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  • cottage charm | my sew quilty life

    Spring has arrived…and we have a wonderful new collection that is sure to help usher in the new season. i’m thinking Easter basket liners, table runners, maybe even a stuffed bunny or doll quilt or grab 3 favorites and whip up a 3 Yard quilt. introducing… Cottage Charm…a truly feminine collection inspired by cottage gardens,

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  • dressing gowns | judie rothermel

    judie has done it again! her newest collection, dressing gowns, is filled with delightful prints perfect for fussy cutting, setting squares/triangles, and borders. i’ve pulled a bundle for my personal collection. check out the full collection…here. happy thursday! -a&m&g

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  • berry market | beverly mcCullough

    come celebrate the strawberry season! Berry Market features the sweetest strawberry prints including lovely florals, a strawberry plaid, and the most delightful bike complete with basket for all your strawberry treasures! we’ve just unpacked it and it coordinates really well with My Summer House…thinking there may be some collaboration bundles on the horizon. until then…we’ve

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  • grand entrance | maywood studio

    sweet with a little glitz. grand entrance combines tulips, phlox, and bouquets and blends wonderfully with packed florals and tonals. The palette is extra sweet in shades of purple, cream, green, with a touch of pink and metallic. Grand Entrance… “Step into the exquisite world of Grand Entrance, where timeless charm and refined elegance come

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  • happiness of the day broiderie

    we have finally finished up the remaining broiderie panels from the Bonheur du Jour (Happiness of the Day) collection from French General. Believe me…it is a Happy DAY! we are busy packaging up the weekend orders, but i wanted to take a moment and introduce the 4 new Linen Broiderie panels. each is kitted with

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  • flower market quilt

    good morning! hopefully you have been able to be out and about…who doesn’t love a drive when the weather is warmer in late February! *** we’ve been working pretty diligently on getting some projects finished up and with a lull in new fabric deliveries (i’m sure we’ll bombarded once everything arrives!) it was the perfect

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  • low volume shamrock

    i told mom the other day that i wanted to pull together a low volume shamrock bundle well before the end of the month. right now we are sold out of Low Volume Valentine and Low Volume Easter…and since we are past the one holiday and still 2 months out on the other it seemed

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  • just a few spring projects

    spring is less than 30 days away! can you believe it? we’ve started to pull down the snowflakes and hearts and are planning some Easter/spring displays. we are working on some new projects and have started finishing them up…last week i started with our newest Cozy Cottage featuring Trendy Toile. today i have a new

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  • goodnight irene | betsy chutchian

    good morning! it was a brisk one this morning when gabby and i left, but now we are cozy warm in the shoppe with a cup of coffee and a new collection. introducing… Goodnight Irene…a lovely civil war collection featuring sweet cream, sage, moss, grape, moss, graphite, blush, and carnation. Goodnight Irene can be found

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  • cozy cottage

    good afternoon! mom is wrapping up a few projects around here and working on a couple new ones. we are really taking advantage of the cold snap to stay inside, grab a Little Debbie and set to work. remember the Trendy Toile collection by Monika Zhu for Marcus Fabrics… and i popped in a sneak

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  • elegant estate | judie rothermel

    good afternoon! hopefully you are getting a lot of stitching as the chilly weather settles in for the week. i know we are finishing up a few things around here and starting some new ones. Flower Market (featuring Hollyhocks and Roses) and Cozy Cottage (featuring Trendy Toile) are ALMOST ready to go…just need to cut

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  • precious petites | gerri robinson

    good afternoon! i am writing from the living room comfy chair today. as you know, wednesdays are my day off, but mom and i have been playing catch-up since last week when we both came down with a nasty cold. the cough is lingering but overall we’ve been feeling much better. so much so, that

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  • sunday brunch | tilda

    good morning! it is tilda release day…and prepare yourself if you are heading out for a little tilda top off…it is blustery, windy, and we have a little bit of snow (finally!). anyways…it does make Sunday Brunch look extra summery! we were even able to finish up our project. Over Easy…measures 84 x 100 inches

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  • sandalwood | 3 sisters

    hello! hopefully you’ve been able to get out and enjoy the january thaw today. i know i promised a sandalwood introduction last week…i had the best intentions. however, last week tina stayed home a couple days with a bad cold. then saturday i had a sore throat which led to me staying in bed sunday

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  • valentine’s day goodies

    good afternoon! as we near the end of january…i thought i should put together a quick overview of our Valentine’s Day-inspired projects. we don’t order in Valentine’s Day fabric instead we pull from our wide range of prints and wovens if we are wanting to create a valentine project. we’ve whipped up a new project

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  • my victorian garden | mary jane carey

    happy wednesday! i’m enjoying a coffee and binging some Dark Side of the 90s (i’m at the 2 cults episode) while listing some new cotton goodness over on etsy. in between the etsy work…i wanted to pop in and introduce our newest collection. this collection is very much sweetwater. summery florals, luscious plaids, paisleys. the

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  • trendy toile | monika zhu

    good evening! it is nearly time for my nightly espresso infused concoction and a Little Debbie. HOWEVER, we were quick this time around…trendy toile arrived yesterday, and we cut f8th, FQ, HY, and ONE YARD bundles…then last night i folded and tied everything. then popped everything online today. ** now…back to Trendy Toile. i love

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  • animal crackers | stacy nash primitives

    good morning! the shoppe is finally coming together 2+ weeks of moving around cupboards, bolts, bundles, and quilts. while doing that, we’ve also been placing orders and waiting on the several collections that should be arriving this month. the newest group of animal crackers from stacy nash primitives have arrived! she has done it again…this

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  • audrey | clothworks

    happy 2025! we are starting the year off with some wonderful collections…it should be a very exciting January! today we have our first collection of the year… Audrey by clothworks. a luscious collection featuring pretty florals, vines, diagonal plaids, tonals, rosebud stripe, and a most delightful pin dot…all in a soft palette of pink and

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  • in between

    wow…Christmas came and went pretty quickly and now we are nearing the end of the In Between. apparently there are several names for the week between Christmas and New Year’s. both weeks are broken up, and given our routines i always have a hard time remembering that we are not coming off a weekend…but that

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  • evenfall | cassandra connelly

    good afternoon! mom is on her way with Phoenix Too (if you like chinese we strongly suggest phoenix too in cold spring…YUMMO)…anyways. thought i would take a moment before the weekend to drop in with a new collection. Evenfall by Cassandra Connelly for Lewis & Irene…if Floral Song or Heart of Summer caught your eye…then

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