Month: June 2011


  • its time to start making the wedding quilt!

    My youngest Jake, (who some of you met in Paducah) has asked his girlfriend of many years(since they have been in high school) to “Marry him” last Saturday night…they met us on Sunday at the boat and told us…we then went out for dinner with them and Lauren’s parents, Bill and Gretchen to “celebrate”…it is…

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  • Deposited at the airport…

    I am here at MCI airport waiting to go home….there is no place like home…today’s workshops were also a good time…my students all passed and got to keep their little charm pack for good behavior…lol…here is what they were working on… Here are the other two workshops that were happening today! Stacy from Buttermilk Basin…

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  • Friday workshops at “Primitives”…

    Friday at Primitives of the Midwest was full of fun and stitching….everyone was learning and having a ball at the same time. Here are some pics of my workshop as well as Linda Hall’s, (now known as Linda Doll) Maggie’s and Stacy West’s workshops.

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  • Last nights adventures…

    Last night after teaching the “Wool” class we all went out to Greenwood MO…to antique shop and eat at the good Italian restaurant that we always eat at…it is fun to hang out with all the other teachers and students who come year after year and then the new students who are most excited to…

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  • Post…haste!

    I should be in the shower right now getting ready for my next workshop….I wish I could get away with slapping on the deodorant and combing my hair, but my hair is always looks like I had a rough nite, which we know is not happening… Here are the photos I promised last night…the quilts…

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  • arrived safely in Lee’s Summit

    Tonight was a trunk show of APQ’s editor Jennifer Keltner’s showing off all of the upcoming quilts for the next couple of issues…I would love to show you some of the pic’s I took but I left my camera in Ritas car…so you will have to come back tomorrow night to see them….Jennifer was funny…

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  • Christmas in July….

    Here is our project for our Christmas in July Crazy Wool Weekend at the Gathering….We still have a few openings if anyone is interested in learning this” Crazy” technique and wants to come to the Gathering.  Please visit The Gathering tab on our website for more details.  It can be personalized anyway you wish or…

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  • what’s up???

    It is early and I am working on my “new” freebies…those of you participating know what freebies are…but I just want to show you what I am doing next because maybe you want to do it too???  I am doing a bunch more and leaving out all of the little stuff so you can see…

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  • TS

    Do u know what TS stands for? Well here in MN it means Taylor Swift. SHe is here at the same place the Q show is at. Well sometimes when the opportunity knocks you have to open the door…so Nick and I wanted to see her concert. Me because I knew it would be a…

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  • On the road again…

    Again it has been awhile since I have blogged….I hope you who are doing our Summer BOW are excited about the blocks and can’t wait till the next comes….the only bad thing about the BOW is, is that the summer weeks seem to fly by….for me it means I have to keep ahead so the…

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