Today is "Totally Thursday Trivia"!!!!!  Teddy is our official mascot/customer greeter.  Since Teddy is a rescued dog, every year we have a "Totally Teddy Sew" and donate all  blankets to our local animal shelter. Our question for you is.....What breed of dog is Teddy?  If you are the first to give us the correct answer either by telephone (559-782-3100)  or via our facebook page, you could win a $5.00 gift certificate to our store.  Good luck!!!

Brenda brought us over some beautiful fruits and veggies from her hot house today.  Her husband Walt grows these wonderful organic guavas, peaches, Asian pears, and the beautiful peppers.  The aroma in the store is just breath taking.  I can't wait to go home to start slicing and dicing.  Thank you Brenda and Walt, for the totally delicious treats!

When you are running your own business, you wear many hats.  Today mine was window cleaning lady.  I've been procrastinating cleaning our store windows, due to this crazy hot weather we have been having.  This morning, I woke up and the weather was beautiful, so I decided  to clean windows.  My favorite window cleaning solution is plain water, a cap full of good old ammonia and an old towel.  I love the way this solution makes my windows sparkle.  And as life would have it the minute I finished with my window cleaning job...I had two companies come and ask me if I would like an estimate to clean our store windows.  Go Figure!!! Everybody wants to help when the work is done.

When Janet asked if it was ok to bring Noeleen and I a hamburger for lunch of course we said YES!  Delicious burger with a side of white chocolate fries.

Martha S. first winner of our "Totally Thursday Trivia".  The correct answer was the JANOME 7700.

The first person to give us the correct model number of this JANOME beauty, with it's 250 plus stitches and accue feed system will receive a $5.00 gift certificate.  You can enter your answer on facebook or give us a call here at the store 559-782-3100.  Good Luck and we will post the winner on facebook Friday. 

It has been such an honor to be voted  Best Craft/Fabric Store in Porterville. 

 Many thanks to all the wonderful people in Porterville and surrounding communities.

Paper piecing has been my obsession lately.  Empty fabric bolts are a perfect way to display your pre-cut pieces of fabric.  You can secure your pieces with a straight pin, and place in order, by number.  I found that this method was so much easier than sorting through plastic containers or plastic bags.  It's also great way to "Go Green".

Time moves so fast....Misha just graduated from the 8th grade in June and now she is a freshman in High School!!!  Alyssa has now taken over the 8th grade lawn.  My girls are so creative, smart and fun they totally inspire me.

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Learning a different skill is always fun and exciting...today I am putting myself,  up for the challenge of making a crochet rug.  This rug will be approx. 22X34.  Can you believe it takes between  10-11 yards of 60 wide fabric to make one of these beauties.  Totally too much fun!!!

It's been quite a while since I've last posted anything......So much has happened, we relocated into a larger building.   I am looking forward to this exciting and new adventure, and hope that you enjoy the new surrounds as much as we do.  Tina