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  • Shop the latest photo from sweetgirlstudio on Etsy

    Gooseberry precuts ready to ship! http://www.sweetgirlstudio.etsy.com

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  • A Black Tie Affair

    thought I’d pop in and say hi!  we are over half way through our event calendar for fall of 2015!  With 4 shows behind us…we have 2 left and a shop hop!  fabric is arriving almost everyday and our little fingers can hardly stitch fast enough plus machine quilting, fabric folding, kitting, cutting, printing, and…

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  • Autumn…YAY!

    Autumn has arrived!  (YAY…and not because of Pumpkin-Spice-Everything–I dislike pumpkin.)  Yay because show season is in full swing so we get to catch up with our favorite quilty-peeps, chat with shop owners that we only see once or twice a year, and we get to pull out all the autumn loveliness! I think I have…

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  • Fig Tree Farmhouse

    Happy Autumn!  We are loving the crispness, cozy – ing up with flannel quilts, English paper piecing, and that Farmhouse yardage is on its way!  We opted for a curated collection and have a project in mind!  We are “treats excited!” We did get some charm packs if you just can’t wait! I’ve redone the…

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  • september 1

    good afternoon as this the 1st Day of September!  summer is over…sad face:(  and I didn’t spend nearly enough time enjoying it…however, autumn is my favorite time of year, so there is that! thought I would pop in with a couple pictures of some new gorgeous flannel! it is that time of year to start…

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  • Kindred Spirits

    Just thought I’d pop in and wish you a wonderful “last weekend of summer”!  I sure hope you have been enjoying the weather. We’ve been doing so much enjoying that new project kits, fabrics, and patterns have not been loaded to etsy! So I’ve loaded all the Kindred Spirits…it is sweet, romantic, and just plain…

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  • Jelly Garden

    Good morning…I know 2 posts in 2 days!  yes…totes cray-cray! thought I’d give you a little update on my Ambleside Garden…it’s all done!I am working on the pattern and hope to have it live next week. Jelly Garden A little bit of info on this English Paper Pieced beauty… 1 inch hexie papers Ambleside Jelly…

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  • Parade Candy

    good evening!  it has been over a month since I posted anything…not even Lucy Boston or any of the brand new projects we have in-store and online. As you may know I ruptured a disc in April and PT to recover from the drop foot.  I ended up having to have a couple epidurals to…

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  • let’s play catch up

    oh…my…goodness…I’m sure you are wondering where we have been…other than Lucy blocks (which the last one was posted almost a month ago). I will make this long story short… I ruptured a disc in my back which led to a week of rest then physical therapy and then some follow-up doctor appointments. Then more recently…

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  • Lucy Boston day

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  • Lucy Boston day

    Just a few more weeks! -april

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  • Lucy Boston day

    Lucy Boston day. .. Enjoy- april

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  • Lucy Boston day

    Sorry I skipped a few weeks…working on a post that’s all about epp (english paper piecing), new epp projects, paper pieces, jane austen, hazelnut sparklers, and Bits and Bobs and my shabby cottage flower garden and lots of lucy pics. Happy memorial day! -april

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  • may…

    good afternoon…it has been over a month since I posted anything…where has the last month gone? We’ve done a couple shows since then…we loved catching up with everyone down in Mankato and in Becker.  We are already looking forward to our next shows…be sure to check out our Events page.  Maybe we’ll be popping up…

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  • Lucy

    Lucy Boston blocks

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  • April…& lucy

    Wow…how time flies.  Honestly, how is it already April?  The weeks are just sliding by…I’ve been trying to get back, but the machine quilting had been piling up.  I’ve kind of tamed that pile a little…so hopefully I can get back on top of this little slice of social media. We’ve got new stuff…Country Orchard,…

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  • Lucy Boston

    Day 1 of my 2 – day-cation. I thought I would bring you this week’s and last week’s lucy blocks…so 6 blocks today. Happy Sunday! -april

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  • checking in…

    good afternoon!  we hope you are having a wonderful march.  the snow is all gone and maybe we’ll hit some nice weather this weekend (fingers crossed).  we drove back from Minot on Sunday evening…the weather was okay until we hit Minnesota…a little bit o’ snow and some icy roads, but we managed. Monday and Tuesday…

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  • the scoop

    so…we hope you are enjoying the recent shift in the weather…it hit 70°F a couple days ago which was fantastic!  we are busily getting ready for the Minot Quilt Show this weekend. we have decided that it is the perfect opportunity to do a little spring cleaning and some painting.  we have opted to be…

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  • parade candy & cherry sprinkles & vintage treasure

    good afternoon!  march is almost half over…we’ve sprung forward, hit 55ºF and the sun is shining!  mom and I are busy…sometimes it seems the more we try to do, the less that actually gets done.  we have been finishing up those half-done quilts and since they aren’t going with us to Minot I opted to…

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  • Lucy Boston!

    Lucy Boston blocks! -april&mickey

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