Free tool
Shop hop planner
Pick a day, choose your shops, and get a route. The point of this one is the day — it knows which shops are shut on Mondays and which close at four, so you don't drive to a locked door.
How to use it
Check the shops you want and the planner builds a Google Maps route in the order you picked them, opening in whatever maps app you use. Google will happily reorder the stops for you once it's open — this just gets them all in there without typing nine addresses on a phone.
Google's route links take about ten stops before they stop working, so if you're planning something ambitious, split it into two days. Which is honestly the right call anyway — nobody enjoys their sixth quilt shop.
What "open" means here
We've now confirmed hours for all 57 shops in the directory, so every shop here shows real hours rather than a guess. If we ever add one before confirming its hours, it'll say hours not confirmed rather than being hidden or assumed open.
Small shops also change their hours for holidays, family events and the odd snow day without updating anything online. If a shop is the whole reason for your trip, it's worth a call.
When the official hop is on
The Utah Shop Hop runs most years in late April into early May — a block trail across participating shops, with prizes. That's the natural time to use this, though a made-up hop on an ordinary Saturday works just as well. Other shows and festivals are worth building a trip around too.
Some routes that work
If you'd rather not build one from scratch:
- Sandy — two shops a two-minute walk apart on Main Street, plus two more nearby. The easiest quilting afternoon in the state.
- St. George — five shops within a few minutes, and Clover Patch ten minutes out in Santa Clara.
- Utah County — American Fork, Orem, Provo and Springville strung along twenty minutes of I-15. Start at American Quilting, which shuts at four.
- Logan — four verified stops covering fabric, handwork, machines, classes, and repair, plus ADORNit a few minutes north in Hyde Park.