December Studio Organizing

Posted on December 16, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

Here we go! This is our last organizing task before The Final Countdown! It’ll give us a small head start. I like all of your ideas for the areas you planned to work on for the last challenge. I’ve continued to improve on my new handwork area, moving some things closer because that’s where I’ll […]

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November 350 Blocks Report

Posted on November 30, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in 350 Blocks Project

Well, how did your Thanksgiving month go? My block total is down a bit because I concentrated more on setting finished blocks together, which really needs to be done! I ended up with 53 for November, the biggest part of those coming from my Laundry Basket Quilts Summer Mystery top! I have all the blocks […]

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News From the Ranch, Episode 1201

Posted on November 23, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in Animals, Prairie Moon Ranch

I haven’t posted a Ranch news update in awhile. It’s hard to keep up with everything! We’ve downsized and don’t have cattle here any more, unless we’re babysitting cattle for other people, which happens sometimes — we use them to keep our pastures in shape. The horses are doing great — fat and sassy: The […]

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November Studio Organizing

Posted on November 16, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

Mid November already?? And winter has hit us. There’s snow on the ground and ice on my windows as I sit here at my desk typing this. I’ve done a lot of sewing this fall, and I’ll be back later with more about that, but for now, it’s organizing time. I guess we can call […]

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Suan’s 36-Patch Quilt

Posted on November 14, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in Quilts

Years ago, I made a 36-Patch quilt: I finished the top in 2012 at a retreat, and finally got it quilted and bound in February of 2019! It takes me awhile sometimes, especially if the quilt doesn’t have a deadline — haha! A couple years ago, I sold the quilt. However, my daughter’s personal assistant, […]

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October 350 Blocks Report

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

Happy Halloween! Halloween marks the end of my two favorite months of the year, and also means that we’ll be turning the furnace on soon. I always try and wait as long as possible to do that, and the forecast looks pretty good for the next couple of weeks, so I hope we can leave […]

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October Studio Organizing, Task Two

Posted on October 27, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

Before I offer up this next challenge, I encourage you to go back to our last organizing challenge post and read the comments. There are so many good suggestions on thread storage AND other organizing tidbits you can pick up. I’m happy that you all seem so excited about this! I only got to spend […]

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Sister Projects

Posted on October 26, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in Handstitching, Quilt-Alongs & Bees, Quilts

My sister and I occasionally take on “Sister Projects” together. It’s seriously fun to have a sister close who quilts! She didn’t start quilting in earnest until 2001, but it’s as if she’s been quilting with me all along. I used to quilt with our grandmother, and Katy took up quilting a few months after […]

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October Studio Organizing, Task One

Posted on October 12, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

Nearly halfway through October already! I can’t seem to get caught up. Did you manage to get rid of at least 14 things over the last couple weeks? I did more than 14, but stopped counting after I reached 14. It sure felt good to get rid of some things that were just laying around […]

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Mad Dash Wrap Up

Posted on October 11, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in Mad Dash

It’s a wrap! We’ve covered every topic I can think of related to making a Mad Dash quilt, and I hope if you made one (or are making one) that all the extra hints and tips and pictures helped out. I’m still working on mine. I got three more blocks done this past week! So […]

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