Row by Row Summer Fun!

So our summer has been a whirlwind, but the Row by Row Experience is winding down.

Our Quilty Mermaid kits are almost gone & September 8 will be the last day for 2015. 

It has kept us hopping all summer!

Guess which Quilty Mermaid kit sold out first!

(answer below)

 

Were you wondering about the different tail fabrics? I couldn't decide which fabric to use, & since each of our Mermaid employees had a favorite, we made up 4 different kits. 

One of our quilty friends, Becki, helped with the makeup.

(We could have made up 2 dozen different tails, but we had to draw the line somewhere. 

I'm kinds like that about everything. 

I have to read every greeting card in the rack before I decide & I do love a combination plate. 

Maybe that's why we have such a wide selection of fabrics in the shop.) 

The Quilty Mermaids were far more popular than we expected, so we had to 

substitute background fabrics last month.

 Here is Virginia, who was the first to bring her completed 

Row by Row quilt in to Calico Mermaid.

 She received a fat quarter stack of luscious water themed fabrics, & then an additional stack for including our Quilty Mermaid in her quilt.

 Her rows are all from California & New York state.

 We still have some 2015 license plates left. 

We've mailed them all over the U.S.A. this summer!

This is my project using license plates from other shops.

(I have a couple of these hangers left if you need one.)

My cousin walked into a quilt shop in Colorado & 

unexpectedly saw my Happy Quilter license plate from 2014 on their wall!

The best part of Row X Row?

Making lots of new quilty friends from all over. Some folks were traveling on vacation & stopped by to pick up a Quilty Mermaid kit. Others made a specific trip to our shop just for our row. 

We met couples, families, & carloads of friends.

Some had driven a few hours, but some others had been on the road for a week!

(You could always tell because they were the giggly ones.)

I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting with them & sharing ideas this summer.

That's the very best part!

Now...we're just wondering what the theme will be for 2016...

2014 Seasons

2015 Water

What do you think? What would YOU choose for the theme?

(The first Quilty Mermaid kit to sell out was the stained glass tail.)

Row By Row Experience 2015!

 We're so excited! The 2015 Row X Row Experience 

begins next month!

All 50 US states and Canada, too!

Over 2500 shops!

So here's how it works:
It's like a shop hop, but it's not... no fees, no cards to stamp, and all summer to play! Simply visit any of the participating shops and receive a free pattern for a row in a quilt. Combine your rows in any way to create a unique quilt that represents the fun you had traveling throughout the summer. Travel with friends, discover new quilt shops and have fun collecting rows!

This year's theme is Water.

Create a quilt using at least 8 different 2015 rows from 8 different 2015 participating Row x Row shops and be the first to bring it into a participating shop to win a stack of 25 fat quarters (6-1/4 yards of fabric!). 
Use that shop’s row in your quilt and win a bonus prize!  

It will be the biggest and best Row by Row Experience™ ever in 2015! All 50 states and several more Canadian provinces are planning fun for travelers throughout the summer. Although the quilt shops are organized by area, quilters have no borders. Travel, shop, collect patterns and add rows to your quilt from any anywhere!

Look at our Calico Mermaid license plate-
 

Exclusive Fabric Plates™ by Zebra Patterns will be available in shops around the country. Each one is unique! Collect a bunch to create fun projects, sewing studio wall art or even a fun backing for your quilt.
Last year we made a bag with our Happy Quilter License Plate.

Here's where you can go to see which shops are participating & plan your own road trips:
http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com/start-here.htm 

You can go to each area's Facebook page to see the free row patterns & quilts already turned in:
https://www.facebook.com/CARowbyRowExperience?fref=ts

It's going to be such fun!
I'll show you our row as soon as she's ready!
 

A new kind of shop hop!

All summer long & no passports!

1250 shops across the United States!

Doesn't that sound like fun!?

 Visit any of the participating shops between July 1 & September 2, 2014 and receive a  

free pattern for a row in a quilt. 

Combine your rows in any way you choose to create a unique quilt that represents the fun you had traveling throughout the summer. 

 This is our row!

Create a quilt using at least 8 different rows and be the first to bring it into a participating shop to 

win a stack of 25 fat quarters (6-1/4 yards of fabric!)

If you use that shop’s row in your quilt, you win a bonus prize! 

You can find the participating shops, listed by state here:

Row By Row Participating Shops 

There's also a map on that page to help you plan your attack.

When you click on a state, you will see a link to that state's Facebook page 

with pictures of the row for each shop.

Check out the Facebook pages for all kinds of inspiration.

 Exclusive Fabric Plates by Zebra Patterns will be available in most shops around the country. 

Each one is unique! 

Collect a bunch to create fun projects, sewing studio wall art or even a fun backing for your quilt...

or a bag!

 

Be safe, have fun & come see us at Calico Mermaid!