In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Bluebonnet Patchwork Trail, the 2008 hop was 4 days long: April 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2008

If you missed it, be sure to mark your calendars now for next year's hop, the dates will be:

April 16th - 19th, 2009
(Thursday - Sunday) 

The hours will be a little different this year. 

We will be open Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am - 8 pm and Sunday 10am - 4pm. 

Here's how the Bluebonnet Patchwork Trail Shop Hop works...

There are 12 quilt shops on our hop. (The Shop Hop stores and their websites are listed at the end of this page. ) Pick up a "Trail Ticket" at the first shop you visit between April 10 - 13. Have your trail ticket stamped at each shop and turn it in at the last shop.

A completed ticket will get your name entered for the Grand Prize as well as 12 other great prizes:

• The Grand Prize is a Great Bag of Gift Certificates and Merchandise - total value over $1500.
• There are also 12 other merchandise bags valued at over $300.
  
  

And the winners are...

Grand Prize winner: Louise Paterson from Johnson City, who won a basket full of “stuff” and a $100.00 gift certificate to each shop on the hop.

There were 12 other winners of the big baskets:

Rhonda Sherman - Converse

Robin Swinney - Houston

Annette Branecky  -  Boerne

Mary Hotmann  –  Wimberly

Judy Rossy  –  San Antonio

Bonnie Gates  –  Boerne

Carol Schumann  –  New Braunfels

Denise Reynolds  –  San Antonio

Judy Schulz  –  New Braunfels

Bill Heuer  –  Canyon Lake

Marjorie Latham  –  Blanco

Angela Halepaska  –  Boerne

Congratulations to all the winners and we appreciate all the hoppers who made it by for this fun event.

Bluebonnet Patchwork Trail Pins
Each store will have the official shop hop pin, like the one from 2007 shown left, available for purchase during the hop.

2008 Block Challenge

This year's challenge brought in some wonderful blocks. Now, it is time to announce the winners!

We offered great prizes (shown left) for winners in 4 categories:  Pieced Blocks, Applique Blocks, Combination Blocks, and Embellished & 3 Dimensional Blocks.  Although we are only showing the 1st place winner in each category here, we selected a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each category and then a Grand Prize winner. These are some great prizes for “just a block”!

Now, about those winners...

Our Grand Prize Winner is:

Ellen Carter - Austin, Texas ---> shown right

Congratulations to all the winners! Here is what they won:

• The Grand Prize, chosen from all the categories: a Fabric Basket valued at over $300.00.
• 1st place in each category: a Fat Quarter Bundle valued at over $150.00.
• 2nd place in each category: a Fat Quarter Bundle valued at over $100.00.
• 3rd place in each category: a Fat Quarter Bundle valued at over $50.00.