My sister Julie and I headed out for a Shop Hop adventure. We started in Lynden, then went to Bellingham, Anacortes, Mt. Vernon, Stanwood, Smokey Point and Arlington. We had a great time visiting all the quilt shops gathering our quilt blocks as well as some new ideas. We visited 14 shops in all.
I'm at Folktales in Lynden looking through some patterns. This is a wonderful "little" shop with some great projects. I found a pattern here for making a Fourth of July candle mat.
Another benefit of this adventure is that it takes us places we might otherwise never go. The little town of Arlington has a great quilt shop and the ladies were so friendly. They even showed us their "red, white and blue" bathroom. That was pretty cute!
Some of the blocks are quite detailed and we occasionally had to buy a "finishing kit", which contained materials needed to finish the block. If there was a prize for the cutest finishing kits it would go to Cotton Pickins' in Stanwood. They certainly put extra effort into theirs. This year their theme was tropical. The clerks had on hula skirts and leis and there were other tropical decorations around the store. In the picture the small package with the umbrella contains the directions and some pieces for the quilt block. According to Shop Hop rules each store must provide one piece of the theme fabric, one of the coordinating fabrics and one piece of their choice. If it takes more fabric than that to complete their block they can provide it in a finishing kit. Cotton Pickins' finishing kit is in the glass. It contains 16 pieces of fabric. Like I said their block is always quite detailed, and quite amazing!
We had a great adventure!
I'm at Folktales in Lynden looking through some patterns. This is a wonderful "little" shop with some great projects. I found a pattern here for making a Fourth of July candle mat.
Another benefit of this adventure is that it takes us places we might otherwise never go. The little town of Arlington has a great quilt shop and the ladies were so friendly. They even showed us their "red, white and blue" bathroom. That was pretty cute!
Some of the blocks are quite detailed and we occasionally had to buy a "finishing kit", which contained materials needed to finish the block. If there was a prize for the cutest finishing kits it would go to Cotton Pickins' in Stanwood. They certainly put extra effort into theirs. This year their theme was tropical. The clerks had on hula skirts and leis and there were other tropical decorations around the store. In the picture the small package with the umbrella contains the directions and some pieces for the quilt block. According to Shop Hop rules each store must provide one piece of the theme fabric, one of the coordinating fabrics and one piece of their choice. If it takes more fabric than that to complete their block they can provide it in a finishing kit. Cotton Pickins' finishing kit is in the glass. It contains 16 pieces of fabric. Like I said their block is always quite detailed, and quite amazing!
We had a great adventure!