This year’s Shop Hop is June 12th- 15th and the theme is “Let’s Play!”

Around the board you will see the city, shop name and game for the stores that are participating in Shop Hop.

Each store will have prizes, sales, games, and fun events going on each day. You can try and visit every store and rack up all the prizes and fun!

More info will come as the event gets closer, but be sure and mark your calendars!

This picture is of the original quilt, so the fabrics don’t match what you are doing but I thought another picture might be helpful:

Also…our winner is Donna N for the giveaway! Donna, check your email and we will get you your prize.

This month we are giving away our most popular sized yo-yo maker with two fat quarters to help get you started. Have you made yo-yo’s before? They are quite addicting and an adorable addition to any quilt!

To enter just comment, leaving an answer to this question:

Have you signed up for saturday sampler yet?? Are you as excited as I am?

Ok, technically that was two questions but I am just so excited about it!

The giveaway will close May 14th at midnight so hurry and get your entries in!

If that doesn’t make you happy then maybe this picture of two of my munchkins will. They insist on trying on the reading glasses at the quilting store every time we stop by. They were rocking them, don’t you think?

Please be 18 to enter and live in the US. Thank you!

American Quilting announces our 9th annual Saturday Sampler!

-This Year the theme is an “Everyday” quilt using
red, robins egg blue, pink, green, taupe and a few
other colors. It is a mystery. You will not see the
finished quilt until June of 2014.

- This class will be fantastic for beginners as well as experienced quilters. There will be applique, but the piecing will be fairly easy and repetitive.

-Sign-up fee is $40 & must be paid at time of sign-
up. Sign up is between May 1st and June 8th.

-Saturday Sampler begins July 13th, 2013

-SS is always held on the 2nd Saturday of each
month

-Doors open at 9:00 a.m.

-First Demo begins at 9:15

-8 repeating demos will be held at 15 min after
& 15 minutes before the hour, throughout the
morning.

-Last demo begins at 12:45

-Attending a demonstration is not mandatory.
However, you must come into the shop that day
(& bring your last month’s blocks) to pick up your
kit if you don’t want to pay $5. Store hours are
9:00am-6:00pm.

-You are required to come in that day, and bring
your blocks from the previous month in order to
get your next kit for free.

-SS patterns are not meant to be shared
with anyone who is not enrolled in SS. They
are copyrighted and will be published as a
purchasable pattern after June 2014. The quilt is
an original design created for this program with
great written instructions.

-If you miss SS for two consecutive months,
we will assume that you have dropped out and
someone from our waiting list will take your place.
Your $40 sign-up fee will be forfeited.

-There will be times when you will need to pay
$5. They are listed below*. You will never pay
more that $5 a month even if several reasons
apply to you. Please don’t ask my staff to make
exceptions.

* You will pay $5 if you do not complete your
assignment from the previoust month.

* You will pay $5 if you send someone else in your
place.

* You will pay $5 if you miss SS for any reason.

* You will pay $5 if you don’t bring your completed
blocks with you and show them to us.

Thanks for your support. This program is
designed for you to learn a lot about quilting. We
have tons of fun and we hope you do to!
Thanks, Amy & the AQ
Staff

I am also offering Saturday Sampler to people who live far away. here is how it will work . . .

They pay the $40 sign-up fee

Give us their information – address, email phone

We will get their Credit card number over the phone.

Each month we will charge their card for $9.50. this will pay for their kit with the instructions in it, and the shipping costs.

All kits will be sent the Tuesday following the 2nd Saturday.

They can call the shop to sign up. 801-802-7841

Hope this answers all your questions and I hope you sign up! It is tons of fun.

Have you heard about Saturday Sampler? It is one of my FAVORITE things about American Quilting. Here is the run-down:

1. You pay an initial fee when you sign up (usually around $45 or so). You don’t know what they final quilt will look like: it is a MYSTERY!

2. Every month, the second Saturday of the month is Saturday Sampler day. You need to come in to the shop sometime that day to pick up your blocks for the next month. If you have your previous months blocks completed, you just need to show them. If you didn’t finish them there is a $5 fee to pick up your next blocks.

3. You follow Amy’s wonderful instructions and the pictures we put on the blog to construct your blocks. Amy does a great job of exposing us to many different kinds of block patterns and sewing techniques which makes this a great block of the month for beginners!

Sound fun? It is!

This year we are also letting those who aren’t able to visit the job on the special Saturday of the month participate! You can sign up for a “shipping” option so that (for an added fee) your monthly blocks will be sent to you in the mail. How great is that?

As I mentioned, the finished product is a mystery but here is a selection of fabrics that give you an idea of the feel for the quilt. These specific fabrics won’t be used, but similar: