Author: lisabongean

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!

Always working in the same old color palette and need a change?
Are you in a color rut?
If this sounds like you we have a cure!

6 Moda designers will be swapping charm packs this summer and working with colors they don’t usually work with!

You’ll be rewarded for their bravery with a free charm pattern each week.

It kinda feels like summer but not quite…but we had our annual Sit & Sew at my house today…and I just want to start blogging again…so right after the girls left I started this…If I do not list the pattern name or link I do not know it…

It is so nice so sit with a bunch of ladies and just get together and share, EAT, and just laugh…so It was a nice change to the hustle and bustle…but I will be catching up on my posting…matter of fact I will post about this groups May’s Sit & Sew as well…

Thanks ladies for a fun day!

Here is Lori…with her finished quilt top from the Hexi group that meets at the WI shop once a month…these ladies get stuff done!!!!  I know these are pieced hexes from a book.  Call the shop and ask for Debbie it is her group.

Then Kathy is the queen of WOOL Stitch-A-Longs…these pattern are free on 12 designers blogs- Jan 15-July 1st…

Kathy finishes these with her own magic touch of putting fabrics together to make hers original from all the others!  (and yes…that is my Wool Summer Block of the week on the table…block 2 shipping now!)

We all loved Kathy’s shirt in the photos!

Here is the list for this stitch along…

and…she still has time to do the Summer Block of the Week!!

Judy shared a Blackbird Design that she just finished quilting…1/8″ echo! Just fabulous…

Jean was sewing on her Wool Summer block as well and she has mastered the feather and fly stitches and now the bullion knots…

Isn’t this Lori Holt cross stitch the sweetest!  We framed it for her and we all loved how it turned out!

Kay shared a new  I spy baby quilt…WE all need ideas for those fast baby quilts…

MaryAnn is showing off all her Wool Subscription box goodies from #3..THEY WERE ALL DONE!

And she has finished a PG towel pattern….just LOVE IT!  A few good men pattern and towels…

The next set of photos is from our April Sit & Sew…It started off with these lovely heavenly scones…and sorry…do not even ask me for the recipe…it is as secret from my friend Tina from Bittersweet Quilt Shop in Pinconning MI…she trusted me to keep the recipe and not share it…these are made only for those who come to quilt class/sit & sew and so on…so come join in!  White Chocolate Raspberry Scones…YUM-O

This is from Donna……she is putting this in the center of the Dresden…some artist she knows drawings…how cool…

Donna’s thread birds…yes…thread!Super Chicken! The extra large version!  Pattern coming soon to shop…Donna made us Wisconsin Chickens!!!  With the new Shop Hop fabric!!

Here is Ms. Kathy again with her completed Stitch along from the Wooly block wonders…

and then here is her (Kathy) first loser award..HA!…that is what I call 2nd place…but she knows it is for sure a winner!!!! OH…did I mentions she quilts these herself!!!!  I’m kind of envious of this…but…hopefully I’ll get over it soon.

This quilt is called Somewhere in Time…we still have kits for this beauty…one of a kind masterpiece.  The link only brings you to the pattern…if you want the kit call the shop…It must not have made the site when we changed to the new site…we will get it on soon thoug, tomorrow morning…we are still finding some items that have been lost in the wicked world wide lost website realm…

We had some guests this time…and I a smuck and didn’t write down any names…but these girls stayed at The Gathering retreat house and I wish I could have crashed their party…next time!

Jodi with her Early Bird Pillow Project  looks like she added some fun embroidery!

Jodi sharing a simple but stunning nine patch quilt!!

Sorry Jean…I sometimes don’t capture the best smiles…but this is too cute not to share!

Got ya smiling now!

Kay…A few good men..towel is finished!!!

I do not know for sure but I think these hex’s were a sew along online…

Chris…sharing some Lori Smith Blocks done in wool…

Judy sharing Sunflower Gatherings!!! Yay!

MaryAnn is in the process of moving so she loves that the wool box is keeping here stitching when everything else is packed!f

More towel project finished as well from our last Primitive Christmas event!

Karen showing some of her work..

Wool blocks from the Wool box…Everlasting…DONE!

Our block from the Wooly block adventure 2017?

Finished quilt…

Judy has this awesome tin…Look at how those threads fit in there!!!  So perfect!  Judy you are a genius!…UPDATE…I just order this tin…actually 4 of them…b/c they are only $5.95 and they come with cookies in it!!! BONUS!!  HERE is the link if you have to have this tin!!   ps…I do not make any affiliate money off this…I do not want you I-balling my new tin when I decorate it all up…so I am sharing!

I believe the tulips are a LilyAnna Stitches pattern…

Teri showing off this beauty!  A Timeless Tradition pattern.

Lori with a hand appliquéd runner…Wow…I am so glad I am sharing these with you…I have lots of photos from my OTHER adventures…but no time to post…so I will be back with more…

My phone takes some lovely photos of these sweet ladies…

All for now…stitch away!

Lisa

So about two weeks ago I received a message from a young women on FB Messenger..she was contacting me because we had both entered our DNA on 23&Me…we were related…it was saying we were first cousins…and we were trying to figure out how…so long story short her Mom was adopted and when they looked at her DNA we came up as Half Sisters…she is 4 years older than me…Her adopted parents told her, her mother was very young…So my Father must have fathered a child he did not know existed before he met my mother.

We had been texting for about two weeks…she was in Alabama where her husband was working but they actually live near Wausau WI..about 1 and a half hour from me.  She came home this week for the summer so we met today…

I haven’t been able to concentrate very well since I found out…I wanted to know so many things…I did not want to actually voice talk to her until we could meet in person……but here is just a little background about my family…I have 4 brothers…raised three sons and now I have two adorable grandsons…so a real Sister??? How can that be!  But when your DNA matches 24.5%..there is no argument and when she sent me her picture as a younger women…I could not believe it…here we are at the same age…30ish

so I cannot tell you what today felt like when I met her…I cannot imagine what it was like to grow up wondering where you came from…she told me I was the first person she has ever talked to that she was related to besides her own daughter…

I have long been “envious” of those who have sisters…and have made “my own” sisters in my life and they are great ones…but to find out after all this time that I have a FOR REAL one!  It’s pretty shocking…but so wonderful all at the same time…

We had a great day and look forward to more…OH..I almost forgot…Her name…is Lisa  she said her adopted mother changed it to Lisa.

Thanks for listening my friends…and if you are looking for someone who is lost out there…I hope you find them or someone….who maybe can fill some void.

Our first selfie…

I love summer…and I cannot begin to tell you all the things that are happening…so look for lots of posts coming…I know they have been few are far between again…but hopefully we are all organized up and back in the swing of things…

First… I want to start off with the need your prayers for a speedy recovery for someone very important to our family…Ruby 29, just had a major heart valve replacement yesterday and all went well, now we need lots of PRAYERS for a great recovery!!  That is the first thing on my mind this morning…AND  I know your awesome prayers work…

CRUISE!!!

The girls are killing me for not posting this as of yet…but here goes…We have a new cruise to offer you…it is the best/newest/biggest ship in the fleet and we are going to warm/sunny/fun places!!

You all know I love adventure…so let go…stitch/sail/play all day long…

Where are we going…starting from Miami…Labadee Haiti...I’ve been there…it’s so fun…I went parasailing last time and then the beach is marvelous…this time I want to go zip-lining over just about the whole island!…ok maybe not the whole…but I think its the longest zip line I’ve ever seen…then..I’ve never been to San Juan Puerto Rico and then Charlotte Amalie St Thomas and then the new CoCo Cay...in the Bahamas…it’s an adult playground!!!

Here are all the major details.

The Olde Green Cupboard girls really know how to plan a cruise…they have it jammed packed with things to do besides the ports of call!!

They have to book these ships as soon as they come available so we can book the whole conference room…you know how important that is for us to stitch and have a place to hang out it…so that is why it is sooooo far away….but because it is soooooo far away…we have lots of time to SAVE for it…the cruise can be payed in installments so start saving that Starbucks money and you can do on the cruise with us!

Here is the registration form….Symphony of Friends Registration Form

If you have any questions or please contact us!  Gloria’s number is on the form or…904-742-1100.

I’m already getting in shape so I can were my bikini…

15 miles on the WIOWISH trail last night…this is the tunnel under HWY 10…wish I had a riding partner?

Have a great day…hope you are seriously thinking about coming along we will have a blast! Lisa

One of the quilt shop owners Congratulated me and gave this to me on Friday, opening day, of Quilt Market…American Quilt Retailer Magazine handed them out to shop owners…

I wanted to share with you all how thrilled I was to be one of the 100…I wouldn’t be still doing this after 20 years if it wasn’t for you buying all of what we do at Primitive Gatherings…So THANK YOU ALL!

I have to admit at first I was pondering being #7, but then realized it is an alphabetical list…which I would expect it would need to be!

Have a great day everyone…and I hope you get some kind recognition too for what you all do!  Remember…it may take awhile…lol

Stitch on….Lisa

I have been delaying this post because we have new website…and we are working through some issues and we appreciate all of you who are encountering them and working with us through them…and please “be kind” when calling Judy P. or any of the girls at the shop…this is not their fault and we didn’t know we would have so many bumps in the road….example…like every order that processed one day had added all international shipping on them!!!…things like this…we have noticed missing orders…which we think is all situated…but now we must work on all the missing products on our site that did not transfer over or they do one day and the next they are gone….and so on…but it will take a bit to clear though it all and believe me can’t wait till it does…our site will be fast, clean and every secure…and a better search engine!

We actually have had no issues with the BOW orders so..no fear there…that is why I’m ready to post…also there is a link at the bottom of this post for ALL the detail of everything…I am just doing a general post.

It’s that time again…I know..it comes fast..but I want you to know that this year’s wool blocks will be simple and easy leaving you lots of time to work on what ever one you have not finished yet!!!  I am trying to have a life this summer so I have decided to do the wool version(s) only,  Amy is going to do the pieced one…and Joanne has done the hand pieced…(Though I might have to do the pieced one as I love that antique quilt..

I am ahead of the game as I have all the blocks fused and will be working on the borders when I get back from Spring Quilt Market (which I am now)….

I have all the freebies down as well, ready to stitch…see I told you it was going to be easy…here is a peek of the freebie…it’s going to be called….”Ewe Matter”

it’s shown grey scale here…but it will have color…I don’t want to give too much away…

Wool-SBOW    This year’s theme is simple & easy…simple prep, easy to stitch as well as easy on your pocket book..aka…cash flow…Something that will not take you days to complete each block… Last years Twilight Garden was over the top and intense, and this year we wanted to go easy on you but always wanted to deliver an amazing quilt that you are going to cherish and enjoy working on, which is what this year is all about.  This quilt will finish about 55″ and there maybe a very small optional finishing kit.

Country version with the light flannel background and just blanket stitched.

Primitive Version with the dark background…with just a little embellishing added.
Primitive version with lots of embellishing added…and then the Urban version with just blanket stitch and then with the whole embellishing..

Please click HERE for the wool versions of the SBOW   For more details visit the link at the bottom of this post…

Then there is the pieced version…This is a quilt from my collection…1840-1860’s it dates from…

It’s fabulous and when I first noticed it the Summer Block of the Week came immediately to mind…There are no half square triangles to make..just lots of fabrics and lots of tiny blocks to make each week for an out of this world quilt show award winner in the pieced category…who’s up for the challenge?  Click HERE to visit the site to order…for more details go to the link at the bottom to take you to Jess’s post.

Now onto the English Paper Pieced quilt…a beautiful Hexi quilt…simple but do-able…Joanne even has it quilted…by Sue Huettl, I just asked Jess and Joanne did not even start this quilt til April… and its a beautiful set of colors she has picked out for you….I also believe if you want to set it in a different color you can…Click HERE if you want to go directly to the site to order this one.

Jessica has written all the necessary info from sizes to prices here…I did not want to duplicate it all again…but please read it…she has everything just click this link and it will bring you there.

        Thanks again for participating this year…We are going to have a blast!

Lisa & the Staff of Primitive Gatherings