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Month: July 2013

  • Sweetwater Glamper Park

    Sweetwater Glamper Park this Quilt Minnesota 2013 project uses the foundation pieced camper blocks available during the shop hop.  The Camper kits can only be purchased (in-store only) during the shop hop for $1 with a $10 purchase and each shop has a different camper. we have taken all these wonderfully, whimsical campers and make up our own…

  • Minnesota Glamping

    I thought i had mentioned in the last sylvia post that we were putting her off for a couple weeks…we had the Bemidji Quilt Show last weekend and this week and next we are busily getting ready for the shop hop.  Well i didn’t…i only talked about last week…so if you popped over yesterday looking…

  • the last Quilt MN 2013 project and some Sunshine

    i was looking at the calendar for this fall…because i am going to be adding an events tab…and realize that we have a crazy few months lined up!  This weekend is the Headwaters Quilt Show in Bemidji and from there it is something going on every other weekend…whether it is a meeting to vote on 2014…

  • 2 Cents…Fig Tree STyLe

    okay…so if you follow us via Facebook (if you don’t feel free to like us!  Click the “F” to the right)…you know that we did up a new 2 Cents table topper…our original had been made using Luna Notte, a lovely floral line by 3 Sisters.  it was a little bit majestic, a little bit floral,…

  • Quilt MN projects and Sylvia blocks

    Minnesota Glamping…our book of Quilt MN 2013 projects will be packed full of designs that will showcase this wonderful Minnesota inspired line.  we’ve taken these wonderful prints and put a spin on them.  Added some ruffles, soft-hand unbleached muslin, and some more ruffles! picture 1:  from top…Sun-washed pillow, Goose, Goose, Star, Rufflestillskin, and Sun-washed. picture 2:  Rufflestillskin…uses 2 panels of the…

  • a glamper camper

    we didn’t get sun-washed and rufflestillskin finished up last night.  mom is finishing them up today and we will be washing them this evening.  i won’t be working tomorrow, so i’ll take some pictures and post them tomorrow…if the internet is working.  otherwise, i’ll post info about them along with the next 3 Sylvia blocks…(keep…

  • Goose, Goose, Star

    hope you had a wonderful 4th of july!  we spent the day cleaning (yuck) for our party tomorrow, but it was a nice mid-week day off! mom finished up Goose, Goose, Star on Wednesday, and i quilted it right a way.  i also quilted up Sun-washed, but we didn’t get it bound or ruffled so i don’t have…

  • sun-washed update

    mom finished up sun-washed yesterday. batting will arrive tomorrow morning and i will get to work.  mom and i discussed the quilting…i’m thinking cream thread stitched in a tighter medium meander and only quilting in the background and setting triangles.  so the stars should pop out against the background after it has been washed. today…