Hey, everyone! Remember the May release for Val Krueger’s All About Quilts Fat Quarter Series that got held up by a fabric delay? Well, good news! The fabric is finally here — and now that I’ve had a chance to come up for air after what has been an absolutely nonstop few weeks here at…

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Hey, everyone — T.G.I.F.! How was your week? Mine was another wonderful whirlwind of teaching, stitching, and best of all, hanging out at The Gathering with a fantastic group of stitchers from all over the United States! Session two of my annual Red, White & Blue retreat is wrapping up in the next couple of…

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Hey, everyone! Today’s post is going to be short and sweet — not because I don’t have anything to talk about, but because our website decided this afternoon was a great time to… spaz out (pretty sure that’s the technical term for it) instead of working like it’s supposed to. To elaborate, if you tried…

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Hey, everyone! Is it seriously Friday again so soon? I can hardly believe we’re almost two weeks into June… how can this be!? I feel like it was just yesterday that I was in France having lunch at the Eiffel Tower and rubbing elbows with the locals, but somehow that was weeks ago already. I…

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Hey, everyone! It’s been another busy day here at Primitive Gatherings as the kickoff to our Arrow Sewing and AccuQuilt demo days comes to a close. We had a fantastic turnout of people stopping in to The Gathering throughout the day to test out some of the newest sewing furniture and fabric cutting technology on…

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Hey, everyone! Miss me? As you know, I am finally home after spending almost two weeks traveling around France on my latest Craftour, and man am I glad to be back! Don’t get me wrong — it was a gorgeous trip and we all had a blast — I literally loved every minute of it,…

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Greetings, stitchers! Heidi again, back for what is presumably my last blog appearance for a while. Lisa landed back on home turf sometime late last night, which means I’ll be happily handing off the reins and retreating to my usual spot under my desk come Monday. But before I call it good on my posts,…

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Hey gang — Heidi here. I honestly didn’t expect to be hijacking the blog again so soon, but duty calls so here I am. It turns out the craziness of running a quilt shop/retreat center doesn’t slow down just because the boss is off living her best life 4,000 miles away. Believe me, I’m not…

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Hey, gang! Heidi, here. In case you don’t know who I am, let’s just say I’m the keeper of Lisa’s blog — aka official blog manager/guardian, and always lurking behind the scenes of every post making sure everything goes as it should. As most of you know, Lisa is off gallivanting in Paris for the…

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Hey, everyone! Got precuts lying around, just waiting for the right project to come along? Great news — Janet Rae Nesbitt of ONE S1STER Designs is about to give them the adventure they’ve been so patiently waiting for! With over 30 years in the quilting industry, a hundred fabric collections under her belt, and a…

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