May Studio Organizing

Posted on May 12, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

I’m not even calling this Task One this time — haha! I’m fizzling out on posting at all, let alone posting two organizing challenges! But I’m hopeful that things are going to level out sometime, and it won’t be quite so crazy around here. I did get rid of a couple small piles from the […]

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April Studio Organizing, Task One

Posted on April 15, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

I’m calling this Task One for April because I’m holding out hope that I’ll have the oomph to post another one later in the month (gotta give myself incentive wherever I can)! I didn’t accomplish much on the last challenge. I guess leaving it up to myself didn’t help me decide on just exactly what […]

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Project Updates

Posted on April 8, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio News

My mojo is still rebelling. It’s in the building, but it’s very sluggish and stubborn right now! I’m still mainly running the longarm with what time I do have in the studio. All I can say is: I’m glad the weather is somewhat warmer because there’s been something making me leave the house nearly every […]

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March Studio Organizing

Posted on March 26, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

I know, I know, I’ve been MIA this month! My mojo has kind of vacated the premises. I haven’t been sewing much at all, only running the longarm, and not even doing that as much as I should. I was off to such a good start, but events have conspired to knock the wind out […]

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February Studio Organizing, Task Two

Posted on February 25, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

I have not been doing as well as I had envisioned with putting away one thing a day. It’s not hard, but you do actually have to pay attention and remember to do it! But I’m still gonna keep trying for another couple weeks, anyway. How did you do with it? Hopefully, it’s made a […]

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Analyzing the Time Log

Posted on February 24, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Quilting For Hire

Did you keep a time log last week? If so, it’s time to analyze it . . . For purposes of this exercise, we will call your time schedule your “sewing time”, and everything outside of that is your free time (or your lunch time). If you are actually doing this as a business, there […]

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Projects Using 1 1/2″ Strips

Posted on February 21, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Stash Tales

I told you I’d be back with lots of ideas for how to use your scraps, and today is one of those posts — yay! We’re gonna start out with ideas for using up 1 1/2″ strips. So if you have any honeybuns laying around, or if you process your scraps into precuts like I […]

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Stars and Stripes Picnic Quilt

Posted on February 17, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in My Patterns

Usually, when I design a Block-of-the-Month quilt, it spawns so many ideas for spin-off quilts that I end up having to make some of them! Such is the case with the Loretta’s Farm and Garden Sampler quilts. One of the blocks used in Loretta’s Sampler is the traditional block called “Star and Stripe”. When placed […]

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Let’s Do a Time Log!

Posted on February 14, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Quilting For Hire

Do you know where your time goes? Let’s find out together! If you quilt full-time, like I do, and especially if you’re running a business of it, and you wonder why you don’t get more done in a day, then this is a great exercise to open your eyes to exactly why that is. I’ve […]

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Peggy’s Baltimore Garden

Posted on February 12, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting

The most recent custom quilt to come off my frame is this gorgeous creation by my customer, Peggy B. The pattern is Baltimore Garden by Barbara M. Burnham. There is so much wonderful appliqué on this quilt, and Peggy’s stitches are perfection! There wasn’t much I could do with the quilting to make this any […]

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