Month: October 2009

  • Ladies Night OUT!

    Our 3rd Ladies Night OUT! was so much fun.  we had women piecing our travel tissue covers, getting their palm or tarot cards read!  we were all dressed up…we had a fairy, mad scientist, Mrs. Lovett, and Madame Anastazia Melonia telling fortunes.  i’m sorry…but with all the hub bub we didn’t take a single picture…

  • chilly & Astor Manor

    we got in the most adorable flannel for the upcoming winter season.  the panel has dancing snowmen (and women) on it and is absolutly adorable.  we put together a quick throw called Chilly, easy to whip up for the winter baby.  kits are $35.00 including binding and the pattern is $4.00.  we backed it with…

  • winter flannel

    mom put together a new flannel throw…it is so cute with snowmen (and women) on it.  it is green and blue, so it is perfect for the Christmas season.  we also got in a pre-printed log cabin for a simple Christmas table runner.  mom has these at the White Bear Lake Quilt Show so i…

  • autumn

    autumn seems to have left early and let winter come.  this picture is from the side door of our garage looking out into the backyard the morning of our first snowfall this year.  winter wonderland indeed. yesterday we got in part of our first order of Astor Manor by 3 Sisters.  this line is yummy…yes,…

  • New Gizmos

    We have a couple new gizmos in the shoppe.  The Binding Tool makes super perfect binding everytime and the Simpli-EZ Bias Ruler helps you cut bias binding.  We’ll have IN-SHOPPE demonstrations for these tools within the next couple months once we have the dates…i’ll let everyone know.  happy quilting…april

  • the sun

    it is almost time to head home for the day…but i see the sun has decided to make an appearance.

  • rainy days

    Rainy days…my favorite.  the perfect days for curling up with a cozy flannel quilt and the newest quilt magazine (I’m a fan of the Fall 2009 Quilt Sampler) or a good book be it a New York Times bestseller, paranormal romance (my favorite) or a classic like Wuthering Heights. Fall has arrived…