A serendipitous collection
of garden ephemera and quilts. Country and primitive garden art, specialty plants (rosemary,
mums, and herb containers), custom designed and crafted quilts and
quilting lessons, Americana, garden furniture, birdhouses, totes, trellises,
pillows, wall hangings. Beautifully decorated gourd birdhouses and containers
are a specialty.
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About Gail and Patrick
 Gail and Patrick, the propietors of Roots Stems & Threads, are both former Connecticut educators having taught middle school for 35 years. They have owned their home, Free Grace Farm, since 1987 and opened Roots Stems & Threads in 2003. Gail has been a quilter for 20 years and has sold many hand-made quilts (see the BIG NEWS below!) over the last few years. Patrick is an avid gardener and cook. He is known by some as the "gourd man" for his work with them, especially bird houses.
Big News!
Gail was commissioned to do a reproduction of a tumbling blocks quilt done
by President Coolidge at age 10. This quilt was created for a raffle to benefit
the preservation of the textile collection at the Coolidge homestead historical
site. Gail and members of Fiber Arts in Vermont participated in an old-fashioned
quilting bee on September 17th and 18th in Plymouth, Vermont at the Coolidge
Historical Site. Click here for
more. |
Our Mission
 Roots
Stems & Threads'
mission is trying to use, whenever possible, items or materials that come from
sustainable resources, are recycled, and historically accurate. We scour auctions,
estate sales, and tag sales for old items such as gardening ephemera, fabrics, old
quilts, tools, and old furniture to restore for use in a country home or garden.
An old shovel or pitchfork becomes a garden whimsey perhaps with a bird house attached.
Old quilts are rehabilitated or pieced to become wall hangings, pillows, or simple
reminders of the past. Custom-made quilts are constructed from only the finest quality
fabric.
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