Shades of the Past Quilt Shop
is a quilt shop with a primitive touch located
along Minnesota State Highway 23 in Clara City.

The quilt shop, formerly an old motel, opened in 2002 and specialized in wool & woolfelt.  And although the shop is still known for their wool projects, many cotton fabrics, mainly Moda, have taken over the shop.

Walking through our shop doors you'll find a sign that says "Enter as Strangers, Leave as Friends" 
and that motto rings true as owner Darci and her daughter Lacey find many customers who have walked through their door to be wonderful friends.

Various wool and woolfelt samples adorn the shop walls.  Many of these samples have been designed right in the shop by Darci herself.  

Every second Wednesday, the shop holds their Wooly Wednesday afternoon & evening when our wool gals come to stitch on various wool projects.

Cotton fabrics, especially those by Moda
fill the fabric racks in the shop.  Darci's favorite color scheme is darks, and her favorite fabric designer is Kansas Troubles.  The shop therefore is known for the darker fabrics and Kansas Troubles' style although her daughter has helped her step out of the box into various other styles, such as pastels.  The shop also has a small selection of 30's, civil war, children's flannel, and cheaters.

We also carry other various projects such as punchneedle embroidery.
This is a wonderful way to use up embroidery floss, is easy to travel with and carry, and mindless to do and fun to create.

We also create projects using 
yo-yo's, Chenille-It bias strips, paint sticks,
hot-fix crystals, purses, and sew much more!