Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Originally Posted by Dingle
And I won a $10.00 gift certificate. Whoda thunk! :lol:
You're not gonna believe this, (and I feel like all I've done lately is take up space on the board), but the national passion for the quilt shop hops originated in my shop in Plano, TX - along with Sandy Brawner's Quilt Country in Lewisville, TX, in the late 1990s.
Our Maywood/RJR fabric rep had seen the idea somewhere "up north" of TX and had mentioned it to us before the first hop in TX. After a VERY successful first one in the Dallas, TX, area with 10 other stores, Sandy and I sent it nationwide by our posts on FabShopNet where other shop owners jumped on the idea. Within 3 years, shop hops were all over the country, amazing!
Jan in VA
That is so awesome! Thanks for sharing! I also won a $10.00 gift certificate for the month of July. I was glad to know that regular people do win!