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Month: October 2013

  • Cranberry Honey Butter and Sylvia

    Happy Halloween!  22 years ago we were headed into 3+ days of snow…this year we have some rainy–sunless days!  we are busy putting together wonderful projects for you to sink into this autumn/winter. we’ve got a new Sweet Confection to add to your “grocery list”. Cranberry Honey Butter this lovely little mini measures in at…

  • sprinkles

    so today i realized that Twitter isn’t posting pictures from my Instagram feed…it is just posting a link to the picture–talk about lame!  so i proceeded to spend all morning figuring out that mess, needless to say we are now on Tumblr (check under the CONNECT header), but i did figure out that whole kerfuffle.  moving…

  • winter projects (and Sylvia)

    we’ve got some sylvia blocks for you today (just 26 left…the end is in sight)! the lovely Rosebud, Sarah’s Choice and Sarah’s Favorite aren’t they just yummy?  love the aqua and red…very cottage style!  (the background quilt is mulberry hopscotch.)  next week…Sawtooth Star, Shoo-Fly, and Sickle. a little bit of autumn…the Mulberry Hopscotch quilt is…

  • Christmas Star

    lovely little Christmas Star…just 6 inches square and delightful with your Christmas decor! $6.00 for the kit (which includes:  fabric for front, back, binding, pattern, and 3 vintage buttons)

  • ritzy…& sylvia

    ritzy rags…with autumn in full swing and a winter on the horizon, we figured you’d need a wonderful little rag quilt to cozy up with.  introducing Ritzy Rags–this sweet little pattern has been done up several times and every time it is just cute as the dickens (i don’t really know what that means…but it…

  • spooky spools

    thought i’d pop in for a moment…we have a new Sweet Delight for you! Spooky Spools…just 6 1/2 inches square, and it uses the most wonderful mix of apricot, peach, grey, and ebony.  A soft and subtle way to celebrate! kits just $6.00 (patterns $3.00)  kits are complete with fabric for front, back, and binding, buttons…

  • no sylvia blocks

    i hope you didn’t stop over hoping to find new sylvia blocks…because they didn’t get finished.  we spent the day cutting up new Oak & Vine kits and packing up for the show.  so…hopefully, between cutting more kits for the show next weekend and doing a new Sweet Confection, we can get caught up…hopefully. i’ll…

  • halloween goodness

    we have a few more projects for the Halloween/Autumn season… these projects are little more traditional with their colors, but we did add a little shabby flair to them–just for you! these would little beauties would look great on your table–i can just see it with a spooky little tree and some candy corn. Oak and…

  • believe…a little pillow

    believe…our new little pillow.  it mixes wonderful blueberry and chocolate and grey and would look great with all those wonderful blue and chocolate quilts you have stacked away.  the wool flowers and big button add just a hint of charm.  we are putting together a few kits for you…they will be available on etsy. see…

  • give thanks, with a shabby twist

    mom is just brimming with new projects!  one a day is what she says!  so for today we have a shabby version of all the seasonal love that is going on in the stores. mom chose a soft grey background, a not so pumpkin-like apricot for the pumpkin, and EdMar thread in lovely soft peach,…