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  • quilt mn 2019 update

    good morning! the shop hop starts in just a few days and July is over tomorrow. I do prefer when the shop hop starts in August as opposed to the end of July…it is almost like we get a little extra summer! Mom and i are thinking we may be ready. We have all the…

  • Sew Much Fun

    good afternoon! we are nearing the end of July already! Mom and i are back from Jackson, WY all safe and sound…a bit dizzy after traveling the Tetons, Yellowstone, and the making 2 passes through the Badlands and a quick visit with Dignity in Chamberlain, SD…(if you are on instagram, i’ve posted a couple pics…

  • mid month mayhem

    good afternoon! Yesterday was mom’s birthday…so she had the day off–plus it coincided with her weekly day off…score! we are trying to get everything all lined up and ready to go, but these july days just keep slipping by or are we the only ones that feel that way? we are counting down the days…

  • a little red

    slowly as the years of owning a shoppe have slid by i’ve developed a love for red…especially soft red when mixed with white and cream. it is that Old English style that we absolutely love and have tried to bring to life in this new version of Spring Romance… soft shades of cream and white…

  • lucy boston week 103

    we are back from Omaha and are changing gears to get ready for Quilt Minnesota and our fall shows…(how is 2019 about half over…and how is it already the end of june?) Quilt Minnesota fabric is in-store and ready for your preorders…just pop in and we’ll get you set up! mom and i haven’t had…

  • Lucy week 100

    as we get our 2nd round of storms this afternoon i thought i would take a moment and pop in and give you a Lucy update. I have finished putting on row 5 and have started stitching the sashing and cornerstones onto row 6. Mom and Tina are heading down to Sioux Falls for the…

  • Lucy Boston Week 98 & 99

    good afternoon! the day is almost over, but i couldn’t take off for dinner with monica before popping on here and sharing some progress…yes…some progress! first off…here is all my stuff! i am not very organized usually but i when it comes to working on something like this i strive to have everything in its…

  • sweet christmas

    good morning! i’m sure some of you popped over on tuesday for a lucy update…mom switched her day off this week to thursday which throws my whole week off. therefore, when i got home tuesday, i realized that it was tuesday and i had not done a lucy update. so…i’ve decided to work extra hard…

  • Lucy Tuesdays week 97

    happy tuesday! it has been a whirlwind since last week…we spent the weekend at the Festival of Quilts in Fergus Falls…we had a wonderful time! the quilters were wonderful and i haven’t really been up in Fergus since i graduated from FFCC in 2001. Now we can relax for about a month…then off to Rochester…

  • Lucy Tuesday week 94 & 95

    I’m halfway! i had originally planned on having it done by my birthday (today) but that didn’t really work out…however, i do have all the pink around all the 4-patch cornerstones and 18 or so sashings stitched. I’m getting impatient now when it comes to the sashings and cornerstones so i think i’m going to…