Round Robin, Round One

Posted on October 3, 2019 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Inspiration, Quilts

Rose Marie and I have finished Round One on our new Round Robin quilts! You can click HERE to read more about our personal challenge. Here’s a reminder of what I started with: And this is what Rose Marie added to it! I must say she did not have an easy job, given the color […]

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100 Days

Posted on September 23, 2019 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges

Here we are again . . . September 23 . . . That magical day when there are only 100 days left in the year. Time for me to make another list of “100 Things To Do in the Next 100 Days”. I usually do three of these lists every year, but this year, I […]

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The Happenstance Quilts Reveal

Posted on September 5, 2019 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Guild Stuff, Quilts

Back in February, I told you about my guild’s current mystery project we had going on, The Happenstance Quilts. I also showed you two options I had for doing mine. Well, I chose the Christmas option, and used this for my center block: I’ve never made an actual red and green Christmas quilt, so I […]

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Round Robin

Posted on June 5, 2019 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Inspiration, Quilts

Approximately 23 years ago, my friend, Rose Marie, and I decided that we wanted to do a Round Robin quilt. There are many different iterations of how a Round Robin can be set up, but we wanted the kind where you start with a center block, and pass it around to other group members for […]

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10th Annual Final Countdown Winners

Posted on January 7, 2019 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Studio Organizing Challenge

You guys are chock full of organizing ideas, funny stories and admissions, and comforting statements about how I’m so not alone in my disorganized state! And it’s good to hear from those of you who are ahead of the game — it gives me hope! Thank you all for playing along and chiming in. As […]

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2018 Final Countdown, Task Three

Posted on December 31, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Organizing, Studio Organizing Challenge

Time for the final task of this year’s Final Countdown — that went fast! You have all been working hard! I can tell from the comments, the blog post links, the photos I’ve seen, and the emails I’ve been getting — and just let me say right now, I’m sooo comforted to know that I’m […]

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2018 Final Countdown, Task Two

Posted on December 30, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Organizing, Studio Organizing Challenge

So did you make any progress yesterday? If you’re a morning person, I apologize. I screwed up the scheduling time of the post, and it was nearly noon when it came out. So I’m a little earlier today! And never fear, you have until January 7th to complete all the tasks. Lord knows it’s for […]

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2018 Final Countdown, Task One

Posted on December 29, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Organizing, Studio Organizing Challenge

I hope you’re ready for our first task of this year’s Final Countdown! If you’ve been reading along or following me on Instagram this year, you can probably guess what our first task is: Clean off your main work surface Here’s the current state of mine: I’ve been working on this one ALL year, and […]

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The 10th Annual Final Countdown

Posted on December 28, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Organizing, Studio Organizing Challenge

My, my, 2018 went by in a flash! And I can hardly believe that this is the 10th year we’ve been doing The Final Countdown! But I still NEED to do it. As usual, I still have many things to deal with and organize. How about you? These last few days of the year are […]

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A Log Cabin Guild Challenge

Posted on October 1, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Challenges, Guild Stuff, Quilts

I belong to the Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild in Kirksville, Missouri, and every year, we issue a challenge to our members. We have some really fun challenges! This past year, my friend, Andrea, and I were in charge of the challenge. Andrea said she’d been wanting to do a Log Cabin, so that’s what […]

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