sweetwater cotton shoppe

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Month: October 2016

  • our website is up and running!

    okay…we’ve decided to take the leap and have invested in an actual website…don’t worry…i’ll still be posting here…promise…but it should make things a little easier to find if you are into online shopping.  we’ll still be on etsy though…so no worries if you prefer that platform! be sure to pop over there and take a…

  • missing summer

    autumn is blooming, leaves changing, the air is crisp and pumpkins are appearing on doorsteps, benches, and piled on wagons. I look forward to the harvest season, late night combines flooding fields with light, dried corn stalks rustling in the wind, and cyclones of dried leaves swirling on cool sidewalks. I just really like the…

  • a little duffle

    does anyone remember my shabby flower garden that I have been working on in between the other projects? well…after I had finished my flowers I had extra basted hexies left…and as much as I like have bits, bobs, and things…I’ve decided I really and truly need to start being a little more organized (just a…

  • Toffee & Parfait

    as promised in the last post…a post about our newest Sweet Confections…(that really aren’t that new anymore).  I’ve been playing catch-up (or ketchup) since early august–that crazy, busy, fun shop hop then the Madison Expo close on the heels has really done a number on my posting. so since I’m caught up on quilting for the…

  • patchworks from the prairie

    we know you love our Sweet Confections…(we do too!), but we thought we’d shake things up a bit. today I’d like to introduce to you our newest collection of projects… Patchworks from the Prairie Inspired by color, design, and years past…we bring you the first 3 patchworks in our newest collection that will bring you back to yester-year.…

  • Bordeaux

    I am in love with the word “Bordeaux”…I love that it has an “x” in it and almost all of the vowels. I looked it up.  It is a French port city on the Garonne River in the Southwest of France.  It is also the wine produced in that area of France.  And…it is what…