Shop Hop a success

We had our first regional shop hop last weekend and it was a success. With Saturday normally being a short shopping day, we knew that no single group could get to very many shops, so we created a north loop and a south loop, both centered around Stuttgart, Germany.
In an amazing stroke of luck, there were special events on this Saturday in both loops.
The South loop had a quilt show going on at a local castle (see Quilt-Art in Holzgerlingen), and one of our shopkeepers was going to be there, so we just made her quilt show book the last store.
The North loop had an art fair in Bad Cannstatt, so the nearby store was going to be open late, and that made travel time easier for the north loopers.
On Sunday we sewed, and talked about all the new stash we bought and the stores we enjoyed. Great fun, and I hope we do it again next year.
The shops we visited were:
Patchcom in Schönaich
Sue's Quilt Shop in Gäufelden
Zweigart in Sindelfingen
Nadel und Faden in Bad Cannstatt
Atelier Monika Dobler in Schorndorf
Quilt Kompass in Backnang

I heartily recommend all of these stores.

Quilt and Fabric stores in Stuttgart area

Quilting is a popular hobby in Germany. Remarkably popular, and it's reflected in the number of places to buy fabric.
The area I live in, Stuttgart, is heavily populated, and is rather prosperous, due to the automotive and high-tech industries. We are fortunate enough to have several patchwork shops and several fabric shops as well.
I made a Google map to show you the relative locations of some of the shops I know. Feel free to check it out.
My LQS (Local Quilt Shop) is Patchcom in Schönaich, near Böblingen.
Here are the links:
Quilt shops in Stuttgart Germany area
Patchcom in Schönaich