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Month: May 2013

  • sylvia’s bridal sampler

    so we have 4 blocks for you today… Mexican Star, Milky Way, Modern Tulip, and Mosaic No. 3…(Lancaster Rose is still being stitched) next week…sylvia blocks…Mother’s Delight, Mother’s Favorite, and Mrs. Cleveland’s Choice mom has a brand new idea!  i just love when she gets those…we’ll be getting a little bit o’ glamping cooked up…

  • Sweet Confections

    hope you had a wonderful long weekend!  we did come into work yesterday for a couple hours…we did get a few things finished. our “box” of Sweet Confections is coming right along…we will have it ready to ship in a week or so.  this “box” will have a Baker’s Dozen of Sweet Confections and corresponding recipes.…

  • Sylvia

    3 more blocks all finished up and put on the pile (Lancaster Rose is still not finished)… From left Mariner’s Compass, Log Cabin, and Love in a Mist. next up…Mexican Star, Milky Way, and Modern Tulip. Also…Paper Pieces came in!  Coming soon…an Apple Core delight, Double Wedding Ring, and a Tumber (which i’m working on…

  • English Paper Pieces!

    As you may know…i LOVE English Paper piecing (and bacon) but that is an entirely different post!  I have done a Grandmother’s Flower Garden… (1 inch hexies) below…using a hard-to-find civil war green for the path.  (yes…this was hand pieced, hand quilted, the binding was machine stitched down, and hand tacked to the back.) Vintage…

  • come out, come out–wherever you are

    that is how i feel…where has Spring gone?  And time!?  yikes–it is already mid-May and there is still SO much that hasn’t been done yet, and there is so much going on! Sylvia-i hate to say it, again, has been delayed.  Though intentions were good.  Mom and I arrived yesterday morning and we were set. …

  • Ruffled Rose

    Ruffled Rose…is just so adorable.  Lovely checks, dots, florals, and a scrunchy grey ruffle.  Totally shabby, totally cottage-y, totally Sweetwater.  Ruffled Rose will be available in the next couple days.  –also, notice how we staggered all the seams, no need to worry about matching up corners.  Perfect for the beginner, intermediate, or advanced! We even…