Shop Hop is coming! Shop Hop 2024 begins March 1, and runs right through March 30. Grab your friends, plan your route, pick your days, and make your lists of 'gotta haves' from your favorite quilt shops. Passports are $7, are on sale now, and include a free half-yard of fabric. Once March rolls in, start your tour of the state. Get your passport stamped, and learn a little about each shop as you visit. Each shop will have a free pattern and an in-store raffle. Your favorite shops are here, and there are a few new ones, too! Hit all 11 shops and you'll be eligible for some fabulous prizes - the top 3 giveaways are gift certificate packs to each and every shop on the Hop! For more information, check out Vermontshophop.com!

Our Block of the Month programs have been so popular we're starting a new one in March! Gorgeous, earthy batiks make up the king-sized Windsong. A yearlong BOM, you'll receive a fabric kit each month, and instructions necessary to complete the parts and pieces for creating this heirloom quilt. Marti has finished the sample and is bringing it in early this week to hang at the shop. Click on the photo for a larger image, and click here for more information, or to sign up.

Timeless Linen Basics

from Stacy West of Buttermilk Basin

by Henry Glass

A good linen-looking print is so versatile! With more depth than a solid, it adds just a touch of interest wherever you put it. And it works in almost any quilt genre. These two are excellent additions to your stash, as you'll be able to use them from blocks to binding, and everywhere in between.

Go-Go

from Kate Mawdsley

by Henry Glass

Good truck and car prints are so hard to find! We love the 18-wheelers rolling down the highway here (bottom in photo). An allover truck print (top in photo) is a fabulous border or alternate block in your primary-colored kids quilt.

Bella Solids Precuts

by Moda

For those who love working with precuts, Judy ordered the Bella Solids variety pack in both charm packs and mini-charm packs. These are great for making smaller projects - from mug rugs to doll quilts to table runners and more. Just find a print or two to coordinate, an easy pattern, and you'll have a gorgeous project in no time!

We love the fabrics coming from Zen Chic - they're modern, and fun, and sometimes funky. Check out this cool pattern they've released! Dance With Me was inspired by vinyl records - everyone of a certain generation is familiar with those (and probably still has a collection!). Start with some simple paper piecing to create those groovy 'records', and continue by using applique - hand or machine - to build the quilt. The pattern is fat-eighth friendly, and the quilt is a bed-sized 85" square.