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  • sarah’s story

    good afternoon! i can definitely feel the late afternoon chill as the sun starts its final descend and the street lights start turning on. It was blowy and snowy here this morning…which does make for a cozy day in the quilt shoppe. A little machine quilting, shipping, binding up a late-in-the-season Christmas quilt…that i just…

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  • patches and handfuls

    these books are a feast for the eyes…they definitely have the inspiration to get anyone out of a quilty slump. the gallery of vintage quilts at the beginning of each book makes these both informative and inspiring. i mean honestly, who doesn’t love looking at quilts made 100+ years ago…seeing their craft, their tiny stitches,…

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  • christmas flash sale~

    good afternoon! our December yarn order has arrived and it is in store now…however, that is not why i’ve popped in today! *** mom and i have decided to run a Christmas FLASH sale this weekend online (and instore if you pop in and nab a bit o’christmas). 30% off all christmas stuff…including all Christmas…

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  • Pumpkin Pie Spice

    Happy Thanksgiving! My favorite kind of Pumpkin Pie Spice…hopefully available online on Friday… Thank you for another great year…enjoy 20% off over on the website…here’s the link. Have a wonderful day! -april, mickey, gabby

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  • simply vintage and a low volume christmas

    good morning! hopefully you are getting all geared up for thanksgiving! we’ve been working on a few things around here along with some shopping. we’ve decided all homemade gifts this year, so that has been fun and i can be pretty crafty if i wanna be. *** we’ve been loving this retro christmas vibes we…

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  • mid november goodies

    good afternoon! we’ve been pottering around the shop this week…ordering in some yarn…doing a little cross stitch…a mini floor move. our cross stitch order arrived bringing in some new Blackbird, La-D-Da, and With Thy Needle and Thread patterns…mostly Christmas with a few Halloween mixed in. –i also didn’t know i wanted 3 stockings for each…

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  • a little embroidery, a little yarn

    good afternoon! mom and i have been winding down after the Hometown Holiday Road Trip. We had a marvelous time and loved catching up with hoppers as they came and enjoyed the lights, snacked on christmas cutouts and picked up projects to keep them busy this autumn/winter. we have finally ordered in some yarn! our…

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  • hometown holiday road trip

    our final shop hop of 2019 has started! lots of twinkly lights, glittery trees, holiday projects, christmas carols, cozy little nooks full of cotton goodness, and a shop hop to boot! see you soon! —april&mickey&gabby

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  • the last year

    today at a few minutes before 5:30 it will be the one year anniversary of the accident that caused the amputation of dad’s right leg…above the knee. many of you have asked while in the shop or in our booth, commented, or direct messaged us asking for an update as he gets back to work.…

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  • urban farmhouse

    good afternoon! our precuts for urban farmhouse gatherings have arrived…all grey and black and white…and of course we are loving it. it is full of not just any greys…pretty, soft, luscious greys…sweater weather greys, farmyard greys, down feather greys, patina-ed silver greys, country skies greys…perfect for a studio apartment, dorm room, farmhouse, lake house, or…

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  • pebble & ivory

    good evening! we finally have everything in the shop put back in order after our back-to-back shows…still didn’t have enough time to get this blog post done at the shoppe…so we are doing some computer work at home. –a quick shout out to the Dakota Pieces and the Evenings Star quilt guilds for putting on…

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  • autumn hustle

    good evening (early morning)! i promised some tilda and it has arrived and is as luscious as ever! it arrived literally as we were walking out the door last friday…so i opened all the boxes and leaned the bolts against the register and packed up the precuts and headed down to sioux falls. we did…

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  • autumn daydream

    good afternoon! the day is winding down around here and as usual i wanted to do about 500 hours of work in just 7 hours. we’ve been kicking it into high gear to try and get some projects made out of the collections that have been arriving. Mom finished up Autumn Daydream using the Wonder…

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  • october

    is anyone else shocked at the number of blog posts recently? well, i’ve decided to make blogging a priority…we get so stuck in the quick world of technology and pictures that i tend to spend my time on instagram. But lately i’ve noticed i’ve been shying away from it…looking more at blogs and magazines (i…

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  • blue

    blue is my favorite color…even though i love my pink coffee cups and that autumny coral color, and the lavender of lilacs…i can’t pass up a nice blue. this was evident when our Northport order arrived last week. We chose just 9 prints…all white, cream, or tan backgrounds…to mix in with our remaining Portsmouth and…

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  • shores of sugarcreek

    good morning! mom and i are just about to start packing up to vendor over in Willmar and i thought i would pop in and give you a peak at the our newest collection, Sugarcreek. Sugarcreek reminds me of Willy Wonka (the Gene Wilder version) where they are in the garden and everything looks so…

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  • all roads lead home

    i know it is still a couple months before the holiday season…so you will have plenty of time to whip up this cozy throw featuring a season-inspired mixture of Holiday Lodge and Urban Cottage. Country Christmas makes the best throw at 68 x 77 inches. **take a look at that quilting…still learning the new machine…but…

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  • autumn feels

    good afternoon! morning thunderstorms and a muggy afternoon…we’ve been inside cutting and bundling and reorganizing after our last 2 shows, pulling out pastel pumpkins, pulling out the autumn music and trying to get all the autumn feels. a couple of collections have arrived with more on the way. Today we have Wonder by katie &…

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  • hello september

    summer seems to have come to a close. the crisp autumn winds have started pushing out the sunny summer heat and the leaves have started to show their color. we’ve been cozy-ing up the shoppe as well–we’ve fluffed it up with some autumn pastels. pale pumpkins, pale colors, and some pastel fabrics. *** Finnegan has…

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  • return trip to Shelbyville

    thought i’d pop in quick to let you know our factory bundles of Shelbyville have arrived! Scrumptious bundles of 40 prints in both fat quarters and fat 8ths (only 1 fat 8th bundles remains) Nab a Shelbyville FQ bundles here… or the last Shelbyville f8 bundle here. also…lots of new silk Ribbons have arrived along…

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  • take a trip to Shelbyville

    good afternoon! my assistant is sleeping (of course) and mom is on the phone (of course) and i am working (of course). our Shelbyville has arrived and i’ve folded and tied up some bundles of these glorious prints. we did bundles of all 18 prints we ordered in…lots of the black in these bundles making…

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