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November 3, 2009

November 3, 2009

I may have mentioned it before but I have fallen in love with a new machine called the Accuquilt Go!  It is easy, fun and there are endless possibly projects that can be created from it.  If you have not heard of the Accuquilt Go!  it is a fabric cutting machine.

A lovely little thing that [...]

October 28th, 2009

October 28, 2009

Just a quick post today to share with you some of our beautiful fall leaves.  Vicki just took these pictures in the last week.  You can we have been able to enjoy the fall colors for quite a while this year and there are still green leaves on some trees.

 

These pine trees aren’t dying.  They [...]

September 14, 2009

September 16, 2009

It is only a few days till the first day of Fall but we have been having some very Summer like weather and hasn’t it been nice!  We will be at a quilt show this weekend in Sault Ste. Maire, MI sponsored by the Keeping the Piece Quilters Guild.  It is being held at Sault [...]

August 27, 2009

August 27, 2009

Is it really almost September?  Where has the time gone.  I know that we have been enjoying visits from each and everyone of you that have been in the shop this summer.  It is so nice to see familiar faces year after year.  We love to see and talk to you about the projects that [...]

July 21, 2009

July 21, 2009

New items have been arriving from the yarn show that Vicki was at about a month ago.  Lots of great new sock yarns, a chunky weight acrylic yarn in marvelous variegated colors, some new hand dyed wool/mohair scarf kits and some felted coin purse kits.

Vicki put this fish quilt together recently.  It is made from [...]

4th of July 2009

July 21, 2009

The 4th of July in Paradise was wonderful.  We had great weather, a great parade and ended the day with fireworks over Whitefish Bay.  If you haven’t ever seen the fireworks over Whitefish Bay it is a beautiful sight.  Here are some pictures of the Village Fabrics & Crafts parade float.
Another view:

Hope everyone had a [...]

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 [...]