This week was the Utah Shop Hop. I went with my long-time quilting partners to the southern half, then my hubby drove me the next day to the northern shops. It was super fun & I came away with this haul. It includes a Utah kit I’ll be getting for Christmas, a store kit I couldn’t resist, a new wool project, sale strips to do one of my classes at Garden of Quilts in Sept, fabric for this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness quilt, a small witch hanging, & various FQ’s plus prizes. Super fun! The theme was The Silver Screen so each store decorated for a different movie.
Since my pink was over & it wasn’t time for a new color, I decided to sneak in some work on a WIP. It’s a rainbow effort, so doesn’t go with my theme of doing one with lots of the color of the month. It’s Spare Squares by Lori Holt & feels very Rainbow Scrap Challenge since I’m using rainbow scraps!
Fabric ordered from Spoonflower for the 2026 Festival of Trees auction quilt & sashing bought at the Shop Hop. I’m using the pattern on the left from the book “Beyond Neutral”. I’ve had this book forever & never made a quilt from it, although I love them all, so this is the time. It’s a great pattern to show off the popcorn fabric. Now to start cutting & fitting work on this around my monthly goals.
Wow! Way to support the Shop Hop, Sue!! Spare Squares is going to be a super cozy quilt when it grows up, Sue. Thanks for sharing your progress with us.
I went a little overboard on the Hop! Ha!
The Shop Hop sounds like fun, Sue! I love that new scrappy quilt you showed, too. There’s nothing better than scraps of every color in a chain sort of design!
Oh you picked up some really nice goodies! The Utah kit box is so cute too! Please do keep us posted on Spare Squares as it grows. It’s going to be fantastic!