2/7/2012
This winter Iowa is setting all kinds of records for high temperatures and lack of snow. Most of our snow is gone and the forecasts for the upcoming week aren’t predicting snow. Trust us, we aren’t complaining. The mild weather has all of us in the shop thinking of spring. The nice weather has us looking at seed catalogs, and planning our gardens. It’s too early for gardening so let’s sew spring like instead. What’s better than a bright spring like quilt?
This quilt kit was made with Moda’s line Fairy Tale Friends fabric by American Jane along with American Jane Pin Dots. The pattern was designed by American Jane Patterns. The quilt finishes at 75″ x 91″, the perfect size for a twin bed, a picnic throw or a snuggle by a spring time camp fire. The fabric to complete the quilt top and the binding are included. Click on the picture to purchase the kit or just the pattern.
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1/31/2012
It’s been a busy winter taking care of the chickens, a new puppy and all the other farm animals. You can read about in the Farm News section of our website.
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Mary’s Four Patch Kit is Back in Stock!
1/27/2012
The winter cold is still with us here in Iowa. We’d like to complain about the ice and snow, but the there are so many good things that come with the winter. The gardens are quiet and that gives us plenty of time to keep our sewing machines humming along. We all know a humming sewing machine is music to a quilter’s ears.
The gals here at Country Threads have been busy cutting quilt kits for one of our shop favorites, Mary’s Four Patch.
This quilt has been such a shop favorite that we have made and kitted the quilt three different times. The ease in piecing makes this quilt a great project for beginning quilters and seasoned quilters alike. The kit includes the pattern and the fabric you need to make this 60″ x 66″ quilt top along with the binding. We don’t anticipate these kits being in the shop for long so order your kit today.
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New Patterns Released!
1/19/2012
Country Threads has just released 6 new patterns. These patterns have been available to our Civil War/Reproduction Club members for the past year and are now being released to the general quilting public. As a quilter from The Quilted Works in St. George Utah described it, these quilts have the “flavor” of quilts from the Civil War to Turn of the Century time period. They showcase fabrics similar to those used in that time period but don’t duplicate the utilitarian size of quilts made in 1865-1900. We love the old look and feel of the fabrics from the Civil War era, so much so that we have an entire room dedicated to those fabrics.
You can order these patterns online – just click on the image to order. 
Civil War Log Cabin #701
Union Star #702
Remember Me #703
Churn Dash Weave #704
Troops in Formation #705
Battlefield #706
Connie is designing 6 more Civil War era quilts for the 2012 Civil War/Reproduction Club at Country Threads. If you like these quilts, you might consider joining!
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1/5/2012
Happy New Year! With the Holidays behind us, it’s time to SEW! It’s been a long, long time since we’ve done a Block of Month Club but we found one we REALLY like.
Round Robin is a “sampler” quilt with blocks surrounding a center applique. The patterns come from Bits ‘n Pieces and the Block of the Month lasts 9 months. Isn’t is stunning?
The finished size of the quilt is 65″ x 65″. Cost for BOM membership is $107.95. This price includes the pattern, 38 fat eighths of dark and medium fabrics and 10 fat quarters of light fabrics and postage. It does not include the sashing, setting triangles, border and binding fabric. We will have several color options for the border, setting triangles and sashing for you to choose from. No two quilts will end up looking the same – isn’t that fun? Join the
Round Robin Block of the Month today! We start in January 2012, but you can join anytime.
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11/22/2011
This month has flown by, just like the last few have. Thanksgiving is on Thursday and everyone is gearing up for Turkey Day! If you haven’t signed up for our email newsletter, you haven’t been in on our 12 Days of Christmas that include recipes, decorating ideas and of course some special discounts on kits. To sign up for these newsletters go to our
website and under our calendar at the left side of the page is where you sign up. Don’t forget to reply to the email sent to you, or you won’t get these wonderful newsletters.
Something new in the shop is the
Square within a Square Christmas Red and Gold Kit. If you’ve been around the shop in the past you will recognize this pattern, another oldie but a goodie, but we just absolutely adored the colors that Connie chose to make this pattern into a Christmas wonder.
Order your today, before they run out!
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10/31/2011
It doesn’t feel like a month has gone by, but it has. As I type this Mary E., Connie, and Mary B. are headed to International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX. The walls look a little bare here, but later this week we plan on setting out the Christmas and Winter items to make the shop look like a Winter Wonderland, minus the snow!
We have put together a lot of new things in the shop in this past month to take to the Quilt Festival and you check them out on our Shopping Cart under the
New Category. Something that you will probably recognize but totally enjoy is the
Red and Brown Star Quilt. This wonderful quilt goes together lickety split and in these colors who wouldn’t want one.
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9/28/2011
Mary Baker and Connie have set up shop at the Des Moines AQS Show at the Iowa Event’s Center starting today! The show runs through October 1st, if you are close to the show you should stop in and say hi. You can also stop into the shop were Mary E. and the rest of us can show you around.
A new kit that was cut to take to the show is from the Primitive Quilts and Projects magazine, called
Autumn Wools.
This 15″ x 16″ wall quilt from Quilts by Cheri is perfect for display in your home this Fall. Check it out on our
New Page.
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9/14/2011
The truck has left for the Country Living Fair in Columbus, Ohio with all of our new Fall patterns, kits and punch needle. Stop by the booth and say hi to Mary E., Connie, and Mary B. if you have the chance to be there. We have no doubt that the Fair will be wonderful and that we will be busy re-cutting kits as soon as they pull in with the empty truck. Have no fear, though, we still have plenty of great Fall and Halloween items in the shop.
A new kit cut as the truck was in the driveway, is the Country Threads’ version of
Hallowe’en-1904 byBlackbird Designs. Our kit has fabric for 4 of the blocks, binding, and the pattern all included. Finished size is 58″ x 58″.
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8/31/2011
What a busy month! We’ve been cutting kits and getting new patterns ready for the Country Living Fair in September. Everyone in the shop is ready for Fall and to start those Fall/Halloween projects. This Halloween pattern,
Happy Jacks, is from Need’l Love.
Finished size is 67-3/4″ x 76″ which makes it great for everyone to snuggle under on those chilly Fall nights. Kits are available that include the pumpkin face fabric (no applique!), the rest of the fabric to finish the quilt top and binding, and the ric-rak for the border. Order one now before they’re gone.
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7/29/2011
Now that the “Big Event” is finished the shop is getting back to normal. We still have some kits on sale that you can find on our shopping page under the
Sale! category.
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7/12/2011
The “Big Event” is on the horizon, don’t forget that the sale on-line starts Thursday, July 14th at 12:01 am, CST and goes until Saturday, July 16th at 3:00 pm, CST. This sales gives you 20% off of nearly everything in the store, excluding club memberships, machine quilting, and items already on sale. Your confirmation will not reflect your sale prices; the 20% will be taken off when your credit card is charged. If we don’t see you on the farm, we hope you can enjoy the sale on-line.
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New this week in the shop is “
Our Promise“, an embroidery with wool applique pattern designed by Threads That Bind. This 7″ x 32″ wall quilt works well in any patriotic home.
The kit is available along with the option to get an unfinished frame to finish your project off. Get them now while supplies last, you never know what will be left in the shop after our “Big Event”.
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7/1/2011
We are revving everything up for the “Big Event” that is being held July 14th-July 16th. Most everything will be 20% off and there will be rummage and antiques. This week we have a model that Kay made that uses the American Spirit fabric by Jeanne Horton.
Allegheny County is a Civil War Era quilt that finishes 27″ x 31″ and is designed by Carol Hopkins of Civil War Legacies Patterns.
Allegheny County by Carol Hopkins for Civil War Legacies Patterns
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6/23/2011
The
Civil War Reproduction Club members are receiving another great antique-like quilt pattern this week. It’s called “Remember Me”. It’s an album quilt. Around the time of the Civil War album quilt inscriptions became shorter than the elaborate ink signatures and verses previously displayed. They probably boasted the signer’s name and maybe his hometown or date of signature. Still a classic quilt.
Remember Me Quilt available for Civil War Reproduction Club members
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6/13/2011
Flag Day is tomorrow and the shop is decked out in American flags and red, white and blue! We are right now cutting kits for the
New Glory Itty Bitty. This 12″ x 10″ flag goes together lickety split and can be on your wall in no time flat.
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6/6/2011
What a scorcher it’s been lately, 96° out today! We are still getting new books in and are absolutely in love with Jo Morton’s new book
Banner Day. It has 16 wonderful projects that include: applique and pieced quilts, pillowcases and a pincushion. Pick it up on the
New page of our shopping cart.
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Also new in the shop is Jeanne Horton’s American Spirit fabric line from Windham Fabrics. This line includes 31 different prints and a
panel. We have
Fat Quarter Bundles and
Fives Packs also for sale. Hurry, supplies are limited and with great fabric like this it won’t last long!
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5/25/2011
A shipment of new books has just arrived and we are inspired by the projects that we are seeing. One of the books is by Lynne Hagmeier, Kansas Troubles, and is wonderful.
“Piecing the Past: Vintage Quilts Recreated by Kansas Troubles” book has 11 pieced quilt patterns and several projects, definitely worth picking up! You can find this book on our
New page in the Shopping Cart.
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5/23/2011
A new pattern from Kim Diehl just arrived in the shop. Her “
Country Whig Rose” pattern measures 42 1/2″ square and uses vibrantly colored appliques with soft backgrounds for a wall quilt with undeniable country charm.
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5/21/2011
While Mary and Connie were at Quilt Market in Salt Lake City, UT they found these wonderful pincushion patterns and had to have them. These adorable animal pincushions are designed by Hatched & Patched.
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Check out all of these great things on our
New Page in the Shopping Cart.
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5/9/2011
We have been getting new fabric in the shop almost daily for a week! YEAH!! The fabric we are featuring this week is by Windham Fabrics and is called
Hannah Wallis. These gorgeous reproduction fabrics are now available on our website, so check them out on our Fabric page or just type in Hannah Wallis in our search bar.
