I just can’t help it!

I just can’t help it! I know, more dresses, but they are so amazing! This is my very favorite of all of them. I had to show a close up of the adorable baby elephant!

Smocked Dresses Again

I am working on getting good pictures of all of the smocked dress blocks that Jeanette has completed so far up on Flickr. For those of you who are working on the kits it is very helpful since we have changed the fabrics and the look of some of them from the original pattern cover picture. The link is below and there is a comment on each one stating the name of the block on the original pattern. Hopefully I will have all of them up as well as for sale on Etsy by the end of the week. We are overwhelmed with how popular these are and how many internet requests we have received. But I know why, they are stunning!!

Smocked Dress Flickr Set

Just Dreamy Flannels

Check out these amazing new flannels that are in the shop from Riley Blake Designs , the collection is called “Just Dreamy”. Not only are they fabulous but they are designed locally, so that makes them even better. We are going to be carrying complete collections of all of their fabrics. I can’t wait for the “Be Merry” Christmas collection that is coming in August! We already have a bunch of these fabrics above in hemstitched baby blanket kits, that have been flying out of the store. P.S. we also have a lot of these fabrics is regular cottons too. Too cute!

Blog?

 

Sorry! It seems that I have forgot about the blog lately. Too much summer fun. This picture sums up the past few weeks pretty nicely. But it is about time to get back to work! So I will be seeing much more of you. Mmmm maybe tommorow it is too nice outside  today.

Power? Who needs it?

Yesterday we lost power at the shop for 5 hours!I guess it was a little too windy for the power lines around here. Tuesday is knitting night around here, so rather then cancel we just took it outside. It was like extreme knitting in the 95 degree weather!

I have so much to blog about because of all of the new goings on at the shop. But my Nikon has decided it needs a summer vacation! Hopefully after a few days off at the camera shop it will be ready to come back to work. I had a nice long vacation last week, so I guess it was jealous.

Summer Clearance! We have pulled a ton of fabric, books, patterns and yarn and marked it all 50% off. So get it quick to get first pick.

Piper’s will be open for the 4th of July with mini hours: 11-5. Stop by and shop our Summer Sale and check out the Sugarhouse street festival.

More Shop Hop

Thanks!!! We have loved seeing all of you who have made it out to Shop Hop already and we hope to see the rest of you today and tommorow. Friday and Saturday are the last two days for the 2009 Shop Hop. We have had a ton of fun already!!! There seems to be many more people this year in attendance, which is a great thing!!! Here are some of the many pictures I have taken so far. I will try and get a bunch more up over the weekend.

Our Shop Hop Quilt, lots of animals for the “Pet Shop”!

 Liz will probably be mad at me for this, but too bad. She looks too cute cutting fabric!!

I KNOW Jeanette will be mad that I put this picture up of her. Too bad.

Darling baby dress! We embellished it like our Shop Hop shirts. It took minutes and turned out to be so cute! We are selling these little cotton ruffle dresses and super high quality cotton onesies, so you can make your own!

New Posy Time quilt from Bunny Hill Designs. We made kits that have been one of the popular sellers at shop hop. The top seller has been the kits for Jeanette’s smocked dress quilt blocks. I will put up the pictures of those on the next post. They are to die for!!

Not so tired shop hop feet. We were smart and wore our crocs this year. We just added these fabric rosettes to make them a little “happier”. If you have not used the new clover rosette makers, you must! I will post a demo later on in the month, there are endless possibilities and they are easy enough that the little ones can be involved.
See you soon!!!

Participating Shops in the Shop Hop

I have been getting numerous requests for a list of the shops in the shop hop and maps. So I am adding all of the participating shops to the blog with links (I hope I can figure this part out!) to maps on thier location.

Here you Go!

* Piper’s Quilts & Comforts (Thats us!)
1944 South 1100 East
SLC, Utah 84106
Google map for Piper’s

* Whimsy Cottage
4647 S 2300 East
Holladay, Utah 84117
Google maps to Whimsy

*Elaine’s Quilt Block
6970 South 3000 East
Cottonwood Heights, Utah
Elaine’s Google Map

Quilts Ect
11 E Main (8720 South State Street)
Sandy, Utah 84070
Quilts Ect Google map

*Stitching Corner
631 East 1700 South
Orem, Utah 84097
Stitching Corner Google Map

*Corn Wagon Quilts
303 East 400 South
Springville, Utah
Corn Wagon Quilts google map

Thimbles & Threads
12215 South 900 East
Draper, Utah
Thimbles & Threads Google Maps

*Pine Needles
1100 W 7800 S#3
West Jordan, Utah
Pine Needle Google map

Sew Sweet
289 N Main
Tooele, Utah
Sew Sweet Google Map

Mormon Handicraft
1110 E Fort Union BLVD
Midvale, Utah
Mormon Handicraft Google Map

*American Quilting
426 W 800 N
Orem, Utah
American Quilting Google Map

Broadbent & Sons Quilt shop
128 N 100 E
Lehi, Utah
Broadbent & Sons Google Map

*Quilters Haven
583 W Colonial Square
Bountiful, Utah
Quilters Haven Google Map

*Village Dry Goods
96 South Main
Brigham City, Utah
Village Dry Goods Google Map

* Red Rooster
27 North Main
Logan, Utah
Red Rooster Google Map

Enjoy!!! We hope to see you!

Utah Shop Hop!!!!

Sorry I have been a little neglectful of our blog lately! We have been getting ready for the Shop Hop and it has left little time for much else!

If you have never been, please come, it is so much fun!!! There are 15 wonderful quilt shops participating and each has their own unique flavor. There are also hundreds of fabulous prizes that are awarded for participating.The shop hop starts tommorow, Wednesday June 17th at 9AM. It continues through Saturday, shop hours are 9AM -8PM each day except Saturday shops will be closing at 6PM.

So we hope to see you here!!

A small driving note if your are coming on the freeway there has been a bit of construction on I-80. The best exit to come to our shop is  the 1300 East Exit. You turn left at the exit, then left onto 2100 South, then right onto 1100 East and we are on your left side (west side) of the street across from the post office.

When you get back onto the freeway you must do it at 700 East, because the 1300 east on ramp is closed.
Shop Hop website with map.
Thanks So Much!!!! I will see you for some more blogging next week!

NEW! Amy Butler Software

JUST IN!!! Amy Butler software! There are over 30 patterns on one CD!!! I can;t wait to take mine home this weekend!

 

A little behind

I am falling a little behind this week on everything! We are cutting kits like crazy for a bunch of new shop displays. Today I am cutting wool Christmas stocking kits. It feels a little weird to be doing this in 90 degree weather. They will be in the shop in about a week and they are so very cool because they are entirely pre-cut for you! The stocking, the holly berries, and all. Plus the applique is all ready to go, with Heat N Bond Lite pre-applied to the shapes. There will be about four stockings in kits like this. So I guess it is worth falling behind!