christmas in july shop hop

we are participating in a shop hop with eleven other shops. we are known as the neo christmas in july shop hop. it started on the 12th and runs thru the 25th.  this year there are trees. lots and lots of twinkling trees. each shop has a tree block. if you get to all twelve shops you will have the patterns and materials to complete a quilt. i like our tree...

 

it's fun and festive. you are able to start the hop at any of the  twelve shops. for more details, click this link. each shop has a free gift and the chance to enter a drawing for a goodie basket. there will also be a chance at grand prizes for those completing the hop.

the dottie bowl...

...has been replenished for all the christmas in july shop hoppers...

have you received your free token of our appreciation?  if not, come hop with us this weekend.  

jingle bells...

can you hear them?  they will be playing for the next week. don't miss the fun...

grocery shopping...

the two young men ringing and bagging in lane seven, got quite a kick out of my purchases tonight...

if anyone was monitoring the security camera they too were probably wondering why i was spending so much time picking out all the red and greens...

lovey labels

every single time i cut cape ann, i smile. have you noticed the adorable labels on the selvage...

too cute for...well i guess they are words...simply cute. how's that?  we have the dots in green too.  cape ann was designed by liesl gibson of oliver + s for moda. if you're in the cincinnati area, her trunk show has just arrived at sewn studio. go check it out through 12/9. btw...my peeps tell me sewn is worth the trip. maybe we will see you there one day.

jingle bell hop winners...

...we have some great gift bags filled with treasures. the lucky winners who selected to pick up at our location are: 

Patricia Arnwine

Sally Hawks

Carolyn Baker Jenkins

Myrya Johnson

Helen Masino

Barbara McDowell

Debbie Messer

please come in any time during shop hours to pick up your goodies.  congratulations and thank you to all the shop hoppers.  we hope to see you again for the next hop in the spring.

hop til you drop...

going into this shop hop, we had no idea what to expect...

today as i looked about around two thirty, i was thankful the fire marshall didn't pay us a visit. even more thankful everyone was able to enter and exit without incident. goodness, i never thought we would fill three parking lots and get that many customers into the store at one time.  thank you so much to all who stopped in during this jingle bell hop. we appreciate your support and hope you will return soon.

i could never have survived this week without the help of a great group of women, aimee, diane, katrina and penney.  mucho gracious!!! 

the shops will be meeting toward the later part of this month to hold the grand prize drawings. we will announce winners here. stay tuned...

last call...

it's the final day of the jingle bell shop hop. haven't started yet?...

...not to worry. we've had several shoppers complete the hop in one day. just grab a friend and start early.  if you find you're getting close to the end and need a little more time, just give us a call at 440-684-9830 and we will be happy to stay and wait for your arrival. 

hopping treats...

have we mentioned there are snacks waiting for you along the route...

at jellen's we have a sweet treat hunt for you. you'll have to look throughout the store displays to discover your treasures.  here we have some bulls eyes among the max & whiskers...

the colors of the hop...

together they form a beautiful rainbow. all twenty seven...

...shown here, cut to be featured as ohio stars, our block for this hop.  are you participating in the challege? i hear there are some great prizes to be awarded to the winners. there will be many different categories and the rules are simple...utilize all 27 colors on just 1 block or all the blocks in your design. be sure to check with any of the shop owners for greater details.

shop hop quilts...

...i am fortunate to be sharing in the splendor of some extremely talented shop owners.  if you are traveling around on the jingle bell shop hop, you have likely already seen the quilts hanging in the other shops. if not, you can click here and scroll down to see the photos.

so that you may make your own quilt,  each shop has available a kit of fat eighths for your purchase. i'd like to send out a warm and sincere thank you to...

...sister maughan and sister manwaring for volunteering to package our kits up for us. they did such an amazing job and i think they enjoyed doing it. both of these young ladies are serving their mission in the cleveland area and we love when they stop by.

be sure to come get your kit while the hop is in full action for $5.00. after the hop they will increase in price to $8.00

chapter two...

our shop hop is in full swing.  have you been able to start hopping yet? if you're new to the jingle bell hop, you might not know there is a complete story being told.  each store has a chapter to this tale...

we have chapter two.  the story is all about being snowbound at grandma's.  and reading about her wonderful quilts.  guess which quilt block she talks about in our chapter?  you'll have to come get it to find out...

come play blocks with us...

on our interactive design wall.

we are into day three of the jingle bell hop. if you haven't come to visit yet, we have some fun waiting for you.  just how fast do you think you can build an ohio star? come give it a try. ladies, there are some pretty quick husbands out there. i think they might be practicing in your sewing room when you're not looking:)

i was thrilled to be assigned the ohio star as jellen's contribution to the 2011 jingle bell quilt. you can read more about my enthusisam for this block here.  as you can see, i chose to make an apron with my block. there are some great quilts out there too.  you just need to start hopping to see them. you can start at any store, hurry though, before it's too late.

monday, monday...

so good to me...monday, monday...it was all i hoped it would be...

...ok, so now that i've got that little jingle made famous by the mamas and the papas singing through your mind...let me just tell you that yes, Yes, YES, we will indeed be open this monday, september 12 from 10:00- 5:00 for all you jingle bell shoppers who are hopping about this first day of the week. 

we will also have diane wantz, queen quilter at longarm legacies, in the shop all day long. she has graciously agreed to help us out during the shop hop, so should you wish to discuss your long arm quilting needs, monday would be a good day.   

it's time to hop...

if you've had a chance to read our vision over on the website, one of our dreams on the wish list is to be in a shop hop.  a month or two ago i received a call asking if we would like to participate in the quilters fling 2011 jingle bell shop hop.  of course i said, YES!!!

the time has come to start hopping. september 10 seemed so far off yet it has arrived. and so have we, i'm pleased to say. please join us and all the shops participating. we've all been working hard to make sure the blocks are well thought out and the story of being snowbound at grandma's is a must read. we hope to see you this week.  for more information or to print out a copy of the map, click here.