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 looking for
Lecien and sale fabric. Mr. Hive and Mason were with me (we were on the way home from another location). So I knew I had to hit and run so they would stay patient. I immediately saw the fabulous store owner, Amy. After a warm welcome she took me right to the sale fabric I was looking for. The other wonderful
Amy had told me that this cute novelty print was on sale so I was on a mission to find it. I'll show that fabric (and more finds) on Friday for my Fabulous Fabric Friday post.

Amy's store is full of life. I love how the store is organized and they have great eye candy and inspiration everywhere.

Because they are "American Quilting" there is always great Americana quilting spotlighted in the store. I love the little Sunbonnet guys carrying flags. I'd love to make that sometime.

I zeroed in on the
Lecien pretty fast. I limited myself to a couple fabrics. Hard to choose!

We went into the sale room and there was the Shop Hop fishing pond. Now I have wonderful memories of being a kid at the church bazaars and festivals with a fishing pole in my hand and fishing for little toys and prizes behind the blue cardboard screen. So I immediately grabbed a pole and started jumping up and down (well, nearly). Then I demanded Mr. Hive and Mason do the same thing. Hey! I knew they'd give me their prizes.

Look what I (we) won. Three really wonderful patterns from women I dearly love. A
Holly Holderman pattern, a
Leslie and Norma pattern and a pattern by
Joyce. I was feeling very very lucky. And vintage candy came with the patterns. Mr. Hive got a "Big Hunk" which he promptly ate, of course. Amy knows how to throw a party.

The store was set-up and ready for Shop Hoppers. They had cutting stations everywhere. I love when a store gets my fabric cut fast. You can see that blue fabric is my sale piece and the others in front of it are mine, too.

I know it is a little early for Christmas but I loved seeing a little bit of Christmas displayed for Shop Hop. You just can't be too early for planning and creating lovely holiday things. There is something just really really sweet about these projects above.

Behind the cash register is this little display of mini quilts. Isn't that sweet? I was thinking that I need to recreate this somehow, somewhere in my home.

Before I left the store I snapped one more picture before dashing back to the car with a waiting Mr. Hive and Mason. This corner of the shop is so inviting. I love how Amy put the quilts in front of the window in a way to let the light still come through.
Sigh. Loved Shop Hop. Mason and Mr. Hive were pretty good company but you can't beat
Lori. I'll have fabric to show later in the week. So stay tuned.
And!! ........ Drum roll. Yesterday I got a phone call from
Debbie at the Quilting Cottage (see Shop Hop Part III). She said
I WON their Shop Hop prize (stifled scream). It is a
$100.00 gift certificate for fabric in their store. Holy Cow. This is my first Shop Hop win. And I'm so excited I wish that every day was a Shop Hop day. I will show what I get (of course) but I'm too excited to spend it at this point. I want to bask in the glow of dreaming about what fabric I could get.
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nanette