Row by Row Sneak Peek – 2015 edition - BadAss Quilters Society

Holy crap I am watching this month speed by faster than the freaking gray hair that keeps re-growing on my chin (hey, we keep it very REAL around here!) soon enough summer will be here and of course you know what that means right??…..

The start of The Row by Row Experience for 2015!

If you are a RXR virgin it is all pretty simple and yet totally exciting at the same time! ..it goes like this.

An all Summer long hop with No passports! No fees! This baby covers all of the United States and lots of Canada!

This year’s theme is water!!

Simply visit any of the participating shops June 21 through September 8th and receive a free pattern for a row in a quilt. Combine your rows both vertical and horizontal 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 is the official sneak peak for the BadAss Quilters Society row for 2015, and yes of course there will be a kit for her as well!**

There are prizes to to be won! but pay attention to the details!

Create a unique quilt using at least 8 different 2015 rows from 8 different 2015 participating RxR 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! In the case of the BadAss Quilters Society we will start on June 1st adding items to our prize basket until it is bursting with so much goodness that our special winner will faint with joy!

There is SWAG to collect including of course the fabric license plates!

This year again we will have TWO collectable fabric license plates. Each shop who is doing these will have something original and amazing so there is no end to how many you can collect!

Are you ready for the fun? Let us know –

Will you be ROWING this year?

and will you be visiting us at SPOOL- Home of the BadAss Quilters Society?

9 Comments

2Xquilter on May 11, 2015 at 8:31 pm

It was very enlightening to read about the ins and outs of being a quilt store owner. It did surprise me to learn that while they are in business, does not mean they are turning over enough profit to pay themselves a salary regardless of the size. In my area I have several friends who support the local quilt shop and remain true with making their purchases at this shop alone. While we want to be supportive, some have been asked to make models for the store. Happily we do so, but the owner is very stingy in paying for the work we do. Even when the agreed trade off would be in long arm quilting that the owner does, she still is reluctant to be really fair. She made an offer of $5 per hour after the project was completed which took 10 hours. How can we be supportive of the store owner and still receive fair compensation? Is there a standard rate quilt shop owners pay their model makers? Thanks for your help.

Sales Rep on June 3, 2015 at 9:28 am

I have worked in a couple of quilt stores, years ago, and have been a fabric sales rep for many years. How sample makers are paid varies widely ~ but these are 2 of the most common compensation agreements
1. Some stores figure out how much the project costs wholesale – fabric, pattern, batting – and that is how much the maker is paid.
2. Some stores supply all of the materials needed – fabric, pattern, batting – and the finished project belongs to the maker but the store can use it as a sample for up to 2 years. The maker can then choose to sell the sample or keep it.
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Patty Swatzell on April 26, 2015 at 8:36 pm

Missed out on last years complete Hop but hope to get out this year! Love the mermaid! See you soon!

Carole on April 24, 2015 at 9:34 am

oh fun! And this coincides with the Washington quilt shop hop I’ll be doing.

Susan K on April 23, 2015 at 10:17 pm

Definitely have to make the trip to Chattanooga! I HAVE to have this beauty on my first Row by Row!

Jean L. on April 23, 2015 at 5:09 pm

I love this row!!! Hoping to make a trek to collect her, she is a beauty!

Julie on April 23, 2015 at 3:39 pm

I would love to do this.It will be my first one! I am really nervous and excited! Hee hee!

Heather Cady on April 23, 2015 at 2:47 pm

Dammit! I WANT your row, but a 33 hr. drive or 7.5 hr. flight is just a little tooooooo far! LOVE the mermaid, and can only imaging how great the rest of it will be 🙂

Heather from Alberta, Canada.

Fabric Rep on June 3, 2015 at 9:33 am

Many stores make enough kits to keep on selling them through the end of the year. You will have to wait until the official dates are over, plus a wait time – sometime around Oct 1. You can then call the stores and ask them to mail a kit to you.
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2Xquilter on May 11, 2015 at 8:31 pm

It was very enlightening to read about the ins and outs of being a quilt store owner. It did surprise me to learn that while they are in business, does not mean they are turning over enough profit to pay themselves a salary regardless of the size. In my area I have several friends who support the local quilt shop and remain true with making their purchases at this shop alone. While we want to be supportive, some have been asked to make models for the store. Happily we do so, but the owner is very stingy in paying for the work we do. Even when the agreed trade off would be in long arm quilting that the owner does, she still is reluctant to be really fair. She made an offer of $5 per hour after the project was completed which took 10 hours. How can we be supportive of the store owner and still receive fair compensation? Is there a standard rate quilt shop owners pay their model makers? Thanks for your help.
- Sales Rep on June 3, 2015 at 9:28 am
  
  I have worked in a couple of quilt stores, years ago, and have been a fabric sales rep for many years. How sample makers are paid varies widely ~ but these are 2 of the most common compensation agreements
  1. Some stores figure out how much the project costs wholesale – fabric, pattern, batting – and that is how much the maker is paid.
  2. Some stores supply all of the materials needed – fabric, pattern, batting – and the finished project belongs to the maker but the store can use it as a sample for up to 2 years. The maker can then choose to sell the sample or keep it.
Patty Swatzell on April 26, 2015 at 8:36 pm

Missed out on last years complete Hop but hope to get out this year! Love the mermaid! See you soon!
Carole on April 24, 2015 at 9:34 am

oh fun! And this coincides with the Washington quilt shop hop I’ll be doing.
Susan K on April 23, 2015 at 10:17 pm

Definitely have to make the trip to Chattanooga! I HAVE to have this beauty on my first Row by Row!
Jean L. on April 23, 2015 at 5:09 pm

I love this row!!! Hoping to make a trek to collect her, she is a beauty!
Julie on April 23, 2015 at 3:39 pm

I would love to do this.It will be my first one! I am really nervous and excited! Hee hee!
Heather Cady on April 23, 2015 at 2:47 pm

Dammit! I WANT your row, but a 33 hr. drive or 7.5 hr. flight is just a little tooooooo far! LOVE the mermaid, and can only imaging how great the rest of it will be 🙂

Heather from Alberta, Canada.
- Fabric Rep on June 3, 2015 at 9:33 am
  
  Many stores make enough kits to keep on selling them through the end of the year. You will have to wait until the official dates are over, plus a wait time – sometime around Oct 1. You can then call the stores and ask them to mail a kit to you.