Author: lisabongean


  • sewing…

    spending the day sewing my nine patches together…I have 100- 3″ and 200-  1 1/2″ little ones…how many little quilts can I make?  I made 12 into stars…will show you progress later…

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  • MENASHA WINS!

    CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MENASHA BLUEJAYS DEFEATING THE (POWERHOUSE)APPLETON NORTH LIGHTNING.  8 TO 3.  THERE WERE 3 OPPONENTS ON THE FIELD MENASHA, APPLETON AND THE WIND.  MENASHA’S DEFENSE  SCORED A SAFETY IN THE SECOND QUARTER TO GO UP 2 -ZIP .  APPLETON NORTH SCORED AN ALMOST 50 YD FIELD GOAL IN THE THIRD QUARTER WITH HELP…

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  • Liz Armstrong’s- Lisa’s Garden )different setting

    Liz Armstrong from IL sent me this photo of how she set the BOW…I thought you all might want to see it.  I love it….she is going to put a little applique in the corners… Thanks Liz for sharing your quilt. I have been sewing more nine patches and going to football games…Nick is the…

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  • Garden Baskets Quilted

    I have finished quilting Garden Baskets…(I need to give credit to who gave me this name) I just outlined all the appliques and blocks.  Did a little flower thingy in the inner border with black.  Then quilted in the ditch the nine patches and then did straight lines out from the nine patches again in…

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  • email problems

    Hey everyone… I am sorry but I am having problems with my email that goes to info@primitivegatherings.us. My roadrunner account is blocking all the emails that would be forwarded to this address…it is supposed to correct itself in 6 hours, but I am sure I will have to call them tomorrow…so If you have emailed…

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  • farmer’s wife blocks-september

    Here are the September blocks for The Farmer’s Wife Sampler.

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  • primitive muslins from Moda, by Primitive Gatherings!

    I have some great news!….look at my vintage muslins I have designed for Moda!  This is so cool…they asked me to do some aged muslins at the Chicago Quilt Festival…so I was to deliver them to Cheryl at Spring Quilt Market…so of coarse I waited until the day before we left to make them… I…

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  • “I hate being ill…..”the gathering” update..

    I have not been feeling well since Sunday….we had a nice day out on the boat with the kids and girl friends, until I tried something I never have done before…Looking back my Husband should have stopped me…but anyway…for some hair brained reason I thought maybe I could “wake board”.  Like snowboarding on water…the first…

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  • decision made…

    I have had my blocks all put together for the BOW laying on my table for a week trying to decide the border application…i know i thought i had it figured out, but when I auditioned the fabrics…it did nothing for it.  The quilt has so much going on that I have made the decision…

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  • week #12 freebie…are you caught up?

    Thread used for this week’s freebie are as follows: #12 Valdani-1645 & O540. 3SF-O154, O86 and O540.  This is the last block.  Next week or so, we will be showing the finished quilt.  If you want a finishing kit you will have to notify the shop, or order it online.  Thanks! It has been a…

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