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  • simply vintage summer 2020

    simply vintage summer issue has arrived and it is lovely… 20 projects round out this issue including quilting, applique, wool, punch needle, embroidery, a recipe for lemon squares (a personal favorite!), a return trip to Chattanooga, a meet up with Jessie Chorley and more projects to get you summer ready! these are available online…here and…

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  • yuletide

    good morning! we hope you are having a wonderful monday. we had a wonderful weekend…gabby turned 1 on saturday. she didn’t even mind the unicorn birthday hat! lots of fun christmas fabrics are arriving in the shoppe…today i have the Yuletide collection. these prints speak to the old-fashioned christmas…large sprawling holly with berries, small poinsettias,…

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  • santa claus lane

    good morning! we are nearly done with our expansion…still a few details to finish up then i’ll take you on a tour…promise. but in the meantime…the shoppe is back to normal hours…10ish-5ish m-f and 10ish-3ish sa…so you are more than welcome to pop in and see it for yourself. while we’ve been working with power…

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  • sweetwater is 16!

    June 4th (yesterday)…Sweetwater turned 16! we have some exciting news…we’ve expanded! we are still mid-expansion…trying to get displays set, new goodies marked, fun new bundles cut, and the place back in working order. once we get it all sorted and set…i’ll do a blog post full of pictures of our progress…its amazing how quickly it…

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  • memorial day weekend

    good morning! happy memorial day weekend! hopefully all is well in your neck of the woods…it has been crazy around these parts. lots going on…which is why i’ve been absent for the last little while. trying to catch up on bundles, working on a few new projects, Quilt Minnesota has arrived (along with most of…

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  • my notion pretties

    good evening! we had some fun pretty notions come in over the last couple days…and if you know me at all you know i LOVE scissors…today we have… also…these tape measures…pretty pretty! can’t beat a good lori holt fabric-covered tape measure. lastly…our Splash rotary cutters are back in stock…with more on the way to keep…

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  • winterbourne by liberty

    our first ever liberty fabrics have arrived! we decided to start slow…just a handful of bundles and we are in love! The Winterbourne Collection by Liberty Fabrics is just wonderful. I pulled a bundle for myself…still unsure of what to make with it, but i’m sure i’ll come up with something. lots of fussy cutting…

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  • pretty bohin

    another week has come and gone… i had a wonderful birthday on thursday…we had birthday brownies…then yesterday Mel and Ty and Braxton came out for the evening. the girls (Lola and Bella) ran around outside and Braxton is walking now…how time flies! it was a nice little supper of burgers on the grill to celebrate…

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  • star a day…65 stars

    good evening! hopefully you are getting some projects finished up! (i’ve started a new Christmas fussy-cut hexie project…more on that once i get a little bit further). today i’m updating you on my Star-A-Day. i’m at 65 stars…15 of which have been stitched into 9-patches. this was the last time i did a layout to…

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  • low volume loveliness

    mom and i have been impatiently waiting for our orders to arrive…our next orders aren’t set to arrive until May! so we’ve been pulling and putting together some gorgeous bundles in anticipation of spring/summer sewing. the first of our bundles goodness today is Summer Low Volume. a gorgeous mixture of some of our absolute favorite…

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  • ash & eggshell

    good evening! the week is winding down around here and we have brought home some bolts to cut up some new bundles…a Low Volume Summer which i am in LOVE with of course and a curated collection from our Bramble Cottage bolts. we have been working on some this week as well… ash & eggshell…

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  • romantic durham

    good evening! hopefully you are doing well and getting lots of those projects finished up and others started! we’ve been putting together lots of bundles and getting them in the shop. right now my new favorite is romantic durham…who doesn’t love these gentle florals. these 3 bundles are our last combo blue and pink bundles….6–1/2…

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  • frosting with sprinkles…a low volume bundle

    good evening! i’ve been meaning to cut up some of these bundles but haven’t had a chance. yesterday, i had a little extra time so i set to work. i love a good low volume bundle and this one is a new favorite. lovely little dots on a frosting white… bundles are 6–1/2 yards…dots are…

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  • nancy’s needle

    good evening! thought i’d pop in…see how you are doing. we are powering through…staying busy. Reorganizing, amazon ordering, bingeing shows, stitching, dreaming up new DMC thread tins, packaging orders, and hoping for some warm spring thunderstorms. *** we’ve also been busy getting new fun goodies online, whipping up new bundles (tonight i’m doing a low…

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  • bon voyage

    good evening!  no…we are not going on a cruise… we did, however, get in the newest Tilda collection, Bon Voyage.  Inspired  by ceramic and bits of pottery from distant shores…it includes the prettiest tile prints along with flowers and amazing perfect-for-fussy-cutting prints. we have the entire collection along with precuts…ready to ship! mom is already…

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  • stay home quilt

    we hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  mom and i are busy tidying and painting and raking and cozying up with our newest (completed) project. mom’s been eyeing up this quilt she saw in the Romantic Prairie Style book for quite awhile and trying to find just the right fabric to bring it to…

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  • scrappy star-a-day

    good morning!  i’m working away at my star-a-day and couldn’t resist putting together a couple 9-patches.  oh goodness…i’m in love with them and want to spend every waking moment whipping up these tiny darling stars. i’ve spent a few days chain-basting diamonds…look at that overflowing tin…(and that cottage hearts pillow…i’m all heart-eyes!) 3 inch squares…

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  • home-bound reading

    good afternoon!  working from home this afternoon…the windows are open, the soft wind chimes outside the window, the overcast sky.  we have a winter weather advisory that starts this afternoon…so mom is outside tidying up some of her flower beds before the rain comes. we have some new books that have arrived…perfect reading material while…

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  • working from home

    good evening!  i’m sure you are very tired of hearing about all the news-stuff… well…i have some good news!  we are working from home…we’ve set up a desk in the sewing room…right next to a window that’s been open all day long.  i get a little fresh air, the sound of the wind chimes, and…

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  • quiet cross stitch

    it would appear that life will be generally slowing down for awhile. there seems to be no better time to take up a new hobby or return to a favorite. i love handwork. i always forget how much i enjoy cross stitching until i am doing it. then i just want to cross stitch every…

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  • make your house a home

    good afternoon! we hope you are having a wonderful weekend. our Medford Quilt Show has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic so mom and i will be hanging around the shop for the foreseeable future (hopefully when we start airing out the house and do all that spring cleaning stuff we can get back…

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