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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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  • plumberry III | pam buda

    good morning! i finally had a moment to list Plumberry III…and i just couldn’t wait to introduce this luscious newish collection. we love civil war purple (we LOVED pam’s Plumberry II) and when we saw that she had designed and released a Plumberry III we knew we needed to add it to our civil war…

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  • piece & plenty | lori holt/bee in my bonnet

    we are all heart eyes for the new lori holt collection…Piece & Plenty. we love all her fabrics…but this time around we opted for the Latte and 2 greys…a Pewter and a Pebble. all of our lori holt can be found in the Lori Holt section of the shoppe…here. this bundle looks SO nice with…

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  • paula’s NEW companions | paula barnes

    good morning! we hope you are having a wonderful December…this cold snap has us sipping hot coffee (or Diet Coke if you are mom) and cozying up by the fire. Once December hits…it is officially Christmas embroidery season. I set aside all quilty endeavors and pull out my The Stitchery embroidery kits from years past…

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  • grace | sevenberry

    good morning! i am enjoying the twinkly lights, christmas carols, and sipping my morning coffee. no shortage of tasks that need finishing up…so it was nice when i could check one (now two once i publish the blog post) of the list. I just finished listing the Grace collection from Sevenberry and thought i should…

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  • just rosy -||||- hollyhocks & roses

    good afternoon! we hope you are enjoying the weather as we welcome the final weekend before thanksgiving. i thought i would take a moment and introduce a 2 lovely floral collections…if you are looking for a break from Christmas stitching. Just Rosy and Hollyhocks & Roses are both packed full of pretty prints in amazing…

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  • christmas vacation quilt

    good afternoon! our 9th annual Hometown Holiday Road Trip wrapped up this afternoon. we hope if you joined us, you had a wonderful time. it is our unofficial kick off to the holiday season! since it is holiday themed we pull out ALL the trees, open all the boxes, check all the lights, and squish…

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  • christmas-town 2024

    good afternoon! i am so sorry i didn’t make it back last week to introduce our newest Christmas project…Christmas-Town 2024…featuring Christmas is in Town by Sandy Gervais. We loved our original Christmas-Town quilt…that we wanted to bring it back with a new panel and maybe add a little bit to the size. So we did…

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