Happy Summer !  It's been amazingly mild so far and the weather has been great for all of the Row by Row Experience shop hoppers! 
If you aren't familiar with the Row by Row experience check it out at this link-
 http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com/

I tried Row by Row last year and collected my free row patterns from several Pennsylvania shops. It's a great way to spend time with your quilty friends and to see other quilt shops and what they have to offer. I work at The Round Bobbin http://www.roundbobbinquilts.com/ and love to see new fabrics, quilts, patterns and anything to do with fabric. I can only imagine from watching other quilters come in to 'pet' fabric that we are all alike.

This summer I've gotten 1 block from NJ and seven from PA. I plan to get another NJ block this week when visiting my family and maybe 4 or 5 more in NJ another day with my friend Joyce. Maybe I'll even get my rows made and put together for a beautiful quilt this year!

Quilt shops need us to be there in person.  We must support our local quilt shops if we want to have places to go for help, learning and inspiration! If you don't go and shop in person the shops won't survive, sure it's easy to shop on-line but it's also impersonal! Who cares if you have a question about the size of the repeat in a fabric or if that pink in one fabric looks good with another? 

At The Round Bobbin we love to help our customers make beautiful quilts, we love to help with fabric selection and design inspiration. The staff and teachers are constantly exploring and creating new quilts, bags and other fabric related items. Our semi-annual Class Preview Day is coming up on September 13th, there will be 2 sessions one at 10:30 in the morning and another at 1:30 in the afternoon. These previews are wildly popular, where else can you get a personalized quilt show for free? With front row seats? Did I mention prize drawings and snacks?  Please call the shop to add your name to the list so that we can accommodate everyone comfortably! (215) 367-5596.

Our Fab Five BOM program is coming up on the halfway point and it's going strong. I can't thank all of the participants for their support and enjoyment in making my quilt design.  Cottage Puzzle is made up of 20 different blocks in varying sizes. I used a Kansas Troubles fabric line for the first version and then made a second in Batiks. Two very different looking quilts!  I am also creating a Christmas fabric and Summer fabric version for my children. It's sew much fun to make the individual block in different and interesting fabric lines. Below is the Batik version. Please let me know what you think of my Cottage Puzzle quilt.

We love to meet new customers so please Hop on into The Round Bobbin http://www.roundbobbinquilts.com/ and make some new friends and be inspired!