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August has arrived in Minnesota. The days are still
warm, but the evenings are beginning to cool down. The flowers are
glorious, the crops in the field are producing bumper crops and everybody
here is anxiously preparing for the Main Street Cotton Shop Quilt Harvest
Retreat. Our 10th Annual Quilt
Harvest Retreat is now only a month away and we are busy making kits and
getting ready for what looks like the "best retreat ever"!
If you can fit it into your schedule, we would love to have you join
us. Give us a call to register. The Top Shop Tour is only
two months away with a few seats left. If you would like information
on that, let us know.
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Many of you have already started the Lazy
Crazy quilt that Lynette designed for this year's Block of the
Month. It is a fun crazy quilt look, with its own Lazy
Crazy line of fabrics, that gives it a distinct Thimbleberries
look. In order for you to use the patterns again, we are showing you
the exact same quilt using the Maple
Valley fabric collection. Take a look at what an incredible quilt
this turned out to be. We have put this together as the Maple Valley
Crazy Quilt. It can be ordered with the patterns or for those that
already have them, you can order without.
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Autumn Glow fabrics are in just in time for making
harvest gathering tablecloths and quilts. There's still time to sign
up for our Thimbleberries
Club and receive the Autumn Glow
kits. Our monthly quilt special
for August on-line shopping features the Sugar
House book, regularly $19, now only $14. The featured quilt this
month on-line is Garden
9 Patch from the Sugar House book, done in the new
Maple Valley fabrics. The kit is regularly $99.95, now only
$74.95. If you are looking for a fun and fast wall hanging to make
this fall, check out the Pumpkins for Sale in the Thimbleberries
Housewarming book. It will give your home a new fall look with little
effort.
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Snowshoe Lodge fabrics in flannel are now on-line for you
to take a look at. Along with that, we have a quilt from Snowshadows
book called Winter Wonderland at Snowshoe
Lodge. This quilt would make
a great Christmas gift. Even though the temperature is approaching 90
degrees this weekend, it's never too soon to think of the holiday
ahead. The Snow Country book is full of great ideas; Mantel Socks and
Snow Country Pillow are two quick and easy projects to get started on.
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  Last month at our Hutchinson location, my Thimbleberries
Club Director, Karen Olson and my Store Manager, Connie Linmeyer, had an
"Airing of the Quilts" at Karen's home in the country. Karen
and her husband, Butch, have built an incredible little log home as a
"get away" on their farm. Our Thimbleberries Club members
and Lynette were invited to spend the afternoon quilting, visiting, sipping
on lemonade and enjoying Karen's homemade cornbread, fresh from the cook
stove, with a little honey butter on top. I thought you might enjoy
seeing our "Airing of the Quilts".
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