14th Annual Final Countdown Wrap-Up

Posted on January 9, 2023 by prairiemoonquilts in The Final Countdown

Where DOES the time go? January 9th already! And if it seems like I’ve been ignoring all of you, I haven’t — it’s just that my email has been broken for a week. Terrible how we get so dependent on that stuff. I’m trying not to be upset over it — I used to work […]

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Posies in the Fencerow

Posted on January 3, 2023 by prairiemoonquilts in My Patterns

I’m already dreaming of spring! I keep telling myself: “Every day is one day closer to spring.” We actually had thunderstorms last night — in January — complete with lots of lightning. I always try to cheer myself up with brightly-colored quilting projects during the winter. And this little quilt is no exception. My newest […]

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January Featured Pattern

Posted on January 2, 2023 by prairiemoonquilts in My Patterns

I’ve decided this year to do a featured pattern special each month. We’re starting out for January with a sweet Valentine’s-themed pattern called “Be Mine”, just in time for you to make up a sweet gift for a special Valentine in your life, or for yourself to decorate with! This pattern makes a cute little […]

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December 350 Blocks Report

Posted on December 31, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in 350 Blocks Project

The last one for 2022! Of course, even tho I toy with the idea of not doing this again, I WILL be doing this again for 2023. It’s motivating to see how much I can get done in a year, whether I can beat last year’s record, and to assure myself that I’m actually getting […]

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2022 Final Countdown, Task Three

Posted on December 31, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in The Final Countdown

Time for the final task already! My, how the time does fly. Our final task is usually one that is a bit easier and helps us get a good handle on the upcoming year’s projects, so in keeping with that tradition, this final task is: Take a project inventory and devise a plan If you […]

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2022 Final Countdown, Task Two

Posted on December 30, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in The Final Countdown

Moving right along . . . It’s time for Task Two! I hope you found a quick finish yesterday. What are we tackling today? Well . . . We’re going to . . . Clean out a storage area You get to choose the storage area you think needs the most help. I think I’m […]

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2022 Final Countdown, Task One

Posted on December 29, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in The Final Countdown

Are you ready? I’m excited for this. I hope you are, too. Here we go . . . Task One of The Final Countdown! Choose something you can finish quickly and do it Do you have a project that just needs something simple and quick done to it to call it finished? Get it out […]

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14th Annual Final Countdown

Posted on December 28, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in The Final Countdown

Fourteen years we’ve been doing this! And here we are again, at the end of another year already. And the final few days where I make one last effort to finish up and clean up as many things off my to-do list as I can, so as to not have to carry them over into […]

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Silent Night

Posted on December 24, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in My Patterns

I’m wishing all of you a most wonderful, warm, happy, peaceful, and very Merry Christmas. I really appreciate that you take the time to visit my little corner of the world and read what I have to say. Fifty-seven years ago today, my mother was in the hospital giving birth to my baby brother, Darin. […]

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20 Quilts

Posted on December 18, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in Quilts

Since back in the spring of this year, I’ve been working to gather up and make wheelchair quilts for one of my local nursing homes. The gal in charge said they could use around 15 quilts, but I decided I’d make 20, just in case. First, I gathered up all the quilts I already had […]

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