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  • gabby and qm2019

    good evening! thought i’d pop in and give everyone a quilt minnesota update… i’m currently lakehouse-watching and puppy-sitting Molly, an 11 month old Scottie, so lots of Golden Girls and puppy kisses. *** Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop…update… we still have a couple kits of our main quilt…Minnesota Night Sky… and one lonely kit of Minnesota…

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  • minnesota night sky

    so we are 7 days into the shop hop and i thought i better pop in here with a picture or 2. our little booklet featuring our qm19 projects has been a hit…the booklet features our quilt Minnesota Night Sky (which features our block), 1 Yard Pillowcase, Minnesota Collage throw pillow, Minnesota 2 Cents, and…

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  • quilt mn 2019 update

    good morning! the shop hop starts in just a few days and July is over tomorrow. I do prefer when the shop hop starts in August as opposed to the end of July…it is almost like we get a little extra summer! Mom and i are thinking we may be ready. We have all the…

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  • Sew Much Fun

    good afternoon! we are nearing the end of July already! Mom and i are back from Jackson, WY all safe and sound…a bit dizzy after traveling the Tetons, Yellowstone, and the making 2 passes through the Badlands and a quick visit with Dignity in Chamberlain, SD…(if you are on instagram, i’ve posted a couple pics…

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  • mid month mayhem

    good afternoon! Yesterday was mom’s birthday…so she had the day off–plus it coincided with her weekly day off…score! we are trying to get everything all lined up and ready to go, but these july days just keep slipping by or are we the only ones that feel that way? we are counting down the days…

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  • Quilt Minnesota 2019 project sneak peaks

    good afternoon…mom and i have been hard at work stitching up and trying to finish up some Quilt Minnesota projects… tentatively it will feature…a large quilt, a table topper, potholders, pillow, and pillowcases…5 quick Minnesota-inspired projects to show your love for this great state! I am super excited for this years booklet collection…still debating names…

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  • a little red

    slowly as the years of owning a shoppe have slid by i’ve developed a love for red…especially soft red when mixed with white and cream. it is that Old English style that we absolutely love and have tried to bring to life in this new version of Spring Romance… soft shades of cream and white…

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  • the 4th

    happy independence day!

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  • Quilt Minnesota 2019

    good morning! it is already nearly the 4th of July and we are gearing up for quilt minnesota. our june was quite busy, so most of our qm2019 fabric still has the factory tape on it (YIKES! we’d better get crackin’ on our projects!) all in good time…am i right? i’ve been dreaming of our…

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  • Lucy Boston week 104…grand finale

    good afternoon! we are nearing the end of the day over here…hopefully i can squeeze in enough time to finish up some machine quilting…we’ll see what happens with that. if you have not already heard…or seen over on instagram or facebook…Lucy’s Summer Cottage is officially finished. I quilted, bound, and washed her…had her all ready…

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  • lucy boston week 103

    we are back from Omaha and are changing gears to get ready for Quilt Minnesota and our fall shows…(how is 2019 about half over…and how is it already the end of june?) Quilt Minnesota fabric is in-store and ready for your preorders…just pop in and we’ll get you set up! mom and i haven’t had…

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  • Lucy week 102…and a new baby (finally!)

    i know it is a little late today for my weekly blog post…lots happened since last tuesday. we vendored at the Minnesota Quilters quilt show in rochester. we had a blast…catching up with faraway friends, meeting new friends, and sharing our love of quilting. (a quick shout-out to all the lovely quilters that stopped by,…

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  • Lucy week 101…6 rows

    good afternoon! Mom and i are about to start loading for the Minnesota Quilt Show this weekend…but i thought i would pop in for a quick minute and give you an update. I’ve gotten row 6 stitched on. just 2 more rows to go…i’ve gotten the sashing and cornerstones stitched to the row 7 blocks…

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  • Lucy week 100

    as we get our 2nd round of storms this afternoon i thought i would take a moment and pop in and give you a Lucy update. I have finished putting on row 5 and have started stitching the sashing and cornerstones onto row 6. Mom and Tina are heading down to Sioux Falls for the…

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  • garden tour

    good afternoon…i only have a couple minutes before dinner with monica tonight. with the summer upon us…we are getting outside and digging in those flower beds, planting our gardens, and taking in the farmer’s market. we are on our 2nd pan of Strawberry Rhubarb Crunch…it is my new favorite…especially with a little vanilla ice cream…

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  • Lucy Boston Week 98 & 99

    good afternoon! the day is almost over, but i couldn’t take off for dinner with monica before popping on here and sharing some progress…yes…some progress! first off…here is all my stuff! i am not very organized usually but i when it comes to working on something like this i strive to have everything in its…

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  • sweet christmas

    good morning! i’m sure some of you popped over on tuesday for a lucy update…mom switched her day off this week to thursday which throws my whole week off. therefore, when i got home tuesday, i realized that it was tuesday and i had not done a lucy update. so…i’ve decided to work extra hard…

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  • Lucy Tuesdays week 97

    happy tuesday! it has been a whirlwind since last week…we spent the weekend at the Festival of Quilts in Fergus Falls…we had a wonderful time! the quilters were wonderful and i haven’t really been up in Fergus since i graduated from FFCC in 2001. Now we can relax for about a month…then off to Rochester…

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  • Lucy Tuesday week 96

    good afternoon! i haven’t put any rows on, but am working on getting all the sashings and cornerstones stitched together so once i start adding on the rows i can add them all on. we had an eventful life since last tuesday…both happy and sad. Dad started work on May 2nd…Mom and I missed the…

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  • Lucy Tuesday week 94 & 95

    I’m halfway! i had originally planned on having it done by my birthday (today) but that didn’t really work out…however, i do have all the pink around all the 4-patch cornerstones and 18 or so sashings stitched. I’m getting impatient now when it comes to the sashings and cornerstones so i think i’m going to…

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  • Box O’Scraps

    good morning! Hopefully you are feeling right as rain today…i prefer days that are cloudy, rainy, and cool…so it is the perfect day! Last night when i couldn’t sleep i was thinking of what i can do with all the shop scraps…we have so many scraps and older patterns, threads, odds and baubles, bits of…

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