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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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  • 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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