Month: July 2026

• July 28, 2026

  Winter’s Garden | Cassandra Connolly for lewis and irene

  good morning! we are heading into the 2nd week of the shop hop and the last week of july. we’ve been in the new space for over 4 months now…can you believe it?! i still see spots that need to be wrapped up, a shelf put up here and there and some display goodies put…

• July 25, 2026

  Minnesota Countryside

  good morning! today is the second day of the 20th Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop. can you believe that this shop hop has been around for 2 decades! i can still remember the first year and how we weren’t sure if it would be a hit. well it was and here we are 20 years later.…

• July 11, 2026

  a bit of christmas

  we are heading into the half-way point of summer already…not sure how that happened, but we are looking at the start of Quilt Minnesota 2026 in just 2 weeks. we have one project done, another started, and another cut out. we are planning on 5 projects total…so two more to cut out and piece. it…

• July 4, 2026

  liberty

  good morning! thought i would take a moment to pop in and wish you a happy 4th of July! mel and the niblings and the pooches are coming over for burgers, rhubarb upside down cake and some porch relaxing. definitely not like when i was younger and dad’s side met up at Lake Charlotte and…