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  • Sweetwater’s 12 Days of Christmas…Day 5

    Update 1/27/18 Good afternoon!  I hope you have a wonderful time here!  if the minis are what brought you here…they are still available as kits over on our website…we are up to about 30ish minis so there are lots to pick from… https://www.sweetwatercottonshoppe.com/shop/16393191/sweetconfections happy stitching! –april       5 Golden Rings…or Sweet Confections.  These lovely…

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  • Sweetwater’s 12 Days of Christmas…Day 4

    4 Calling Birds…or BLISS…i just love this quilt.  it is SO pretty.  it uses 61 different prints.  so you get the scrappy look without having to dig through your stash.  enough fabric left for 2 shams (front only) or a couple throw pillows! with your purchase of the BLISS kit  you will receive a Charming BOOK FREE…lovely for spring!  it…

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  • Sweetwater’s 12 Days of Christmas…Day 3

    3 Three French Hens…or Flannel!  i absolutely LOVE warm, cozy flannel.  flannel –any flannel bundles, charms, cakes, or rolls even yardage!  just a couple pics of the delicious flannel! with your purchase of any flannel you will receive a Cabin in the Woods pattern FREE… and now some history of day 3 of the 12 days of christmas…first off….3 French Hens (Salmon…

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  • Sweetwater’s 12 Days of Christmas…Day 2

    2 Turtle Doves…or Anne Elizabeth!  i truly love this little miniature with its wonderful pink setting squares and triangles and 4 different baskets…what’s not to love?! with your purchase of this wonderful kit you will receive a Summer Pinwheels pattern FREE…lovely for spring! and now some history of day 2 of the 12 days of christmas…first off…2 (Madagascar)…

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  • Sweetwater’s 12 Days of Christmas…Day 1

      A partridge in a Pear tree…or some thread!  i truly LOVE thread…escpecially when it is piled in a glass bowl or stacked on shelves… below we have our DMC perle cotton some Sulky loveliness… EdMar yumminess… these are some of the new thread packs…they haven’t been bagged yet, but i have them listed. top…

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  • bags, 12 days, thread packs, and sylvia week 14

    here is syvlia week 14…finished blocks are from top:  Duck and Ducklings, Dove in the Window, and Dresdan Plate remember…the next 2 weeks we are taking a break for Sweetwater’s 12 Days of Christmas…so stop back on January 19th for these next 3 blocks…Dutchman’s Puzzle, Farmer’s Daughter, Follow the Leader and here are some new…

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  • sylvia and bags

    sylvia has been delayed until tomorrow. we’ll see you then!  ~april&mickey check back for Mama’s Got a Brand New Bag! {new bags will be popping up here through the next few weeks} & Sweetwater’s 12 Days of Christmas  {12 days of sweetwater goodness…} starting on Christmas Day!

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  • summer house pincushion

    hope you had a wonderful weekend!  we did!  yesterday was spent watching football then christmas movies… mom started working on Summer House Pincushion from Honeysuckle Manor by Blackbird Designs.  we ordered in some Weeks Dye Works thread…Cappucinno and Peach.  So luscious and good enough to eat! here is a sneak peak at the project! this…

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  • sylvia week 13

    here are the last 3 blocks…finished. Diamond Friendship (middle), Dogtooth Violet (top), and Double Nine-Patch (bottom) Dove in the Window and Dresdan Plate (instead of 5 different prints we are going to do a larger variety) Duck and Ducklings   enjoy! –april&mickey  

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  • Embroidered Cottage pillow

    our Loose Threads group have finished up their projects…some did not make it in this morning due to the weather and one pillow hasn’t been quite finished. but i have 5 finished ones for you to feast your eyes on today! pictures…from left first row… pillows by…Mickey, Lou Louis, Barb Klover, Joyce Anderson, and Jan…

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  • sylvia week 12….and Sweetwater’s [12 Days of Christmas]

    first off…week 12 Sylvia blocks…2 days late–better late then never right?   sylvia blocks from week 11 (i am sorry for the blurriness) blocks from top:  Crown of Thorns, Cut Glass Dish, and Crow’s Feet Next week we have…Diamond Friendship and Dogtooth Violet and Double 9-Patch Now for here are the rules (but i’m sure…

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  • back2BASICS…{sylvia}

    I now present to you… back2BASICS …our new block of the month… 12 sampler blocks within 12 star blocks and matching pillowcases… here is a PDF with all the information Please not that the 2nd saturday of January is the 12th. sylvia…we didn’t get to it this week…too busy finishing up the block of the…

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  • sylvia week 11…

    hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving!  here are the next 3 blocks…hope you got caught up over the long weekend! here are the last 3 blocks…from top Cross and Crown, Courthouse Steps, and Crossed Canoes and for next week…Crown of Thorns, Crow’s Foot, and Cut Glass Dish. mom is working on the block of the…

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  • Black Friday, Small Business Saturday…{sunday} and cyber monday

    hope you had a wonderful Black Friday…whether shopping, eating leftovers, or working! stop by today…Small Business SAturday for 30% off storewide (exclusions apply) and 40% off all autumn kits and bundles!  {in-store only} also, be sure to stop by our etsy shop today, tomorrow, or Cyber Monday–you will receive a free pattern with any purchase…

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  • happy thanksgiving!

    from us at Sweetwater…we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving…(or a Happy Thursday!) –april&mickey ps…I talked to mom and Sylvia week 11 will be next week on Thursday…so if you have fallen behind…you can catch up!

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  • cranberry sauce

    cranberry sauce is by far one of my favorite thanksgiving staples, but i really do love some creamy garlic mash and turkey!  i love it all!  –not such a fan of stuffing…but i always try it and hopefully one of these years i will fall in love with it! cranberry sauce is mom’s newest little…

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  • sylvia week 10

    so these are the elusive fabrics…and they turned out beautiful! Sylvia blocks are…Contrary Husband, Contrary Wife, and Corn and Beans and the fabrics for next week…it will probably be posted on Friday.  Courthouse Steps, Cross and Crown, and Crossed Canoes so week 10…30 blocks have a wonderful day! –april&mickey  {sweetwater}

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  • a very Sweetwater christmas

    it is christmas-time again!  my favorite time to decorate…i just love the lights and the sparkle and the bulbs and the GLITTER!  who doesn’t love glitter?!  is there such a person? this year we still have the 5 trees…1 white feather, 1 small green, and 3 tall (6 feet) green. i like to mix it…

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  • sylvia week 9

    sylvia week 9… so here is the story behind these three blocks, Chinese Coin, Churn Dash, and Clay’s Choice. We start decorating for Christmas Monday morning…after the retreat this weekend that started on Friday and ended on Sunday afternoon.  Sylvia slips our mind until Thursday…we still weren’t completely finished with the Christmas decorating.  Thursday comes…

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  • shabby bedspread tutorial {vintage cottage throw}

    our very first tutorial right here…YAY!  mom and i came up with brilliant (i say brilliant…but then again i’m biased just a smidgen) idea.  we have old bedspreads that over the years have developed holes…and we just cannot toss them; i mean it is perfectly good, lovely nubby fabric and the fringe border is just so…

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  • sylvia week 8…24 blocks done now!

    it is looking like mom won’t have the tutorial quilt done today…so i will give you the blocks and hopefully the quilt will be ready in the next day or 2.  (she was going to finish it up yesterday…but low and behold–no darning foot at home.)  i will have her work on it at the…

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