sweetwater cotton shoppe

your home away from home

Month: January 2019

  • Column One of the 4 x 5 Anthology

    good afternoon! The Polar Vortex gave us the day off yesterday but today seems to be a little bit better (it is a balmy -5°F here in Paynesville right now). I had some warmed up beef stew for lunch and am sipping a coffee right now…cuz that walk from the Post Office is a little…

  • Lucy Tuesdays (week 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)

    these last 5 weeks have i’ve been debating on how to approach the actual piecing of the blocks, 4-patches, accent squares, and the background honeycombs. i don’t want them to be out of commission while i’m piecing them. so i’ve decided to do the following… i will stitch up the sashing pieces. and finish up…

  • a little bit o’ crochet

    good afternoon! hopefully you are enjoying this last little bit of above zero weather until it turns tundra-esque. our chunky thread by Lori Holt arrived yesterday, so i set to work on getting the display up and everything marked. then last night after the last episode of the Ted Bundy Tapes i set to work…

  • quilting in january

    how’s it going in your neck of the woods this afternoon? it’s a tad chilly at 19F feels like 10F and the next week or so we are looking at subzero highs…time to pull out an old project, nab a new project, or cozy up with coffee and your tablet and do a little bit…

  • cottage hearts

    thank god it’s friday! i know i am excited for the short day tomorrow then quiet evening stitching with some Netflix and coffee. i thought i would pop in and show you the project i whipped up last weekend. Cottage Hearts measures just 18 x 18 inches and features 16 hearts. *i wanted a truly…

  • the Bookshelf

    good afternoon! i’ve just gotten back from the Post Office and am about to pin on a quilt and thought i better pop in and give you the low down on some new titles we’ve gotten in. These new titles are absolutely wonderful…I’ve added a couple of them to my personal library. These books are…

  • a new year

    ***this post was supposed to go live earlier this week*** good afternoon! we hope you had a wonderful new year…we’ve been busy packing away all the Christmas trees and redoing the bed for january. new collections are arriving and we are so excited to get started on fresh new projects and finish up some older…