Creativity Challenge #29

Posted on December 15, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Creativity Challenges

I’ve decided that this is going to be the final Creativity Challenge for the year. I’m just too busy doing other stuff to add any more things to my list. How about you? I want to slow down from here till the end of the year, not speed things up. Creativity is supposed to be relaxing, […]

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Studio Organizing, Week 50

Posted on December 12, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

Do we really have time for organizing during this busy time of year? I think not, but yet, I still need to try. This is week 50, and I thought it was only week 49 — that’s how confused I am! I’m planning tasks for this month that are things we’d probably be having to […]

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When The Unexpected Happens

Posted on December 6, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio News

Not that a raging inferno is ever something you expect to happen . . . But sadly, it sometimes does. One of the guilds I belong to, the Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild in Kirksville, Missouri, was recently asked to put together an exhibit of quilts for the Kirksville Arts Center — quilts with a […]

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Studio Organizing, Week 49

Posted on December 5, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

I didn’t post a task last week because I was gone Monday taking Ivy (my longarm machine) to Iowa for her spa treatment. But since I’ve been without her for 8 days and counting now, I did several 30-minute sessions of putting things away. I have the new room just about ready for Ivy to […]

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November 350 Blocks Report

Posted on November 30, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in 350 Blocks Project

It’s a good thing I went to a retreat last month so I could sew, because this month . . . I made a whoppin’ ONE block! Granted, it’s one big strip of this quilt that I’m counting as one block, but still. I was too busy at the longarm to do any piecing. I […]

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Studio Organizing, Week 47

Posted on November 21, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

So how’s your main work surface looking this week? I sure hope you made better progress than I did. Here’s the current state of my cutting table: The piles are different, but they’re still there! Some of them are not as high, and some are completely gone, but replaced with other piles. So I’m calling […]

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Spiked Punch

Posted on November 19, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Quilts

No, I’m not posting a holiday recipe! I’m showing you the progress I’m making on the Tula Pink Spiked Punch quilt I’m making for my daughter. When my daughter went to QuiltCon with me in February, she was amazed by all the “pretty and fun things” she was seeing. Pati, at Marcus Fabrics, let her […]

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Grandma Hyde’s Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Posted on November 15, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Meal planning & Recipes

When I posted Aunt Ruby’s Pie Crust recipe a few days ago, my friend Cindy asked me, “So, what pie are you making that you posted the pie crust recipe for?” My Cowboy just snorted! I had to admit, I wasn’t making pie! The reason for posting the pie crust recipe was because my daughter […]

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Studio Organizing, Week 46

Posted on November 14, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio Organizing Challenge

Did Sherri’s list of Time Management tips help you all? I must say, once you tackle one of them, it gives you motivation to give all the others a try, too. Or at least it does me! I have all my lists updated and in order in my planner, one in my computer, and two […]

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Creativity Challenge #28

Posted on November 10, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Creativity Challenges

I hope you’ve spent the last few weeks teaching yourself something new that you wanted to learn. I still haven’t finished my cow and calf pictorial piece, but I have watched more videos — some about drawing, but mostly about different free-motion quilting designs. I still haven’t had much time for drawing, painting, doodling, or much […]

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