Author: lisabongean


  • FYI

    Just thought I would do a quick post about a new Primitive Magazine coming out!  I am so excited for these girls…go to their website and subscribe!  They will be coming out with 4 issues a year starting in April I believe…and you will see projects from Primitive Gatherings and other great designers in it!…

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  • projects from retreat….

        Here are most of my projects that I worked on at this past weekend retreat…bunches of blocks for a little Featherweight Club project…then I made a 6″ star block for shop hop…I don’t really care for the block.  I wish the star points were the same instead of alternating…but if I would have…

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  • Pics from Retreat

    Nancy’s Civil War Tribute As always, a fun weekend was had by all…here are some of the attendee’s projects…i will show off mine tomorrow…enjoy… Cheryl’s festive quilt

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  • Jan Schneider’s Bed Turning at Primitive Gatherings

    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…

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  • weekend getaway…

    We stopped at YORE primitives in Gotham WI on the way to Patsy’s Homestead Cabin Retreat…this shop was wonderful…it went on and on…room after room of Christmas and primitives…what more could you want…I bought lots and can’t wait to put it out with my Christmas decorations…here a few shots of the shop and Theresa it’s…

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  • Guess what?

    Guess where I am going today for the weekend?   Can you RETREAT!  Yes! Lucky me I am leaving to go to my favorite retreat place…Homestead Cabin Retreat…in no where (Hillpoint) WI…no just kidding..it is a perfect place for a retreat house…no cell reception, just in the middle of farm country….I love going to Patsy’s…

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  • Comments on the Gathering…

    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…

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  • Photos from the Gatherings Open House…

      Well I promised I would show all of you “The Gathering” as far as it was on the Open House.  We are still going through the internet orders and will pick a winner soon….for the free weekend Jan-March.  It is snowing here today…I think our first or at least the prettiest snowfall we have…

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  • Farmer’s Wife Blocks for December

    Here are the blocks for The Farmer’s Wife Sampler and they are posting on the right day!….Sue has done it again…making a bunch of 6″ blocks…with all those repro fabric…has anyone kept up? LB

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  • Scrap Basket Block #6

    Scrap Basket blocks…remember these…I am sorry I have not been able to keep up with them, but we will do a bunch of them in the next couple of months…here are the directions for #6…just click on the following link and print it out!  SCRAP BASKET BLOCK #6 For those of you who are new followers, search…

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