2016 Arrow Rock Quilt Camp

Posted on May 7, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Quilts, Travels

I got home yesterday afternoon from the 2016 Arrow Rock Quilt Camp. What a fun week! I was exhausted just from having too much fun. We arrived last Monday to a wonderful BBQ Buffet dinner served at the J. Huston Tavern, and while I could have stayed full for the first three days just from that […]

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I Blinked

Posted on February 28, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

And an entire week flew by! I can hardly believe I’ve been home from California for a week already. I want to share with you some of the sights I saw and the goodies I found while I was at QuiltCon! The most important thing I saw while in California was my daughter! I haven’t seen […]

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Cruisin’ New England and Canada

Posted on October 7, 2015 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

If you’ve been reading along at all, you probably know I went on a cruise last week. It was a New England Fall Foliage Tour, a quilting cruise sponsored by World of Quilts Travel and Road to California, and I was honored to be one of the teachers! It was my first cruise, and I […]

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Girlfriends Retreat

Posted on August 17, 2015 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

This past weekend I was invited to a retreat with some friends at Sew Sweet Quilt Shop’s fabulous retreat center. You know I’m not one to say NO to a retreat, so Linda stopped by to pick me up, and off we went! There were 14 of us there, and more food than I’ve seen […]

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A Special Weekend

Posted on July 16, 2015 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

With some very special friends. Every summer, I get together with a group of very special ladies at Gruber’s Quilt Shop’s Retreat Center in Waite Park, Minnesota. Last weekend was our retreat for this year, and it was so much fun. I always come home completely exhausted, but it’s so worth it! There’s always lots […]

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The Rambling River Art Quilters

Posted on June 29, 2015 by prairiemoonquilts in Quotes, Travels

Last fall I got invited to a quilting retreat with a group called The Rambling River Art Quilters, as an “extra”. A few months later, they called me up and asked me to join the group! They’re a really fun bunch, so of course, I said YES! The group is divided into the East Side […]

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Need’l Love’s Open House

Posted on November 24, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in People, Travels

Last Saturday, my sister and I drove down to the Ozarks to attend the Holiday Open House at Reneé Nanneman’s studio. Reneé is a fabric designer for Andover Fabrics, and has a LOT of patterns published as well. The Open House was wonderful. I could have hung out there all day! She had the entryway […]

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Art and Inspiration: A Quilt Retreat

Posted on November 18, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in People, Quilts, Quotes, Travels

This past weekend I got invited to join a fabulous group of art quilters at a retreat they were having. Even though I’m not a member of the group, I was allowed to join them anyway! The retreat was held at the Brunswick Lodging and Event Center, which is attached to Sew Sweet Quilt Shop. […]

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Market is Done

Posted on October 28, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels, What's New

I got home last night after spending 3 days at Quilt Market in Houston, TX (the twice-annual trade show for the quilting/sewing industry). Every six months, I go through a flurry of hectic, last-minute quilting and sewing activity, sewing and quilting for several designers and fabric companies so they’ll have lots of pretty new projects […]

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The Coolidge Park Carousel

Posted on September 19, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

During our trip to Chattanooga, my sister wanted to go to Coolidge Park and see the hand-carved antique carousel they have there. What a fabulous idea that was! It’s gorgeous. And huge. And we got to ride it! This is the horse I rode: I’ve already forgotten his name. All the animals have names. The […]

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