While I was on my Road Trip to Indiana I was following the "Row by Row" nationwide quilt hop. The lists, by state, were available online for all the shops participating in the project. You'll need to look at the website if you are interested in details. http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com/
This was, I believe, the third year and each year it is larger. Unfortunately, several of the states I visited did not have any shops participating. Locally Flying Geese Quilt Shop was a participant. I enjoyed seeing different shops and shopping for fabric for myself and for Surfside QGuild philanthropy; which wasn't really necessary, because they have had an influx of fabric from several quilter's estates.
They are now VERY well supplied.
This shop in Lincoln was difficult to find, partially because the short end of the building faces the major street and I passed it by several times before finding a building with a street number on it.
They had lots of "modern fabrics" and several displays showing quilts and other projects made from the fabrics displayed, along with patterns.
The "Quilt Basket" in York, Nebraska, was MUCH easier to find because it is a tiny town with one main east/west street lined with businesses. Unfortunately, a great many of the buildings appeared to be empty and there were lots of For Lease signs around. This is quite a nice shop with a second room for the long-arm machines. There were many completed quilts hanging as examples and the fabric supply was extensive and varied. Except for the sale fabrics (which were generally cheaper than Orange County shops) the prices everywhere were comparable to what we find locally.
Getting a step up on the holidays the shop was showing lots of holiday quilts. I like this Santa quilt, but think I would have turned the guy on the left to face the center.
Below is a Halloween quilt like the one that Linda Ambrosini made for our November Fest live auction. Love the candy corn border!
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