The year has flown by and it is already time for the Wasatch Front Shop Hop! This year will be so much fun - each shop has selected a novel/book for their theme and I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with...the books chosen span the gammet from children's stories to urban fantasy.
Join us at Thimbles as we journey with Hercule Perroit on the Orient Express and solve the mystery of who killed Mr. Ratchett. Twelve suspects, all with motives, all with alibis. Who could the murderer be?
I first read this book in high school. When I selected our Shop Hop novel, I had visions of fabulous oriental fabrics and motifs. Then I read the book again....THEY NEVER GO TO THE ORIENT!!!! The novel begins in Contantinople (modern day Istanbul) Turkey and heads WEST to England. Quick revision of fabric selection/theme. Now I have visions of beautiful Turkish tiles, an English library, a smokey dining car...
- OK, I'm at home (it is after midnight) and I have just realized my photos of "the journey of a shop hop quilt" are on my lap top.....at the shop! Doh! I'll add them to the post tomorrow.
I spent last weekend at Teton Patchworks Quilter's Retreat in beautiful Tetonia, Idaho, working on our shop hop quilt. Spectacular scenery, fabulous friends, quantimous (OK, maybe that's not a word) quilting! You can follow the progress of our quilt on my blog http://tandtquiltshop.blogspot.com/ With a little help from my wonderful friends I pieced tiny blocks (3 inches square - not too daunting until you get to Treasure Island which took an amazing 8 hours to paper piece in miniature!) for each shop and began the assembly of our shop's take on this year's theme. I'm loving it so far...I promise a sneak peak before shop hop (I have never been one to wait til Christmas to open the pesents!)
Photos to be added tomorrow - I promise!
Can't wait to see it all together! The sections I've seen are amazing!
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