challenge.

After 14 trips to Alaska and visiting all but Raintree, I can still say it is my favorite travel location. I just got back from my first trip to Denali last week. It my first visit since my husband passed away and I enjoyed visiting all the places we loved, especially the quilt shops! Fortunately I wore masks throughout and did NOT catch COVID. It was gorgeous weather and sunny unlike most of my other trips. Totally worth the money and a great trip if you have never cruised before due to all the flat water in the inland passage. I am so happy all the shop owners survived the COVID shutdowns. They were really happy to see folks again. Changing Tides is trying to get a website going but everyone else has a website and most owners get specific Alaska themed prints available only in Alaska. Lisa Moore in Sitka is one of my favorite Alaska themed quilt pattern makers.So glad your trip was so much fun. I pray your recovery from COVID doesn't affect your breathing. I had recovered 6 weeks before my trip and it did put a considerable dent in my ability to do physical activity on my trip. Best wishes!

@JustGetitDoneQuilts

2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear. I definitely want to go back. All better now from COVID. I’m lucky that It never affected my breathing.

Beautiful trip, great choices of fabric, and I’m so thankful that you are recovering from Covid🧡 thank you for sharing!

WOW! This is a great format to share your Alaskan adventure with us. After all the excitement I can imagine you saying, "There's no place like home" as you reunited with your furry baby. glad you are feeling better❤

Always wanted to go on that trip! Love a quilt trip too! Hope you are all better and strong now. Loved your photos and presentations!

Your lovely panels of the Alaskan Indigenous women are based on the art of Alaskan painter Barbara LaVallee. When we cruised to Alaska 15 years ago I bought one of her prints called Mittens and Mukluks and it hangs in my kitchen. And in the quilt shop in Skagway I bought a pattern for a little quilt based on one of her paintings. It’s called Three Sheets to the Wind and the finished piece hangs in my laundry area. Her art makes me smile and it brings back memories of a wonderful trip. Glad you had a wonderful vacation.

Wonderful trip... so exciting to stop at other quilt stores. A tip for next trip, contact the quilt stores in advance letting them know of your travels. Keep them updated on your schedule. Ask if it might be possible to stop & shop when in town. The closed on Sunday store might have arranged a special opening for you all to stop, chat & shop.

@SexyBootsRule

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I was going to suggest the same. Most "specialty" type places in south central are closed on Sundays, living up here we're just used to it. I get a little shock when I travel and so much is open on Sundays 😆

Thank you for taking the time and energy to share your trip with us.

So sorry you contracted Covid - a little souvenir you could have done without! Looks like a fun trip otherwise! Hurry up and wait - the theme of most planned outings! Lol I can’t wait to see what you do with your new Alaskan fabrics! Thank you for sharing!

Oh Karen! What a trip of a lifetime! I so wanted to join you on this trip. I deeply hope you will host another trip to Alaska. Please count me in on your next trip. Seriously!

We made that same trip, same ship, in 2014 as a family to celebrate my in-laws anniversary. I wasn’t sewing in those days, and now I want to go again!

I lived at Kodiak, AK on Kodiak Island for five years from 1989 to 1994. It is such a beautiful state.

What an amazing adventure Karen! So thankful the experience was made pleasant by the crews. Praying you heal quickly and completely and are able to give yourself the rest you will need. TY for sharing this beautiful experience with your followers💕🙏🏻🧵

Love the Alaskan mothers and daughters sewing circle fabric... so different, and as you say the colours are lovely.

I loved the indigenous fabrics you found on day 6. Those were cool, and it’s great that you can make something so meaningful to remind you of your trip! Sorry you got sick!

Love the synopsis of the trip. I had a brother that lived in Big Lake, Alaska for almost 40 years. I lost him two years ago and my sister-in-law has moved back to the lower 48. I regret not taking the time to go while he was there. I recognized many of the places you went and the pics looked exactly like his paintings. Thanks for sharing.

13 minute's drive south of Canada Place (Cruise Ship docks)...is the "Cloth Shop" on Granville Island... if one has time, you could catch a cab ride and visit this Quilt Shop.... within walking distance from the dock, are 2 fabric stores that carry all fabrics, including cottons - Atex Fabrics and Dressew Fabrics... may be worth the walk if you have to wait before boarding the ship!

Love this Karen! You and your team put together an incredible video of memories. Thank you so much for sharing! Hope you are recovering well from Covid. God Bless!

Nothing wrong with just enjoying the trip. LOVE the fabrics you brought back. I also try not to ever buy things I can get at home when I'm on a trip somewhere.

So glad to hear you may do this again. The trip was on my wish list until I broke my ankle in late fall. Sounded and looked lovely!

Born in Alaska, spent many years on and off there while growing up. Love Ketchikan and the Whales Tail (not been to it, but have visited it on line). Love the blue muscle fabric you got at Raintree too. I am going to have to go shop online at all of them. LOL Thanks so much for sharing and brining back memories of my travels within alaska while growing up.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful trip. Alaska , a crude and quilt stores .... What could be better! I was born in Anchorage Dec. 1949.

My husband & I have talked about doing an Alaskan cruise. A quilting one would be perfect! Glad you were able to enjoy yourselves. LOVE THE FABRIC!!

I loved the line when you said you were going to dump your hubby so that you could go to the quilt shop.

Looks like a wonderful trip! I’m so sorry you came home sick. Take care and rest up.

My Mom and I did a quilting cruise to Alaska in 2007. We flew to Anchorage and started the cruise from there. Ketchikan and Hubbard Glacier were the only two stops that were the same as yours, but needless to say, there were quilting shops at every port and the fabrics were as bright, beautiful, and playful as the ones you showed. My mother stopped quilting soon after that cruise due to poor eyesight, butcthe memories we shared lasted a lifetime. Taking us along on your journey brought the great memories flooding back. Thank you so much for sharing.

@JustGetitDoneQuilts

2 жыл бұрын

What a nice memory. I would like to try the reverse route next time

My husband and I took a cruise to Alaska end of August beginning of September. I found beautiful quilt stores at every stop. And in Anchorage I told the owner about your video and she was grateful to hear of how you were spreading the fun of quilting !!!

What a fantastic idea to do a quilting project on a ship to Alaska! Do that again and I’m onboard!

Loved the sewing ladies fabric. Your blog was great! Thanks.

You chose the most fantastic cruise of all. (I’ve been cruising since 1981). My mother took her four grown children on an Alaskan cruise in 2003. She and my sister were quilters and they hit some of the same shops you did. I only started quilting after she passed in 2017. My sister bought a quilt kit in Ketchikan that resembles the Tlingit button blanket. She gave it to me. It hangs behind my husband’s bed. You’ve made me want to go back. It would be my third time. Oh, also we went on an Western Carribean cruise in May. Hubby tested positive the fifth day of our six day cruise. He only had a stuffy nose. We were treated wonderfully by the staff of the Allure RCL. Fortunately we we able to drive directly home from Florida to North Georgia.

Looks like an amazing experience!! And I'm glad you're feeling better. Thanks for sharing.

I am AMAZED by how many quilt fabric stores are in Alaska. Get well, soon.

Wow wow wow. What a wonderful trip. Thanks Karen. Hope you feel better soon. Hugs

I've been looking forward to this video SO much!

We are leaving for our 10 day cruise/land trip to Alaska in August and can't wait to visit quilt stores along the route. Your travelogue will be a wonderful guide for us. So glad you're feeling better.

@janbrassard7857

2 жыл бұрын

Must go to Skagway one. It was my favourite when we toured Alaska.

I have a lot of friends who have been on cruises lately 99% of them came back with Covid. Wow that would’ve been hard to resist all those wonderful fabrics. Looks like a fun trip. Thanks for sharing.

What a beautiful trip! I absolutely love these pictures!! Sorry that you got sick but happy you are better!! Thanks for sharing!

Looks like a great time. Been on an Alaska Cruise, same ship as you guys went on. Had a great time.

Wow Karen!!! I am so glad you are back and very glad you're feeling better! The pictures are amazing and love the fabrics!!!!!

Sounds like a very nice trip! I would have gone crazy in these quilt shops and I don’t even do quilts 😅 I did one baby quilt years ago but I sew mainly clothes and sometimes home accessories and bags. I am also at home with Covid at the moment and watch a lot of KZread 😅 It’s the first time I caught it and it happened when I went on my first concert since 2020. But I am doing fine. And it was a very nice concert! Now I am planning my first big quilt using fabrics from my stash. I already cut up a lot of squares and I hope I get the top done during my quarantine. Greetings from Germany 😊

i am so happy for you, Karen.

Hi I did a similar trip 18 years ago and we were the first ship into Icey Straits, the paint was still wet on the railings, but the local population were so glad to have us visit. We still think it was one of our best cruises and we have now done many more around the world. Ours was not so rushed at Denali and we had dinner looking at the sun setting over the mountain.

Great Video wonderful scenery and love all your fabric choices.

Thank you for sharing the beautiful scenery and lovely fabrics with us! What a fantastic time for you, the participants, and hubbies❣️

@katelangworthy8698

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@@davidcole3500gmailcom Well, thank you. Hoping your day was also nice.

Enjoyed our road trip. To Alaska. Visited Quilt shops in Fairbanks, Valdez and Anchorage. It certainly is a sisterhood feel very welcome and enjoyed exchanging tips and ideas

Thank you for that delightful slideshow of all those points of interest. Perhaps I will see some of them in person one day… Inside Passage Cruise is on my wish list.

Fun video. Thanks for taking us along.

What a wonderful trip. Alaska and fabric shopping and a cruise? Now that Was nice.

Barbara Lavallee and Ray Troll are two of my favorite Alaskan artists. I also love Teresa Ascone! You shopped in some of my destination shops! I loved this vlog! I'll be watching for another of your adventures. I would love to attend.

That indigenous sewing circle reminds me of this beautiful kids book from my childhood. Mama Do You Love Me? is the name. The illustrations are extremely similar. If you end up using that fabric to gift a copy of that story would be fun to give with it. Very fun to watch your trip and haul Edit: it's the same lady! I just saw the selvedge in your video and it's the same illustrator. Very cool. I had no idea she did fabrics! I need to find some

@PattisPatchwork

2 жыл бұрын

Both the Mothers & Daughters fabric collection and "Mama Do You Love Me?" are designed/illustrated by talented Alaskan artist Barbara Lavallee, who is designing fabrics for Northcott

Oh M Geee --- that blue mussell fabric...wow, going to look up some of these stores!

My husband and I did Inside Passage, Alaska Cruise in 2018. Loved it all especially Skagway. White Mountain Pass line as well as quilt shop and found the most beautiful kit. Would love to go back.

What a wonderful trip! Thank you for sharing, Karen!!!

😂"time to dump my husband and visit the quilt store"😂 Our last trip my husband researched the quilt shops in Grand Junction, CO and wanted to visit shops in Vegas. We were thinking about a cross-country RV trip before the gas prices went up and he found out about Missouri Star quilt shop, now he wants to go there, they even have an RV campsite. Why am I not the one searching out these quilt shops? Because I know I will spend way too much money and come back with more fabric than I have room for. Your trip was fabulous, so glad you had a good time, and that you have recovered from covid.

Thank you for the advance work on the available quilt shops. I am going on a cruise this Summer and almost the same pathway. I'm looking forward to finding some treasures.

Glad you enjoyed your trip sorry you got sick. Hope your Feeling better now recuperated completely The lady with the white shirt in the quilt shop waving sure looks like Sarah Palin.

Oh dear…you and I have the SAME taste. I love every pick you made. And I wouldn’t have been nearly as self controlled as you were! NEXT TIME I wanna go!

I'm sorry you returned with COVID....it is a nasty virus. I'm so glad you had a wonderful trip! I went on an art cruise to Alaska about 15 years ago....a highlight of my life! Alaska is just so incredibly beautiful!!!

I love Alaska! I hope you’ll get to go again. The different “flavors” of the quilt shops are so fascinating and the zip line is the best thing ever!

Thank you for sharing your lovely trip.

Your cruise sounds wonderful! Such great memories and making of new friends. I do believe that I shopped at the Whale’s Tale quilt shop in Ketchikan when we did our cruise in Alaska. We were only in Ketchikan for a short time so there was not much time. Only until about 3 in the afternoon. At that time I was not quilting but I was doing a lot of cross stitching and bought several cross stitch patterns there. I finished them all when we got back home and we also bought some local art in Sitka that we put with my counted cross stitch pieces to make our “Alaska Wall” in our home. I loved Sitka best of all on our trip. We walked all over the little town. It was so clean and we had a perfectly beautiful day there. We had a beautiful day in Ketchikan as well, even warmer than usual and everyone had their windows open trying to catch a little bit of the sweet early summer breeze. Our cruise was just 7 days but we had a wonderful time. So glad you cruise turned out so great! It would have been fun to be on your cruise with you and in your classes. So fun. Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

I SO appreciated seeing this video! My hubs & I lived in Wasilla, Ak. for over 30 years so your destinations of which we've seen many! Thanks for being you!

Absolutely beautiful! Everything!

@rachelburgener819

2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏 yes you are so correct! Thank You Karen ❤️😀

We are just back from an Alaskan cruise. Unfortunately it was cut short because our ship hit an iceberg. But I got quilt fabric in Sitka!! I too came home to a positive test and so resting before I can play with my fabric and kit haul. We hope to go back to the ports we missed.

I finally had time to watch. I love the quilting circle with the indigenous women. I’m going to see if I can find it online. Your video makes me want to return to Alaska as it’s been years since I’ve been there. I’m so happy you had such a good trip.

Wonderful trip! Glad to know there are quilt shops within reach😃

Hope you’re feeling better!! Thank you for sharing!

I like your choice of fabrics. Great tour! Thanks for sharing

How cool is that?! I would love to go on a quitting cruise! Especially in AK. I absolutely adore the panels of indigenous women and their sewing circle!!

This is the exact cruise we were scheduled to take when Covid hit. Now it will be awhile til we can travel, no vax. But it’s nice to know there are quilt shops on the way!!!

There was a quilt store in Sunburst MT, a village of 200people. The owner was a former longshoreman from Alaska who had a fantastic eye for color, designed his own quilts and did machine quilting. Many tallented people in Alaska. Glad you had a great trip.

NEXT time, you should come and explore north of Denali National Park up in Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska! We have an AMAZING quilting shop called Northern Threads & the high-quality fabrics and beautiful original quilt kits designed by the owner are gorgeous...you'd be AMAZED! ❤️

Great! Thanks for sharing your journey! I loved visiting the quilt stores as well. The Ketchikan store was closed during my trip. Next time!

I am so sorry you got Covid but so happy you are recovering. Thank you so much for sharing your adventure. I have always wanted to visit Alaska. Until Covid is eradicated I will stay pretty much local and still wear my masks. Love you❤️

Sounds like a wonderful trip.congratulations

I also went on the train up the Whitehorse train and I found that being in the last car gave me some of the best photos I have ever taken. I would love to go on that zipline. I'm glad that you had such a great time!

I'm so sorry to hear you got sick ! But so very appreciative that you shared your cruise with all of us. Realistically I don't know if I'll ever be able to afford such an adventure so to hear about yours was a delight. So glad you had such a wonderful time!

Oh my goodness, I love that animal panel! I wish I could have picked up something like that when we went in 2019. I did get some lovely batiks and they've been very fun to work with!

Delightful. We enjoyed that trip I May 3 years ago with very little snow. I loved walking off our boat and being right at the car in Vancouver, only about an hour from home. I also bought the illustrated panel of the sewing circle. My daughter gave me the “Mama Do You Love Me?” Book by the same artist for Mother’s Day when she was little. There was a quilt group on board and they were very welcoming to this knitter.

Wow! What an awesome trip! Sure hope you’re feeling better ❤️

Glad you had a great time and wow those views! Sad you got covid but better to get it after than before or during! Hope you are all well now x

Would love to see Denali and look up cousins and an old TX classmate in Anchorage, but I'll have to settle for videos like this. Local fabrics were great! Lovely choices. Not one bit seasick on either of my Caribbean cruises. The ocean took my breath away. Cousins just returned from salmon fishing up there. Huge catches! Lots of wildlife photos sent my way as well. Thank you for sharing your memories of Alaska.

Glad your feeling better

Looks like so much fun!! I love all the fabrics and panels you picked up too.

Love seeing your trip! Beautiful fabrics! Sorry to hear you got Covid & glad your recovering ❤️‍🩹

Glad you and the others had a terrific trip. I’ve always been curious about a ‘quilting cruise’. Imagined one would have lots of group sewing days. Your trip looks relaxing and fun; as well as a good way to see the beautiful state of Alaska. I bought fabric I felt was particular to the region, on our Alaska cruise many years ago, and a friend brought me a gift of fabric on her trip. I went a little racy in a wonderful quilt shop in Sitka. I’ve never quit known how to put these larger prints together. I wanted to have an “Alaska” quilt. Looking forward to how you work your fabric.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for sharing all this with us! What a wonderful experience (omiting the covid episode, of course). Very happy to watch your videos again. Love, Silvana.

Love this!!! Looks like a successful trip! The fabrics were stunning. Especially the last ones you purchased! Can’t wait to see what you make!!!

@JustGetitDoneQuilts

2 жыл бұрын

I thought two Alaskan quilts was my limits…but it was so tempting to buy more

@Persida_

2 жыл бұрын

@@JustGetitDoneQuilts I hear you. Quilting fabrics are so beautiful!

We loved our Alaska cruise.

Keep us posted on the next adventure!

Great pictures, enjoying each one

Beautiful footage of your trip! The train was my favorite I believe... your fabric choices are so nice too! Love that your fabrics were fitting to Alaska!

@JustGetitDoneQuilts

2 жыл бұрын

It was a fun day

What a fabulous trip! My in-laws took the whole family (15) on this same trip on Celebrity in 2008 for their 55th anniversary. We had a 6 year old and an 8 year old to have fun with instead of hitting the quilt shops. So fortunate to get a clear day at Denali. I hope the COVID continues to wane. Be well.

Hey Karen, this is my 3rd time watching this video. My husband and I are taking an Alaskan cruise in June of this year and you can bet, the main quilt stores are on my iteanrry. Thanks for heads up for the bus ride thru the park and the train ride. I'm so excited to know there are beautiful quilt shops along the way. AND I will copy you, not to buy any fabric I can get close to home. :) Thanks for sharing!!!

Thank you so much for sharing your video. I loved seeing Alaska. So pretty. The wilderness is beautiful. Feel better quick. Sorry you got Covid

I enjoyed a similar cruise & thoroughly loved visiting the same quilt stores! ❤️

About 10 years ago my hubby, daughter and SIL did an Alaskan cruise. We started with Denali - train from Anchorage. Didn’t have any of those hurry and wait times. Visited several quilt shops along the way. Had an extra day in Anchorage on the front end then an extra day in Vancouver at the end. Visited the rainforest! Awesome. Oh, a flightseeing tour over Denali. Amazing. Thanks for the review.

Ooh - I can't wait to see what you make with that beautiful fabric!

@annie-fb1vm

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@@davidcole3500gmailcom why are you stalking total strangers you know nothing about?