It’s time once again . . . Time for the Spring version of the Blogger’s Quilt Festival, hosted by none other than the lovely and talented Amy Ellis, from Amy’s Creative Side. Please click HERE to read all about the Festival, how you can enter your quilt in the Festival (it’s open to anyone and [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...My Cowboy hung out with a couple of his Amish buddies last weekend, and they took a road trip together. Given his penchant for tire/wheel troubles, true to form, they broke down somewhere along the way. While waiting for the truck to be repaired, My Cowboy, Freddie, Daniel, and the tow-truck driver ducked into the [...]
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Sew Sweet Quilt Shop in Brunswick, MO, began last year to host an annual July event called the Sweet Sewfull Event. It is sweet, and it is sew-full . . . An entire weekend filled with fun, food, entertainment, and as much sewing as you can squeeze in! This July marks the 2nd Annual Sweet [...]
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I’ve had so little time for blogging lately, it feels like I’ve just about forgotten how. I’ve been very busy, and haven’t even taken the time to tell you about any of it. For one thing, my sister and I went to the AQS Show in Paducah, KY, at the end of April, and I [...]
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Four months of the year gone already! And I think spring might actually finally be here. The arrival of spring did not bring me any sudden spurts of productivity so that I could get more blocks finished, but I did manage to make 24 blocks this month. I’m up to a grand total of 71 [...]
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It’s Cowboy Poetry Week all this week, April 21-27. This is the 12th annual Cowboy Poetry Week, celebrated each year during National Poetry Month, recognizing the artists and poets who write and perform to preserve and promote cowboy poetry and western heritage. Each year, the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry chooses a painting to [...]
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Last Saturday, the Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild in Kirksville, MO, of which I am a member, hosted their annual spring retreat. I’ll start off by saying we had a blast! (Or at least I did.) What a fun day! Our meals were catered by a group doing fundraising for a mission to Haiti to [...]
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Hey, everybody! It’s my day to post a block for My Favorite Block Quilt-Along over at Kim’s: Persimon Dreams. My block is the traditional Missouri Star block. This truly is my favorite block. Seein’ as how I’m from Missouri and all, and I like stars, yet it’s not just a plain ol’ star, I really [...]
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So . . . how did you all do last month? I notice that some of you are almost 2/3 of the way there, and this is just the first quarter wrapping up! Lots of you are just plain overachieving. Most of you are putting me to shame! My own count went up by 9 [...]
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• The time change for Daylight Savings Time kicked my butt. It’s been more than two weeks, and I still haven’t recovered from losing that hour. • Spring is taking its time getting here. We had another snowstorm last weekend. Thankfully, yesterday finished melting it all off. What a beautiful day we had! Today it’s [...]
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