News From the Studio, Episode 1150

Posted on October 13, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio News

Haven’t done one of these posts in a while, so I thought I’d hop on today and show you some stuff I’ve been working on. We’ll start with the one you’ve probably already seen, and you can read more about it HERE — my Allis Chalmers quilt! And then I went to a sew day […]

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It’s Fall, Y’all!

Posted on September 23, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Lists

Yesterday was the official first day of fall, my favorite season. Today, the 23rd, is that special day when there are only 100 days left in the year! I write about this every year, but that’s because I’m a list-making kind of gal, and this is a great occasion to make yet another list. In […]

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September Studio Organizing

Posted on September 18, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

How did you do with the last challenge? Did you get rid of any messy piles? Find things you had forgotten about? Were you able to get rid of some things? I’m back to my normal urge to work my way through the piles, which is a super slow way to get rid of a […]

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The Rebuttal Quilt

Posted on September 4, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Quilts

I recently finished a quilt that I’m lovingly calling “The Rebuttal Quilt”. Back in 2014, my bestie, Victoria Findlay Wolfe, and I, rented a retreat center for ourselves for 5 glorious days of non-stop sewing. If you don’t count the incident where I had to leave her all alone there one night and go rescue […]

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August Studio Organizing

Posted on August 13, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

Well! Here we are halfway through August already! How did you do with the last challenge? I got my sewing machine area all spiffed up, and that inspired me to use it so much, I’ve already had to oil my machine again since then! It also spilled over into other areas, and I’ve been making […]

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Linda’s Chariton Sampler

Posted on July 26, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting

It’s always an honor when someone makes a quilt from one of my patterns, and then asks me to quilt theirs for them! My most recent one came from Linda R., who made a version of my Chariton Sampler quilt, which was the 2016-2017 BOM for Sew Sweet Quilt Shop. Here’s my original version so […]

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July Studio Organizing Task

Posted on July 22, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

So . . . it’s been a whole month since I popped on here! I seriously need to step back up! The last challenge wasn’t even all that tough for me, but I can truthfully say it’s about all I had time for. How did YOU do getting your notions organized? Here’s the after shot […]

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Slow Progress

Posted on June 23, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio News

Lately, I feel like all I’ve been doing is driving. When I’m not driving my truck, I’m driving my longarm. That’s about the only things I’ve been doing. In between, I sleep because I’m so tired from all the driving. I’m still waiting for things to level out a little, but every time something calms […]

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June Studio Organizing

Posted on June 11, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

Hi! I’ve missed you all! I can’t even find time to sit down and write a blog post! But I’m pushing everything else aside for the moment to offer up our next Studio Organizing Challenge, since I need one for my ownself. I love the variety you all came up with for the last one, […]

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Shopping for a Longarm Machine

Posted on May 27, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting, Quilting For Hire

If you’re a Quilter for Hire, then you know that your longarm machine is the heart of your business. It’s probably THE toughest decision you had to make when you were getting started — what machine to buy? I know lots of quilters for hire who have more than one machine. It’s a huge investment! […]

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