bloggy bits

  • marshmallow world

    this christmas season has definitely been one to remember…we had several (like 4-5) December snow days…can you believe it? then to top things off…Mel and Ty and the kids couldn’t come because the roads were closed down by Dawson. we all felt under the weather over the weekend so i guess it all worked out,…

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  • Twinkle Lights

    good afternoon! we’ve got a little snow which makes the Christmas lights so much prettier! Speaking of Christmas lights i haven’t introduced one of our favorite new Christmas projects. Twinkle Lights…inspired by a vintage quilt we spied in a cottage coffee table book. This little 6-patch block works wonders for the sweet little prints of…

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  • steelworks

    good afternoon! it is definitely a brisk one out there today…i’m thinking some evening cozy stitching is in order this evening. hopefully you will be doing the same thing! as our love of Grey continues to grow and our Beachy in Grey quilt kit continues to be a top seller…we are always on the lookout…

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  • red & white

    as this christmas month sets in…i fall more in love with red & white than any other time of year. i love the crisp white snow as it rests on garland and berries, red velvet bows on fresh green wreaths covered with frost in the morning air and a good red and white bundle if…

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  • tilda’s Hometown & My Neighborhood

    it has finally arrived! Tilda’s Hometown & My Neighborhood is in store… “Hometown… Home is where the heart is, and perhaps never more so now, for many of us. Being a city girl, I once took the leap and moved to the country, the kind of small community where everyone knows each other and the…

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  • snow for days

    it is finally winter…the snow has arrived which really puts us in the Christmas spirit here at the shoppe. the shoppe is always set for Christmas right after Halloween (we always have a spot set for Thanksgiving with pumpkins and sometimes a turkey platter because we love Thanksgiving too!) so we can be prepared for…

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  • snowed in & tree farm

    the shop hop is in full swing…we’ve got hot apple cider, treats, sparkly trees, Christmas music, and a couple new Christmas projects. These two projects both use Merry Little Christmas by Bonnie & Camille. This color palette is a little outside the Sweetwater box…but we love it! it is so fresh and pretty and the…

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  • rendezvous

    Good Evening! We are finishing up some last minute projects for our Hometown Holiday Road Trip which starts tomorrow morning at 9am. Hopefully you can join us for some holiday cheer…we’ve set the shop for Christmas. Our projects are finished…including…Twinkle Lights, Kandii Plaza, Snowed In, Tree Farm, and In the Meadow (which is our complimentary…

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  • jane & izzabel

    good afternoon! hopefully you have had a chance to enjoy the last of the fall leaves…these windy days are sure doing a number on the trees. i do love the sound of the dried leaves underfoot, as they slide across the street, or land on the windshield. we have a couple new things…first off…last Thursday…

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  • frosted

    i know…i know…we are back to Christmas… i really couldn’t wait though…we’ve got lots going on and i didn’t want this frosty favorite to get lost in the shuffle…so i thought i’d pop in and introduce Frosted… Frosted features Noel by Clare Therese Gray, and, simply, we L O V E it! when this collection…

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  • halloween on the porch

    hello stitchers! i’m in a “Hocus Pocus” kind of mood…Winnie just cracks me up! (we are both the oldest so there is that!) the time has come! we’ve transformed the porch into a spooky little alcove…channeling some Gothic romance and mixing in a little farmhouse and cottage style. we’ve got a mixture of Web of…

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  • buttercup & slate

    good afternoon! thought i would pop in and introduce our newest collection…Buttercup & Slate. Corey describes this collection as follows… “With Buttercup & Slate, I invite you to relish those magical, fleeting moments when the warm sunny hues of late afternoon fade to gray and slowly turn to night. There are plenty of flowers, both…

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  • day 12…89 days till christmas

    today is the final day…first i would like to thank you if you stuck with us through the entire 12 days. i love christmas…but i need a little breather…i need to get back to my favorite season. anyways…today i thought i would drop in with just a rundown of our Christmas collections…at the end of…

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  • day 11…90 days till christmas

    hello! and good morning…nearly afternoon! hopefully you had a wonderful weekend. i enjoyed the first autumn weekend…and am looking forward to sharing some autumn goodness with you later this week. we do have 2 more days of Christmas to go…and today and tomorrow will both feature some of my current Christmas favorites. today…we have Whipping…

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  • day 10…91 days till christmas

    good morning! i am looking forward to a cozy sunday…spent at home. chili simmering, a hand stitching project (probably an autumn cross stitch…cuz i just couldn’t resist…but more on that later) and the windows open to enjoy the brisk autumn breeze. today we have some Liberty Quilting Cottons…The Merry & Bright collection to be exact.…

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  • day 9…92 days till christmas

    our 12 days of Christmas projects is starting to wind down…just 3 days left after today. i thought today i would offer up Checkerboard…this luscious, creamy quilt is absolutely divine. the original Checkerboard uses a patriotic shirting bundle…the original shirting bundle has long since been substituted out with newer, and possibly more wonderful shirtings. even…

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  • day 8…93 days till Christmas

    day 8…goodness…these days are just slipping by… This sweet throw quilt, aptly named Wrapping Paper, uses the Rowan collection by Whistler Studios. Not necessarily Christmas…but the red stripe brings to mind Christmas ribbon, bedecked lamp posts and poinsettia bunches tied with raffia and burlap. A classic palette of dark tomato red, vanilla, and a pop…

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  • day 7…94 days till christmas

    good morning! we are happy to see you here for day 7! Today’s quilt is a fun project features Christmas prints from Bunny Hill for moda. Ms. Sutton tends to showcase lots of little prints…and the collection featured in our Stepping Stones quilt was no exception. Sweet little snowmen, stars, stockings, and Christmas trees…and a…

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  • day 6…95 days till Christmas

    good morning! we are halfway through our 12 Day of Christmas projects. our Christmas embroidery kits have arrived and will be featured once i have all the kits available online. today we have Woven Rose…this quilt uses Diamond Textiles woven and specialty fabrics. Woven Rose…primitive and rustic with a touch of soft romance. A palette…

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  • day 5…96 days till Christmas

    happy Tuesday! we are nearly halfway through our 12 days of Christmas projects…celebrating 100 days until Christmas. (how can it be that time already?) today is day 5 and we have one of my favorites (who am i kidding…they all hold a special place)…but the little fawn from Deer Christmas is a favorite! Peppermint Christmas…

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  • day 4…97 days till Christmas

    good morning! hopefully you found a moment to work on a little stitching…maybe even a little Christmas stitching…i found a little bit of time to work on some Christmas embroidery. i do wish the days were a little cooler; i love being cozy while stitching. we are already a third of the way through our…

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