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- From: perkins@tc3.fi.ameslab.gov (Leslie S. Perkins)
- Subject: Summary : Chicago Stores
- Message-ID: <BxvBr2.9q6@news.iastate.edu>
- Sender: Leslie S. Perkins
- Organization: Iowa State University
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:13:48 GMT
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- Many thanks to those who responded to my inquiry concerning crafts
- stores in the downtown Chicago area. I only had a two hour break
- the whole week and decided to go to the City Stitcher and
- Kroch's and Brentanos. Needless to say, I did my small part to
- help the Chicago economy!
- Leslie
-
- Here is a summary of those recommendations that I received:
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- From hosken@spss.com Thu Nov 5 08:54:37 1992
- Subject: Re: Downtown Chicago Stores
-
-
- Kroch's & Brentanos further South on Wabash has a nice collection
- of Books on crafts. There are good Art supply stores, Try Flax between
- Michigan and Wabash on Randolf. Also, Brudno's at State and Ohio.
-
- There is a Vogue Fabric in Water Tower Place very near your Hotel.
-
- If you find a good weaver's supply store let me know, I haven't
- found one.
-
-
- Enjoy.
-
- From omeara@skcla.monsanto.com Thu Nov 5 16:06:58 1992
- Subject: My kind of town - Chicago
-
- Hi, I hope I'm not too late to do you any good!
- I live in the Chicago suburbs, and am quite familiar with many (many, many!)
- stores that are _not_ in the Loop. If you only want downtown, I can certainly
- check, but they'd be info, not recommendations. Please let me know which
- geographical areas in which you're interested - how far away from your hotel.
- Will you have a car? Are you more interested in "chain" craft stores (Lee
- Wards, Michaels, Franks), or in specialty stores (cross-stitch,quilting),
- or in regular fabric stores (JoAnn's, SoFro, Minnesota).... I'd be glad to
- share what I know about these types. If you're more specific about what you
- want, I can probably help. Let me know!
-
- Kathy O'Meara Magnuson OMEARA@SKCLA.MONSANTO.COM
-
- From Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.COM Thu Nov 5 16:25:52 1992
- Subject: Re: chicago
-
- When I was in Chicago a year ago, I found a shop just a block from my
- hotel, called City Stitcher. it has mostly cross stitch and needlepoint.
- Especially interesting to the tourist were the Frank Lloyd Wright-
- designs inspired by stained glass windows in some of his houses. They
- also do some mail order. It's in the area of Chicago where the fanciest
- dept stores are, great to visit around Christmas time (I think it's
- called the Miracle Mile?)
-
- --marina
-
- From MINEHART@iscsvax.uni.edu Thu Nov 5 17:25:11 1992
- Subject: Cgo stores
-
- Oh, you're so lucky! I LOVE downtown Chicago and it's like every year or two I
- just have to have a fix by getting in there. I'm not a "shopper" normally, but
- that's a whole 'nother realm of experience -- more like sight-seeing or
- museum-visiting (which, of course, I love to do while there, too).
-
- Anyway, two stores that have been highly recommended to me and I'm going to
- make a real effort to visit next time in are:
-
- We'll Keep You in Stitches (mostly needlepoint & knitting, I guess)
- and
- City Stitcher (mostly cross stitch & needlepoint, I hear).
-
- The first is on an east-west street (Oak? Elm? something like that) and in the
- first block west of Michigan Avenue -- this street is a couple of blocks north
- of Water Tower Place. The second one I don't know about. But the directory
- will tell you where it is. Maybe you'll get an e-mail from the same person who
- recommended that place to me and she'll give you more details. The first was
- recommended by a couple here at UNI whose taste I trust.
-
- I was in there in May and shopped my legs off for two days, but did not make it
- to any craft or needlework shops. Next time!! Good luck and have fun!
-
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- Leslie S. Perkins Iowa State University - Department of Chemistry
- 402 Wilhelm Hall Ames Laboratory - DOE
- ISU perkins@iastate.edu
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