The name alone tells you this is a place that does not take itself too seriously, but the 2023 Silver for Best Place to Buy a Gift at FLX Finest tells you the products are taken very seriously indeed. Quilty Pleasures, located on Charlton Road in Stanley — a small community on the western shore of Seneca Lake — is a quilting and fabric shop that has expanded its appeal well beyond the quilting community to become a genuine gift destination for the broader Finger Lakes region.

The core business is fabric and quilting supplies, serving the dedicated community of quilters that has always been strong in rural upstate New York. But the gift angle is what earned the FLX Finest recognition: handmade quilted items, fabric accessories, locally crafted goods, and the kind of curated gift selections that feel personal rather than generic. In a region where gift shopping often defaults to wine bottles and tasting room merchandise, Quilty Pleasures offers something distinctly different — handmade, textile-based, and rooted in a craft tradition that has real history in the Finger Lakes.

Stanley is not a town that most tourists pass through on purpose, which makes Quilty Pleasures a genuine discovery for those who find it. The shop serves both the experienced quilter looking for specific fabrics and notions, and the non-quilter looking for a unique, locally made gift that will not end up in a regifting pile. That dual audience is hard to serve well, and the FLX Finest Silver confirms that Quilty Pleasures manages both with the kind of warmth and expertise that keeps people making the drive to a small town on the edge of the lake.