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World Wide Knit in Public Day

June 9, 2009

Attention yarn lovers – are you ready for World Wide Knit in Public Day? We will be holding a World Wide Knit in Public event at Village Fabrics & Crafts on June 20th starting at 10am, and we are extending our invitation to this event to all of those who love yarn – knitters, crocheters, [...]

May 28, 2009

May 28, 2009

Spring has definitely sprung and summer is on its way!  You can almost see the leaves on the trees grow everyday.  With the rain we are having today the woods is full of the most beautiful green colors.  One would never realize that there where that many shades of green- how inspiring.
To inspire you I [...]

April 15, 2009

April 15, 2009

Wow, it is a pretty day here today.  The sun is shining with blue sky all around and the snow is practically melting as you watch.  Ironically, we could use some rain because where there isn’t any snow it is almost dusty.  There is currently 1,930 cubic feet of water going over Tahquamenon Falls  each [...]

March 18th, 2009

March 18, 2009

It’s coming up quickly.  National Quilting Day is this Saturday, March 21st!  This is such a fun and exciting time to celebrate and experience quilting and National Quilting Day gives us an excuse to do so.  Although, we don’t find that we need an excuse to do something so fun!   Quilting has come a [...]

February 16th, 2009

February 16, 2009

It is a beautiful day here today.  As I sit here typing, the sun is shining on the snow and everything just sparkles.  I can hear the snowmobiles on the trail across the road from the shop and I bet the scenery is awesome.  We have had some great days to be outside lately.  Whether [...]

January 5th, 2009

January 5, 2009

Happy New Year!   Out with the old and in with the new.  We have each finished up some projects and are starting on new.
Vicki has made this great eye spy quilt.  She used wild life prints  but you could use anything- flowers, kids prints, fruits/vegetables – there are lots of options!  This pattern is [...]

December 22nd, 2008

December 22, 2008

Merry Christmas to all!  We were just having a little snow and it made the most beautiful picture.  Can’t you just imagine this on the front of a Christmas card.  I hope you all enjoy your holidays and we wish the very best to you and your families.

December 18th, 2008

December 18, 2008

Winter Carnival of Classes is coming soon, so here is a little preview of what is coming up.  If you are not familiar with our Winter Carnival of Classes, it consits of a different make it- take it class offered each day during the time between Christmas and New Years.  This year our classes start [...]

November 24th, 2008

November 24, 2008

Oh, it is good to be back!  Sorry it has been so long.  I had to order a new battery and power cord for my computer and it took longer than expected.  The computer just doesn’t run well with out electricity.
We have some snow on the ground and there is a very pretty light snow [...]

October 6th, 2008

October 6, 2008

Wow this week I have plaid moose, two knitted items, and a fun thing to do with orphan quilt blocks – so lets get started!
First the plaid moose. (This sounds like some kind of a poem, doesn’t it?  I have never seen a plaid moose, I never hope to see one…..)  Actually this moose doesn’t [...]