sweetwater cotton shoppe

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Month: April 2014

  • friendship circle

    happy monday! after a hectic day, i’m glad there are only 20 minutes left of the day. we are all unpacked and geared up for tomorrow. i redid the window…in honor of the april showers we’ve been having–don’t worry there are May flowers in there too! i was hoping we were going to finish up…

  • grandma’s house coat, simplify, Rejoice & Lilacs

    we have a few lovelies to show you today…but first off–Happy Easter!  Sunday was spent outside–burgers, 4 dogs, and cheesecake from scratch made it a fabulous day.  We hope your weekend was full of family, friends, good food, and maybe you had a chance to get outside. we’ve been busy these last couple days…getting small…

  • stitchery

    so…some snow arrived on wednesday…seriously??  now it is 49ºF and they are forecasting 68ºF on Easter Sunday.  We are going to be enjoying burgers on the grill, 4 rowdy dogs, and maybe some cornhole. mom is busy whipping up some small stitchery projects for the quilt show next weekend. i’m quickly running out of time today to…

  • bucket of blooms

    we hope that the snow slid by you without any trouble.  mom ended up leaving the shoppe early yesterday…thank goodness she did because the roads were kinda nasty last night.  tina put my car in the ditch, but she’s alright (and so is my car). so we spent yesterday afternoon hanging with the dogs, drinking…

  • CW calendar girls bus options

    Quilt Minnesota 2014 is right around the corner… we have buses lined up along with dates…get your spot before they are gone! if you are interested in joining us this August…click here for your registration form…just print, fill out, and drop off or mail to your host shop. i’ll be back with some fun new projects…tomorrow…possibly…

  • Line Dried along with some other projects + Sarah’s Collection

    yesterday we got in a curated selection of Sarah’s Collection by Elm Creek Quilts and have paired it with the solid-y tonals from Padstow Range…we’ll are still in the design stages, but i’m seeing some 4-patches, white muslin, and a grey from Field Notes in the future. if you receive our e-sweetie some the following…