Quilting Adventures

Shop Hop magazines are here! Read Shop Hop article below.

Shop Hops: Supporting our Communities

Shop Hop is a familiar term to many quilters. These unique events benefit quilting and sewing businesses, shoppers, and local communities.

Shop Hops can vary in size from just a few stores to statewide or regional events. They expose customers to new stores and experiences.

Many of us have a “favorite” store. A place that’s convenient, familiar, and that carries the stuff we like. But there is a whole world of new and different fabrics, notions, equipment, and personalities you’re missing out on if you don’t occasionally branch out. A Shop Hop provides quilters with a specific plan to do just that.

In a day when brick and mortar retail locations are dwindling across the nation, a Shop Hop works to promote and support quilting and sewing stores, so we can touch and feel the fabric in person. Most quilters “get this” and understand how important it is to support these places if we want them available in our communities.

Many quilters hop with friends, family, or their favorite “quiltsie.” They’re not just shopping – they’re making memories as they travel around an area together. Shop Hoppers not only get to visit sewing stores, they also enjoy traveling through large and small towns, discovering places they may have never visited before.

The towns and cities that hoppers travel through also offer many treasures. Small town main streets still exist and evoke many fond memories. Shop Hoppers also support these towns as they take a break to enjoy lunch or dinner at a quaint restaurant. Someone along for the ride may visit a local antique store or boutique while hoppers are visiting a sewing store.

Hops are also about other kinds of fun. Most offer a reward, like prizes or discounts, for visiting participating shops. And of course, you get to express your creative side when you return home by making something beautiful with the items you picked up along the route.

The All Mid-Atlantic Shop Hop is coming to Mid-Atlantic for their first annual event during the months of July and August, 2024. It offers the opportunity to explore 90+ stores across the event. Start your adventure by picking up the All Mid-Atlantic Shop Hop Magazine in mid-May at participating stores. This is a great resource to help you navigate the Shop Hop and something you can use all year long as you travel throughout the states.

Whether you hop to enjoy or support your community, we hope that you’ll mark a few days on your calendar to explore the great states of the Mid-Atlantic and all that its sewing industry has to offer. To learn more, visit www.AllMidAtlanticShopHop.com and join the Facebook Group www.Facebook.com/groups/AllMidAtlanticShopHop

St. Patrick's Day Sale tomorrow

Hello everyone,
Tomorrow, Sunday March 17th is St. Patrick's Day, and we are having a sale. All fabric that is green colored is 20% off, and for Fabric Club members, it's 25% off. We are open 12-3 on Sundays.

We hope to see you soon!
Julie, Heather, and the QA staff

Fabric Club

What is fabric club? Here are the details:
Members pay $35, you get 12 months of savings! Join any time.
20% off all fabric cuts from the bolt (non-sale fabric)
We will have monthly specials just for Fabric Club members.
January: get 15% off any ruler
February: get 15% off longarm services

You can sign up online or in person. To purchase online, simply search the words FABRIC CLUB, it will take you to that item for purchase. Instead of shipping, click PICKUP IN STORE. We will see your order and flag your status as being a member, and you’ll start saving.

Fabric Club January Savings

January special for Fabric Club Members is 15% of all rulers.
Join Fabric Club any time, price is $35.00 a year. You get 20% off regularly priced fabric cut from the bolt, and additional monthly specials.

Demo Day 1/1/24!

Mark your calendars, we will be open 10-5 on New Year's day for Demo Day! All day, we will be demonstrating different products. Here's the schedule below:
10:30 hand sewing helpers
11:30 our favorite tools
12:30 marking tools
1:30 specialty rulers
2:30 sewing and unsewing
3:30 pressing matters
4:30 clean up tools.

Fabric Club also begins 1/1. Join that day and get 20% off any tools we demonstrate. For $35, fabric club members get 20% off regularly priced fabric cut from the bolt, all year long. Join any month, your membership lasts a year. There will also be monthly specials for fabric club members.

Back by Popular Demand, Collage Class!

Our August and September Collage Classes are sold out, so we added one in October. It's a 2 day class.
October 17 and October 24, 1-4 both days.
This will likely sell out, so grab your seats soon!

Batik Sale

All Batik fabric by the yard is on sale, 15% off through July 30! No minimum cuts. Does not apply to fat quarters.

FREE Friday Sit and Sew

FREE Friday Sit and Sew starts this Friday, 7/28, 11-4
Starting this week, we will have the last Friday of the month be a free day to use our classroom. Bring your machine and a project (or start a new one). Meet new friends, or have your friends join you. Must register, classroom is limited to 10 people.

We Are Open and Taking in Longarming!

Come see the new Quilting Adventures. She's been revamped, painted, and given a face lift. We have new fabrics coming in frequently.