Shop #2: Patchwork Plus... a whole lot more!

South on I-81... exit towards Dayton... down the road to Kildeer Lane... drive up the hill from the Farmer's Market and you will find Patchwork Plus. Somewhere along the drive B came up with the nicknames for us for the story I will be writing for the Guild newsletter, Lucy (Loose-y) and Phyllis (Fill-us) Bobbins, the Tour sisters.It's a pretty big shop. Of course, my friend B (who for the rest of the trip will be known as Lucy as explained above) and I were preoccupied at the entry of every shop with figuring out and finding the scavenger hunt clues (so that we didn't forget). We needed a little hint on one (the teepees of fabric). Really they were just fabric racks that were kinda triangle shaped but only if you noticed them from the side. That's OK... we managed. I can't remember the other clue but I remember it was pretty easy.

This was the free pattern that the shop was giving out. It's a cool tablerunner. The sample was made from Shop Tour fabrics. Here is another cool little bag made from the fabrics as well.

I was so excited shopping that I needed a cart. Check out the new carts that Patchwork has in their store. I loved this idea soooo much that I think I will take my little fold up cart to the Lancaster Bus trip coming up Nov. 1st. They completely collapse and they are great for pulling your fabric bolts around while you are shopping. So don't forget to get yours next time.

Here is a little shot of the owner of the shop. I didn't win a door prize at this shop but Lucy did. She pulled a blue ticket out of the bag and won a pattern I think.

We liked this shop and love going out over the mountain to get there but this wasn't a shop we hung out in for long. We wanted badly to stop at the Farmer's Market down the hill but we were ready to keep on truckin' down the road....so.... we kept driving. I did notice this little diddy on the way out of town.

No it's not real. It's just a concrete buggy but we are so used to seeing them in Pennsylvania Dutch Country (the real ones) that it was a nice touch and it was pretty realistic looking so if you squint you can pretend they are real. After all, there are mennonites that work at Patchwork Plus.

Here is the shop's Tour Quilt. I like this quilt but it was a little light for me. It's the same block that they used in the tablerunner so... I guess we could expand the pattern and make this quilt if we wanted to.
Here are the fabrics that I purchased at Patchwork Plus. I found a couple of nice browns and a pink for my pink and brown quilt that I am collecting for, along with the shop fabric.
Patchwork's free gift is below. A tape measure and pins and we also got an apple. I think mine is still in the car.The grand total from Patchwork: $44.44 (I am not sure how that is since I think I only bought 1/2 yards.... I guess I will check that receipt again.) But time to get going a little bit south to the historic town of Staunton. I here the next shop is in the whole train station.