Moving Forward

For those of you who came to the store this weekend, thanks for helping us celebrate 4 years! If you missed us this weekend, you sure missed a fun time ... but there's still lots to celebrate!

Here is our May 2011 pincushion. Didn't we tell you there would be cake this month? This cute pincushion is a great size for bigger projects, and with the cake-printed fabric, we thought it was just right for our anniversary month.

For those of you interested in more traditional-type projects, we've got the new issue of Primitive Quilts and Projects in. There are some great ideas in it, and we've still got a few copies left.

We featured some new projects this weekend, and have kits available... including Sense of Direction, pictured below. The pattern came from Virginia Cole of Galloping Pony Studio and it's called Quilt Sense. We switched it up a bit from the pattern and used a four-patch block, featuring our favorite soft greys and a mixture of teal and aqua to create our version of this special pattern.

The quote at the top of the quilt, printed on fabric printer paper, reads 'Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.' -Henry David Thoreau

That's a pretty great message to start our fifth year off right, don't you think?

Happy Stitching!

Vintage Quilts

Beginning this week...which happens to be the 150th anniversary for the beginning of the Civil War, we are adding a new dimension to our blog.

About once a month, we will feature a vintage quilt and some will be from the Civil War era. We will share what we know about its makers, history, and snippets of what we know about the quilt. Initially, we'll be profiling quilts from a private collection, but we may through in extras along the way.

This first little doll quilt is from the Churn Dash block. It's maker's name is unknown, and it's age is estimated from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. The size of the quilt is about 16 1/2" x 22", and the blocks range in size from 5 1/2" x 5", which could indicate that it was made from extra blocks or, perhaps a novice, still perfecting those quarter-inch seams? This quilt was hand pieced and hand quilted. It was purchased from an antique shop in Aurora, Oregon.

Here's a close up of the quilt.

Speaking of vintage quilts, here's a not-so-vintage version of an old idea. This pattern, called Vintage T from Galloping Pony Studio, was featured in our Anniversary Celebration in May 2010. You can see it made up in two different color ways and we still have a few kits and patterns left... and we even have a couple of those darling hand-crafted doll beds available!

Happy Stitching!

2T Turns Three!

Happy May Day!
We are celebrating with this special little quilt ~ a pattern Virginia created just for the occasion! How lucky is that?! We have the pattern and fabric kits in both color options ready for you. We love the Galloping Pony Studio creations, see more here,, and I'm so honored that Virginia did this for us. Thanks so much Virginia!!

We're hosting our Anniversary Sale now through Monday, so stop by and enjoy the celebration!