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Engaged!

Our employee, Rebekah, arrived to work today.... with Carm, Christian and Ruthie and I anxiously awaiting her to walk in the door.  You see, we had "Going to the Chapel...." (by the Dixie Cups) on pause, ready for my finger to hit play.  As soon as she brought the mail bins in the music blasted. ...

New Employee

We have a new helper beginning today… meet Rebekah.  Today she learned all about packaging and shipping and is quickly learning what this little Featherweight Sewing Machine is all about. Meticulous, organized, helpful, cheerful, fun, arrived early and learns quickly — what more could we...

A deep, deep sorrow . . .

You have stored my tears in your bottle and counted each one of them. Psalm 56:8 It is with incredible and deepest sorrow that we make this announcement public.  After receiving permission from the family, we wanted to let you know that our very own Burl and Rebekah Thompson delivered their seco...

Baby Quilt for Baby Thompson

Some of you probably remember when we hired our very first employee, Rebekah.  Then a couple of years ago we were so excited to see her get engaged and married to Burl.  Well, they are expecting their first baby any day now and we had a baby shower for her just this past Sunday.  A friend and I d...

The Featherweight Shop's Company Retreat

Ashley, our Marketing Director, shares The Featherweight Shop Retreat Recap that took place at Pinelow Park near Loon Lake, Washington. We were all lucky enough to spend four beautiful days sewing and fellowshipping. Please join us in reminiscing about our time together. Ashley and her kids, Na...

2017 Christmas Recap

Every year we gear up for our 12 Days of Christmas Sales from December 1st - December 12th, and this year we thought we would post a few behind-the-scenes photos to show you some of your packages as they were being prepared!  We were in our new building this year - literally, the first day of our...

Happy 4th of July!

This past year (or more) I have slowly been working on quilts that reflect the time of year or season.  I finished a Lori Holt Christmas quilt in January and a Valentine's pillow for February as well as a Valentine quilt this spring (photos to come later).  Well, this "Stars & Stripes" patrio...

Under Construction

2015 was a year for so many changes and upgrades and updates, etc. Some of them realized (moving), some of them not-quite-yet realized (website)... for so many, many months it felt like we were floating out on the ocean with no clear sign of land! And now that 2016 is here we can finally see the ...

Blocks 46, 47 & 48 (Simple Star Blocks) - Farm Girl Vintage Quilt & Featherweight Shop Sew Along

Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along We are finishing up one of the cornerstone blocks and replication of the Simple Star.  When selecting fabric, I picked colors that balanced the previous block we made in August, because the four of them will be placed in each corner of the quilt top. Psssst! If you're...

Blocks 21, 22, & 23 (Haystack, Teapot & Kitchen Window) - Farm Girl Vintage Quilt & Featherweight Shop Sew Along

  Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along Spring is finally arriving, and we are so excited to add three more blocks to our stack of Farm Girl Vintage creations... Can you believe it?! With 23 blocks sewn we can refer to it as a stack now! For March we have: Haystack, Kettle's On (Teapot), and Kitchen Window...

Blocks 24, 25 & 26 (Hen, Milking Day & Old Glory Flag) - Farm Girl Vintage Quilt & Featherweight Shop Sew Along

Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along For our geographic area, we have officially entered what many locals call the "mud season" - that time of year when the weather can't decide to pour down rain to the point of flooding or grace us with a warm sunny afternoon.  In this time of weather flip flop, and wh...