About     Us

 Our Fabrics   
 Your Stories        

For 30 years, we have been helping people share their stories through fabric.  

In 1990, we opened a store in the south arcade building south of the Pike Place Market, selling new a and antique American made quilts.

After 25 years in the South Arcade building at 1st Avenue and Union in downtown Seattle,  we have moved to a prime location at the North end of the Pike Place Market at the corner of 1st Avenue and Virginia Street.   We are still evolving and adding new fabrics, patterns, quilts and notions!

And seeing old friends and making new ones
​from around the world!

Our History

Ours begins with Owner Linda Hitchcock’s childhood fascination with quilts. She collected and sold antique quilts at national antique and craft shows for years. In November 1990, when there were only a handful of quilting shops in Western Washington, Linda opened a downtown Seattle shop, selling new and antique American-made quilts. In 1993, she expanded into a full-service fabric store adjacent to the historic Pike Place Market. We are downtown Seattle’s only quilt and fabric store.

What's your story?

Linda's Story

"When I was young, I can remember my mother and my grandmother exchanging pieces of their ‘scraps,’ small pieces of fabrics from their many sewing projects. My grandmother always had her quilting frame up in her bedroom, and it always had a quilt on it that she was quilting. She made a lot of quilts, probably 30 or more. We never slept under anything other than a quilt. My father passed away under a quilt made by my mother and one made by his mother. My grandmother made me two quilts. One, a Sunbonnet Sue quilt, when I was a child, and a wedding quilt, made from scraps from all of my clothes and hers." 

Undercover Quilts Owner Linda Hitchcock