Category: Quilt Related


  • Wool Quilt in MN

    Well we have our first day in, in St. Cloud MN.  I did not get to see all of the quilts yet, but in the room were are in this was my favorite.  It is all wool.  It looks like mostly recycled wools from clothing scraps.  The quilt was embroidered heavily with perle cottons.  Great…

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  • St. Cloud—Minnesota

    Well here we are in MN…we have our booth set up, Nick is taking a nap (imagine that) and Carole and I are sewing.  Carole is working on her Miniature Patchwork Alphabet Quilt and I am working on the Blocks of the Week…picured below.  I hope all of you who are in the area take…

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  • Week 2 Freebie

    This is the 2nd block of our FREE  weekly blocks that you will receive for making a $10 purchase from our store…I love the freebie blocks…am I working on #4 now and they are all different and will be awesome set together.  The threads I used for this block are as follows: Valdani #12- P12…

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  • NEW KITS!

    Here are two new projects that will are taking to St. Cloud MN for the Minnesota Quilt show.  Carole made “Kindness Matters” by Cheri Saffote Paine and Joanne made Crazy Wool Garden, by A Piece of Work -both designs will be on our website soon so you can order kits and patterns if you wish!

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  • May & June Farmer’s Wife Blocks

    Sorry I did not get these blocks on the site…Jess thought I already took pic’s when Sue finished them and never gave them to me to put on the blog…but here they are now…

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  • It’s Block of Week time!

    Today is the official start of our Summer Block of the week; Lisa’s Flower Garden.  You may come to the store and pick them up starting today, or if you are receiving it by mail…it will be shipped out this week…I say this because, some  of our background fabric was in an “accident”  the truck…

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  • American Patchwork & Quilting

    Look for this little design  in American Patchwork & Quilting magazine.  I think it will come out in December–but I think it is the February issue…I will be submitting more designs to magazines this year. LB

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  • “Sewing Day” show and tell….

    A couple of weeks ago, before Market I got to enjoy a sewing day at Joanne Blanks house…here is the fabulous “Show & Tell”…it is mostly all wool…but some wonderful things…this might inspire all 500 of you Wool Crazy Ladies to keep on stitching!  It is a rainy night here…but I am sewing on the…

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  • Minnesota

    Hello everyone…boy, am I tired…we got home from Market on Sunday night late…did all that unpacking, organizing and clothes are in the washing machine…I still have to go to the grocery store to get some food in the house, but I will do that after this and my email to everyone… Below are some new…

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  • the best customers!

    I have the best customers!…Jess called and told me we have over 100 people signed up for the block of the week in one day!  That is a lot people for one day…I appreciate your constant patronage to our wonderful shop…It just makes me want to work harder!  I need to tell you all what…

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