We recently went to Western North Carolina for several craft-related events and I fit in a visit to Five Little Monkeys, a quilt shop in Weaverville just north of Asheville. (Who can resist a visit to a quilt shop while travelling?)
One of the greeters at Five Little Monkeys
Five Little Monkeys turned out to be a wonderful quilt shop, well worth the side trip!
They had multiple bolts of some of my favorite fabric lines.
I love these large-scale novelty prints from Alexander Henry!
There was a huge selection of patterns! It’s conveniently located on the stairs leading up to the sale area 😀
I never saw so many patterns in one shop!
And they had a better selection of quilting books than any store I’ve visited in the past couple of years. Just look at this!
The owner designed this quilt for the wedding of friends and she does sell the pattern through her shop.
Wedding quilt designed by Angie, who calls herself the “Queen Monkey” at Five Little Monkeys
There were multiple other lovely quilts on display, including this one that I thought was especially fun.
Not a great picture, but the quilt was up high. Fun to look at anyway!
There were many attractive displays throughout the store. 
I had to walk through several times to decide what I “needed”. I’m not showing everything I bought because some items were gifts for folks who probably read this blog. But you get the idea.
I did get some half yards for my low volume stash.
The fabric on the far right has silver metallic speckles, but my camera doesn’t like metallic
And I found a couple of patterns I just have to try.
Stay tuned for quilts made from these patterns. And if you get to Asheville, it’s well worth a trip to Weaverville to visit Five Little Monkeys!
Zippy Quilts 
I’ll have to check out that shop next time I’m headed to the mountains. I’ve made the Bloem Quilt, probably one of my favorite makes! Enjoy!
Ah! The people who have seen your Bloem quilt said it was outstanding 😀
Thanks for sending me down the rabbit hole of this quilt shop. Saw and ordered some patterns I have never seen before
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
I love visiting area shops. We will be traveling to Bastrop, Texas and plan to stop at shops in the area. That Bloem Quilt looks interesting.
Wish I could go to Bastrop with you 😀
I so enjoyed the quilt shop tour! You were fairly well behaved with all those awesome choices 🙂
Well behaved being a relative term, of course 😀
I probably won’t ever go to Asheville, so thanks for saving me from myself! This looks like a delightful shop. You asked, “Who can resist a quilt shop while traveling?” Well, that would be me. I just can’t buy more. I’m too aware of my age, and that I want to use-up as much as possible so my kids don’t have to deal with it when I’m gone. Fatalistic? Realistic? I don’t know the answer. But, thanks for helping me live vicariously! Enjoy your purchases!
Asheville is a great place to visit, so I’m sorry you probably won’t go there. However, I do understand about trying to sew down the stash!
An emporium of delights
Yep! Temptations galore 😀