2016 Arrow Rock Quilt Camp

Posted on May 7, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Quilts, Travels

I got home yesterday afternoon from the 2016 Arrow Rock Quilt Camp. What a fun week! I was exhausted just from having too much fun. We arrived last Monday to a wonderful BBQ Buffet dinner served at the J. Huston Tavern, and while I could have stayed full for the first three days just from that […]

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I Blinked

Posted on February 28, 2016 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

And an entire week flew by! I can hardly believe I’ve been home from California for a week already. I want to share with you some of the sights I saw and the goodies I found while I was at QuiltCon! The most important thing I saw while in California was my daughter! I haven’t seen […]

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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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The Rambling River Art Quilters

Posted on June 29, 2015 by prairiemoonquilts in Quotes, Travels

Last fall I got invited to a quilting retreat with a group called The Rambling River Art Quilters, as an “extra”. A few months later, they called me up and asked me to join the group! They’re a really fun bunch, so of course, I said YES! The group is divided into the East Side […]

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Art and Inspiration: A Quilt Retreat

Posted on November 18, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in People, Quilts, Quotes, Travels

This past weekend I got invited to join a fabulous group of art quilters at a retreat they were having. Even though I’m not a member of the group, I was allowed to join them anyway! The retreat was held at the Brunswick Lodging and Event Center, which is attached to Sew Sweet Quilt Shop. […]

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The Coolidge Park Carousel

Posted on September 19, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

During our trip to Chattanooga, my sister wanted to go to Coolidge Park and see the hand-carved antique carousel they have there. What a fabulous idea that was! It’s gorgeous. And huge. And we got to ride it! This is the horse I rode: I’ve already forgotten his name. All the animals have names. The […]

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See Rock City

Posted on September 17, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

If you’ve ever driven anywhere in Tennessee, you can not possibly have missed noticing at least one sign declaring “See Rock City“. My sister and I have both seen these signs often, but neither of us had ever actually taken that advice and gone to see it. So while we were there this time, we […]

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Seeing Some Sights

Posted on September 16, 2014 by prairiemoonquilts in Travels

My sister and I went to Chattanooga to the AQS Show down there last week. We left on Wednesday morning, and it had rained so much the night before, we had trouble getting out. Our normal route out was flooded over, so we took another road, and when we got to the main highway, part […]

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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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