Author: lisabongean
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It’s … ALMOST Time for The 2024 Great Wisconsin Quilt Show!
Can someone please tell me how the heck it’s almost September already? If I didn’t have a large, skeletal, metal structure – aka our booth for the Great Wisconsin Show – going up smack-dab in the middle of my warehouse at the moment, I might not believe that the end of summer is pretty much…
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Holiday Specialty Box UPDATE!
Hey, hey – great news, everyone! If you’re one of the people so very patiently waiting to PRE-order your 2024 Primitive Gatherings Holiday Specialty Box, your wait is officially over! As many of you know, due to a little “issue” we ran into with the Technology Gods last week, we had a little bug start…
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Weekend Edition Quilt Series – Release Two “A-MAZE-ING
Hey everyone – T.G.I.F.! With the potential for a rainy weekend and extra indoor time in the forecast, I think it’s especially fitting that I come to you today bearing the next pattern release in my Weekend Edition Quilt Series Quilt-Along! Making its debut is a quilt I call “A-MAZE-ING.” This A-MAZE-INGLY simple yet sophisticated…
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The Scandinavian Christmas Quilt-Along Starts TODAY!
Hey, everyone! Are you ready to start your next favorite project of all time? Get ready to put your nose to the grindstone from now until November 2024, for the Primitive Gatherings Scandinavian Christmas Quilt-Along! For this quilt-along, we’ll be making a red and white, row-by-row quilt using my new “Dear Santa” fabric line that will measure…
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Black Star Flower Farm Update
Hey everyone! I hope you had a great weekend! It was a bit on the windy side here, but my grand boys and I didn’t let it stop us from enjoying an afternoon at Bay Beach in Green Bay on Friday. If you’re not familiar, Bay Beach is a tiny little amusement park that has…
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Blockheads 5 is Done – Now What?
Hey everyone, happy Wednesday! It seems a bit strange for me to be saying that without having a Blockheads block to share, doesn’t it? Funny how these QALs become part of our weekly ritual over time, so much so that we don’t realize how much we’ll miss them until they’re done and over with! Hopefully…
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Let’s Have a Pumpkin Carving Contest!
Considering the weather lately, it’s pretty hard to believe that the first day of fall will be here in less than two months! Here in WI, the last couple of weeks have been nothing short of what I refer to as, “swampy.” We’ve been enjoying 90%+ humidity, a ton of rain, intense sunshine, and temps…
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Are You Down for Dinosaurs?
Hey everyone! Are you ready to put your machine appliqué skills to the test? The STITCH Brothers and BERNINA Barb invite you to unearth your prehistoric creative brain and sign up now for one (or both!) of two cool classes coming up at The Gathering! Instructor Katrina Sellhausen will be at The Gathering on both…
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Scandinavian Christmas
Are you ready for your next quilt-along challenge? Great news! The Scandinavian Christmas Quilt-Along is coming to Primitive Gatherings this August! If you’re a fan of red and white Christmas quilts, this QAL should be right up your alley! We’ll be making a red and white, row-by-row quilt using my new “Dear Santa” fabric line…
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Moda Blockheads 5 – Block Release #30 – “Shadow Star” by Lynne Hagmeier
Can you believe it? After 10 months of weekly assignments, once today’s block is complete we’ll officially be at the end of another Moda Blockheads series! Are you ready to wrap it up??? Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles Quilters takes us across the finish line with her block, “Shadow Star.” Traditionally designed, this block is…