IMPORTANT UPDATE: Our Springtime in the Rockies event has been canceled due to the Coronovirus restrictions on large gatherings. We are working to reschedule for July. As soon as we have more information, we will post it here. (3.14.2020)
We invite any of the shops or customers to make comments, post photos, or list events or announcements here!
This event will be held in the First National Bank Building at the The Ranch at I-25 and Crossroads on Friday, April 17th and Saturday, April 18th, 2019. Hours are 9-5 both days.
This year, we will have two displays:
Our theme for this year’s challenge is flashback to the 1960s. Beatles, peace signs, hippies, tie dye, long hair, rock & roll, being hip or being square. Make your own project around a 1960s theme, using a commercial pattern or one of your own creation. To participate, fill out an entry form and submit it to a participating quilt store with your project by April 13. Wall hangings, totes or other interpretations of a 60s theme no larger than 60” X 60” will be accepted. Projects will hang at the Springtime in the Rockies Shop Hop at the Ranch, April 17 & 18. Gift Basket Prizes awarded: $250 1st; $200 2nd; $150 3rd as picked by Viewer’s Choice. Projects and prizes can be collected from your participating shop after the show.
There will also be a display of Gypsy Wife Quilts from classes provided by Shiela Honeycutt of Stitches Quilt Shop in Loveland, CO.
We will have lots of FREE demos and classes at the 2020 show. Let us share the latest and greatest techniques with you! More information about them will be available closer to the show dates.
2020 Shop Hop Demonstrations List
Friday April 17 |
Shop and Demo |
10:00 a.m. |
Stitches Paper Piecing with Freezer Paper |
11:00 a.m. |
Snowy River Quilts New Life for Old Rulers & What to do with The Amazing Dream Big Panel |
12 noon |
Fig Leaf 60-Degree Diamond Mini Ruler |
1 p.m. |
Quilter’s Dream Cool Tricks with the Block Loc Ruler |
2 p.m. |
Maggie’s Sewing & Fabric Wonderfil – Not All Thread is Created Equal |
3 p.m. |
Sewing Circle Make Anything with 2 ½” Squares – A Ten Sister’s Quilt Method |
4 p.m. |
The Stitchin’ Den Stripology Rulers – Why We LOVE Them! Can cut your cutting time in half! |
Saturday April 20 |
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10:00 a.m. |
Around the Block Mini & Tiny Dresden Plate Templates |
11:00 a.m. |
Sew Downtown Creative Uses for Panels |
12 noon |
Fig Leaf Quick Strip Pieced Placemats and Coasters |
1 p.m. |
Juke Box Quilting Embroidered Crazy Quilt Seam Coverings |
3 p.m. |
Country Crafts Mini Biscornu (Multi-sided Pin Cushion) – A great little pin cushion using mini-charm packs – this is a free make-it-and-take-it. |
We will also have a “Demo Alley” set up with demonstrations on the half hours:
Friday – April 17th
10:30 Around the Block – Strippy Stars Ruler
11:30 Sewing Circle – Make Anything with 2 ½” Squares – A Ten Sister’s Quilt Method
12:30 Around the Block – Strippy Stars Ruler
1:30 Sewing Circle – Make Anything with 2 ½” Squares – A Ten Sister’s Quilt Method
3:30 Presser Foot – Chenille – Not Your Grandmother’s Bedspread!
Saturday – April 18th
10:30 Presser Foot – Chenille – Not Your Grandmother’s Bedspread!
11:30 Country Crafts – Rip-It – Fun with Frogging – Great Tools for Ripping out Stitches
12:30 Presser Foot – Chenille – Not Your Grandmother’s Bedspread!
1:30 Sewing Circle – Make Anything with 2 ½” Squares – A Ten Sister’s Quilt Method
2:30 Country Crafts – IRONY – The Opposite of Wrinkly – Magical Misters, Ironing Tips and Necessities
3:30 Country Crafts – Flower Power – Diamond Dots – Fun & Addictive
Special Announcement: If you are coming to the show and another event at the Ranch is requiring a parking fee, let them know you are with the Shophop. Parking is free for our event.