I do ours here and have for a few yrs. I love collecting the pattern pieces and then whatever the give away is. Last yr it was these cute little silver sewing trinkets and of course the pattern pieces. This yr it was a 1/2 yr of fabric plus you get entered into a drawing. I won last yr, some fabric, thread and a couple of other things. We only have 4 shops that do it and the farthest I have to go is about 1 hr or a little longer depending on traffic. The shop that is the farthest has great fabrics and if not for the shop hop I'd never had known it exisited.The other shops are closer to me within 20 to 30 min drive at most. They are smaller shops that I normally go into alot so I don't spend too much time there unless they have a special sale going on.