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    I’ll be home for christmas….theme for Christmas Open House…

    Here are the FREE-patterns that we are giving away with any purchase at our Christmas Open House on Sat the 28th of November.  We also are giving away our coupon book…I have finished them up today and they have lots of good deals.  If you miss out on Open House you can purchase a “coupon”…

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    3/4″ triangles

                          Here is my latest Christmas Open House quilt.  I bring home a half yards of all of the reproduction fabrics that come in the shop…these are my bennies of owning a shop…anyway…i never get to use them because I have to always use the…

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    life after the quilt shows…

    Its been awhile since I have posted…took me this long to get my s&*t together.  I basically took the last two weeks off, after being gone for 3 weeks for Houston and DesMoines. I think I needed to decompress…so this week things are getting back to normal…I am getting ready to decorate for Christmas..yah..Christmas…I figured…

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    new block of the month starting in Jan.

    Civil War Tribute Honoring the upcoming 150-year anniversary of the American Civil War. Create a reproduction quilt that recalls the drama of this significant era. The Civil War Tribute Collection by Judie Rothermel encompasses the historical accuracy and current appeal for which Judie is well known. Highlights include an antique toile-inspired design and a commemorative…

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    Houston…Market and Festival

    It is nice to be home from Houston, it is fun to go, but always nicer to come home.  We have been home since Monday and now tomorrow (Monday) we leave for Des Moines, IA, for our last show of the year.  Nick & I are going alone, so hopefully it won’t be too crazy…

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    ready or not…houston here i come…

    boy it has been a busy week… i just finished doing the dishes from the Monday Night football game…I know I shouldn’t admit that, but that is how busy I am…it is Wednesday night… i am running brochures for fall market in Houston, trying to pack, can’t leave any dishes in the sink…and oh yeah..take…

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    natural encounters…a new place to shop

    A couple of weeks ago, Carole dragged me out of the house to visit a new store that one of our customers, Sharin Lauren, opened up.  Sharin’s husband does concrete counter tops, in the lower level of the barn…  It was totally amazing.  I loved the outside gardens with it’s beautiful water falls and inside…

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    a good friend…who knows what we would do without them…

    As i am trying to get all my quilts done for market and knowing my deadlines before the trailer is leaving, my very talented friend Carole told me she would quilt this little vintage tulips for me.  I gave it to her on wednesday and it showed up today (friday) with the  most beautifullest quilting…

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    cornerstones

    Quilt number 3 for market.  Finished it today.  Made from my new line of fabrics with a little wool circle and star in the cornerstones.  Now time to write the pattern. I also am STILL quilting  As the Crow files…fingers are sore…later    

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    Canning tomatoes

    About every other year  I make my mother come over for a day of canning tomatoes.  I love to be able to make chili, lasagna or almost anything with our canned tomatoes.  I am trying to eat healthier and this will help with fresh tomatoes that we know what all is in the jar!  I…

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