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  • stay home quilt

    we hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  mom and i are busy tidying and painting and raking and cozying up with our newest (completed) project. mom’s been eyeing up this quilt she saw in the Romantic Prairie Style book for quite awhile and trying to find just the right fabric to bring it to…

  • quiet cross stitch

    it would appear that life will be generally slowing down for awhile. there seems to be no better time to take up a new hobby or return to a favorite. i love handwork. i always forget how much i enjoy cross stitching until i am doing it. then i just want to cross stitch every…

  • springtime sashiko

    happy spring! with the days now getting longer, spring forward, and some sunny days…it sure feels like spring is on the way. i haven’t seen a robin yet…and we know they get snowed on at least 3 times. mom and i are busy getting ready for our Medford show next weekend. the storefront will be…

  • paris apartment

    good morning! mom and i are back from bemidji. we had a wonderful time teaching Brazilian Embroidery, catching up with Bonnie, and kicking off our shows for 2020. we’ve been getting the shop switched around to showcase some of our favorite collections…right now…we are falling in love with Rue 1800. Soft, gentle, sweet, summery…perfect florals,…

  • february favorites

    we’ve been getting in fun, new things this february. i thought i would share a couple of my favorites… right now i am really loving this new book by Linda Collins and Leah Zieber…Treasure Hunt This book is fantabulous! Lovely, classic quilts with their antique inspiration. I like that they keep close to the original…

  • mid-february

    well, our plans this week have been upended! Mom and i came to work monday…it was a long weekend and mom is still feeling a bit under the weather so we did some planning, she did some sewing, and i did some online work. well, yesterday early morning i came down with a stomach bug…which…

  • rue 1800 and lancaster

    precuts have arrived…. introducing Rue 1800…a sister collection to both Poetry and Porcelain…classic seaside inspiring colors including robin’s egg, dove, porcelain, and rose. Rue 1800 is 3 Sisters spring 2020 collection and though it embodies all of their classic 3 Sisters-ness…it is also it’s own vision. The rose is a little pinker, the robin’s egg…

  • happy valentine’s day!

    we hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day! a few of my favorite Valentine’s Day pictures… don’t forget …15% off over on the website through tomorrow. our sale includes… Beachy in Grey kits Lucy Block kits (how about this for a little throwback!) Bundles, precuts, charms, cakes stars in the garden do you remember when…

  • spring romance and cottage hearts

    i’m heading out the door in a few minutes but thought i would pop on and give you a quick peak at our valentine window display. spring romance in shades of red is perfect for this time of year…classic and pretty. Red is so versatile and we just had to add in a little bit…

  • tilda’s happy campers

    our happy campers yardage has arrived and it is every bit as summer-infused as we imagined it to be. soft honey hued prints cozy in next to pink and rose, blue, eggnog, green and teal…luscious florals, gingdots, paisleys, and mosaic type prints remind me of summers spent in flower gardens, dreaming of a vintage camper…