Kansas City Star Quilts Exhibit

Posted on November 19, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Quilts, Travels

Going on at The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky, right now, is an exhibit of Kansas City Star Quilts, curated by my good friend, Edie McGinnis. Having worked for the Kansas City Star for many years, and being responsible for them starting up their quilting book division, Edie is an expert on the Kansas […]

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Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Show

Posted on September 28, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Inspiration, Quilts, Travels

Yesterday My Cowboy and I took a day trip to Springfield, MO, so that I could see the Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Show. He went off and did his own thing while I was at the show. I asked him if he wanted to come in, and he said: “Nope. I have to look at that […]

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Two More Weeks!

Posted on July 16, 2018 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

That’s all the time you have left to get to Winterset, Iowa, and see Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s Retrospective exhibit: “Playing with Purpose”. It’s at the Iowa Quilt Museum in Winterset, Iowa, right now, and it’s a wonderful exhibit. I really wanted to go see it while it was hanging because I quilted several of her […]

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Another Retreat

Posted on July 27, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

It may seem like I’m always at one quilting retreat or another, and while it IS true that I go to several every year, it’s the only way I can make really good focused progress on projects of my own, because altho I work from my home studio, and quilt all day long every day, […]

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Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival

Posted on June 19, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

I spent last Thursday and Friday at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival, and let me just say right here at the start that it was the most fun I’ve had at a quilt show in a long time! I went with my friends Linda, Norma, and Janet, and I don’t know about them, but […]

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Where Have You Been?

Posted on May 30, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

Oh, wait . . . it’s me that’s been missing lately, right? Life has been a blur! I started traveling on April 20th, and I finally landed at home again (other than for unpacking and repacking purposes) on the evening of May 22nd. On one of my stops by the ranch to drop some things […]

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Arrow Rock Quilt Camp 2017

Posted on March 22, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

The Annual Arrow Rock Quilt Camp is coming up in May, and this will be my fourth year teaching there. It’s one of my favorite weeks of the year — beautiful setting, spring weather, relaxing atmosphere, great food, good friends, and lots and lots of quilting! What’s not to like? I seem to have become […]

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Cotton and Chocolate Quilt Company

Posted on March 15, 2017 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

I recently visited California for two weeks to spend time with my daughters, and while I was out there, I made plans to go visit Cotton and Chocolate Quilt Company in Thousand Oaks. Cotton and Chocolate was voted one of the Top Ten Quilt Shops in American Patchwork and Quilting’s Quilt Sampler magazine, and after […]

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Girlfriends Retreat

Posted on August 17, 2015 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

This past weekend I was invited to a retreat with some friends at Sew Sweet Quilt Shop’s fabulous retreat center. You know I’m not one to say NO to a retreat, so Linda stopped by to pick me up, and off we went! There were 14 of us there, and more food than I’ve seen […]

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A Special Weekend

Posted on July 16, 2015 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

With some very special friends. Every summer, I get together with a group of very special ladies at Gruber’s Quilt Shop’s Retreat Center in Waite Park, Minnesota. Last weekend was our retreat for this year, and it was so much fun. I always come home completely exhausted, but it’s so worth it! There’s always lots […]

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