Lisa Bongean's Weblog

Here is what I was stitching yesterday…I am stitching a couple of Autumn designs.

Below are the girls who attended my Working with Wool Workshop…These girls wanted a crazy pattern, so I teamed up with Joanne and this is what happened…Wool Flower Crazy….a bunch of flowers with cool crazy stitches between them…and a few bugs….

These  two designs along with some other will be on our site after I come home from Long Beach…so sorry you will have to wait a bit…but it is nice to have something to look forward to!

We just signed a contract to go to Oaks, PA!!! in September, the 13-16th…will you come to our booth?  I guess this is near Philly???? I am counting on all of you who continue to say…please come to our state….this is a Mancuso show…hopefully they will let us do VA and MA too!!!

Ok…I have to apologize for being so spuratic in my publishing these blocks…but this one is so cool, you will forgive me…for those of you who do not know what they are they are free 6″ block patterns I am giving out that you make from your scrap bin…you will have to search my old blog posts for them…hint…use the search button…but here is the ninth one…  click this link and start piecing from your scrap bin!!!  SCRAP BASKET BLOCK #9

and in case you are wondering….that is a 2″ star in the middle…you will be able to use the flying geese ruler/chart that is on our site or that you bought in our booth..

www.primitivegatherings.us

I promise…to keep making these…Lisa

I just love to promote new businesses, especially if they are owned by women…for the past couple of years i have been taking a class called Body Flow…at our Gold’s Gym on Saturdays and Sundays when I am in town…I love this class because it combines, Thai Chi, Pilates and Yoga into one class…The instructor cues you and you follow along, flowing from one motion to the next…I especially love the beginning Thai Chi…so back to the Golds Gym thing…one day i notice that the name of the gym has changed…I must have been gone out of town for a bit…then about a month or so went by… I attended one class and something changed, don’t know but it was not the same gym…I did not go back…cancelled my membership, informed the boys they need to get their own membership now…and then out of the blue I get a message at the shop that my Body Flow teacher, Rebecca wanted to let me know their is a NEW place in town to go to and there was a free class on Sunday!…so off I went…she must known I slid off the exercise band wagon a bit…hmmm someone is looking out for me…

It is simply called  a n u , owned by Shannon Kennedy, they offer a wide variety of classes, and workshops promoting well-being…I am simply thrilled to have not lost my Body Flow classes…they were the most relaxing part of my work out schedule…so if you local girls are interested in Body Pump, Body Flow, Zumba, CXWORKS, and a bunch of other offerings please visit their site for all the details and stop by for a class…see you there!   www.anuwellbeing.com

Shannon and Janet

Rebecca, Janet and Michele 

The Program: This is a 12 month program; charms will be received bi-monthly.  To start the program, you will purchase the bracelet and the first charm.  Every other month you will receive a new charm to add to your bracelet. 

The Options:     Julie will send a variety of charms – they will all be the same pattern, but there may be some different colors, fabrics, etc.  Everyone will want to be the first to see the new selection!  She will also send a 6″ paper pieced block pattern to match your charm.  

The Benefits:   This will be a fun, different, never-before-offered program. 

The Start Date:  The program will start on October 1^st.    We need to let Julie know by August 15^th how many customers we have committed to the program.  Remember…she stitches these all by herself!!! They are simply amazing…. 

The Details:  These cute little charms are just ¾” in size.  Bracelet length is standard 7 ¼” – we can make it longer upon request for a minimal additional charge. If you pay upfront for everything the bonus sheep charm is free and will ship with the 6th charm!!!   $120.00 total    

My bracelet has an extra charm…it is my little sheepy from my next fabric line?  These will only be for Primitive Gathering’s customers…. 

The Price:   The price is $20 per charm and includes the shipping and bracelet  Remember these are real hand made little treasure s…They also don’t have to be used in  a bracelet…you can use them single as a pendant or scissor fobs,  keyring…whatever your little heart desires.

If you want to pick up your bracelet in the store the cost is &17.50.  For each month.  $105 if purchased in full and included the bonus sheepy charm.

If you cannot pay all at once, the sheepy charm can be pre-ordered and is the same as the other months and will ship as an extra month.

Thanks for considering this new program and supporting Julie and her company, Me & My Stitches….LB

Go to our site to order…it is listed under NEW or Blocks of the Month.

www.primitivegatherings.us

This is for anyone doing our pieced BOW this summer….Carole wanted to share with you her little quilt made from the extra 2- half sqaure triangles that are left over after piecing the blocks together.

Make sure you save your light squares and sashing for the actual quilt, but see the stack of the extra triangles below, these are what Carole pieced together for this little secret quilt.  This has a soft green border that isn’t showing very well…just thought you might like this info…LB

just received some texts of the quilt….Pennies from Heaven…it is coming home from Linda, the amazing quilter…

just look at these…the quilts she does for me just get better and better…and this are just phone photos…think was it is going to look like when i actually open the box!!!

If you missed out on this when we did it as a BOM…I can sell you a full kit!…No waiting each month to do the next block…but I don’t know right off hand how many we have left…just something to think about…it is a combination of wool appliqué and piecing…it was so fun to do…the colors I chose for the quilt are a little more primitive than the original, more PG style…are any of you working on this?  How far are you…this should inspire you to get stitching…lol…LB