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  • november…

    good morning you crafty, quilty, lovely person!  mom and i sincerely hope you are having a wonderful saturday. i thought i would pop in and wish you a                            happy november! we received a “Thank You” card from DeeAnn of the Evening Star Quilters…which made our day!  we had a blast down there with all those wonderful…

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  • Cranberry Honey Butter and Sylvia

    Happy Halloween!  22 years ago we were headed into 3+ days of snow…this year we have some rainy–sunless days!  we are busy putting together wonderful projects for you to sink into this autumn/winter. we’ve got a new Sweet Confection to add to your “grocery list”. Cranberry Honey Butter this lovely little mini measures in at…

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  • sprinkles

    so today i realized that Twitter isn’t posting pictures from my Instagram feed…it is just posting a link to the picture–talk about lame!  so i proceeded to spend all morning figuring out that mess, needless to say we are now on Tumblr (check under the CONNECT header), but i did figure out that whole kerfuffle.  moving…

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  • winter projects (and Sylvia)

    we’ve got some sylvia blocks for you today (just 26 left…the end is in sight)! the lovely Rosebud, Sarah’s Choice and Sarah’s Favorite aren’t they just yummy?  love the aqua and red…very cottage style!  (the background quilt is mulberry hopscotch.)  next week…Sawtooth Star, Shoo-Fly, and Sickle. a little bit of autumn…the Mulberry Hopscotch quilt is…

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  • Christmas Star

    lovely little Christmas Star…just 6 inches square and delightful with your Christmas decor! $6.00 for the kit (which includes:  fabric for front, back, binding, pattern, and 3 vintage buttons)

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  • ritzy…& sylvia

    ritzy rags…with autumn in full swing and a winter on the horizon, we figured you’d need a wonderful little rag quilt to cozy up with.  introducing Ritzy Rags–this sweet little pattern has been done up several times and every time it is just cute as the dickens (i don’t really know what that means…but it…

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  • spooky spools

    thought i’d pop in for a moment…we have a new Sweet Delight for you! Spooky Spools…just 6 1/2 inches square, and it uses the most wonderful mix of apricot, peach, grey, and ebony.  A soft and subtle way to celebrate! kits just $6.00 (patterns $3.00)  kits are complete with fabric for front, back, and binding, buttons…

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  • no sylvia blocks

    i hope you didn’t stop over hoping to find new sylvia blocks…because they didn’t get finished.  we spent the day cutting up new Oak & Vine kits and packing up for the show.  so…hopefully, between cutting more kits for the show next weekend and doing a new Sweet Confection, we can get caught up…hopefully. i’ll…

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  • halloween goodness

    we have a few more projects for the Halloween/Autumn season… these projects are little more traditional with their colors, but we did add a little shabby flair to them–just for you! these would little beauties would look great on your table–i can just see it with a spooky little tree and some candy corn. Oak and…

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  • believe…a little pillow

    believe…our new little pillow.  it mixes wonderful blueberry and chocolate and grey and would look great with all those wonderful blue and chocolate quilts you have stacked away.  the wool flowers and big button add just a hint of charm.  we are putting together a few kits for you…they will be available on etsy. see…

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  • give thanks, with a shabby twist

    mom is just brimming with new projects!  one a day is what she says!  so for today we have a shabby version of all the seasonal love that is going on in the stores. mom chose a soft grey background, a not so pumpkin-like apricot for the pumpkin, and EdMar thread in lovely soft peach,…

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  • whimsicals

    we love Whimsicals, and when we saw their new line “Around Town”, we knew we needed it! mom whipped up a variation of our Scenic Overlook pattern, “Small Town Charm”…this one uses smaller blocks, so it measures 50 x 50 making it the perfect wall hanging, baby quilt, or couch throw. Next up…Mulberry Hopscotch (which…

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  • September, what happened to you?

    This post is our 300th post…a quick thank you to all our visitors, followers, and stumbled upon yous…we thank you for your comments, likes, pins, and shares! we are super busy getting ready for our next 3 shows…we’ll be putting together some fun christmas projects, so be sure to stop by the shoppe or one of the…

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  • autumn and sylvia

    i’ve got lots and lots of autumn stuff to show you!  autumn is my favorite season (besides winter and christmas)! first off we’ll show you the next 3 sylvia blocks…  Queen Charlotte’s Crown, Rambler, and Ribbon Star next up Right Hand of Friendship, Road to Oklahoma, and Robbing Peter to Pay Paul. and now a…

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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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