On Thursday, twelve Clubhouse Quilters stuffed themselves into one car and one van (myself included) for our annual Spring Fling Shop Hop…this year there were EIGHT shops on the list!! We stormed each shop…like the arrival of the cavalry!! CHARGE…it!
In all fairness I don’t have pictures of all the shops…in fact the only shop that I took pictures of was the Calico Horse. Shops just don’t want you to take pictures anymore…I always ask…and when they say don’t take pictures of this and don’t take pictures of that, I just put my camera away.
This is the cute little display outside our first shop in Corona!! Loved this shop…Stars and Scraps!
And they let me take a picture of the entrance but I took it so quickly that it is blurry…sorry about that!
I did take this picture of these sweet quilts for Sandy as she bought the pattern and panel! Adorable!
Sandy is making this for her little grand daughter, Taylor.
Donna at the Calico Horse likes me to take pictures!! Yes, she does…in fact she encourages me to take pictures!! Donna said that last time I showed pictures of her shop she got ORDERS!! It was such a NICE treat to whip around the shop snapping pictures of everything!! That is until…until my battery died on me!
Look it’s Harvest Moon…I bought this pattern at Road to California and it was such a thrill to see it made up! Love it!
And LOOK at the wool runner beside it…very cute!
What I enjoy most about the Calico Horse is that every time I go there Donna has new quilts hanging!! This one is new…and is a real beauty!
This quilt had moved to a different wall so it LOOKED different…love the border!!
Nothing like a sweet and scrappy four patch!
Another new quilt…we all agreed that it was a beauty!
SEW much eye candy that we could barely stand it!
It was THIS quilt that stole the show!! STUNNING!!! WE loved everything about this quilt!!
Here’s a close-up for you…nice, hey??
AND look at the quilting!! ….sigh…wonderful!
A VERY sweet wool pillow…a Buttonwillow Design called Christmas Cardinal.
These four sweet table toppers were all made from ONE charm pack and a bit of beige fabric! Who wouldn’t be thrilled to receive one of these table toppers as a gift?
And look at the Rouenneries Deux display!! Rouenneries was my favourite fabric line last year and Deux just makes it twice as good…I can mix the Deux with the first fabric for a whole new look! Add a little of the blue/grey to the mix and WOW!!
And speaking of Rouenneries Deux…every shop that we visited gifted a fat quarter of this fabric line and a pattern to each Shop Hopper!! YAHOO! How generous of each shop!! The fabric on the right is what I came home with…for FREE! And I picked up two more fat quarters yesterday morning when Sandy and I finished off the hop!
Speaking of finishing off the Hop…here’s Sandy and the COOK at the Quilter’s Faire Fabric Shop! They seem to be cooking up something quilty!
Yes…take twelve quilters…put them in eight Quilt Shops, mix and stir…add a dash of fabric, a splash of patterns and a dribble of notions…and we’ve got ourselves a delicious treat…that we all thoroughly enjoyed!!
Thank you, Gwen and Siena for being woman enough to drive the vehicles and brave those wild California freeways…yowzers! You done good! Whew!
Have a Super Saturday and Happy Quilting!~P
