Author: lisabongean
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Twilight Stars Quilt-Along – Block Release #42
Is it just me, or does it seem like the closer we get to the end of the Twilight Stars Quilt-Along, the faster the weeks go by? I could have sworn I posted blocks for Week #41 just yesterday, but indeed, that was already a whole week ago! I guess time really does fly when…
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Moda Blockheads 5 – Block Release #13 “Indigo Light” by Debbie Maddy
Ready for your next Blockheads 5 assignment? Debby Maddy fans and Blockheads 5 stitchers alike will be happy to hear that she is this week’s Moda MBH5 artist contributor! As an avid seamstress, Debbie has been a quilter for over 35 years, and has an undying love for all things fiber art. While she enjoys…
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Introducing the Primitive Gatherings 2024 Blue & White Quilt Show!
It’s getting to be that time again… Are YOU ready for the next Primitive Gatherings Quilt Show??? For 2024, we’ve decided to go with another traditional favorite for our quilt show theme – Blue and white! Looking back to the old days, because of their practical availability, it often seems like earth tones such as…
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Twilight Stars Quilt-Along – Block Release #41
I hate to say it, but instead of the second day of spring it’s beginning to look a lot more like Christmas outside than anything else! Many of us woke up to the bright white glare of snow coming through our windows this morning, rather than the barely green and brown grass we were all…
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Moda Blockheads 5 – Block Release #12 “Starling” by Heather Briggs
Hey Blockheads! A little birdie just reminded me that it’s already Wednesday, which means it’s also time for the next MBH5 block release! New to the Blockheads series, this week we welcome Heather Briggs of My Sew Quilty Life with her block contribution, “Starling.” While Heather admits that star blocks aren’t something she sews often,…
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Twilight Stars Quilt-Along – Block Release #40
Lordy, lordy, look who’s 40 – weeks old, that is! As hard as it is to believe, the Twilight Stars Quilt-Along has reached its 40th week! That means we’re officially in the home stretch toward the end of this year-long journey, with only ten block releases left to go. If you’re keeping up with the…
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Moda Blockheads 5 – Block #10 “16-Patch Star” by Alexia Marcelle Abegg and #11 “Shooting Stars” by Stacy Iest Hsu
Hey Blockheads! Wednesday is back and so am I with not one, but TWO pretty little blocks to share. As you know, last week I was stuck sick at home in bed on Wednesday, so I’m playing a bit of catch up for this round. Kicking things off with block release #10 is “16-Patch Star,”…
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Twilight Stars Quilt-Along – Block Release #39
Hey friends – T.G.I.F! I’m super glad the weekend is here, especially since I spent the first half of the week sick in bed. I was down and out in such a way that it even took the desire to stitch out of me. In hindsight, I wasn’t feeling 100% by Friday of last week…
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Easter is Early this Year!
Are you ready for the Easter holiday? I’ll admit, considering we really had no snow this winter, the month of March kind of snuck up on me this season. Until a little birdie recently brought it to my attention that Easter Sunday is already coming up at the end of the month, it hadn’t really…
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Quilt-Along Double Whammy!
It’s an exciting day here at Primitive Gatherings with not one, but TWO quilt-along block releases coming at you hot off the PG press! First up we have our usual Friday Twilight Stars blocks because, well… It just wouldn’t feel like Friday without them. Block numbers 36 and 82 are the stars of the show…