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  • Lucy Tuesdays week 75, 76, 77

    good evening! where has the time gone? it has been almost 3 weeks since a Lucy update…well… i’ve done a few more pink squares around the 4-patches, but that has been it. so i have a few more of these than i had before… Holiday Hours: Christmas Eve & Christmas Day (December 24th & 25th)…

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  • Anthology sew along

    Anthology sew along

    yes…a stitch along…featuring those fun rectangular blocks from the 4×5 inch block Anthology book. Mom will be stitching all 182 blocks for The Sparrow’s Window version which is featured on the front cover. *** here are the rules… *there really aren’t any mom will work on and hopefully finish 3 blocks a week starting in…

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  • Cozy Christmas Stitching

    Cozy Christmas Stitching

    good afternoon!  Hopefully you have started Christmas shopping…i’m still in process of actually getting started. I do have a new Christmas project kitted and ready to go…just in time for your stocking, under your tree, or work on it as you sit next to the tree soaking up all the pine and good Christmas feels.…

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  • Lucy Tuesday week 74

    good afternoon!  we hope you are having a wonderful December.  we popped into town to get our Christmas tree on Sunday night…then we pulled out the lights and the beads and the ornaments and set to work. this year we opted for 3 trees…1 real, 1 small artificial, and the feather tree from the shoppe…

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  • Christmas Color Bundles

    good evening! it is nearing the end of the day today…but i couldn’t walk out the door until i whipped up this post to bring you some pics of my favorite new bundles. Christmas Color Bundles (see how they match up with the Sleigh Ride project on the bed…) I’ve linked them up…just click the…

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  • Lucy Tuesday week 73

    good afternoon! i’ve been neglecting my EPP to whip up the Cozy Quilter’s Christmas Pillow by Crabapple Hill…and it is nearly done!  patterns and floss have been ordered and (fingers-crossed) will be here by the end of the week. here is a sneaky peak of the project…i’ve gotten the embroidery all done…just waiting on the…

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  • slow stitching…*english paper piecing*

    with the winter months setting in, temperatures are dropping and out come the winter coats, scarves, hats, and mittens.  i always look forward to when the white purity of winter sets in and the world gets a crispy outer layer. the hustle and bustle of the season really gets to me…i’m not a fan of…

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  • christmas stitching

    good morning!  hopefully you’ve had a wonderful thanksgiving.  ours was full of family, doggy kisses, delicious food, and a Clue playing marathon…poor Tina didn’t win a single game. *** now that thanksgiving is over i am far more excited about Christmas.  i love pulling out the Christmas boxes and faffing the house with a little…

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  • thankful

    happy thanksgiving! we would like to say… thank you . we could not have gotten this far without you. . your support, thoughts, prayers, hugs, love, donations, treats, bread, meals, visits, and words of encouragement have truly touched our hearts. we are surrounded by the best people in the world! . forever grateful… dale, mickey,…

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  • Lucy Tuesday week 70, 71, & 72…a little christmas cross stitch

    good evening! hopefully all is well in your neck of the woods.  thought i would pop in and give an update… i’ve only had a chance to get a few pink squares basted…and maybe one 9-patch surrounded.  i’ve worked on a couple hexie triangles for the Mrs. Billings border. i have been debating if i…

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  • nearly a blue christmas

    good morning!  mom and i hope you are staying cozy warm by the fire with a little stitching and maybe a cup of coffee or mug of hot cocoa. i’m sure some of you have heard what happened to the Dad a little over a week ago (Friday, Nov 2nd).  Dad’s leg got caught up…

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  • Lucy Tuesday week 69…swell dresden

    Lucy Tuesday week 69…swell dresden

    good morning!  i’m writing from home today since mom took yesterday off and wednesday and thursday will be spent finishing up projects, machine quilting, printing, kitting, and lastly thursday afternoon…packing for Bismark. i did get 1 project kitted and ready to go yesterday…Grandma’s Dresden Pillow featuring Swell Christmas and a little Good Tidings… Finishing at…

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  • Lucy Tuesday week 68…EPP projects in the works

    Lucy Tuesday week 68…EPP projects in the works

    Good afternoon!  it would seem that the harvest season is nearing an end.  Round bales dot once lush cornfields, leaves swirl and crackle on the sidewalk, and the air has an autumn bite to it.  Snowflakes have even spun in the breeze. It is the perfect time to nab a new project…or pull out an…

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  • Lucy Tuesday week 67

    Didn’t work today since mom and i switched this week, so we can both work tomorrow to load for the woodbury quilt show. Thought i better pop in with an update on Lucy…had plans to stitch up the last block…and realized I’m short a honeycomb…of course… So i decided to help mom tidy the sewing…

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  • color cuts: 2018 autumn collection

    good afternoon!  Autumn is in full swing around here.  Our autumn collections are arriving and we are working like crazy to get our projects stitched, bundles cut and tied, kits packaged, and patterns written… today…though…i am debuting the color cuts:  2018 autumn collection. these beauties are curated by the lovely people over at moda…each bundle…

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  • Lucy Tuesdays week 65 & 66

    Lucy Tuesdays week 65 & 66

    good afternoon!  i’ve finished up my Primrose Garden… the background it a Bella unbleached muslin (this is a bella solid but it has flecks in it so it looks like a muslin). the quilt has a total of 504 little primroses and features some new prints i picked at the Madison Quilt Expo and some…

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  • Lucy Tuesdays week 64…progress report

    Lucy Tuesdays week 64…progress report

    good afternoon!  September is flying by…projects are piling up and we have 1 MORE SHOW. we were just in Faribault (if you haven’t seen the video i took from our hotel room…it doesn’t show any damage but the wind is sure howling and rain is coming down)…the show went off without a hitch so it…

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  • Lucy Tuesdays week 63…glitter

    Lucy Tuesdays week 63…glitter

    no change in the lucy boston patchwork of the crosses progress department… so i’m just going to move on and hopefully at some point i’ll have progressed and at least whipped up that last block. ** I’ve added another project to my “Must Make” list. Glitter by Jen Kingwell…(i saw a version out of pinks…

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  • Lucy Tuesdays week 62…when the cold wind blows

    no change in the lucy boston patchwork of the crosses progress department… so i’m just going to move on and hopefully at some point i’ll have progressed and at least whipped up that last block. ** we got back from madison late saturday night and unloaded…then put everything back on monday–still a few odds and…

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  • Lucy Tuesdays week 61

    no change in the lucy boston patchwork of the crosses progress department… so i’m just going to move on to what i did do! i found more of the paisley print from Civil War block 14…so they have been relisted!  YAY!  so if you missed on on this wonderful kit last time…i found enough fabric…

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  • Lucy Tuesdays week 59 & 60

    no change in the lucy boston patchwork of the crosses progress department…  i still have 1 block left to piece, but i am determined to have it done for next week…at least i will be progressing then…i’m still trying to get the Primrose Garden finished up (so i can use all those honeys to start…

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