Shop Hop

Our 12th Annual "Romancing Eastern North Carolina Shop Hop" is just a little over a week away.  The dates are Wednesday, February 8 through Saturday, February 11.  We are busy making final preparations.  A custom batik has been created again this year - designed by Lori Richardson of Cotton Fields Quilt Shop and produced by Majestic Batiks of Corvallis, Oregon.  The shop hop fabric is a SECRET until the first day of the hop!  Four of the shops will be displaying quilts made with the special fabric.  

Our theme this year is "Let's Get Organized".  All of the shops will have free patterns for organizational items you can make (one per store). 

PRIZES are always important!  To enter the prize drawing, shoppers must visit each of the six participating shops and have their passports stamped.  This year our grand prize is a Foldaway Big Board AND an Oliso Iron.

After we draw for the grand prize, we will draw for the six gift baskets, one from each shop, value over $200.  The goodies are packed into a small oval Ghana basket like those you've seen at Cotton Fields in the past.  Here's a BEFORE  picture of all the loot:

And, here's AFTER:

We owe a lot of thanks to companies who have made generous donations, including Island Batik, P&B Textiles, Robert Kaufman Fabrics, Windham Fabrics, Brewer Sewing and Quilting Supplies, and Foust Textiles.

THAT'S NOT ALL!

Then we'll draw for $50 gift certificates, one from each shop.  Each shop will also have daily drawings for smaller gift bags.  That's 37 prizes in all.  We hope you'll come see us.

All About Quilting - Jacksonville

Cotton Fields Quilt Shop - Washington

New Bern Fabric Center - New Bern

Sewing Creations - Greenville

Sewing Solutions - New Bern

The Quilted Butterfly - Morehead City

Visit Romancing Eastern North Carolina Shop Hop on Facebook.

Baskets

Here are the baskets that arrived today.  All the way from Ghana.  So sturdy, last forever ... I have three!

Small Oval Baskets $20

Large Oval Baskets $40

Large Round Baskets $42

The quilt top in the background is a pattern called "Lattice".  Class on February 21.  $20 plus supplies.

Baskets!

Remember:  Inventory sale continues through Dec. 10 (in-store only)
Remember:  Shop hop passports are on sale (hop dates are Feb. 3-6)

Just in time for Christmas Shopping, we received a nice shipment of African baskets yesterday. 

Large oval, small oval and small round market baskets

Large round and fruit baskets

U-Shoppers

Bread Baskets

These durable baskets come to us from Ghana.  Hand woven (of course!) there are no two exactly the same.  The large round and oval market baskets are good for toting around ALL your "stuff".  The U-shopper is a slightly more fashionable choice (two have lace sections in the weaving - good for the beach - shake the sand out).  The bread baskets are more shallow, good for taking along an individual project to work on, even your knitting!

Tags read:

Hand made in Ghana

by

Rural Women Co-operatives

guided by fair trade policies

in

support of rural poverty alleviation