This is my second year of participating in an "official" Amish Shop Hop where you can enter to win prizes after you get your card stamped at all 10 shops. A big thanks to by two ambitious friends, Kathy and Lynn, who planned the trip and did the driving. They made it easy for me to tag along and enjoy the ride. It was an awesome day!
We managed to visit 10 shops in one day by starting out at 7:00 a.m. and driving to the farthest shop first; Mercantile on Main in Coshocton. We were there when they opened. Then we worked our way back up toward Akron visiting all the other shops with a stop off for lunch at Floyd and Wurthmanns in Berlin.
If you don't understand how a shop hop works, which I did not until last year, each shop has a block pattern that is free or a block pattern and material which is usually $5.00.
This year the blocks were more, $6.50 because there was enough material with each block pattern to make "two blocks." So that was a deal! Then each shop designs a quilt using these blocks and sells the setting kit pattern and material if you are interested. Prices usually range from $100 to $150 for the setting kit.
I bought a setting kit last year, but still have not started it. Needless to say, I thought it best not to buy another one this year. However, I still bought the ten blocks and patterns. Here is the card with the different quilts designed by each shop:
We managed to visit 10 shops in one day by starting out at 7:00 a.m. and driving to the farthest shop first; Mercantile on Main in Coshocton. We were there when they opened. Then we worked our way back up toward Akron visiting all the other shops with a stop off for lunch at Floyd and Wurthmanns in Berlin.
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| List of Shops and Phone Numbers on the Shop Hop |
This year the blocks were more, $6.50 because there was enough material with each block pattern to make "two blocks." So that was a deal! Then each shop designs a quilt using these blocks and sells the setting kit pattern and material if you are interested. Prices usually range from $100 to $150 for the setting kit.
I bought a setting kit last year, but still have not started it. Needless to say, I thought it best not to buy another one this year. However, I still bought the ten blocks and patterns. Here is the card with the different quilts designed by each shop:
Looking at the printed material, at first Kathy, Lynn and I thought it was a thirties material. But after talking to shop owners, we were told that it is considered more of a modern print. The material line is April Showers by Moda - very bright and pretty. The shops did a wonderful job designing their quilts using this fabric.
Now I have enough shop hop blocks to challenge my brain and keep me busy all winter. The bright colors will certainly cheer me up as the days will get shorter and colder here in northeastern Ohio! Brrrr . . .
After a shop hop, it will be time for a "Blog Hop." It's in the planning stage!
Sounds like such fun! Look forward to seeing you work on this quilt!
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