The Brunswick Sampler

Posted on August 14, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in My Patterns, Quilts, What's New

Earlier this year, I was invited by Sew Sweet Quilt Shop to design the Block-of-the-Month quilt that they would use for their Saturday Sampler Club, which begins annually in September. I was thrilled and very honored that they asked me, and I set to work right away on my designs. They offer their Block-of-the-Month in […]

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July 350 Blocks Report

Posted on July 31, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in 350 Blocks Project

Full into the second half of the year — so how’s it going? Did you make a lot of blocks this month? I did a lot of sewing this past month. My friend, Victoria, came to visit me, and we rented the retreat center at the local quilt shop for 5 days, and we both […]

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The Three Witches

Posted on July 28, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Tutorials

If you like Halloween, I hope you love this project! It’s called “The Three Witches”. There’s a story about the three witches. It’s from “Macbeth”, a short play by Shakespeare. You’ve heard of him, right? I’m a Shakespeare fan. And I’ve wanted to make a quilt representing the Three Witches for a long time now. […]

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June 350 Blocks Report

Posted on June 30, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in 350 Blocks Project

OK, so the year is half over! Can you believe it? Some of you are well over 350 blocks already! I’m impressed. How did you do this month? Me? I got 36 more blocks made. One was an exchange block for guild that I forgot to take a picture of. I made another one of […]

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The Annual Pilgrimage

Posted on June 23, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Quotes, Travels

And by that I mean our annual family outing to The Allis Connection‘s Tractor Show in Amana, Iowa, every Father’s Day weekend. It’s my sister, our brother, Darin, me, our father, and our cousin, Deno, piling into the truck and driving 4 hours one way to spend the day looking at antique tractors. The outing […]

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Me. In the Big City.

Posted on June 5, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

I took the long way to Market this year. First, I went to New York! Victoria wanted me to see it, and she sure had a lot of things to show me! The first day I was there, she drove me around and showed me some sights, and I finally got to meet her family! […]

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The 29th Annual

Posted on June 3, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Guild Stuff, Quilts

Would you like to go to my quilt show with me? Well, then, come on! I’ll show you some of the many quilts we had on display at the Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild’s 29th Annual Quilt Show last weekend. Our show is divided into 11 categories for entry, and the voting is all Viewer’s […]

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May 350 Blocks Report

Posted on June 1, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in 350 Blocks Project

I would have posted this yesterday, but I was off galavanting — my guild was having their 29th annual quilt show (more on that later). We are almost half done with this year — I can hardly believe it. And it seems the further into the year we get, the slower I go. I only […]

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News From the Studio, Episode 1225

Posted on May 28, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Studio News

There’s been a lot going on around here lately! Oh, wait — there’s always a lot going on around here. I know, I say that every time, don’t I? I spent most of the month of May traveling, and let me tell you right now how exhausting that is — at least for me. And […]

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Prairie Park

Posted on May 17, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

A couple days ago, when I posted about the Arrow Rock Quilt Camp, I mentioned that we had taken a tour of a pre-Civil War mansion during camp. Today, I’m back to tell you more about the tour. The estate is called Prairie Park, and it’s just outside the village of Arrow Rock a couple […]

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