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Month: November 2013

  • vintage red & white

    mom and i hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  we had a wonderful day at home with the pooches…it was great!  some pictionary, rummikub, and Clue…then finished off with White Christmas.  (don’t forget…some turkey, garlic mash, 2 kinds of cranberries, and 3 different pies.) now…on to a sneak peek of an upcoming tutorial. starting off…i…

  • i’d like you to meet…

    Dorothy “Dot” Waters Dot is wearing a tina-rie studio shirt-dress which we paired with a Flea Market Bag. have a wonderful Sunday! –april&mickey

  • sylvia and the Loyal Union

    sylvia!  yes, we have 3 more blocks today–Star of the Orient, Steps to the Alter & Swamp Star. next up is (keep in mind we will not have Sylvia blocks next week since we will be celebrating Thanksgiving, so be sure to join us Thursday, December 5th)…sylvia’s shooting star, tennessee, and the friendship quilt  …

  • vintage blue hexies

    good afternoon…it is almost quitting time (on my day off, but anyways).  i promised some pics of the vintage blue hexie quilt and today i finally found a few minutes to snap some shots. the hexies started out like this… 31 blocks…some with white…some without.  i have an affliction when it comes to vintage quilt…

  • a meRRy liTTle Christmas

    a meRRy liTTle Christmas has arrived!  we have the shoppe stock full of holiday projects, sparkling lights, inspiration at every curve…with everything easily duplicated in your home with your own spin on it. first off…you’d better go grab that cup of coffee, hit up the bathroom, and make sure there is nothing in the oven…

  • sylvia

    sylvia blocks… stamp basket, spinning hourglass, and square and star next up…star of the orient, steps to the alter, and swamp patch. christmas gallery on the way!  just going through the 90+ pictures! –a   (sweetwater)

  • check back for sylvia tomorrow morning!

    the stamp baskets need some applique…so we’ll be doing that tonight.  so i’ll post those blocks right away tomorrow morning then sometime in the afternoon i’ll post our Christmas fanstatic-ness! lots of lights, holly berries, glitter-y goodness, 7 wonderful trees, and all around pretty-ful-ness that you can do at home.  (otherwise, everything is for sale…or…

  • sylvia

    okay…my lovelies–we are back in business today!  yay! i have silver and gold, sister’s choice, and snail’s trail.  coming next week…spinning hourglass, square and stars, and stamp baskets! our retreat starts today, so we’ll be back with some finished projects next week!  have a wonderful day! –april&mickey

  • sylvia…

    blocks are finished, but it isn’t letting me upload pictures…so i’ll be back tomorrow with pictures of silver and gold, sister’s choice, and snail’s trail.   have a wonderful day! –april      

  • november…

    good morning you crafty, quilty, lovely person!  mom and i sincerely hope you are having a wonderful saturday. i thought i would pop in and wish you a                            happy november! we received a “Thank You” card from DeeAnn of the Evening Star Quilters…which made our day!  we had a blast down there with all those wonderful…