Home Goods
Poppin's Quilt Parlour
About Poppin's Quilt Parlour
Quilting is a slow craft, and the shopping that supports it works nothing like buying clothes. A project starts with fabric chosen by weight, weave and print scale, then needs backing, batting, thread, needles and a pattern, and every one of those choices affects how the finished quilt behaves in a wash ten years from now. Working out those decisions in front of a wall of bolts, with someone who can talk through what goes with what, is the reason quilters keep going to shops in person.
Poppin's Quilt Parlour is at 352 Main St in downtown Penticton, in among the stretch of independent shops that gives the core its character a few blocks back from the Okanagan Lake beaches. Downtown here is walkable and unhurried, which suits a craft that rewards a browse. It also puts the shop within reach of the surrounding communities, since Penticton is the service centre for Oliver, Osoyoos, Keremeos and everywhere else in the South Okanagan.
If you are coming in with a project rather than just looking, bring what you already have. A photograph of the pattern, a swatch of the fabric you are matching, your measurements and your finished dimensions will get you far better advice than a description from memory. Ask about the widths available before calculating yardage, since backing fabric in particular comes in wider rolls that change the arithmetic entirely. Retirement living is a real part of life in this city, and daytime hours are often the quietest time to get a proper conversation.
Visiting Poppin's Quilt Parlour
Getting there
In the Downtown Penticton neighbourhood of Penticton.
Get directions (opens in a new tab)Keep exploring
More places near Downtown Penticton
Other home goods stores and nearby businesses in the Penticton directory.
From the blog
Penticton guides and stories
Longer reads from the editor, with the places worth a detour linked inside them.
Halloween Ideas and Events in Penticton
The Apple Bin Corn Maze's family and spooky-evening sessions, the Great Pumpkin Loop through wine country, and the City's road-safety guidance.
Read the guide
Penticton's Labour Day weekend is the fullest calendar in the valley, beaches included
Two markets Saturday morning, a winery music circuit all weekend, a beach concert Saturday night, a benefit show worth crossing town for, and no triathlon this year.
Read the guide
Where to shop in Penticton: small, walkable and mostly local
Penticton's shopping is smaller than Kelowna's and more its own thing: a Main Street of independents, specialty food shops that outclass their size, and Cherry Lane covering the mall tier.
Read the guide
Keep the directory honest
Own Poppin's Quilt Parlour?
Claim the listing to confirm your details, add your hours and photographs, and keep what people find accurate.