Category: Quilting


  • Today was the day…

    Today was the day I finally got my OWN copy of the American Patchwork & Quilting October issue! Featuring Primitive Gatherings with ME on the cover!!! I wasn’t going to believe it until I really saw it in person!! Which was yesterday…but today Beth a student in my workshop brought me a copy!!!! I admit…I…

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  • Christmas in July…Stitching words onto our wool projects…

    I want to share with you a couple of ways to “transfer” lettering/wording to our wool projects…To be honest I can draw the words/lettering on with my dependable Clover white liquid chalk marker on most anything…but sometimes you want something just perfect…In the case of this Angel Tree Skirt I wanted the FONT to turn…

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  • Quilts from Christmas Gatherings…

    Sorry about that 6 month thing…why do we celebrate Christmas in July if it is not half way??? I just assumed that was why…so I didn’t even count them…but that might be just what I really need is an extra month!!! I want to share the quilts in the book tonight…. First up…Boxes of Candy……

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  • Christmas in July…

    Today is July 25th…6 (Edit-5months sorry) months til Christmas 2016…So if we start now…we can get some hand made gifts done…as we know they are the best!!! I have been so busy I never did a post on my Christmas Gatherings Moda Fabric and book of the same name..So if you don’t mind… I want…

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  • Randy’s Songbirds quilt…free quilt pattern!

    Hope everyone is enjoying this summer…we all in WI love-love-love summer…I especially love walking the dog and listening to the sounds of summer…the loons and the songbirds…which brings me to a great quilt made by Randy McCarty…He purchased a FQ tower of Songbirds and made this wonderful quilt. YES all from ONE FQ tower!!!…If you…

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  • Bow tie finish…

    I have been meaning to post this for a while and kind of forgot about it…but…here is my finished bow tie from the CA’s stores pieced SBOW from last summer… I got it back from Val while I was in Salt Lake…it took awhile for me to bind it as this years SBOW was more…

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  • Teaching tomorrow and Wednesday…

    Happy first day of Summer!!! We have a few spots left in my Scrappy Penny Flower Basket class tomorrow at the shop from 10-3pm.  Come join us in making this runner!  Bring your scissors…we have kits and all the supplies needed…treat yourself! Call the shop and get one of the last spots!      …

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  • Summer Blocks of the Week…finally!!!

    I’m just posting here just in case some of you are not signed up for the shop’s blog…Jessica did a fine job today posting about all THREE of our Summer Blocks of the Week…Please click HERE to read ALL the details that I may not mention in this post… We all have been working very…

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  • I have an Esty shop!!!

    Esty…why??? I already have a shop/website but… we may be able to reach a whole new set of shoppers on Etsy!…so with the help of Rose, who will be managing the Etsy store we hope you can help us find these projects a new home! We are starting to get overloaded with quilts and other…

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  • FRIVOLS!

    Did you know I have a Frivols tin?  Do you know what a Frivols tin is? They are cute tin boxes that feature a little quilt made with a current MODA fabric line.  There are 12 total…Mine is number 7!  Lucky no. Seven…that’s ME…Lucky to be able to share my love of fabric with my…

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