The Quilter's Road Trip Tool
Quilt Shop Road Trip Planner
Build a multi-stop quilt road trip in minutes. Map shops along your route, optimize the driving order, save your trip, and open the whole thing in Google Maps. Always free.
6,755+ quilt shops · 1,299+ guilds · 436 retreat centers · No signup to plan
Planning a quilt road trip the hard way
You've heard about three great shops within a few hours of each other. You want to make a day of it. So you open five browser tabs: Google Maps, the first shop's website (to check hours), the second shop's Facebook page, a guild's meeting calendar, and a notes app to write the route down. By the time you've sketched it out, you've forgotten which shop closes early on Tuesdays.
The Quilt Shop Road Trip Planner is the antidote. One map, one route, every quilt-related stop on the continent indexed, with phone, website, and reviews where available. Type your start and end, pick the shops you want to visit, and the planner builds the driving order.
How it works
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Enter your starting point
Type a city, ZIP, or address. The planner geocodes it instantly — no account needed. Add an optional ending point if your trip isn't a round-trip.
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Pick stops along the route
The map shows every quilt-related stop within a corridor around your route — shops, fabric stores, longarmers, guilds, retreats. Click pins to add them to your trip. Filter by category if you want shops only.
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Optimize the driving order
One click rearranges your stops into the shortest driving route. Skip backtracking and save gas. Especially useful for trips with five-plus stops.
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Open in Google Maps or save for later
One-click handoff to Google Maps with every stop pre-loaded. Or sign in to save the trip and share it with a friend — they get a link that loads the route on their device.
Built for quilters, not generic travelers
Live data
6,755+ shops with phone, website, and reviews where available — a continuously maintained catalog, not a static list from 2019.
Real route optimization
The optimizer uses actual road distances, not straight-line "as the crow flies." Saves you hours on long trips.
Save and share trips
Sign in once, save unlimited trips. Share a trip with a friend via a single link — they don't need an account to view it.
Everything quilt-related
Not just shops. Add guilds, longarm services, retreat centers, sewing-machine repair, and quilt shows to your route in the same view.
Trip ideas to get you started
Not sure where to start? A few classic quilt road trips that the Trip Planner handles well:
Texas Hill Country Loop
Austin → Fredericksburg → Kerrville → New Braunfels and back. Half-dozen well-loved shops, scenic drives, BBQ along the way. Plan a one-day loop or stretch it across a weekend.
Shipshewana & Amish Country
Shipshewana, IN is dense with quilt shops, retreat centers, and traditional fabric stores. Plan a full weekend, stay at a retreat, and circle through nearby towns.
Pacific Northwest Quilt Loop
Seattle → Portland with detours through Olympia, Vancouver WA, and small-town shops in between. The corridor filter is especially useful here — there's a lot to choose from.
More curated routes coming. In the meantime, the planner works for any starting point.
Common questions
Is the Trip Planner free?
Yes. The planner is free to use anonymously — search, build, and optimize a route without an account. A free QuiltMap sign-in is needed to save trips, share them with a friend, or email yourself a copy. No paid tier on the planner itself.
How many stops can I add?
There's no hard cap, but Google Maps' multi-stop URL accepts about 10 destinations comfortably. For longer trips (shop hops with 100+ participating stores), the planner can still build the route — you'll just want to break it into legs.
Can I find shops along a specific highway?
Yes. After you enter a starting and ending point, the planner shows every quilt-related stop within a corridor around your route. Adjust the corridor width to be more or less generous about detours.
What if a shop has closed or moved?
Every listing has a "Suggest an edit" link. Updates from the community are reviewed and merged regularly. Owners can also claim their listing to manage their own info. Hours are typically not in our catalog yet — call ahead before visiting if hours matter for your trip.
Ready to plan a trip?
Open the Trip Planner →No signup required to start.