Shop Hop 🐇

Last Saturday, five of us hopped in the car and did one section of the Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop! Keep reading to see what we received for visiting all 6 shops in the South Central Region, and what I did with mine!

This is the 20th year of the Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop. There are 36 quilt shops participating this year, in 7 different regions. This is down from 80+ shops in years past, with the retirement of a number of quilt shops, including the shop I worked at until the owner retired in 2024.

There are six shops in the South Central Region. We left home at 9 AM. The first shop was about an hour away. Sew Quilty is in a brand new building/location. They were so welcoming! Our group included my sister, brother-in-law, neice, nephew and myself.

Cabby's Corner Quilt & Fabric Store included an antique shop in the back half of the shop. Check out Bonnie's cute quilted tote bag that she finished recently! ⤴️

Sewing Seeds Quilt Co. has always been a favorite of ours!

The Thimble Box in New Ulm has the most panels that I have ever seen in a quilt shop! We missed getting a photo there because it is located along the old Main Street where a polka band was playing at the time!

We stopped for lunch at Happy Joe's Pizza. We ordered a cheeseburger pizza⤴️, and a Canadian bacon and sauerkraut pizza! ⤵️ They were both great! 

By the way, our skilled chauffeur, my brother-in-law, doubled as our cameraman, so there are only 4 of us in the photos.

River City Quilts had cookies, along with quilts, of course!

Our last shop of the day was Quilter's Dream in Montgomery, the Kolacky capital of the US. We visited on the weekend of the Annual Kolacky Days Festival, so there was quite a bit going on. A Kolacky is a Czech sweet bread with fruit filling. After finishing the quilt shop at 4:30 PM, we strolled down the street to the bakery for an apple Kolacky!

For finishing the South Central Region, we received this 12 piece fat quarter bundle of Lori Holt fabrics. ⤴️ Aren't they cutest!!! Now, here's what I did with my bundle:

My Quilt Info:

Pattern: Spring Impressions from Doug Leko

Size: 48" x 64"

Batting: Quilters Dream Poly

Thread: Glide--Tango

Pantograph: The Bees Knees ⤵️ from MistletoeQuiltingCo.

I used all 12 fat quarters in this pattern by Doug Leko that I picked up at the last shop.

The quilting is a honeycomb with random hearts. I do love it!

The backing is a current clearance duvet cover from IKEA, Vänkrets, Twin Size for $16.99. ⤴️ This will back 1 or 2 more baby quilts. Did you know IKEA started giving out points last year? You need a "family account", which is free. I discovered I had two $10 off coupons for points accumulated!

Aren't these the cutest prints! I had a Tula Pink stripe that I used for the binding.

This quilt will go to the Royal Family Kids Camp in our area. This is a week long summer camp for children 6-12 years old who are in the foster care system. They are each given a quilt that they take home from camp. 

You may be wondering what I bought. Besides the pattern for the quilt above, I purchased one other pattern that I may use for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

It was a super fun day of quilt shops, good food, great company and a refreshing drive through the countryside!

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

You'll find more quilt inspiration at July Favorite Finish, TGIFF, Off the Wall Friday, Finished Or Not Friday, From Bolt To Beauty, Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap, Handmade Monday, Sew & Tell, Design Wall Monday, Monday Musings, Wednesday Wait Loss, Put Your Foot Down.