Sew Sweet Quilt Shop

August 29, 2013
Sew Sweet Quilt Shop in Brunswick, Missouri, courts quilters with fabric and an extensive event list-including monthly homemade meals and rejuvenating retreats.
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Sweet Retreat

Sew Sweet Quilt Shop fills an old-fashioned brick storefront and draws customers in for equal doses of quilting and entertainment.

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Wall to Wall

An extensive array of samples and supplies greets customers as they enter the shop.

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Meet the Staff at Sew Sweet Quilt Shop

Front row, from left: Jeanette Frock (owner) and Jessica Defibaugh (owner); back row: Linda Heishman, Bev Jones, and Hannah Kahre.

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Take a Seat

A sitting area provides shoppers and their companions a cozy, comfortable respite.

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Aprons on Display

To coincide with its hospitality theme, the shop stocks a host of charming apron patterns.

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Just for Kids

Novelty and pastel fabrics, a vintage sewing machine, and stitched samples round out a display in the children's area.

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One-Yard Bundles

Because Sew Sweet Quilt Shop carries a large variety of patterns that call for one-yard cuts, the staff folds bundles of that size into triangles and features them in a large navy hutch.

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On the Straight and Narrow

Strips of assorted solids and a chevron machine-quilting design join together in a modern quilt. Megan Frock of Downtown Housewife designed On the Straight and Narrow by for Quilt Sampleru00ae Fall/Winter 2013 magazine.u0026nbsp;

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On the Straight and Narrow Machine-Quilting Details

Machine-quilted double zigzag lines across the horizontal stripes enhances the modern, geometric look of On the Straight and Narrow. Shop owner Jessica Defibaugh added dense pebble and right-angle designs between the double zigzags and stipple-quilting in the block backgrounds to emphasize the pieced crosses.

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Get the Magazine!

Contact Sew Sweet Quilt Shop to purchase a copy of Quilt Sampleru00ae Fall/Winter 2013 magazine, pick up the issue at your local quilt shop or newsstand, or get the digital issue online.Peek inside Huckleberry Patches, another quilt shop featured in the Fall/Winter 2013 issue.

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