Author: lisabongean

Yay!!! I’m home again!!! Thanks for waiting for Block 5…I know we said we would put them out around the 15th so I guess we are not too late…I love this block…so fun to stitch…Pattern can be downloaded HERE Moon Garden Block 5 blog

Here is a closeup of the fly stitch…you already know how to do this one…but then on the leaves I stitched the feather stitch…the one that everyone thinks is the hardest…I promise in the video I will make it very easy…and you may get a laugh or two…  Also someone pointed out that we did not have the black O531 thread not in our thread kits…I blanket stiched all the blocks and wrote down all the threads…then as I was looking at them I decided they needed some bling(pretty embroidery stitches)…so I am adding them as we go…so if you have to have the threads I am using for those special stitches you can order them or just use what you have that is close…no big deal…just thought I would let you know how/why this happened.  Besides aren’t all those extra stitches and videos fun!!!I hope you have a wonderful weekend…feather stitch video coming soon…please post in our FB group Moon Garden Stitch Along your progress…I’d love to see all your blocks in one photo…even if they are not stitched!!!  Stitch On my Friends…LB

I am near Huntington Beach teaching workshops yesterday and today!

Teaching how to use a “redneck” overlay to postition their wools on the background.. def…A crude outline of the project on a plasitc bag, sheet protector ect…to fast and easy positioning of the appliques so they are close enough…do not have to be exact…unless you have to have them perfect… you would trace the motifs (more) carefully….Click this link if you are interested in the kit or kit & pattern…

I am excited for tonight….after the workshop I am presenting my first ever trunk show/lecture on Re-creating Antique Quilts…I think I have 20 quilts, which is really 40, the antique and the re-creation, to show tonight!!!  Come see me at the Flying Geese Quilt Guild meeting at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School!!!

So by now you know that I am in California…I also am teaching at our shop Primitive Gathering- Murrieta  on Tuesday and Wednesday…Both Sit & Sew days…join us…bring what you need help on, whether you are starting something new, stuck on a stitch or you need some advice or how to on something you have been struggling with…come join us…call for availablilty  915-304-9787.

Hope to see you soon!!! Lisa

I am playing catch up today in a couple of ways…

Let’s get the business part done first…Block 8– Pineapple from Jan Patek…click  HERE to visit her blog for her pattern…Jan is known for her hand applique, which I love…but I decided to go with a pieced pineapple that I seen in the Moda Block Heads Facebook group…its very simple all based on a 1″ grid…so this was an easy catch up for missing last week while in Dallas for the awesome retreats from Moda/Martingale….back to Jan…

Jan is an original Block Head…she is an icon in the quilting world…the Brannock & Patek Moda fabric lines have long been my favorite…I have a nice collection of their wovens from the last 20 years…

I wish we could see a quilt show of Jan’s quilts…it would be a a soothing journey to browse throught the folk art style.  Jan’s show would have to be held in Houston…the only venue big enough to house them all!!!  I am planting  this seed so maybe the powers that be can put it into action.. Here is it… wouldn’t  be nice to see quilting legends like Jan have an opportunity to browse among ALL (ok..I no this is not possible to track them all down)…of her quilts in a setting that is fitting of the contribution people like her have given us through the years?  We do it to honor them after they have passed but…why not celebrate while they are still with us and creating…just my thought for the day…what do you think?

Block 9- With a plus from Laurie Simpson…the quilting half of Minick & Simpson.  Laurie the is the quiet-est quilter I know…I have spent time with her at retreats and I am glad I had this opportunity because you get to know someone a lot better when you hang out in your PJs.  Laurie is known for her applique and hand quilting, yes I said HAND…she loves it and I get it…as I do as well…so go visit Laurie HERE on their blog and print your pattern and see what is happening.  

So..I hope enjoyed these last two blocks and the designers who made them and the fabrics…my pile of them is getting bigger!!!Now…I know not all of you have grand children….but some of you will know this and for some I hope you get to experience something like this…but when your “little man” says…Mimi you have been gone too long!…you must have a play day, NOW!…here is some of our fun on Monday…warning…it may wear some of you out…

I picked him up and we went straight to the retreat house….The Gathering…we actually have a nice big garden planted and I was told stuff needed to be picked!!!  Thank heavens Scott is taking care of it and it is well tended to while I am still running around…We picked a couple of zucchinis, seedless cukes, onions, jalapenos and green peppers…came home and cleaned them up… I had to share some of my chocolates from class with my little guy…someone got him hooked on dark chocolate so I thought he would enjoy a few of these too…Kate Weiser Chocolates“Little Man’s” most favorite thing in the world right now is riding on the Jetski…so we were off…we probably spent almost 2 hours on it and rode to Lake Winnebago through all the bridges in Oshkosh…we got to see the train bridge lower and raise as well.  It is very hard to take a selfi on a Jetski, but we were both saying the magic word for a (less than) perfect picture…After the Jetski excursion it was time for lunch…we packed up the “summer car” and headed to the little local drive in, The Well in Winneconne.  We spread our quilt and he got to order anything he wanted…a hamburger and a hot dog, fries, cheese sticks and lemon aide…then of course a blue raspberry sundae!!!It was just us and some working teenagers who were working on the very near road construction…on the way home “little man” said Mimi…can we go to the park??? Sure why not…We did our most favorite thing first…I pushed him in the swing for what felt like half an hour then I coaxed him into the slides so I could rest and take some pics…We also played “drive thru” where I was told I could not order cookies, I had to order “vanilla petite scones and a coffee”….hmmmm I think he has this experience in this area…Then back home he then saw “the piglet” aka the moped (the Harley is a Hog…so the moped is the piglet)…so we rode the moped through the neighbor hood and stumbled upon a lemon aid stand…We had to then drive home to get some cash…came back…were served our drinks and we made sure to leave the girls a nice tip!!

As our day was coming to an end…we remembered we stopped at a yard sale on the way home and bought a “new” to us tricycle….he did not want to stop at the timehe said rummage sales are just junk and he was excited to get to Anchor Point….but he then changed his mind when he discovered this trike….that occupied him for a bit until it was time for Daddy to pick him up!!! Mimi…had to get ready for S&B sewing night….I had a binding to finish!!!

I needed a day like this…so fun…have a great day today ..and make some memories however you can!!! Lisa