For several years now my best friend and I do a quilt shop hop in NW Michigan & we stay at our cottage. We hit one shop on the drive up - the furthest away from the cottage, and the rest the next day. It's for 10 days also. One year they had a batik that was designed for this SH and you couldn't get it anywhere else except these shops. Then, each shop designed a square with it plus designed a finish kit for the quilt. They always have a "theme" of some kind but the was the best one. You can also buy charms for a pin you get every year with the passport. We thoroughly enjoy it. Some years we buy more than others. Last year I didn't buy much. I ususally have a few items I am looking for and those are first on my list and anything that talks to me! It use to be in the summer but the quilt show in Grand Rapids is the week the ususally have it so it's been moved to September/October timeframe.