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  • peaches, silver, and sylvia

    this post is coming to you from my couch…at home.  we ran out of time today and i tried taking pictures of all the sylvia blocks together, but they keep coming back out of focus.  the camera may be on its way out…so i’ll get a picture of all the blocks for next weeks post.…

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  • a spot of (chamomile) tea

    autumn is here (well, at least it seemed like it on sunday)…i even pulled out some hand-knitted (not by me, but tina) socks and a hoodie.  it was so nice to have a rainy, lazy day.  mom, dad, and i popped down to buffalo and did some sale-ing.  we came back with a few birthday presents, a…

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  • sylvia pinwheels and lydia

    we finished up the next sylvia blocks… Pineapple, Pinwheel 1, and Pinwheel 2 next week…Posies ‘Round the Square, Providence, & Puss in the Corner Lydia…all finished…kits will be available soon!  just have to write up the pattern. mom and i will be moving around the shoppe in the next few days…we’ll be doing up new…

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  • lydia & sylvia

    YIKES!  it has already been a couple weeks since Quilt Minnesota finished up.  we meant to get sylvia rolling again, but it has been crazy.  we spent the first week recouping from a busy–busy 17 days.  the Thursday after Quilt MN my designer sister, Tina, took part in the RAW natural artists fashion show down…

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  • thread, blackbird, and campers

    i hope you are getting ready for this up-and-coming heat-wave!  the weather people are talking 90s…hopefully we’ll get some rain out of the deal. Quilt Minnesota 2013 finished up yesterday.  our little shoppe had over 750 hoppers…each on a mission…some collected the wonderful little glampers while some searched for coordinating fabrics and others searched for new…

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  • WE WON!

    just a quick little note to say, WE WON the Windham Quilt MN display contest! be sure to stop on in before Quilt Minnesota 2013 is over to see our stunning display in person! don’t forget…we still have campers for $1/with a $10 purchase. xoxoxo————a*m  {sweetwater}

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  • Roses for Jackie O.

      Quilt Minnesota is in full swing…only 6 days left.  it has been a crazy busy week!  (see below for our quilt mn fabrics still in stock and even some of these bundles have found new homes.) we do have a handful of the medium rectangle panel left and love how it looks tacked into the…

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  • umbrellas and bloomers

    last sunday we had a photo shoot…i am not so much a model or even like most pictures of myself.  tina needed a few models because clothes look better on people.  so here is just a sneak peek of our sunday photo shoot.  all clothing by tina-rie studio and all photography by Abby Habiger Photography.…

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  • Sweetwater Glamper Park

    Sweetwater Glamper Park this Quilt Minnesota 2013 project uses the foundation pieced camper blocks available during the shop hop.  The Camper kits can only be purchased (in-store only) during the shop hop for $1 with a $10 purchase and each shop has a different camper. we have taken all these wonderfully, whimsical campers and make up our own…

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  • Minnesota Glamping

    I thought i had mentioned in the last sylvia post that we were putting her off for a couple weeks…we had the Bemidji Quilt Show last weekend and this week and next we are busily getting ready for the shop hop.  Well i didn’t…i only talked about last week…so if you popped over yesterday looking…

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  • the last Quilt MN 2013 project and some Sunshine

    i was looking at the calendar for this fall…because i am going to be adding an events tab…and realize that we have a crazy few months lined up!  This weekend is the Headwaters Quilt Show in Bemidji and from there it is something going on every other weekend…whether it is a meeting to vote on 2014…

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  • 2 Cents…Fig Tree STyLe

    okay…so if you follow us via Facebook (if you don’t feel free to like us!  Click the “F” to the right)…you know that we did up a new 2 Cents table topper…our original had been made using Luna Notte, a lovely floral line by 3 Sisters.  it was a little bit majestic, a little bit floral,…

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  • Quilt MN projects and Sylvia blocks

    Minnesota Glamping…our book of Quilt MN 2013 projects will be packed full of designs that will showcase this wonderful Minnesota inspired line.  we’ve taken these wonderful prints and put a spin on them.  Added some ruffles, soft-hand unbleached muslin, and some more ruffles! picture 1:  from top…Sun-washed pillow, Goose, Goose, Star, Rufflestillskin, and Sun-washed. picture 2:  Rufflestillskin…uses 2 panels of the…

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  • a glamper camper

    we didn’t get sun-washed and rufflestillskin finished up last night.  mom is finishing them up today and we will be washing them this evening.  i won’t be working tomorrow, so i’ll take some pictures and post them tomorrow…if the internet is working.  otherwise, i’ll post info about them along with the next 3 Sylvia blocks…(keep…

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  • Goose, Goose, Star

    hope you had a wonderful 4th of july!  we spent the day cleaning (yuck) for our party tomorrow, but it was a nice mid-week day off! mom finished up Goose, Goose, Star on Wednesday, and i quilted it right a way.  i also quilted up Sun-washed, but we didn’t get it bound or ruffled so i don’t have…

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  • sun-washed update

    mom finished up sun-washed yesterday. batting will arrive tomorrow morning and i will get to work.  mom and i discussed the quilting…i’m thinking cream thread stitched in a tighter medium meander and only quilting in the background and setting triangles.  so the stars should pop out against the background after it has been washed. today…

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  • rhubarb crisp {my favorite summer dessert}

    i am not such a fan of the heat and sun of summer; this is evident by my lack of a tan and my instant flush when the temperature hits anything past 80°.  i do, however, LOVE rhubarb which only comes around in the summer.  so come June…we whip up strawberry rhubarb jam…which is yummy…

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  • Sylvia {on time!}

    i have the next 3 Sylvia blocks (no Lancaster Rose, but is anyone really surprised by that?  probably not.) these 3…Nine-Patch, Northwind, and Ocean Waves next up…Odd Fellow’s Chain, Odd Fellow’s Patch, Ohio Star. see you soon with quilt minnesota goodness! –april&mickey  {sweetwater} –also…check back soon for mom’s recipe and tutorial on how to make…

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  • sweet petites and quilt minnesota

    i’m back…after a very hot day spent doing loads of laundry, picking a handful of strawberries, and making rhubarb crisp (and hamburgers on the grill and yummy fried potatoes.  i would have been doing this yesterday, but i don’t get many days off…and totally wanted to spend it doing laundry. anyways…i have some wonderful pictures of our new precuts of…

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  • sylvia blocks

    last week just went by so fast …then we were closed on Friday for bakery construction…and here we are!  monday already (the last monday of JUNE!) i have the most recent sylvia blocks:  New Mexico, New York Beauty and Night and Noon. i just can’t wait until we get these all done!  they are so…

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  • sunwashed star

    just 45 days before the following loveliness can leave our shoppe!  mom is working so very hard to get our Quilt MN 2013 samples all finished up, so we can get kits tied and ready.  i do have a sneak peek of our free 9 inch block pattern though…which will be featured in our Sunwashed quilt. check out…

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