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  • spring brook porch

    good morning! the day is just getting started around here. Music is playing, wind chiming giving the feel of summer on the porch, and some cozy seating and cozier quilts. today…Spring Brook. we’ve gotten our Flapjacks project completed and kitted and up an it is scrumptious…it will be added to our personal collection when we…

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  • tiny

    we love tiny hexies, tiny embroidery, tiny bits of fabric. we’ve just gotten in the tiny treasures and the 101 itty bitty celebrations books and, WOW! the tiny embroidery that fits on a 1 inch hexie…pretty sure i’m gonna have to stitch one of those…since 1 inch hexies are my FAVORITE! i can see it…

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  • liberty emporium

    good morning! thought i’d spend a few minutes of this drippy day showing off our new liberty bundles. emporium has arrived and it is lovely! this range contains three different collections…#1 Tudor, #2 Merchant Brights, #3 Discovery. (kind of in love with Tudor…but then grey and pink is my jam) those brights though…perfect for a…

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  • low volume loveliness

    i love low volume…anything light and airy with a little print…i just have to have it. which is probably why i couldn’t let “Whispers” by studio M pass us by. look at that lovely palette…of white, natural, muslin, feather, and zen grey. absolutely delightful! i pulled all our Jo’s Shirtings and whipped up a handful…

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  • roselyn and yoder’s dry goods

    roselyn precuts have arrived! and man, she is worth the wait! lovely shades of red, beige, white, and pink. a perfect companion to Miss Scarlet and Farmhouse Reds. this Minick and Simpson collection is the perfect mix of red and white and pink. you can grab roselyn here. also…i’ve put together some corey yoder sugarcreek…

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  • lella’s garden

    good afternoon! after a sloppy monday…the roads looked to have cleared up and hopefully the weather will warm up a little. i know it is a little early to get out in the garden…i’m sure there still are at least a couple good snowstorms left in us. since we can’t get out to the garden…

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  • sanctuary

    our sanctuary precuts have arrived…finally! we are definitely in the mood for some pastel florals! newest precut…the new Honey Comb…240–fabric hexagons that fit a 1 inch hexagon paper *** new floral bundles…Flower Journal #1 and Flower Journal #2 …each bundle is a collection of fabrics from multiple collections. All the fabrics are from Brenda Riddle…

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  • finnegan

    brenda riddle’s newest collection Sophie is now expected in late March…so we are revisiting some of her previous collections. finnegan…soft and gentle, a collection full of pretty pink and lavender, sprout green, bluebell, grey, linen white, and the prettiest yellow! not too gold…the perfect yellow for flower centers if you do any appliqué. we’ve dug…

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  • land of lady slippers

    good evening! we have lots of new projects that are getting finished up around here. first up is Land of Lady Slippers… this collection featured the upper great lakes region…well, we pulled just the Minnesota prints and couldn’t wait to get this project whipped up. it looks just wonderful on our porch behind the swing.…

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  • fragrant roses

    as we putter around the shoppe…planning and plotting our next floor move and where specific fabric lines are going once they arrive…smaller impromptu fabric orders arrive. these tend to be smaller spur of the moment orders…a handful of civil war beauties one day…a dozen florals the next. today it all about the roses…Fragrant Roses…to be…

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  • curated bundles

    good afternoon! lunch will be arriving any moment so i thought i’d pop in and say hi! mom and i have been busy cutting up some bundles. with spring right around the corner we thought we would whip up some bundles of Rue 1800 and Bramble Cottage. Rue 1800 bundle…30 fat quarters…you can grab this…

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  • spring brook

    good evening! the day is winding down around here… spring brook has arrived and brightened up the shop…the colors are perfect for spring, and we are already plotting what to make out of this lovely collection once we get to it. right now we have yardage and bundles available…you can grab some spring brook here.…

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  • american gathering

    good afternoon! i’ve been trying to find a spare few minutes to pop on and introduce the newest collection to arrive in store. welcome American Gathering…the newest collection by Primitive Gatherings. this collection is full of pretty shirtings, blue and red. we opted for mostly shirtings with a splash of red and blue. Wonderful for…

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  • rose & violet’s garden

    good afternoon! January is slipping by quickly and our collections are FINALLY starting to arrive. i’ve been playing catchup to try and get some of our new fabrics online. Today i’ve ticked off Rose & Violet’s Garden. Rose & Violet’s Garden is a scrumptious mixture of blush, songbird, parchment, and beehive colors in stripes, florals,…

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  • tilda’s woodland

    tilda’s newest collection Woodland has finally arrived and it is looking just perfect with our previous Tilda collections. it features her classic palette of red, lilac, teal, blue, with hints of plum, mauve, olive, and grey. Mix it into that Tilda hexie project you’ve been working on or use it by itself. the colors are…

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  • pastel smitten

    happy 2021! i never got online to show pictures of the trees. when i have a moment, i’ll pop over and put them on facebook. i’ve decided it’s time to get this pastel Smitten all finished up. it has been sitting in the sewing room since 2017 with a couple blocks done…i came to a…

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  • cottage christmas

    christmas is just around the corner and we are gearing up for a week of some last minute baking, Christmas shopping, quilting, EPPing (i will not have Sugared Hexagons done today but i am determined to be done by Sunday night) and movie watching. today we have a couple projects that i didn’t realize i…

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  • elinor’s endeavor

    betsy chutchian’s newest collection has finally dropped! lovely…absolutely lovely! we’ve got some yardage available along with fat quarters and fat 8ths. i’ve already added a bundle to my personal collection… look at the yummy colors in Elinor’s Endeavor… you can grab yardage and the bundles…here. i’d best get back to listing christmas cross stitch…have a…

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  • sugared hexagons

    i’ve been working on this hexagon projects since thanksgiving and i’ve finally gotten enough done to get a pattern done up and kits cut. you can grab a kit to whip up your own Sugared Hexagons…here. i’m working on a post featuring all the Christmas trees…look for that next week…hopefully! -april&mickey&gabby

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  • vintage winter

    the new simply vintage winter issue has been released and it is lovely! also…lots of christmas fabric has been relisted online…if you are looking to fill in. you can grab some new christmas here. -april & mickey & gabby -sweetwater-

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  • folktale garden

    good afternoon! i’ve finished my folktale jelly garden…and i am loving it! it is totally my palette…dusky autumn tones of pink, blue, brown, white, and gold, and i finished it off with a soft pink chenille bedspread fringe…classic and sweet. hopefully i can remember to bring it home tomorrow so i can enjoy it on…

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