Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?

Posted on November 16, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Give-Aways

It’s Button Day! A day to celebrate buttons! As quilters and crafters, don’t we all LOVE buttons? Buttons are fun! There’s so much you can do with them, and let’s face it, they’re really fun to play with and look at and collect! My Great-Aunt Ruby used to play the Button Game with us — […]

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Straight Arrow

Posted on November 15, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in My Patterns, What's New

It’s here! The 10th Annual Prairie Moon Ranch Cowboy Christmas Stocking pattern! This year’s stocking is called “Straight Arrow”. While I made mine in gray and blue, you can always choose your favorite color combo. You can also make it without the embroidery, if you aren’t a fan of so much hand stitching. Straight Arrow […]

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Handmade Holidays

Posted on November 14, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Inspiration

It’s always been my dream to have a lovely decorated home for the holidays, full of wonderful handmade items I’ve made, handmade gifts to give, and homemade goodies like perfectly decorated Christmas cookies, or a fabulous line-up of fresh-baked pies with perfect crusts. In my dreams, my home is clean and warm, and smells like […]

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Handstitching

Posted on November 13, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Knitting and Crochet

Last week, November 8th marked the end of my second attempt at 100 Days of Handstitching. This time, I finished 13 projects, and moved several others further along, so it was better than my first attempt. I will say there were days when I simply could not take the time to do handwork because I […]

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50 Days

Posted on November 12, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Lists

That’s all that’s left of this year! Can you believe it? What are you going to accomplish yet in these 50 days? I have a long to-do list, and there’s a lot I’d still like to finish so that it’s not hanging over my head going into 2018. All throughout each year, I make quilting-related […]

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Fresh Feets!

Posted on November 11, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Animals

Yesterday was our regularly scheduled appointment with the farrier to have the boys pedicures done. It’s gotten cold here fast, freezes hard at night, and isn’t warming up too much during the day. I guess it IS getting onto winter here, so I shouldn’t be surprised — it’s just that I’m not ready! I wanted […]

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October 350 Blocks Report

Posted on October 31, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in 350 Blocks Project

Was October a banner block-making month for you? It finally was for me — I made a lot of blocks this month! I made 20 blocks for this quilt, which is an alternate version of the Happily Ever After quilt from my book, “A Simple Life: Quilts Inspired by the ’50s”. And I made 180 […]

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Spotted. Out and About.

Posted on October 26, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Inspiration, People, Quilts

I’ve gone to several quilt shows this year, and readers and customers have also been kind enough to send photos, and some of my fellow guild members have shown me things they’ve done . . . And there have been a lot of quilts made from my patterns floating around in the wild! I’m so […]

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MCR Miss Priss

Posted on October 20, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Animals, Prairie Moon Ranch

That’s her registered name . . . but we’ve always called her Bonnie. My trusty steed. We have gone so many miles together, I can’t even begin to count. She’s been mine for almost 11 years, and she’s carried me through the Badlands without so much as a misstep; we’ve checked and chased cows, fixed […]

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Mildred’s Choice

Posted on October 15, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in My Patterns

The Sew Sweet Sampler has taken off at Sew Sweet Quilt Shop, and as promised, I’m offering lots of free bonuses throughout the program if you’re signed up for the BOM. It’s not too late to get signed up, if you haven’t yet. Block Two just got distributed at yesterday’s get together, and those that […]

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