Cascade Fabrics celebrates 40th anniversary!

We love ALL local quilt shops!  But OUR local quilt shop in Sedro-Woolley is special!

Cascade Fabrics, owned and operated by Bobi Kelley, will celebrate 40 years in business on May 10, 2018.  As quilters, we are people who love excess!  So we are planning to celebrate this milestone all month long!!

We believe that Cascade Fabrics is the oldest single-owner owned fabric shop in the state of Washington. 

So stop in and say hello - during the anniversary week Bobi is having a special sale, but she always has some sale prices and a fun variety of fabrics and notions.  Sign up for a class!  Meet your friends there! 

 

Congratulations to Bobi and thanks for her dedication to Downtown Sedro-Woolley!

 

 

Traditional storefronts in downtown Sedro-Woolley are a big part of our city’s charm.  We are lucky to have dedicated business owners who preserve the flavor of a true home town.
 
One such retailer, Cascade Fabrics, will soon celebrate 40 years in business.
 
Bobi and Paul Kelley opened the doors on May 10, 1978.  “We chose to open a fabric store because it was the only kind of store not in downtown Sedro-Woolley,” Bobi recalls.  The town “already had every other kind of business you would want.”  Paul came from a career at JC Penney and Oliver Hammer and was a true “retailer”.
 

They set out to accommodate people who needed general fabrics and notions, not just the cotton fabrics so popular today. 

Bobi remembers that, “Paul wanted a ‘firm name’; something solid and basic.  Nothing ‘cutesy’.  I wanted cutesy!”

They kept up with sewing trends through the years by listening to customers.  “Paul always made sure that we stock what the customers want.  When we first opened, people were still making their own clothes.”  But Cascade Fabrics has ridden the wave of trends, and today that includes quilting.

Paul passed away in 2011 and Bobi’s terrier companion, Murphy, passed away in February 2018.  Bobi remains enthusiastic about sewing and fiber crafts in the area.

“My favorite thing is ‘petting the fabric’,” Bobi says, echoing the sentiment of quilters everywhere.  “And it’s not like going to work when you come here because it’s a happy place.  My customers are like family.”

 

Sponsor Spotlight: Cascade Fabrics!

Cascade Fabrics is the hub of quilting in Sedro-Woolley.  Our very own quilt store with general sewing supplies, too!  We meet there, sew there, and SHOP there!  You would, too.  Which means you should stop in during the Blast of Baskets quilt show and as often as you can.

Thanks, Bobi Kelley, for your generosity all year long!

 

Look for Cascade Fabrics on Facebook!

Cascade Fabrics in Sedro-Woolley - remembering Paul Kelley

There was a wonderful memorial service today for our friend, Paul Kelley, at Riverfront Park in Sedro-Woolley.  He and his wife, Bobi, have been the owners of Cascade Fabrics for many years.  Cascade Fabrics is our "LQS" and we appreciate Paul and Bobi's support of the intensive quilting community here.  Paul passed away on July 26th and we'll miss him so much.  He was an old-style, customer-service-oriented type of small town business owner and the entire community knew and respected him. 

Here are two photos of a quilt that local quilters made for Paul when he celebrated 20 years as Cascade Fabrics.  Bobi requested that it be displayed at his service.