I know I am not a quilter but I have been in The Quilt Room when it was in West Street Dorking and I bought something!
We had been to Gatwick to pick up my sister from Canada and she is a quilter, so we decided to make a detour home and go and visit Dorking as this is where we lived as children. On this particular visit my sister had a huge cabin bag that had multiple zips on that open up to make the bag bigger, well she had in this bag all her handiwork that she was giving her family as gifts, and in amongst them were four Quillows that she had made and three silk ribbon decorated baskets. No way was she leaving these in a parked car, so my husband was given the job of lugging this bag around Dorking. We did enjoy our exploration of all our old haunts, and of course then by accident found the Quilt Room, and of course she was thrilled to find lots of fabrics that then found their way home to Canada.
Now when I was a child West Street in Dorking was rather old and antiquated, and was in need of some tender loving care, and even on our visit it was not much better despite the huge gap in years. I believe now they have rejuvenated West Street and the last time I was there there were intriguing antique shops and some other interesting shops. Of course in parts Dorking had not changed that much despite the years, and it is nice to know that The Quilt Room was such a thriving shop.
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