• Grand Prize – Brenda Benton
• 2nd Prizes – Nancy Miller, Darla Gere
• 3rd Prizes – Dolores St. Clair, Lynne Clement, Judy Dwyer, Carol Dolloff
• 4th Prizes- Nancy Michalak, Sally Dorset, Kay Dividoch, Ruth Willoughby, Geri Morenski

PASSPORTS CAN NOW BE PURCHASED AT ANY PARTICIPATING STORE FOR $5. We’ll be posting teasers of the shop hop quilt soon!

The 2011 Pumpkin Patch Run will take place:

Thursday, October 13, Friday, October 14, and Saturday, October 15, 2011

Scheduled specifically for the Beautiful Michigan Fall Colors, just another bonus for the ride!

SHOP HOP INFORMATION – More details on passport.

Check with your local stores about bus rides, leave the fun to us!

Passports will be $5.00.  The passport will provide each participant entrance into 7 Quilt Stores for a 3 day extravaganza of rewards.

Every store will provide each customer with a gift upon entrance.

Every store will provide a 20% storewide sale on fabrics cut from the bolt.

Every store will have additional specials, sales or goodies for passport holders only, inquire at each store for their rewards.

Every store will provide a portion of the original design 2011 progressive quilt.

FREE acrylic charm templates will be given to every passport holder by each store while they last.

This year’s quilt will be a simplistic and serene landscape. It shows a wonderful and rich night sky blue background with three different yellow stars and a moon.  It also has three different pine tree designs in shades of greens that scatter across the bottom.  With the exception of the moon, it is pieced with straight line sewing, and can be increased in size with additional blocks and/or optional borders. Border kits, border fabrics, binding and backings can be purchased at any of the seven stores during the hop at the 20% discount.  There are a total of eight kits (two will be available at Sew What in Wyandotte and one will be available at each of the other six stores).

This year, because we are included detailed color picture pages of the pattern, it will only be available in the fabric kits for the quilt.  When you see how easy the visuals make it to cut and sew the quilt, you will know it was worth it.  The kits will only be $7 at each store, a great low price for a wonderful quilt with patterns.  The cozy quilt can easily be customized for that perfect cabin quilt, for nature lovers, picnics, a manly man or just a concert in the park.  The quilt and additional border ideas will be submitted for your viewing by the individual stores as they are finished.

SHOP HOP CASH PRIZES 

Total of 12 prizes will be given drawn from stamped and completed passports.

*Prizes – Quilter’s Cash Certificates will be in the following increments:

$300 Grand Prize – 1 winner

$100 1st place – 2 winners

$ 50 2nd place – 4 winners

$ 20 3rd place – 5 winners

These certificates may be used at any store for in-store merchandise only.

QUILT STORE PRIZES

Included in the passport will be raffle tickets to be deposited at each of the seven stores for additional store give-aways. Prizes will be determined by each store and drawn from store participant passport entries.

Be sure to check back here or at the Pumpkin Patch Shop Hop site for all of the details to come. We will be posting information on the progressive quilt, shop hop hours and so on.

Participating shops:

Guildcrafters Quilt Shop, Inc.
2600 West Twelve Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072
248-541-8545

The Material Girls LLC
1850 Grindley Park, Dearborn, MI 48124
313-561-1111

Sew What
144 Sycamore Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192
734-281-1344

The Quilt Patch
112 North Evans Street, Tecumseh, MI 49286
517-423-0053

Jennifer’s Quilt Shop
149 North Howell Street, Pinckney, MI 48169
734-878-6188

The Stitchery
1129 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, MI 48843
517-548-1731

Monarch Quilts
2100 Grand River Annex, Brighton, MI 48114
810-225-7005

This year, the quilt has SEVEN different options. At each of the eight stores, Pumpkin Patch shop hoppers can purchase batik fat color sets in pre-selected gorgeous fall colors. Then you’ll be able to decide which of the seven different quilt designs you’d like to make. At one store, you’ll get the basic cutting and piecing directions. ALL of the quilts start out with cutting three inch strips.  All the strips are sewn together in the same way, and the first step of cutting is also the same for ALL the quilts. Then it’s a matter of arrangement of strip pieced triangles. The remaining seven stores will each have a different quilt pattern that uses the basic elements in a different way.

Here is the Guildcrafters’ version of the quilt:

Here’s a close-up of the quilt:

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Here is Jennifer’s Quilt Shop’s version:

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Here is Material Girls’ version:

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Here is the Monarch Quilts’ version of the quilt:

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Here is Pieceful Traditions’ version:

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Here is Sew What’s version:

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Here is the Stitchery’s version:

We think the concept is very exciting and there is sure to be a quilt design that every shop hopper will love — plus, who doesn’t like batik fat quarters?! 

Passports are now available with commemorative pin (while supplies last) for just $5!

Shop hop dates are:

October 14, 15 and 16, 2010

Grand Prize:   Janome Jem III

Eight Gift Baskets of Quilting Merchandise Worth $100 Each
Eight $50 Gift Certificates 

Be sure to check back here or at the Pumpkin Patch Shop Hop site for all of the details to come. We will be posting information on the progressive quilt, shop hop hours and so on.

In the meantime, purchase your passport at any of these shops:

Guildcrafters Quilt Shop, Inc.
2600 West Twelve Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072
248-541-8545

The Material Girls LLC
1850 Grindley Park, Dearborn, MI 48124
313-561-1111

Pieceful Traditions
3010 Van Horn Road, Trenton, MI 48183
734-692-1333

Sew What
144 Sycamore Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192
734-281-1344

The Quilt Patch
112 North Evans Street, Tecumseh, MI 49286
517-423-0053

Jennifer’s Quilt Shop
149 North Howell Street, Pinckney, MI 48169
734-878-6188

The Stitchery
1129 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, MI 48843
517-548-1731

Monarch Quilts
2100 Grand River Annex, Brighton, MI 48114
810-225-7005

October 14, 15 and 16, 2010

We hope to see you there!

$25.00 Gift Certificate – Pat Kolsinski, Pinckney
$25.00 Gift Certificate – Carolyn Spring, Waterford
$25.00 Gift Certificate – Marcia Vanderbroek, Trenton
$25.00 Gift Certificate – Susan Altman, Chicago
$25.00 Gift Certificate – Pat Holenrinski, Allen Park
$25.00 Gift Certificate – Ann Eskola, West Bloomfield
$25.00 Gift Certificate – Joyce Wzengelewski, Wyandotte
$25.00 Gift Certificate – Stacey Hunter, Redford

The shop hop will be held on October 22, 23, 24, 2009

All participating stores will be open from 9 am – 7 pm each day.

Passports are $5 and come with a free shop hop wallet with coupons for each store. Most stores will offer bus service. Details of cost and schedules will be available here soon.

Purchase your passport at any of these shops

Guildcrafters Quilt Shop, Inc.
2600 West Twelve Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072
248-541-8545

The Material Girls LLC
1850 Grindley Park, Dearborn, MI 48124
313-561-1111

Pieceful Traditions
3010 Van Horn Road, Trenton, MI 48183
734-692-1333

Sew What
144 Sycamore Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192
734-281-1344

The Quilt Patch
112 North Evans Street, Tecumseh, MI 49286
517-423-0053

Jennifer’s Quilt Shop
149 North Howell Street, Pinckney, MI 48169
734-878-6188

The Stitchery
1129 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, MI 48843
517-548-1731

Monarch Quilts
2100 Grand River Annex, Brighton, MI 48114
810-225-7005

October 22, 23, 24, 2009

All participating stores will be open from 9 am – 7 pm each day.

Passports are $5.00 and will be on sale early in July 2009. Passports come with a free shop hop wallet with coupons for each store. Most stores will offer bus service. Details of cost and schedules will be available here soon.

Here is a layout of the Pumpkin Patch Shop Hop quilt:

The quilt is 48″ x 72″ before borders. The fabrics will be patterned tonals with a wide range contrast. Each store will be selling 3 – fat-thirds (25″ x 21″) with the free pattern WITH LOTS of fabric left over to make a border. We will be showing you each store’s border option in the coming weeks. The border patterns will be available at each store. Kits including quilt block pattern and three fat-thirds of fabric at each shop will be $7.00, tax included.

SHOP HOP PRIZES!

Grand Prize will be a Janome Gem Gold II Travel Machine
2nd prize will be an OLISO Touch Glide Steam Iron with auto lift
3rd prize will be a “Big Board” wide ironing board
Then 8 additional $25.00 Gift Certificates – 1 to each store

At each store, passport holders will receive a free fat quarter and have at least 15% off all fabrics and/or other specials that will vary by store.

Participating stores:

Guildcrafters Quilt Shop, Inc.
2600 West Twelve Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072
248-541-8545

The Material Girls LLC
1850 Grindley Park, Dearborn, MI 48124
313-561-1111

Pieceful Traditions
3010 Van Horn Road, Trenton, MI 48183
734-692-1333

Sew What
144 Sycamore Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192
734-281-1344

The Quilt Patch
112 North Evans Street, Tecumseh, MI 49286
517-423-0053

Jennifer’s Quilt Shop
149 North Howell Street, Pinckney, MI 48169
734-878-6188

The Stitchery
1129 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, MI 48843
517-548-1731

Monarch Quilts
2100 Grand River Annex, Brighton, MI 48114
810-225-7005

October 22, 23, 24, 2009

All participating stores will be open from 9 am – 7 pm each day

Passports are $5.00 and will be on sale early in July 2009.

Participating stores:

Guildcrafters Quilt Shop, Inc.
2600 West Twelve Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072
248-541-8545

The Material Girls LLC
1850 Grindley Park, Dearborn, MI 48124
313-561-1111

Pieceful Traditions
3010 Van Horn Road, Trenton, MI 48183
734-692-1333

Sew What
144 Sycamore Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192
734-281-1344

The Quilt Patch
112 North Evans Street, Tecumseh, MI 49286
517-423-0053

Jennifer’s Quilt Shop
149 North Howell Street, Pinckney, MI 48169
734-878-6188

The Stitchery
1129 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, MI 48843
517-548-1731

Monarch Quilts
2100 Grand River Annex, Brighton, MI 48114
810-225-7005