Category: Quilt Related
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lisabongean
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retreat weekend
I got a chance to get away after the crazyness of the open house. Carole and I went to Homestead Cabin Retreat in Hillpoint WI- hosted by Patsy and Marty McCluskey… I love it here…I sleep so well in my nest..here are a few pics from the weekend. I got a good start on a…
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lisabongean
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Getting ready for Christmas at D&D Maintenace, my yearly stop…
Every year I go to 922 Grove St. in Appleton, behind Memorial Florist on Hwy 47, just outside of Menasha. I love the service and the unique evergreen decorations they have there. Dave and Debbie Korth, along with their son’s, Craig, Jeremy, Chad and daughter Sheena and a whole bunch of grandkids help them with…
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lisabongean
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3/4″ triangles
Here is my latest Christmas Open House quilt. I bring home a half yards of all of the reproduction fabrics that come in the shop…these are my bennies of owning a shop…anyway…i never get to use them because I have to always use the…
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lisabongean
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life after the quilt shows…
Its been awhile since I have posted…took me this long to get my s&*t together. I basically took the last two weeks off, after being gone for 3 weeks for Houston and DesMoines. I think I needed to decompress…so this week things are getting back to normal…I am getting ready to decorate for Christmas..yah..Christmas…I figured…
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lisabongean
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new block of the month starting in Jan.
Civil War Tribute Honoring the upcoming 150-year anniversary of the American Civil War. Create a reproduction quilt that recalls the drama of this significant era. The Civil War Tribute Collection by Judie Rothermel encompasses the historical accuracy and current appeal for which Judie is well known. Highlights include an antique toile-inspired design and a commemorative…
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lisabongean
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Houston…Market and Festival
It is nice to be home from Houston, it is fun to go, but always nicer to come home. We have been home since Monday and now tomorrow (Monday) we leave for Des Moines, IA, for our last show of the year. Nick & I are going alone, so hopefully it won’t be too crazy…
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lisabongean
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ready or not…houston here i come…
boy it has been a busy week… i just finished doing the dishes from the Monday Night football game…I know I shouldn’t admit that, but that is how busy I am…it is Wednesday night… i am running brochures for fall market in Houston, trying to pack, can’t leave any dishes in the sink…and oh yeah..take…
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lisabongean
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cornerstones
Quilt number 3 for market. Finished it today. Made from my new line of fabrics with a little wool circle and star in the cornerstones. Now time to write the pattern. I also am STILL quilting As the Crow files…fingers are sore…later
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lisabongean
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door county lunch
Last week Carole and I were invited to join Joanne Blank, Rosie Krieder, Karen Borshiem and Doris Doggs at Barb Herricks’s House in Sturgeon Bay WI. Barb hosted at her beautiful home. I call it a true quilter’s home…the kitchen even had quilt block wall paper. This group of girls, minus Colleen Foley, has met…
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lisabongean
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Home…again
I just got back home from my MI teaching gig. I whimped out of driving all the way through Chicago, and took the SS Badger Ferry across Lake Michigan. It was a blast I would do it again in a minute. I was almost late, but my lead foot got me there, thank God, I…