SCOTT CITY — The quilt and sewing shops are a little closer to each other in the eastern part of the state — close enough for quilters to do a “shop hop,” or hop from one store to the next in search of tools for their craft. Saturday’s event, held in the Four-H Building at the Scott County Fairgrounds, included the guild’s quilt show and also the “shop hop” portion allowing participants to wander around to six different vendors and view quilting demonstrations. Radnor said the quilt show and “shop hop” event usually has six or seven vendors and brings quilting merchandise closer to the area to provide convenience to shoppers for one day out of the quilting year. Kirk used to drive to Liberal with a group to participate in the Liberal quilt guild, but the group got stuck in a snowstorm one year during one of its many trips. The quilt, named “Stars, Red, White and Blue,” consists of quilt blocks made in 1976 by Mary Scott, a 100-year-old Scott City resident, in honor of the U. read more

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