705C North First Street (Route 38) P.O. Box 571 Ashton, IL  61006 815-453-7534 HOURS Tuesday - Friday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Closed Sunday & Monday Owners:  Kathy Tilsy & Cheri Ebens Email Us: cottagegardenquilts@ashtonusa.com

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A PROPER INTRODUCTION
We’re Kathy Tilsy and Cheri Ebens.  New visitors have fun trying to guess which one is Kathy and which one is Cheri.  We’ve been duped by a few innovative techniques and inadvertently divulged the answer early on! 

We each have lived more than 20 years in Ashton, a small Midwestern farming community, population 1100.  We’ve known each other through our children (now all adults!) for most of those 20+ years.  Career changes, “time” to enjoy the many facets of quilting and fate brought us together.  We’re both so very happy and blessed to be doing what we’re doing, together!  Established 1/1/05.

NEW ARRIVALS Quilts from Lavender Hill By Darlene Zimmerman 12 Projects          $22.99 We carry many of Darlene’s fabrics as well as the “Vintage White” pima cotton fabric she recommends for the “muslin-look” in her quilts.   Link to the 30’s By Kay Connors & Karen Earlywine $26.99 “Making the quilts we didn’t inherit.”   Hard Times - Splendid Quilts By Carolyn McCormick   A 1930’s Celebration - Paper-piecing from the Kansas City Star                           $24.95 • Sampler made with 20 – 10” blocks • Sampler made with 20 – 4” blocks The Circuit Rider’s Quilt By Jenifer Dick 42 Appliquéd Blocks $25.95   An album quilt honoring  a beloved minister. Yesterday’s Charm By Jo Morton 10 New Projects 5 Projects Worth Repeating! $28.00 *SEE OUR SHOP SAMPLES Richmond Quilt Quilt 47” x 55”  Block 4” x 4” Prairie Basket Quilt 32” x 32”  Block 5” x 5”  Honey Buns By Suzanne McNeill 12 Table Runners 12 Placemats 24 Potholders And a Quilt $21.99 Uses 1 ½” Strips. PATTERN: Abigail’s Gowns By Carol Hopkins Quilt 27” x 33” Block 4½”x4 ½” $8.00 *SEE OUR SHOP SAMPLE PRODUCTS Fabric Everything  But the Kitchen Sink RJR Many new  30's Reproduction Solids POUNCE Uses chalk powder to mark quilting stencils - now with chalk that disappears with a hot iron.  Various Civil War from Andover Fabrics Designed by Jo Morton Warm & Natural Batting On the Roll 124" wide $12.00 / Yard Dream Green Batting Made from recycled plastic bottles All sizes on the roll and many prepackaged. YLI Silk Thread  For hand applique  "It makes all the difference in improving the quality of your project!"  $5 / Spool MARK YOUR CALENDAR         Petunia City Quilters QUILT SHOW  Friday & Saturday, October 9th & 10th, Loveland Building, Dixon, IL THE ORIGINAL SHOP HOP  Two weekends:  Sat & Sun, Nov 6th & 7th, 13th & 14th     QUILTING LINKS QUILT TERMS http://www.equilters.com/library/tips-hows/glossary.html PAPER PIECING TUTORIAL http://www.winnowing.com/ppp.html BONNIE HUNTER   http://www.quiltville.com  MARCIA HOHN   http://www.quilterscache.com SINDY RODENMAYER  http://www.fatcatpatterns.com

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