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  • happy valentine’s day

    good afternoon! Happy Valentine’s Day! hopefully you’ve had a wonderful day… we’ve gotten in some new fabric…so it has been a fantastic day around here. Paisley Place…featuring shades of peach sherbet, rose, vanilla, grey, and black…this collection has a watercolor look to it. soft, gentle paisleys and mandalas offset with black. Perfectly pretty! i love…

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  • sail

    good afternoon! hopefully you’re curled up next to a window enjoying the sunlight since it is a bit chilly to be on the porch today. we’ve just finished up Sail, featuring Sister Bay by 3 Sisters, and have finally gotten it kitted up. this quilt is wonderful…the classic half-square triangle, a somewhat modern/beachy/coastal color palette…

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  • dawn & ivory

    the day is winding down around here, so i thought i better take a moment and pop in with a new low volume bundle. daybreak dawn & ivory these bundles include a mixture of Daybreak, Memoirs, & Quill…so they are limited… check them out here. mom is still working on the Sister Bay quilt…can’t wait…

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  • summery sassafrass

    good morning! hopefully you are having a wonderful weekend! it looks like it may be a *little* warmer…which will make gabby’s walks a lot more fun. it is looking like Cottage Linen Closet will be arriving sometime in February…hot on the heels of Grace which arrived in late December…so we thought we ought to whip…

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  • valentine pink

    good afternoon! we are all cozy in the shop today…gabby-goo is snoozing after her mid-day walk, mom is working on our new project featuring Sister Bay, and i’ve been listing a few pinky bundles online. Valentine’s Day will be here before you know it…so i thought i would drop in and introduce a few pinky…

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  • sweetbriar

    we hope you are enjoying this wonderfully brisk saturday! we’ve been working on finishing up several projects and have a couple more ready and waiting, but thought today we would introduce Sweetbriar. Sweetbriar was dreamed up a few months ago…when the Bramble Patch collection by Hannah Dale arrived. It had the most lovely large dot…

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  • sister bay & Gabby

    good afternoon! thought i would drop with a little Sister Bay…3 Sisters’ newest collection. Sister Bay is described as follows… “Life is better on the bay… The 3 Sisters love spending time by the water, for the beauty of it, and for the moments of serenity and grace it brings them. Inspired by the charm…

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  • merlot quilt kit

    good morning! yes…a little early for wine (i’d take a mimosa if you had one)…however, it is not too early to show off one of our new projects. Merlot…featuring Cranberries and Cream…3 Sisters’ Christmas collection…is truly scrumptious. Classic red, white, and cocoa…perfect for Christmas and…Valentine’s Day so no need to put it away…just pull out…

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  • tildaaaaaa!!!!

    good afternoon! it has been nonstop since before christmas…lots of new collections vying to ship next…but we’ve opted to finish out our Tilda basics first. today…we have Tilda Medium Dots…these dots are truly the best. the background is a small gingham style print with the classic medium dot. these are available as either yardage or…

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  • yard goods

    good evening! we are headed out the door for a short Christmas break. we have decided to run a short little sale over on the website. 25% off yardage…includes Urban Farmhouse II, Sweet Beginnings, Chick-a-doodle-doo, Purple Majesty, Bramble Patch and much…much more! 1 yard minimum…we have more available…let me know if you’d like backing for…

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  • windy days are a-coming

    A quick update… Windy Days yardage has arrived…precuts arriving later this week. tilda coordinates are also starting to arrive…keep a look out! check out Windy Days and all the tilda loveliness here. happy stitching! -april&mickey&gabby

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  • gather & FLASHSALE

    good afternoon! mom ran to the grocery store so i thought i would pop in and let you know. we are running a flash sale over on the website…30% off yardage, kits, bundles, and precuts. check out the sale here. i’ve added the Gather collection (precuts and yardage) to the sale…i just got them online…

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  • farmhouse greys

    we love grey. i’m sure this comes as no surprise…we have an entire section of grey fabrics… Our Beachy in Grey quilt has been a best selling kit for years…i have a hard time keeping them on the shelf…a peak at the grey section and the Beachy in Grey quilt…you can grab your own Beachy…

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  • dear jane is back

    good afternoon! the snow has started to fly and we are wrapping up the 6th Annual Hometown Holiday Road Trip here in a few hours. i thought i would drop in quickly to let you know that we have gotten in our order of Dear Jane 25th Anniversary books and have them available now! the…

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  • good-bye october

    as we near the end of october (one of my favorite months of the year) i thought i better do a post highlighting all the autumn we have sprinkled around the shop. i thought i would start with one of my favorite displays in the shop right now. it highlights almost all the extra goodies…

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  • 66 days

    good evening! it is just 66 days until christmas! i’m not sure where the time has gone…but we are loving being in the shoppe this fall. we had opted to forgo all quilt shows for 2021 and the early part of 2022…and are glad we did. more time to stitch, finish up projects, work on…

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  • prairie dry goods

    hope you are enjoying this drizzly day (my favorite!). we’ve been getting in some of our civil war collections…ship dates on our floral collections have been pushed back…so we take what we can get… today is Prairie Dry Goods by Pam Buda. cozy, autumn tones…a civil war rainbow full of double pinks, orange and yellow,…

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  • market fresh figs

    good morning! first off…my niece has arrived…Pennelope Quinn was born on October 5th at 1:49pm weighing 7lbs and was 19 inches long. now for some different bundles… Market Fresh Figs…I’ve tracked down any and all previous Fig Tree collections…think pre-Figs & Shirtings…so lots of out-of-print and hard-to-find prints from Scarlet & Sage, Hazel & Plum,…

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  • Beachy in Autumn

    Good evening! October has arrived…and we are loving the changing leaves and the brisk winds and the autumn palette. Beachy in Autumn has arrived… Beachy in Autumn uses 32 different Autumn hued prints…loads of reds, browns, and creams…pops of orange and a green or 2 set with a creamy solid…perfect for cuddling by the fire…

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  • purple passion

    we’ve added some new civil war to the mix… introducing… Purple Passion…a glorious collection of purple, green, and cream. we’ve hand picked our favorite prints from the collection and have put together the most scrumptious bundle. these have just landed in the shop so we haven’t decided what to make yet, but i’ve added them…

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  • hush hush

    good morning! hopefully you’ve been getting in some stitching time this week! The days are getting shorter and the leaves are starting to change and one of our fall collections has arrived. introducing… Hush Hush a collection of 21 super scrummy low volume creaminess. perfect for stashbuilding your backgrounds or use on your own with…

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