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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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  • vanilla bean

    taking inspiration from buttercream-frosted spice cake served with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream…our newest project, Vanilla Bean…is truly delicious. a decadent mixture of new low volume prints from both Pebbles by Laundry Basket Quilts and Vintage Linens from 3 Sisters…to make the 43 different low volumes included we added a few favorites from

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  • hard candy flannel quilt

    good afternoon! we are planning our Christmas rearrange…as i mentioned in the last post…as we get ready for our shop hop. the shop will remain autumn/halloween until the weekend after Halloween…(i just can’t put up trees until after Halloween). i feel bad enough that Thanksgiving gets skipped over…so we always keep a spot dedicated to

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  • tree farm | pam buda + autumn romance

    good afternoon! we are in the midst of finishing up some projects…Autumn Romance is finished up and lovely (pics below) otherwise we’ll be back with Hard Candy featuring cozy Christmas Flannel, our new project, Vanilla Bean, featuring Pebbles and 3 Sisters Vintage Linens along with a few new Cross Stitch projects that have been framed.

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  • Pebbles | Edyta Sitar/Laundry Basket Quilts

    Happy mid-October! we are loving the shift to autumn…colorful leaves, pumpkins, cozy sweaters and new cozy fabrics. today we are introducing Pebbles…by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. this new collection of soft and subtle prints is just what your low volume cupboard needs…mostly ivory and cream backgrounds with soft purple, green, and blue. these

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  • bliss quilt

    good morning! hopefully you’ve had a chance to take in some of the autumn air…enjoy the beauty of the changing leaves, and maybe even get a bit of stitching done in between cleaning out the gardens and getting ready for the winter season. today we have a new project to share with you… bliss. bliss

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  • Sanctuary | Tilda

    good afternoon! Tilda’s Autumn/Winter 2024 collection has dropped, and it is lovely! A little bit about Sanctuary… “Where is your sanctuary? The woods, the sewing room, in bed with a good book? Or maybe your haven is not a specific place, but rather a more mindful escape. This soft, muted autumn/winter collection is all about

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  • Bluebird Manor | Paula Barnes

    a lovely combo of brown, tan, and blue…perfect for cozy autumn quilts, sampler projects, or mixing it in with your current civil war goodies. shop Bluebird Manor. happy weekend stitching! -a&m&g sweetwater

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  • grandma’s featherbed

    good morning! our Grandma’s Featherbed quilt…finishing out at approximately 73 x 84 inches. a fun combination of Stonleigh, Eiderdown, Poppie Cotton, and Tanya Whelan. Roses, stripes, plaids…this quilt pulls them together effortlessly, yet each stands on its own. Grandma’s Featherbed is kitted and can be found here. Tilda’s Sanctuary is here so we’ll be getting

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  • evelyn’s hope chest | carrie quinn

    a rich combination of chocolate, pink, cherry, and cream… evelyn’s hope chest is a full collection at 20 bolts in the prettiest shades. the rich palette and elegant prints would make pretty autumn quilts…perfect for cozy nights watching movies. or opt for a table runner and fill a dough bowl with fun colored pumpkins and

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  • autumn at sweetwater

    good afternoon! today i wanted to drop in and wish everyone a happy autumn! hopefully the days will start to cool…i know i’m looking forward to soup and hotdish and cool evening breezes and the sound of crisp leaves on the sidewalk. i feel like we’ve been trying to catch-up since our 20 year party

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  • dainty meadow | heather briggs/my sew quilty life

    good afternoon! the long awaited follow-up to the wonderful Flower Girl collection has arrived and is now online.. introducing… Dainty Meadow… Heather describes it as follows… Explore a beautiful meadow of greens, pinks, yellows, blues, and creams, where the blooms are small and sweet. The Dainty Meadow collection is inspired by wildflowers that are found

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  • these are back!

    good morning! hopefully you have had a chance to enjoy autumn…it seems like just the other day it was the beginning of summer…and now the cozy season is upon us! well…we have a couple kits we were able to restock… remember Cherry Chablis featuring Joy by Laundry Basket? you may not…since when we first made

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  • Miss Maudie’s Farm Mystery

    good afternoon! UPDATE: November 2025…Miss Maudie’s Farm Mystery has officially come to a close. we will be offering it has pattern and possibly a kit. thank you SO much for join us! happy stitching… -a (edit: head to the bottom of the post for the monthly fabric packs and my finished blocks and participation information)

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  • stonleigh | susan smith

    good morning! thought i should take a moment and introduce a fun collection by Dutch Heritage. it arrived in august and i finally listed it in the shoppe yesterday. stonleigh is a collection of 24 prints that beg to be cut up into a scrappy quilt with a little appliqué and maybe some english paper

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