Lisa Bongean's Weblog

Jan Schneider is a remarkable quilter.  When I was thinking of who could pull off a bed turing for our open house, her name was one of the first on my list.  I had to prod her a little and tell her is was not going to be all that bad and that once you start talking about your quilts the nervousness goes away, who knows her quilts better than her, I told her?  Besides being a great and prolific quilter Jan is super nice person as well as a classy lady who supports all of the quilt shops in our area.  I have tried to name and point out as many quilts, patterns, designers and so on as I could remember, but there are many I can’t recall, this is only a part of her 25 years of quilting…so enjoy!

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Hey…thanks eveyone for the wonderful comments…and yes you can move in!  To answer a bunch of questions at once…The black quilt in the main dining room is call Wisconsin Whig Rose…I designed it for our Guild’s raffle quilt a few years back and I knew the woman who won it…I told her if she ever wanted to sell it please let me know…well, about a year later she needed a little money to help with some of her kids college education.  So I purchased the quilt from her and now it is mine….I just love this quilt!  It has ruched flowers in the center of those blocks and it is just special to me….The snowman quilt with the big snowflake is called Winter Garden…which is also a pattern both are still available, but you may have to call or write in your request in the comment section if you want to purchase these patterns….but maybe they are under Our Designs under Quilts…..You can tell that you southern girls are not used to snow…the airports around here hardly shut down due to snow…and besides…if we are having a blizzard, which hardly ever happens..you get to stay until it is over!  How bad is that?  We get lots of snow storms, but they usually only last a day and are over, but the airports don’t delay because of snow…Blizzard and strong winds yes…but not a normal snowstorm…You girls are just CHICKEN…to come here durring our winter…just admit it….we love winter here….it is a lot of fun and very pretty….LB