Month: May 2010


  • American Patchwork & Quilting

    Look for this little design  in American Patchwork & Quilting magazine.  I think it will come out in December–but I think it is the February issue…I will be submitting more designs to magazines this year. LB

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  • “Sewing Day” show and tell….

    A couple of weeks ago, before Market I got to enjoy a sewing day at Joanne Blanks house…here is the fabulous “Show & Tell”…it is mostly all wool…but some wonderful things…this might inspire all 500 of you Wool Crazy Ladies to keep on stitching!  It is a rainy night here…but I am sewing on the…

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  • Minnesota

    Hello everyone…boy, am I tired…we got home from Market on Sunday night late…did all that unpacking, organizing and clothes are in the washing machine…I still have to go to the grocery store to get some food in the house, but I will do that after this and my email to everyone… Below are some new…

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  • the best customers!

    I have the best customers!…Jess called and told me we have over 100 people signed up for the block of the week in one day!  That is a lot people for one day…I appreciate your constant patronage to our wonderful shop…It just makes me want to work harder!  I need to tell you all what…

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  • a few more projects to peek at

    Here are the last projects I needed to get done before Quilt Market in MN.  Run Chicken Run…is the last tablemat…and the Christmas Journal is for the Sat. Class at Primitive of the Midwest….I had a really fun day yesterday….here is how it went…worked in the morning, went to w/o with trainer, went to Honeymoon…

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  • Summer BOW Preview…

    Ok…here we are…this is the only “preview” you are going to get for the Summer block of the Week….it is called “Lisa’s Garden” I have always loved Florence Peto’s Antique Nine Patch and Applique quilt.  So why not do my own Garden Quilt.  Ours will have 48-3″ applique blocks and 63 pieced nine patch blocks…

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  • Busy Week and Weekend…

    Happy Mother’s Day Everyone…I hope you all had a good time… It was Nick’s Birthday on Saturday….he’s says he is 24…we all know he is a little dyslexic….I actually made him his favorite cake…carrot cake…I found a recipe in Taste of Home…that has to be good right? Well it sure was….it had peanut butter chips…

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  • Dr..appt…and other stuff

    I had my preventive Dr appointment last week…they called yesterday…everything is all good…but the best part is I was 35lbs lighter than my last visit…I have added excercise to my daily activities…and it has made a big difference, but I have to admit I have truly committed to it, I do something everyday and sometimes…

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