Quilts for Comfort

Posted on March 11, 2021 by prairiemoonquilts in Guild Stuff

My guild makes a lot of Comfort quilts to give away. We give a lot of quilts away. We also like to keep a stash of quilts on hand for those occasions when someone is in need and we want to give them a quilt. Sometimes we work together as a group to create those […]

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The PVQG Brown Bag Special

Posted on March 4, 2020 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Guild Stuff

For our group mystery project this year, my local guild, the Pecan Valley Quilt Guild, did the Brown Bag Special, a 4-part program I designed a lot of years ago. Our group has done this before, but we have a lot of new members, and since the results come out differently every time, AND there […]

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The Happenstance Quilts Reveal

Posted on September 5, 2019 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Guild Stuff, Quilts

Back in February, I told you about my guild’s current mystery project we had going on, The Happenstance Quilts. I also showed you two options I had for doing mine. Well, I chose the Christmas option, and used this for my center block: I’ve never made an actual red and green Christmas quilt, so I […]

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Hands of Friendship

Posted on June 4, 2019 by prairiemoonquilts in Guild Stuff, Quilts

One of the guilds that I’m a member of, The Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild, in Kirksville, Missouri, had its 34th Annual Quilt Show last weekend. And what a show it was! We had close to 150 quilts on display. There was a pop-up show of polyester quilts on the front lawn before you even […]

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The Happenstance Quilts

Posted on February 18, 2019 by prairiemoonquilts in Guild Stuff

One of my guilds does a mystery quilt every year, and this year, we’re doing a sort of “design-your-own-mystery” quilt. My friend, Candy, did this with her guild, and their quilts were absolutely gorgeous, so I asked her if I could steal their idea, and she said “Sure!”, so I based our program this year […]

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A Log Cabin Guild Challenge

Posted on October 1, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Guild Stuff, Quilts

I belong to the Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild in Kirksville, Missouri, and every year, we issue a challenge to our members. We have some really fun challenges! This past year, my friend, Andrea, and I were in charge of the challenge. Andrea said she’d been wanting to do a Log Cabin, so that’s what […]

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A Trunk Show by Julee Prose

Posted on July 19, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Guild Stuff, Inspiration, Quilts

Last night at our guild meeting we were treated to a trunk show by Julee Prose. If you’re familiar with Julee’s work, you know she does some really spectacular hand appliqué, which is right up my alley! Her trunk show did not disappoint! I asked her permission to post a few pictures of some of […]

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2018 Mystery Quilt Reveal

Posted on April 12, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Guild Stuff, Quilts

Our guild’s mystery quilt from last year went over so well, they wanted to do another one this year. So my sister and I once again hosted a mystery quilt for the Pecan Valley Quilt Guild members over the last few months. I finished my binding 2 hours before the meeting, in my usual style. […]

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Bingo, Pranks, and Quilty Stuff

Posted on March 21, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Guild Stuff

My guild, the Pecan Valley Quilt Guild, had their Spring Retreat last weekend, and boy, do we ever have fun! We gather at Sew Sweet Quilt Shop’s Retreat Center, and we always have fantastic food, lots of games and prizes, and there was even a St. Patrick’s Day parade right outside the door! They were […]

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Mystery Quilt Reveal

Posted on February 14, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Guild Stuff, Quilts

This past year, my sister and I hosted a mystery quilt for the members of our quilt guild, the Pecan Valley Quilt Guild, in Brunswick, Missouri. We used a pattern by Jessie Fincham called Scrappy Irish Chain. I asked Jessie if we could use her pattern, and she graciously agreed, so I broke it down […]

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