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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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  • day 3…98 days till Christmas

    good morning! hopefully your sunday is relaxing. as the autumn takes hold, we love putting on a big pot of Chili on Sunday morning and letting it simmer throughout the day. today though, we will be spending the day celebrating Penny’s 1st birthday, her actual birthday is October 5th…but Mel & Ty are vendoring the…

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  • Day 2…99 days till Christmas

    welcome to day 2 of our 12 Days of Christmas projects. today…Beachy Christmas project…featuring Merry Little Christmas wovens by Bonnie & Camille. we love how this showcases the various wovens in the collection. Crabapple Hill has the sweetest embroidery…i just love the Cozy Quilter’s Christmas Tree. It is the perfect pillow to bring in a…

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  • day 1…100 days till Christmas

    good morning! can you believe it? it is just 100 days till Christmas and there are SO many Christmas projects i’d like to finish. it is always wishful thinking but i give it a go anyways. i try to finish up at least 1 Christmas themed cross stitch project along with different embroidery projects, and…

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  • christmas

    i know…i know…let’s enjoy the winding down of summer and the crisp autumn. honestly, i love autumn…i love cozy sweaters, hotdish, a cool evening breeze, and the rustle of the corn. Farmers Markets full of gourds and pumpkins and cut flower bouquets of sunflowers and hydrangeas. Autumn truly is my favorite. however, Christmas is on…

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  • jane’s modified coverlet

    good afternoon! we are still waiting for the weather to realize that it is september…i am looking forward to cozy sweaters, warm socks, apple cider, and the changing leaves. i thought i would pop in and give you a looky at a quilt that has been around for awhile, but hasn’t made it online yet.…

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  • D is for Dream

    if you have ever wanted to whip up a baby quilt for a little boy…you are not alone in your endeavor…nor are you alone in how difficult it can be to find sweet baby boy prints. mom resorted to grey wovens and grunge for a soft and sweet baby quilt for my nephew which was…

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  • Pumpkin Whip

    i’ve just settled into the shop today…with horrible allergies…so while i wait for the Zyrtec and Benadryl to kick in…thought i’d have a cup of coffee and single Vienna Fingers and introduce our newest project…a pumpkin project! we’ve been wanting to make a pumpkin quilt for years (literally!) but never had quite the right combination…

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  • august

    we hope you have had a wonderful summer…it is always a little sad to see it come to an end. we’ve been transitioning the shoppe to autumn…which has been a welcomed change after the push to get the shoppe ready for the hop combined with Grandma A’s passing (mom’s mom) and the arrival of new,…

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  • Quilt Minnesota 2022

    Good Afternoon! Welcome to Quilt Minnesota 2022…we hope you have a chance to hop into a few shops between today and August 20th. We’ve done several projects featuring this years Quilt Minnesota collection and compiled them into our exclusive booklet, Minnesota Patio. Projects are… Patio Stars 77 x 85…kitted at $134.99 includes booklet Cutting Garden…

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  • a couple NEW projects

    finally…we’ve finished up Sugarshack & Moody Album. Patterns are done. Kits are done. Quilt is up. Sugarshack…features Tilda Chic Escape & Daisyfield & a solid grey. I’m in LOVE with the large florals…the dark blue and the rust ones are my fave! The collection itself was inspired by the Chateau reno shows that Tone watched…

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  • greige goods

    happy july! we are already 1 week into july…how did that happen? anyways…i’ve finally gotten all of the Greige Goods by Sheryl Johnson online…we have the full collection of 20 prints along with some fat quarter bundles. This collection is fantastic…lots of greige, grey, beige, some black, tan, white. Lots of different shades and prints…

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  • summer in the garden

    as we near the big summer holiday…i thought i better share a new favorite… Summer in the Garden…a delightful combination of Lexington, Willow, Exquisite, and Bella Solid Pearl. This quilt graced the American Patchwork & Quilting calendar about 13/14 years ago…it has always been a favorite. When Lexington arrived, we debated on what we should…

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  • swatch

    good afternoon! it’s a hot one today…hopefully you are stitching some place cool! we are doing some machine quilting while working on a Christmas Beachy (cannot wait to finish this up…it is going to be so pretty…it will feature Merry Little Christmas Wovens by Bonnie & Camille…but more on that later)! Today we are talking…

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