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Showing posts with label Shop Hop. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Shop Hop Fun

11:00 PM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Playing with all the Shop Hoppers
2. Meeting Bonnie - a blog friend
3. Visiting with family
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The 2010 Wasatch Front Shop Hop's theme was Celebrate.  Sew Sweet had the holiday May Day.  Kind of an odd one, but we doused the shop with flower quilts and it looked quite charming!

There were soooo many positive comments on Marta's compilation of this year's Shop Hop blocks.  I love the rich colors she used.

Marta also put together a bright version.  Very fun, I think!


Shoppers would try frolicking around the May Pole for prizes - it was soooo funny to see!  It's harder than it looks!


It was a fun week, getting ready and hanging out at the shop!  I even got to meet a blog friend, Bonnie! I was too excited to remember that I should have taken a pic!!

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Shop Hop Preview!!

12:37 AM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Hometown {Tooele}
2. Hometown friends
3. Hometown walks
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I'm in my hometown of Tooele, Utah helping the quilt shop I used to co-own, Sew Sweet, get ready for Shop Hop!  Unlike many of the shop owners, I always LOVED getting ready for shop hop and all the hype and energy it brought!



I love this quilt!  So fun and busy with delightful prints!  

The pictures don't do it justice!
The pattern is by Sew Sweet.  The cute Bloom pillow is from Cider Mill Road by Art to Heart.



Many more days of preparation before the Hop!  Hope to have more previews for you!


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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Some Northern Colorado Quilt Shops

1:33 AM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Rain and the wonderful smell
2. Cloud cover
3. Fire pit in common area
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I love the sleek open style of The Quilter's Studio shop in Longmont, Colorado.  Gorgeous fabrics and lots of inspirational samples.  I love the huge book selection displayed in the cubbie type shelving!
(Visit their website, they've got more {better} pics!)

This shop reminded me of another favorite find in Oregon - Cool Cottons.


Thread Bear Quilting Fabrics, also located in Longmont, was a darling little shop with some fun antiques as well as quilting fabrics!  The classroom was buzzing with machines sewing Thimbleberries Club projects.



Lyons is a fun stop on the way to Estes Park and one of the reasons is Quilting Hands!  I can't tell you how many bolts of fabrics they had, but there were at least one hundred that were on SALE!!  

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Monday, May 10, 2010

Nebraska Shop Hop {Last 4}

12:36 AM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Lissa got to go outside and enjoy the sun!
2. My mom!!!
3. My son!!!
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This next shop, Heavenly Treasures in Pawnee City is in an old church in which the owner used to attend services while she was growing up.  It's simply a wondrous place to visit AND it has a bountiful supply of quilting fabrics.


What could be more charming?  How 'bout passing a friendly Amish couple in a buggy on the way into town.  That's right - Pawnee City is home to an Amish colony.




Cosmic Cow, in Lincoln,  is a unique shop minutes away from where Michelle lives - lucky girl!  


Lots of fun modern prints. The bathroom was done all in pink - I think I took more pictures in there than anywhere else!  The staff here was particularly friendly and helpful.


Do you see the pink tree in the bottom right?  It is ONE of a large array of all things pink in their bathroom!


The Quilted Kitty in Lincoln is a delightful shop set up in a cozy home.  Immediately following the Shop Hop, they will be moving into a new place! 


From the pics on their blog, it looks like the shop will be more open.
They of course, have lots of kitty prints for feline lovers!


This last quilt shop I went to by myself on the way back to Colorado.


I was excited to visit Prairie Point Junction in Cozad because I have been receiving emails from them for some time. Again - very nice shop and friendly quilters were found!


I hope you enjoyed my Nebraska Shop Hop report!  If you missed anything, take a look at these posts:


The 1st Four Shops
Five Other Shops
Four MORE Shops
The Chelle and Mel Shop Hop Story


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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Nebraska Shop Hop {4 MORE Shops}

10:20 PM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Urban's feeling better
2. May - It's a month of FUN!
3. Creative moments
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The Quilt Basket in York was the shop (we think) that best got into the Shop Hop event.  They had a large map of Nebraska with flags at all the towns in which there was a participating quilt shop.
One half of the shop was dedicated to quilts from past Shop Hops.  It was fun to see the different patterns and fabrics in each quilt.

Common Threads in Syracuse, was packed with charm.  In fact, Michelle and I found the whole town of Syracuse to be very enticing and left more money in that area than any other!


This particular quilt shop is located in an old bank.  The space still has the heavy metal vault door and an ornately painted safe, both original pieces.



If you are looking for batiks, The Fabric Fairie in Auburn is THE shop!  Tons of samples made up in the artistic prints and more patterns and books than you'll know what to do with!  VERY inspiring!




We were lucky to get 2 shops in Auburn!  Needles I was east (?) of Fabric Fairie, about 5 minutes.  What a change from the average 1 hour that was between most shops!!


I loved how these guys stuck to the theme of the hop "Cooking Up Great Quilts" by putting their kits in large wooden salad bowls with tongs.  So cute!!


Did you see the previous shops?
The 1st Four
The 'Story'
The Next Five


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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

{FiVE} Shops in Nebraska

9:00 PM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Rain clouds
2. Road trips
3. Water
4. My pillow
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Wagner's Quilts and Conversations in Arapahoe was a nice airy, well lit shop with an adorable Mary Englebreit display as well as many other appealing displays.


You might not be able to tell from the picture, but the upper left picture has a pair of shoes that are used as planters for some succulent plants.



To simply state that the Quilter's Delight in Holdrege would be an extreme understatement!  I spent my time sorting through the buttons and left with a bunch!


I love the quilt that Quilter's Cottage in Kearney made with this year's Shop Hop fabric line.  Big, easy blocks that let the prints play!




OK, I've tried to be somewhat impartial while reporting the shops to you, will you forgive me if I have a favorite?  The Material Girl in Grand Island is amazing!  It's set up like a high end fashion boutique. 


And if you love Kaffe Fassett, they've probably got every fabric and book he's come up with and lots of samples made up!!


If you're in the area, ya gots ta go to The Material Girl - it's even worth a special trip!




The Calico Cottage in Hastings was a great shop in and of itself, but it also had beads, scrapbook, and yarn!  You could spend your whole vacation right in this shop!


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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

WiNnERs!!

10:16 PM | Posted by Mel

Thanks to all who entered!  

As promised I'm giving away 1 prize for every 20 (original) entries.  That means 3 winners!

1.  A Charm Pack of Tweet Tweet by Keiki - Denise :)
2.  Two Fat Quaters and some ric-rak - Becky
3. Two Fat Quarters ad some ric-rak - Mandy

I will put some extra goodies in your packages too!

I hope you've seen the post about the first four shops Michelle and I visited during the Nebraska Shop Hop! If you get bored, read about our adventure on the second day!

By my calculations we went to 17 quilt shops in four days!!  There were 35 shops in the hop, so we did about half.  


More shop hop posts, links and pictures coming this week! 

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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Nebraska Shop Hop {4 Shops}

7:00 PM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Safe bus ride for Michelle
2. iPod music
3. Safe drivers
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The first shop we hit on our Nebraska Shop Hop was Silver Thimble in Ogallala.  The ladies were very nice and we loved the precut fabrics!



How nice!!  Michelle's bag had green straps and mine had blue.  I LOVE this line from MoMo, Wonderland.


I am sooooo impressed with her skills!  I tried to get her into quilting when we lived in Utah for over a decade, but NO!  She had to 'discover' quilting 3 months before she moved away!


Now she's whipping up quilts, bags, runners - all with out me!  Guess I was a good teacher!




The second shop we drove to was The Quilt Rack in North Platte.  It was a large shop with lots and lots of precut fabrics - charm packs, jelly rolls, layer cakes, etc.  It was set up with lots of charm!  


They had everything from batiks, wool, flannel, Christmas and other holiday fabrics, a long arm quilting machine and even provided refreshments for shop hoppers!  The lady working (the owner I think) was as nice as could be - very helpful to us and the other shoppers. 
Sew Little Time in McCook was a small but nicely set up shop.  The ladies there were very welcoming and offered bottled water and cookies.  They had a free pattern for an insulated iron tote that was darling!!
Michelle and I were quick fans of the next quilt shop, simply from the drive into the charming town, Cambridge.  "I could live here!" I said.  A nice, quaint place. 


Then we found the adorable house that was the quilt shop.  A hand painted wooden sign announced that we had found Cottage Inspirations.


Not only could I live in Cambridge, but I could live in this house!  The rooms were packed with cozy projects, fabrics and accessories.

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

The "Chelle and Mel's Nebraska Shop Hop 2010 Story"

6:37 PM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. I can run - who knew!
2. Hills in Nebraska
3. The nice guy
4. Jumper cables - YES again!
5. Michelle's positive attude
6. Starter fluid
7. Daylight
8. I didn't get kidnapped
9. Diet Coke, lots and lots of Diet Coke!!
* * *


OK, this story is already going the rounds in the family so I'm posting it here before rumors get out.


The short story:
  • Michelle (Chelle) had taken the bus from Lincoln (about a 6 hour ride) to Ogallala, Nebraska and I drove from Denver, Colorado to Ogallala to meet her - about a 4 hour drive for me.
  • We ran out of gas
  • I got in the patrol car (without handcuffs)
  • We bought lots of fabric
  • We laughed and laughed and laughed and . . .

The looooog (and FUNNY) story with some accompanying pictures/ drawings {click Read More below} 

Read more »
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Getting ready to SHOP HOP!!!

10:21 AM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. A working VW
2. A patient hubby
3. The open road!
* * * 


I joined my sister-in-law (Michelle) in Ogallala, Nebraska on Wednesday (April 21st) to participate in the Nebraska Shop Hop.  
I've spent hours mapping the route and am fairly confident with my new Nebraska geography!  Not a talent I thought I'd ever acquire or need, but there it is!


As far as I can tell, Colorado doesn't have a shop hop.  I've looked around online, but can't find anything.  


Utah's Shop Hop is in June and I most likely will be helping out at Sew Sweet in Tooele again.  


The only shop hop I've missed (not worked) is the 2005 one where I was in labor having Urban!


I LOVE working during the shop hops.  So many fun and energetic quilters!!  I have NEVER gone around to all the shops during a shop hop yet, so I'm real excited!!


Did you sign up for my Shop Hop Giveaway??

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Do You Like?

1:29 AM | Posted by Mel
Do you like Shop Hops?
Go on Western Washington's Shop Hop with Dotti of Apples Quilts and More! She and her mother, daughter and grand-daughter detail 19 shops wonderfully with lots of inspiring pictures!
Dotti broke the hopping into three days:
Dotti would make a GREAT shopping partner, she made folders with notebooks, clippies, and pockets to store everything in!
Thanks for taking us along Dotti!
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Do you like giveaways?
Sherri at A Quilting Life is having a blogaversary and has lots of great, I mean GREAT stuff to give away!
Check out her new button!
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Do you like the sound of rain? This is a really cool man made (choir made) rain storm.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Are you?

12:47 AM | Posted by Mel
Have you guys been following this awsome designer shop hop? You NEED to!
Every day of the hop a different quilt designer from Minnesota is featured. The designer gives tips, techniques and even free patterns in some cases!
Check out this one by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures.
Oh and of course there are drawings for great quilty stuff!
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Friday, June 19, 2009

Shop Hop at Sew Sweet

10:14 PM | Posted by Mel
Sew Sweet's block for the "Around the Town" theme was a school house. We had kits for our block as shown below as well as fabric kits and instruction to make the large quilt with all the blocks as we did.
We gave our pattern out rolled up and tied with a ribbon like a diploma. We had yummy apples and I had gathered teacher appreciation ideas for a handout.
We made kits for the individual block as shown above and kits to make the large quilt, below.
A close up of the scallop border's quilting
Inevitably, I ran out of time to do all that I wanted with the quilt. My intention was to embroider the names of the buildings on each one so they were identifiable and to add small quilts to most of the buildings, like an out door quilt show.
Here are some close ups of the blocks.
Below: Bakery, Toy Shop and Pet Shop

Above: Rail Station, Ice Cream Parlor, and a General Store
Above: Quilt Shop Sew Sweet's School
Below: Diner and a Bridal Shop
Below: Cinema and an Antique Shop
Below: Barn and a Church
Here are a couple shots of the shop.
This is one of the quilts in our shop that I thought was amazing.
I was disappointed to see that my picture of this amazing quilt turned out blurry, but the close up shot turned out better. It is a quilt from the book, Affairs of the Heart by Aie Rossmann. Sew Sweet did a 2 year BOM of this project.
Kim has more pictures of this year's Shop Hop at her place, Bitty Bits & Pieces. She wasn't able to make it to our shop, or the one in Logan, but all the other quilt shops are featured on her blog. Kim is also having a giveaway with the Shop Hop theme so make sure you sign up there too!
Don't forget about my GIVEAWAY, this Sunday!
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