Hey, everyone!

What’s on your sewing table this wonderful Tuesday evening? Hopefully you said, “blocks 11–15 of the Joyful Gatherings II Quilt-Along,” since that’s what’s first up on the Primitive Gatherings QAL docket this week! Once finished, these five blocks will put us at 15 of 25 main units complete, with the additional cornerstone blocks scheduled to be done in the final week of the quilt-along!

How’s your progress coming? Are you keeping up with the quilt-along schedule? Just getting started? Still thinkin’ about it? If you’re still on the fence about getting in on this quilt-along, I really think you should do it! We might be three weeks in already, but so what? The quilt is adorable, the blocks aren’t difficult, and there’s plenty of time to jump in and catch up. The best part is, you’ll have it finished and on deck well ahead of time for Christmas decorating. Imagine… you could actually get a head start on decking your halls this year! The full pattern and kits for the Joyful Gatherings II Quilt-Along are still available for purchase both in the shop and on our website by clicking the button below! Want more information on the quilt-along and how it works? Full details are available by clicking HERE!

Don’t forget — there are PRIZES involved with this quilt-along! I announced our first Joyful Gatherings II QAL prize winner on last week’s LIVE show, but I wanted to mention her again here in case you missed it. Congratulations and awesome job to Kristine Johnston-Glass — the very first prize winner of the Joyful Gatherings II Quilt-Along!

Let me remind you that to be considered for a weekly prize in the future, all you have to do is snap a photo of your current progress each week and post it in my STITCH with Lisa Bongean Facebook group before the next LIVE show. Heidi will pick a random winner every week before LIVE on Thursdays. On top of that, there will also be a $250 grand prize at the end of the quilt-along to put toward quilting or a gift card for Primitive Gatherings Quilt Shop!!! Pretty good deal just for quilting along if you ask me!

Well, once again I find myself sitting here after five p.m. wondering why it’s so quiet… it’s the best time of day to get things done, but it’s also dinner time, so I guess I better go! Before I do though, I have one more reminder for you and that’s about my ongoing birthday celebration! It’s a new week so there are TEN new patterns on sale right now for 40% OFF! And if the pattern has a matching kit, you can get the kit for 25% OFF! Happy birthday to… me? Wait a minute here… 🤔

Enjoy it while it lasts, I guess! Kidding aside, the ten patterns listed here will only be available at this special birthday price through this Sunday, September 27th, 2026. After that, they go will go back to full price and the next batch of ten will be up and available at 40% OFF. Grab em’ up while you can!

Alright, everyone — time to head out for the day. I will see you all later this week! Until then, take care and happy stitching! ~Lisa