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  • pam buda delights

    good morning! as i said yesterday…i have been falling behind on introducing new collections. well, i realized i haven’t introduced 2 of Pam Buda’s newest collections that have arrived and they were not even on the list yesterday… pam buda put together a wonderful collection of stashbuilding prints…introducing… Colorful Stashing and Coordinates…how decadent are those…

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  • a busy autumn

    good afternoon! we have a busy autumn ahead of us…we are pleased to announce that we’ve purchased a building…just down the street from our current location. the new space, Sweetwater’s forever home, will be located at 204 West James Street (across from the post office). it does need a little bit of demo-ing to remove…

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  • charlotte | clothworks

    good evening! hopefully you are enjoying the last weekend of september…definitely not sweater weather yet…but i’m hoping once we hit october it cools off a little. i love a good cozy sweater, some stitching, a coffee, and a Little Debbie. mom and i are planning to pop out to the Willmar Quilt Show tomorrow…we’ve been…

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  • devonstone collections

    good evening! yesterday got away from me but to make up for it…i’m going to introduce 2 new collections today! our devonstone ranges arrived on monday and i love the color palettes and pretty florals and fun geometrics. introducing… Guinevere…designed by emma newman. this is a lovely follow-up to her Forget me not rose collection…

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  • baby girl & baby boy | lori whitlock

    we’re always looking for fabric perfect for baby quilts…generally speaking we have a lot of soft pastels perfect for a sweet little girl. however, we generally lack prints suited for a sweet little boy. so when the riley blake catalog arrived earlier this year (we generally order fabric about 6-9 months before it arrives…i already…

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  • forever blooms | cassandra connolly

    happy sunday! i know i usually don’t post on sundays…however, we have a busy week ahead of us, and i needed to take a break from stitching my A Very Sweet Christmas flower garden. the newest cassandra connolly collection is definitely more of a fall collection…inspiration being drawn from a garden palette of cornflower blue…

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  • piece of cake

    good afternoon! hopefully you have been enjoying your weekend. lots and lots of things happening around here…we have 4 collections arriving this week. 2 were supposed to be here in august, but there was a slight delay. i’m hoping to be able to get some more introductions out of the way before i get too…

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  • stone cottage | pam buda

    if you love civil war…i’m sure pam buda is high on your list of designers. i know she is one of my favorites. her newest collection features a lovely calming palette of blue, grey, taupe, and cream…i’m loving all these autumn blues! classic, calm, and so pretty. check out stone cottage here. happy friday!! -a&m&t&g

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  • ultimate umbers | sheryl johnson

    good evening! we are nearing the end of another week…this month is truly going by in a flash. we do have several new lines to introduce, so today we are going to start with Sheryl’s newest collection… introducing…Ultimate Umbers. this collection has such an autumnal feel to it…it would work for stashing (course, but what…

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  • mid-september goodies

    good afternoon! we have been bombarded with new collections, restocks of fun notions, hand dyed floss (Gentle Art & Classic Colorworks), cross stitch linens and patterns, and we’ve even been getting a few new projects finished up here and there. Tina is stitching like crazy on a new shoofly project featuring some delicious autumn prints…

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  • james street blues

    good evening! hopefully you are enjoying the september…it is hard to believe that we are nearing mid-month already…how did that happen? we are starting to see some pops of autumn color here and there on our commute…bouquets of fall lovelies at the farmers market and roadside stands full of pumpkins. and speaking of pumpkins…how much…

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  • patchwork potpourri | sheryl johnson

    good morning! we are back at it this morning…with a cool September comes new fabrics, new projects, and hopefully some more time to work on them! we have a few projects that are we are finishing up…but today i’m here showing you Sheryl’s Patchwork Potpourri. This delightful little collection is full of the loveliest civil…

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  • merry little christmas | tilda

    happy labor day and happy TILDA RELEASE DAY! we’ve moved the Tilda section around a little and made room for the much anticipated Merry Little Christmas. A nostalgic collection with a little Nordic inspiration in the seasonal palette of burgundy, pine, duck egg, clay, and cream…and as always, we’ve ordered the full collection along with…

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  • buttercream & brickle bits | kim diehl

    good morning! hopefully you are enjoying the weekend. the official end of summer is always a little sad…though i LOVE autumn, so i always look forward to it. the lovely buttercream & brickle bits collection arrived this week, and this collection of lovely creamy prints is absolutely delightful! we’ve bundled it up in both Fat…

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  • star of the north

    good evening! i know it is late as we enter into the last weekend of summer and get ready for Tilda release day on tuesday (monday the 1st is labor day). i still have some pictures to take and bundles to mark. we’ll be doing that tomorrow. today, though, we’ve finished up a new project.…

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  • vintage treasure -halloween-

    our jam has always been…vintage and cozy and this little quilt featuring the Historic Halloween collection by judie rothermel is just that! Vintage Treasure -Halloween- small and sweet at 32 x 40 inches it can be used as a sweet table topper or wall hanging…or if you have an autumn baby on the way a…

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  • coming into pinetree

    if that sounds familiar…i always say it with a bit of singsong. it is line uttered by the conductor as bob, phil, judy, and betty arrive in Pine Tree, Vermont…”New England’s winter playground”. i’m sure you’ve seen the movie…it is one of my favorite Christmas movies. inspired by the cozy Pine Tree Inn tina pulled…

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  • wild orchid | blackbird designs

    if you’ve been in the shop you’ve seen the wild orchid precuts in the little display by the cutting table. well…good news…the yardage has finally arrived so that little display has become a full cupboard display…complete with bolts, The Raven book by Blackbird Designs, precuts, bundles, and color bundle. we are still unsure what we…

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  • rosy cheeks | lori woods

    good evening! i know it’s a little bit late, but i just couldn’t wait to share our newest poppie cotton collection… Rosy Cheeks…a darling collection featuring all our favorites…a pastel palette, roses and strawberries and tea cups, delightful motifs…just the sweetest! and of course we couldn’t wait to slide it into our poppie cotton section…

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  • sewing bird | laundry basket

    as much as we love pink…we can always go for a little blue. introducing… Sewing Bird…a new collection by laundry basket…featuring the loveliest shades of blue…including bluebonnets, azure, and adriatic. the name implies birds and sewing and you are right. there are some birds…but mostly lots of sewing motifs including scissors, pins, needles, buttons, and…

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  • i love fall most of all | deb strain

    good morning! we are halfway through the Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop and, so of course, i am behind on updating you on the newest collections. we’ve added Deb Strain autumn, Aunt Grace 30s, and Sewing Bird by Laundry Basket is on the way, and as always there is more waiting in the wings to be…

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