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Month: February 2014

  • a bag and a sweet confection

    a couple new things today… My Kandii Bag is a lovely large tote bag…it has pockets, 2 handles, and a boxed bottom.  we do have kits and patterns…they aren’t in the etsy shoppe yet, but it’s on my list for the next couple days. Angel Cake, our newest Sweet Confection, measures a cute little 11 x 12…

  • Sweet Cream…a full post

    i made it to work today and after doing a few things that were left over from Thursday i finally have a chance to sit down and get you more pictures of the oh, so lovely Sweet Cream. Sweet Cream uses a wonderful assortment of Cabbages and Roses’ Padstow Range and a lone print from Athill Range.  the…

  • a glimpse of Sweet Cream

    i feel like i’m in snowglobe…big fluffy flakes have been falling all day.  i’ve been working on Summer Basket pattern(check our Instagram feed at right for a wool flower pot overflowing with flowers) all day–so i kind of ran out of time.  i’ll be back with some pictures of Sweet Cream, Summer Basket, and our old-timey…

  • coffee cake

    Sweet Confections are delightful, calorie-free single serving treats.  We have been adding to this grouping of patterns for awhile now.  Our latest addition to the Sweet Confection family is Coffee Cake.  Coffee Cake features a soft dark tan, warm Kansas Troubles prints, and a little bit of embroidery finished off with a handful of yoyos.  This…

  • Amelia, C&R and a scrawny lion

    so it seems that this would be about the 100th day in a row of below 0 weather…along with crazy wind chill advisories.  it is after all winter…in minnesota.  even with the temperatures staying bitterly cold, we can’t help but dream of summer, of warm sunday’s spent relaxing on the porch, picking wildflowers, driving with…

  • february…

    we are already a week into february…and it is still crazy cold outside. i was hoping to show you a couple pics today of amelia, but it is still at home.  we are also working on a little baby quilt/wall hanging featuring the tawny scrawny lion.  that project should be finished up in the next couple days…