Sarah is our organizer, hostess and designer of the place mat pattern shown above. She is having a blog hop party this week and asked me to participate today by making her new pattern into 4 place mats and show them on my blog. I was happy to be able to play along with the other girls and show you Sarah's new pattern. Sarah is revealing this pattern during the week and it is available for sale at her blog. There are giveaways everyday and a grand prize
When I Shop Hopped 2 weeks ago I really wanted hop to a few other stores. I wanted to go to Piper's in Sugar House and Quilter's Haven in Bountiful. But I just didn't have the time. Both are fabulous stores with great ideas and selections of fabric.
Saturday I got the chance to visit Quilter's Haven. We drove my daughter Whitney and Allison home for the weekend so she could have her husband take care of her and sleep in her own bed for a couple nights. (Allison
So now I get to show you everything that came with Shop Hop last week. I didn't get much any any store but it added up nicely.Quilting Cottage had this lovely dot in a great blue from my friends at RJR. Don't you think 'great binding'? Then I got a few fat quarters. Quilting Cottage was having a 20% customer appreciation sale too. Now I get to go back and pick up my $100.00 gift certificate. Just what will I do with that???
This cute Lecien doggie fabric
My last stop on the Shop Hop road to fabric and fun was American Quilting in Orem, Utah. I know I missed so many other stores in my Shop Hop quest. Utah is known for fantastic quilt fabric stores. But with my limited time I visited as many as possible. Kim has some other shops on her blog that she visited and you might want to check them out. Kim has a great blog. Anyway on to my last stop.
When I got to the store I was specifically
Without Lori, Shop Hopping is just not the same. But still fun. I had a chance to dash into 3 more stores last week for a short stop. My first stop was Broadbent's in Lehi.
Broadbent's Quilting Chicks (their blog) are always fun to visit and ever helpful. I took a quilting question to Laurie and Laurel and of course they answered it fast. Thanks girls. Their Shop Hop quilt (above) is spectacular. Designed by Janice and sewn by Laurel, this is one unbelievable quilt. Look at all the
Nanette I'm a quilter, mother to 8, and Nanny to 3