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  • Week 6…Christmas Morning Quilt Along…{Oh, Christmas Tree}

    Welcome to week 6 of our Christmas Morning Quilt Along… Oh, Christmas Tree Pop over to our etsy shoppe to purchase the project sheet. Piece 3 Oh, Christmas Tree blocks.   Trim to 6 ½ inches.  3 Oh, Christmas Tree blocks are pieced. have a wonderful day! –apriL&mickey  {sweetwater}

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  • i love {Lucy Boston} stitch along week 5

    good morning!  I Love {Lucy Boston} stitch along week 5. if you are still interested in joining us check out our etsy shoppe for the Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses book.  If you are following along, I will be doing 1 POTC cross and at least 1–4-patch a week.  I posted an English Paper…

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  • Week 5…Christmas Morning Quilt Along…{winter blizzard}

    Welcome to week 5 of our Christmas Morning Quilt Along…   Winter Blizzard Pop over to our etsy shoppe to purchase the winter blizzard pattern download. Piece 4 Winter Blizzard blocks. Trim to 6 ½ inches.  4 Winter Blizzard blocks are pieced. have a wonderful day! –apriL&mickey  {sweetwater}

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  • i love {Lucy Boston} stitch along week 4

    good morning!  I Love {Lucy Boston} stitch along week 4. if you are still interested in joining us check out our etsy shoppe for the Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses book.  If you are following along, I will be doing 1 POTC cross and at least 1–4-patch a week.  I posted an English Paper…

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  • Week 4…Christmas Morning Quilt Along…{Santa’s Workshop}

    Welcome to week 4 of our Christmas Morning Quilt Along…   Santa’s Workshop Pop over to our etsy shoppe to purchase the Santa’s Workshop pattern sheet. Trim to 6 ½ inches.  4 Santa’s Workshop blocks are pieced. have a wonderful day! –apriL&mickey  {sweetwater}

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  • i love {Lucy Boston} stitch along week 3

    good morning!  I Love {Lucy Boston} stitch along week 3.   if you are still interested in joining us check out our etsy shoppe for the Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses book.  If you are following along, I will be doing 1 POTC cross and at least 1–4-patch a week.  I posted an English…

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  • Week 3…Christmas Morning Quilt Along…{Garland 9-patch}

    Welcome to week 3 of our Christmas Morning Quilt Along…   Garland 9-patch Pop over to our etsy shoppe to purchase the project sheet for Garland 9-Patch. Garland 9-patch blocks. Trim to 6 ½ inches.  3 Garland 9-patch blocks are pieced. have a wonderful day! –apriL&mickey  {sweetwater}

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  • i love {Lucy Boston} stitch along week 2

    good morning!  I Love {Lucy Boston} stitch along week 2. if you are still interested in joining us check out our etsy shoppe for the Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses book.  If you are following along, I will be doing 1 POTC cross and at least 1–4-patch a week.  I posted an English Paper…

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  • Week 2…Christmas Morning Quilt Along…{Christmas Bells}

    Welcome to week 2 of our Christmas Morning Quilt Along…   Christmas Bells  Pop over to our etsy shoppe to purchase the Christmas bells pattern sheet. Trim to 6 ½ inches.  2 Christmas Bells blocks are pieced. have a wonderful day! –apriL&mickey  {sweetwater}

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  • i love {Lucy Boston} stitch along

    good afternoon!  The harsh winds of autumn have rolled in…so I have put off walking down to the post office to pop in for our inaugural post about the I Love {Lucy Boston} stitch along. I won’t go into details about Lucy Boston, but I will show you my first block today.  if you are still…

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  • warm winter nights

    I have a busy Thursday ahead of me…some machine quilting, new Somerset precuts, and open sewing! I just couldn’t resist popping in to show off Mom’s new project using the lovely Autumn Lily by Blackbird Designs.  This line speaks to both autumn and winter…elegant and rich these beautiful prints bring to mind a time long ago…when…

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  • Week 1…Christmas Morning Quilt Along…{north star}

    Welcome to week 1 of our Christmas Morning Quilt Along…   North Star     Trim to 6 ½ inches.  Only 1 North Star block is pieced. have a wonderful day! –apriL&mickey  {sweetwater}

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  • English Paper Piecing {a quick how-to}

    so next Friday we start our I Love Lucy Boston Stitch-along.  I will use the English Paper Piecing method.  This method does not use a sewing machine, it is entirely done by hand, so it is perfect for the car, next to your favorite chair, waiting for an appointment, for your kids, or the next…

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  • Christmas Morning Quilt Along & I love Lucy Boston stitch along

    okay everyone…I hope you are loving this autumn weather!  it is brisk and beautiful around here…the leaves are really starting to pop with coral, red, orange, and yellow with even some purple here and there. I thought I would pop in for a moment today.  I have compiled some information for you today regarding the…

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  • olivia’s sampler…quilting & binding

    okay…I didn’t make it in under the wire, but I do have it.  today (I mean, yesterday) we packed up to head on down to Faribault for their Quilt Show this weekend.  Olivia is quilted and almost bound…we have some pictures! Here we go… we quilted her with white and a medium meander. before we…

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  • Olivia’s Sampler layout

    Sorry for the delay…it has been a busy day.  Layout the blocks, sashing, and cornerstones as follows and piece together.  Quilting and binding tomorrow. Have a nice evening! -april

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  • Apples to Zinnias E is for Eucalyptus.

    Apples to Zinnias.  This is the Eucalyptus on black. I do not have pictures of it on white or cream.

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  • Olivia’s Sampler, James & Olivia’s Cornerstones

    hope you had a chance to finish up the sashing strips. today we are going to work on the cornerstones. these little darlings are just so sweet! James & Olivia’s Cornerstones find those strips that were cut last week… Floral (bleached muslin) 2 inch squares cut from end of each 2 inch strip (22–2 inch…

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  • elegant

    remember the elegant pincushion?  we have a couple new variations to this lovely! Elegant (rich) Elegant (Fig Tree) Elegant (top, rich) (bottom from left…Fig Tree and Shabby) each pincushion has a pack of Pretty Pins stuck in them… we will be closed on Monday morning until noon-ish…we have a quilt guild presentation at 9:30am…so we’ll see…

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  • Atelier

    I promised some pictures, but only have the time for this lovely shot. How can you not fall in love with 3 Sisters?  Classic florals, paisley, and don’t forget those delightful script prints.  I think this line includes old French letters…I haven’t looked close enough yet.  Their newest line, Atelier, which means “studio” in French,…

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  • Olivia’s Sampler, James & Olivia’s Sashing

    Good MOrning gentlefolks…mom and I hope you had a wonderful (and safe!) labor day weekend!  it was nice to have a couple days off…in a row.  I worked on a few things –not this post unfortunately…so I am throwing it together this morning at 11am. instead I worked on a little leftover hexie table runner. …

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