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Brown Paper Packages Tied Up with String, These are a Few of my Favorite Things! Merry Christmas!

It’s that time of year when we all fall in love with getting ready for Christmas again. Wrapping  and 

White amaryllis @48.00

finding the favorite thing for gifting and bringing home.  That’s why you have us to help you make dreams come true.  We have the most wonderful fresh ways to celebrate and decorate this holiday season.

Lets start out by showing off our grand new holiday quilt collection.  We have everything from vintage, classic to modern farmhouse to love,  rich lush greenery, garlands, trees, some are lit and others you can light up yourself, amazing amaryllis that are wrapped and ready to gift or enjoy in your home.  They are so real looking Krista and I thought they were real when we saw them in the window. When we walked in and there they were ready to buy, we were over the moon, giddy for sure.  The price is definitely right for these beauties @$43.75 and $48.00 and what a special  forever

Green Velvet Santa with his little sheep. @52.25

gift. 

I am totally excited over our new Santa collection, they are different for sure but classic, then there are angels that never go out of style, ornaments, signs, table top accessories to spruce your tablescapes and enhance entertaining.  loving our napkins and the battery candles are the biggest and best ever

The Bells on Christmas Day,a great Blackbird design

.  Do you know we have a touch candle to turn it on and you blow it out when you are going off to bed.  They come on automatically too.  I love these, I used the tapers in old silver candle holders on my table for Thanksgiving.  I have them

Amaryllis quilt at $92.50

on my mantle and they are the epitome of 

decorating with JOY!  You can add the little boxwood candle rings, a little special ribbon and you are good to go.    Samplers and needlework accessories are the frosting to decorating for a season.  I have enjoyed stitching more this year than I have in years.  I guess it has become a way to diminish stress and find comfort and joy.  That is truly what handwork is all about.  If

 you haven’t tried it I highly recommend the benefits you will get.  Your imagination and creativity is sure to soar.

This is Barb’s quilt known as “Christmas in My Heart”  it measures 59″ x  76″ and kitted sells for $121.50, you will need the pattern @ $10.00. 

Boughs of Holly in the Vintage Sleigh. The sleigh is selling for $988.00. It is an heirloom.

The sampler you are seeing is   “Mary Lindsay 1828”.  The pattern is $20.00 and is also available as a kit. 

The next beauty to think about is called “Boughs of Holly” and Mary is the maker of this quilt.  “Boughs of Holly” is 59″ x 72″ and kitted sells for $102.00.  Pattern is needed and sells for $9.00. It is displayed in our beautiful vintage sleigh, a great tin Merry Christmas sign and our prim angel. 

“Christmas-ish” is another favorite quilt we love because it reads neutral,  we

pulled from our great collection of red and green shirtings, when we say Christmas-ish it is exactly a bit of Christmas in a subtle way.   Christmas-ish 

kitted is $110.75 and the pattern is in one of most 

popular book called Sweater Weather.

“Hannah Jenkinson” 1778 is pictured on the bed and is another great sampler from of our favorite designers Stacy Nash. 

Barb and Mary have done some great table toppers  for the season as they always do.  It’s Snowing in the Pines is a great centerpiece or could be a luncheon topper.  It measures 38″ x 38″, sell kitted for $46.50. You will also need backing and the pattern which is $10.00.

Marche’s de Noel quilt

Barb also did Royal Albert which is 19″ x 56″ and kitted sells for $33.50.  This is a great companion to the Marche’s de Noel quilt which sells for $175.00 and  the pattern is included in the beautifully boxed kit.   The

It’s Snowing in the Pines topper

fabric is so classic and beautiful and was designed by 3 Sisters.  So good. 

More inspiration:   Mary’s topper is a runner called “Under Wraps”. 

It is 25″ x 55″, the kit  includes the backing and binding and sells for $70.00. 

The pattern is needed for $9.00.   You will love how the presents go around the outside making up the border and two Noble Fir to top it all off are left to grace the middle.  This is and easy piece and so festive.  

This is the new Blackbird Designs “Christmas Rose” Leaflet available for $18.00.

Under Wraps table runner

I am anxious for this new pattern to arrive.  Barb has just finished it and the sampler is great, the deer, the birds , the trees and the house and it says it all “Merry Christmas”.   We will be kitting this just not sure on what yet.

Blackbird Designs new “Winds of Autumn”

I can hardly wait to get it and I know you will love it too.  Expected in after the 15th of December so we hope before we close the shop on the 23rd.  FYI:  The Winds of Autumn is on its way to our door and this Blackbird book will be another favorite.  Loving autumn and a reprint of some of their very best sellers you will not be disappointed.  It is on line and can be ordered for $30.00.

Be Inspired by a Bounty of Autumn Layers!

September 2020

“Golden Hour” is featured on the table, “Cider Stars” is over the mantle and “Wyoming Valley Oak” is on the wall above the bed.

Autumn is a time of layers outside and in.  The layers of color mother nature displays outside are always an amazing wonder to behold as the colors of the layers we amass in the the seasonal quilts we are releasing.

We will be opening the showroom Tuesday September 8th as we do every September for Quilt Expo to preview our new seasonal quilt collection. 

The tablescape I set up in the showroom is one of my favorite inspirations for this season.  The bounty of layers and rich colors in Barb’s “Golden Hour” quilt are showcased by using our awesome new Magnolia wreath, the antique brass lanterns and the new placemats.   If you are contemplating a seasonal gathering you might want to make this idea a consideration. 

 

In the background you see two of Barb’s new quilt.  “Cider Stars” is over the mantle, its a great size and looks great on the wall or on a table.  The rich nutty browns are really what sets it off. 

Wyoming Valley Oak

The other quilt on the wall is called “Wyoming Valley Oak”.   

Cider Stars

 If you love the idea of incorporating a little applique with your piecing this could be the quilt for you.  It really is stunning the choice of all the fabric makes this design sing.

“Mary’s Queen Anne’s” lace quilt is on the bed.  The soft palette used is from Reed’s Legacy and Diamond Textiles. It is one beauty for sure.  I think it was the soft colors and texture that sparked the name Queen Anne’s Lace.  No matter what it was matter it remains one of my favorite late summer road flowers.

Mary also designed a really great fall quilt she is calling “Ragweed Alley”.  It is full of seasonal color and this is one of those quilts that could be in a primitive decor as well as a traditional.  It has a wonderful patina and I

Queen Anne’s Lace

am pretty sure you will love making and displaying it for a long time.  It’s a what we like to call a classic!

Ragweed Alley

 “Which Hat”?  That is a good question for all of us as we see this playful pieced quilt. 

This is one of two great quilts we have selected to do for the season from a new book called Sweater Weather.  Great book, tremendous value for $23.99. 

Halloween-ish

The other quilt and I have been talking about because I am crushing on it is called “Halloween-ish”!  This quilt speaks neutral and can go just about anywhere and live through the entire fall season and then some. 

Pumpkins and Cream

The next quilt is called “Pumpkins and Cream”.  This particular quilt has been very popular and for the same reason Halloween-ish is .  It has a calming neutral palette.  This is made from Fig Tree fabric and is a Fig Tree pattern. The orange does not scream orange and the neutral background with pops of gray color give it a pleasing look that will be swell in a country farmhouse.  It will be really swell displayed with real or faux pumpkins.

Country Crossroads

I would like to show you  a couple more new quilts today  but there are several more I will be posting through out this week so stay tuned. 

This is Barb’s “Country Crossroads” quilt from my new line of fabric called Country Soiree’

The next quilt is called ” Star Gazing Soiree’ “ and it was designed by Gwen.

Star Gazing Soiree”

Both of these quilts are exceptional pieced examples of the line.  We have several more that we will be showing.  Carol Hopkins has also designed two for us and Mary and Barb have more designs.  All of the quilts can pre-ordered and if you want a kit we urge you to do this before we run out of fabric.  I always try to guess yardage needed so as not to have that problem but in today’s world that has become increasingly hard.  The quilts are shown under my fabric on line.  www.sgcountrysampler.com  I will post more quilts as the week progresses.  I hope you are inspired by the seasonal splendor.

This is made with one beautiful line of fabric called “Morris and Company”.  The pattern we used for this quilt is oddly called Ashley Elaine so we have chosen to just call it Morris & Company.  The quilt measures 64″ 84′.  This is a nice usable size. 

The cost is $120.00 for the kit and the pattern is $10.00.  We have labeled the placement of the fabric we used as it would be confusing if you try to go by the cover photo on the pattern. 

 The little sampler shown is a Kathy Barrick pattern known as “Mary Anne March”.  The framed sampler is done on 46 count just because our P. K. loves a small count of linen.  I am still working on 36 so need to graduate and grow up!  We also did the sampler shown as a little needlebook.  It is good to have options.

Speaking of needlebooks this is a new design by Lucy Beam.

Vintage Baskets Quilt with our great fall berry wreath and faux pumpkin

It is called “Coverlet Needlebook” and we doing it as written with Gast Clover but I think this will be one of those patterns you can customize to fit your color preference.  The kit is assembled with all the finishing fabric you need to complete for $36.00.  We are stitching this so we will have be able to picture as soon as it is completed.  

The picture on the left is of Paula Barnes “Vintage Baskets” the kits are ready to ship  for $99.50.  Paula’s pattern is scheduled in this week and sells for $12.00. The new fall wreath we are showing is a great fall into winter wreath. We love to show off great lasting decor.  The wreaths are $74.95.  Fall would  not be fall without these aged old faux pumpkins, they are lasting and with the rainy season upon us make sense.  We have many shapes and sizes to enhance you fall decor.

The Pumpkins you see on the right are made out of tin, they look really swell and the idea they can be filled for a centerpiece, filled with treats make them rather inviting.  They are sold as a set of three for $175.00.    The new sage colored dough bowls are going to be great anytime of the year but imagine with greens and pomegranates for the holidays.  The bowls are found pieces and sell for $110.00,