It’s inevitable. When traveling with as much luggage as I do…it’s bound to raise curiosity! I mean, wouldn’t ANY TSA agent like to see just what is in these bags? ((And, I think the fact that most airports charge $4.00 to $5.00 to rent these little luggage carts is quite a rip-off, but that’s another post for another time! I think I could have purchased myself a whole string of these out right by
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Calling All Quilt Detectives!
Posted on 05:52 by Unknown
I’m putting out an APQB --- That’s an All Points Quilt Bulletin! I need your assistance in helping me track down the name and source of this block pattern! Alicia L writes: Hi, I am sorry to bother you, but I have a quilt top and do not know what the pattern is called. I thought that you might be familiar with it. It seems so familiar yet I just cannot find any reference to it anywhere. I
Monday, 29 August 2011
Gooey S’mores Pie!
Posted on 05:05 by Unknown
It’s occurred to me that I haven’t posted any recipes in a while! I also don’t know how long I’ll be without being able to post anything on this cruise. I have NO idea if/where I’ll have wifi or not. I know it can be really expensive on the ship ((Don’t they nail you for EVERYTHING!!?)) so this is another one of those posts I've set to release while I’m gone so you don’t have an abandoned blog
Sunday, 28 August 2011
30 years ago today….
Posted on 04:11 by Unknown
As I’m sitting here writing this post, I’m completely in awe of how time really DOES fly. Everything changes, yet everything is the same in so many ways. 30 years ago today, August 28, 1981 I didn’t have a cell phone. AMAZING. How much a part of our lives are these contraptions now? 30 years ago today, I didn’t own a color TV. 30 years ago today, I didn’t have a mortgage. 30 years ago today, I
Saturday, 27 August 2011
Quilt Kids on the Move!
Posted on 03:35 by Unknown
I recently received an email from Jan, telling me how she got a handful of kids busy and productive, all having a great time while learning the joys of giving! Here is her story: Hi Bonnie, I wanted to tell you about a quilting experience my friend and I shared with our children using one of your tutorials. One beautiful summer day we got together with my 4 children and her 5 children and we set
Friday, 26 August 2011
Autumn Fun with the Patchwork Posse!
Posted on 06:16 by Unknown
Have you ever visited PatchworkPosse.com? No! Well you just might want to check it out! Patchwork Posse offers a wide variety of Online Workshops, E Patterns, and Sew Alongs ((Sew Alongs are free!)). Go ahead and take a look around....find an online sewing workshop that fits you and get sewing! All patterns and workshops are exclusive to Patchwork Posse and they are designed by totally
Thursday, 25 August 2011
And The Winner Is!!
Posted on 09:00 by Unknown
Drum Roll Please!! We have a Winner! It was an exciting moment – we had over 300 comments from people who wanted this book! And the winner is: MELINDA!! She didn’t leave her last name, but her comment was: Your blog is the only one I return to regularly, and I think that you have kept me going when I have been discouraged in quilting. I'm not a great sew-er, and I have limited time, so I love
Ask Bonnie!
Posted on 03:53 by Unknown
**Note** I’m drawing the winner for Nancy Zieman’s “Sewing A to Z” book at Noon Eastern! Be sure to check back to find out who our winner is! I love your questions! Answering them has given me pause to think and ponder and see things from a different perspective. Instead of just saying “I do it this way” I’m considering just WHY I do it this way….is there an explanation, or is that just the way
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Evening Edition! Free Kindle Pre-Order!
Posted on 15:29 by Unknown
I had a great day today! Busy busy busy, and it took much longer than I thought it would ,but I decided that running all my errands today, instead of doing half today and half on my way out of town tomorrow was preferable! My packing for the cruise has commenced! I am SO excited about the “little black dress” that I bought in Minnesota while thrift shopping with mom, Auntie Joy and Cousin Janean
Remember that Sun Room?
Posted on 06:38 by Unknown
It’s been at a standstill for a while….we’ve been traveling and busy, but it is coming along! And I feel almost guilty that I have really not done much of the work on this one. I didn’t even lift a paint brush --- It all seemed to miraculously paint itself! No---I take that back. It happened one weekend when Lisa was over and we were working hard in the basement, and DH was working hard
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Evening Edition! Free Kindle Book!
Posted on 13:38 by Unknown
Wow..I’m finding so much cool stuff that I don’t know how I’ll get a chance to read it all! Seriously. I think I’ve become a book COLLECTOR! So many I want to read, and it’s nice to know that since I did “purchase” these freebies, they’ll stay on my bookshelf on Amazon. Forever. Supposedly anyway! No, I did NOT download any books about HURRICANES! But this one starts with a different kind of
A Little Hurricane Trouble?
Posted on 06:04 by Unknown
This is where we need all the powers that be --- all the QG’s out there ((Quilty Goddesses, don’tcha know!?)) pulling together for some good vibes that this freaking storm move back OUT to sea! Or downgrades. Or Sumpthin’. Do you see this picture to the left? I want to introduce you to Hurricane Irene! Though, you’ve probably already become familiar with her if you watch the weather channel, or
Monday, 22 August 2011
Evening Edition! Free Kindle Book!
Posted on 13:06 by Unknown
School is back in session! I’ve got teacher friends, and I sometimes envy that whole “set up the classroom, welcome in the new school year” feeling they get to experience—Now that my boys are grown and out on their own, it just isn’t the same. Jason has his college schedule all arranged for this semester…. It’s just not the same as picking out a new back pack, buying new sneakers, and a package
A Little A-Z with Nancy Z! ((Give-Away!))
Posted on 02:02 by Unknown
There are a handful of quilters/sewists ((I like to call them SEAMSTERS, it sounds better than sewers!)) who’s careers I have followed since I first set up house back in the ‘80s. Household names, if you will! Think back over the past 30 years or so. I’m sure there are names that are just as familiar to you as members of your own family. I remember when Georgia Bonesteel first published books
Sunday, 21 August 2011
A Study in Quarter Square Triangles!
Posted on 17:22 by Unknown
I’ve been a busy little quilter :c) Basic simple units, precut strips, companion angle ruler, a new rotary blade ((Ahhhh….why do I wait so long?!)) These will end up in something somewhere…I just wanted to sew. Reds, pinks, burgundies and neutrals. Repetitive piecing can be such a ZEN thing, can’t it? Tomorrow I’ve got a special post and a giveaway, so be sure to check back! And with that, I’m
Crumbs, Scraps & Strings!
Posted on 05:46 by Unknown
Last Saturday the quilters of Delta Junction ((And Fairbanks, And the Kenai Peninsula, and Missouri!)) gathered for our second workshop of my Alaskan trip, Love Shack! And I had SUCH a great time that I confess to really falling down on the job when it came to taking class photos. I was having too much fun laughing and talking and sewing and playing to be a shutterbug! It all started with a Free
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Heads Up, August Cruisers!
Posted on 06:27 by Unknown
Our Cruise is in ONE WEEK! Whooowhooooo! I've heard from some that they can't seem to find the info on downloading our cruise pattern. It's linked on the same page as the class supply list you received earlier. If you have NOT found where on the Sew Many Places website to find our cruise information please email me and I will direct you where to go! Please remember that you need to print your
Friday, 19 August 2011
Take A Hike!!
Posted on 04:53 by Unknown
As much as I love to hermit myself down in my basement studio, embracing my creative space—honestly, If there was a bathroom and a kitchen down here, I’d probably never leave—I also love to be out and about exploring this beautiful world. I was just thinking this morning of all the places my feet have walked just in the past year. Coast to Coast, North to South, All over the Midwest, to Germany
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Caravaning Quilters!
Posted on 08:36 by Unknown
I love the lengths that quilters will go to do what they want to do wherever they want to do it! Travel 500 miles to take a workshop? Completely sane if you can get 3 or 4 other quilty friends to join you on your adventure and do it in a MOTORHOME! Our first workshop day was a busy one. We gathered and set up for or Bricks the Barnyard workshop on Friday….has been been almost a week ago already?!
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
The Long Way to Trollville!
Posted on 11:33 by Unknown
Lorraine emailed me shortly after ((or during??)) My trip to Sisters Oregon when I had pictures of my Troll Sister included in some of the posts! I love trolls! I used to play with them when I was little, envied my aunt’s collection of them….I still love them! Well, Lorraine said she had some troll FABRIC and was sending me some-- And ….I waited…and she waited…and nothing showed for quite a long
As Seen Around Town….
Posted on 06:25 by Unknown
I’m catching up on things…always seem to be chasing the elusive chore that remains undone, but I’m always catching up! Do you feel that way? Is it ever conquered? Like this morning….I reached the point where I could not stand the inside of the fridge anymore. Not that it was bad, but something drove me into checking expiration dates on all the dressing bottles and other items that have been in
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Evening Edition, Free Kindle Book!
Posted on 14:35 by Unknown
I’ve had a WONDERFUL relaxing catch up day! Gosh, did I need this….I even scheduled myself for a lovely 90 minute massage this afternoon. I am complete JELLY! Today has been a day of mostly paperwork related stuff. I had website work that needed attending to. I had a weeks worth of mail to sort through and bills to take care of and a full email box to clean out. I opened my 2015 Calendar ((!!))
A Day to Unwind!!
Posted on 08:21 by Unknown
Hey All! We got home from Alaska last night around 7pm ----you know, Alaska is just NOT an easy place to get to or from if you fly out of Greensboro, NC!! We were tabulating and calculating just how many hours it had been since we had been in a bed, and it was something like 28 hours or more!Get this… We woke up at 8am Alaska time in Delta Junction, and drove 330 miles back to Anchorage to catch
Monday, 15 August 2011
Alaska Shop Hop!
Posted on 05:33 by Unknown
If you are going to fall OFF the wagon, as far as stashing fabrics goes, Alaska is a great place to do it! I was condensing plastic shopping bags full of fabric, and I didn’t realize just WHAT I had accumulated! I’ve hit FIVE shops so far! FIVE. Oh. Man. And it all started with the Alaskan themed fabrics…I just needed some! I don’t have a whole lot of batiks, but I’d like to do an Alaska themed
Sunday, 14 August 2011
Old Chatanika Gold Dredge
Posted on 05:36 by Unknown
One of the “Bonus” sights on this trip was a visit to the Old Chatanika Gold Dredge that was just a mile down the road from where we were staying at the Gold Camp. We were told it was a great place to wander and stretch our legs, and see a piece of Alaska Gold Rush history. How do you get there? “Well, drive a mile down the road and look for the Chatanika Lodge and restaurant..you can’t miss it”
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Evening Edition! Free Kindle Book!
Posted on 18:13 by Unknown
This is for the long flight home tomorrow! We are done with our two fun days of workshops, and tomorrow after breakfast we will be leaving Delta Junction, AK and starting our long trek back to Anchorage. We are planning on it taking 8 to 9 hours with all the stopping and scenery looking…putting us in Anchorage in time for a nice leisurely dinner! The rental car needs to be turned back in around
From Seward to Fairbanks!
Posted on 05:28 by Unknown
We left Nikki’s on Tuesday morning before breakfast. There was a flurry of activity at her house. She works as a rural mail carrier --- and was heading out early herself. That was fine with us-- We wanted to drive the 35 miles south to Seward for a look-see and breakfast! Breakfast has to be my favorite meal to eat out! I think I could eat breakfast ANY time of the day….and finding little mom &
Friday, 12 August 2011
Hiking in Moose Pass!
Posted on 05:57 by Unknown
It stays light in Alaska quite late into the night! Not quite 24/7 anymore, but at 10pm at night it was still very light out! We pushed dinner a way back, to make good use of the daylight, and Nikki and her boys took us on a hike outside of Moose Pass. The rain had stopped, it was cool, but we felt comfy in sweatshirts, jeans and running shoes. The scenery was spectacular, and Nikki kept saying “
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Alaska, Day 1!
Posted on 12:30 by Unknown
We arrived in Alaska Sunday night around 11:30pm local time….which to our tired body clocks was 3:30am Monday morning! Luckily the hotel we were staying at had a 24/7 shuttle service, and didn’t even bat an eye at our 2 big duffels full of quilts, one small suitcase full of books, my suitcase, my laptop bag, and DH’s suitcase, and HIS laptop bag. Tired doesn’t BEGIN to describe how we felt. It’s
Looking for “Addicted to Scraps” Quilts!
Posted on 05:35 by Unknown
Hey everyone! I’ve got a huge opportunity for you! If you’ve ever visited the offices of Quiltmaker Magazine and Quilters Newsletter Magazine in Golden, Colorado, you’ll know that they have a GREAT gallery display of quilts from various designers. It rotates and changes and there is always a beautiful quilt show going on in the offices. You can stop in and take a look! Would you like to have
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Evening at Uncle Steve’s!
Posted on 06:26 by Unknown
Uncle Steve is the 3rd child in a family of 4 kids. As the only boy in a family with 3 girls…he learned to be the TOUGH one! My mom is the eldest, then Auntie Gail, Then Uncle Steve, and then came Auntie Joy. My earliest memories of Uncle Steve where of him pinning down my Auntie Joy and just pounding her. You know how big brothers can be? He would pin her down and terrorize her. Not hurt her
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
More from Auntie Irene!
Posted on 05:01 by Unknown
There was MORE to be dug out of the boxes that were hiding under the bed in Auntie Joy’s guestroom! Some of the items were simply tied flannel baby quilts that were not finished, a few bits and pieces of this and that. Mom took home one really fun dresden plate wall hanging piece, and Joy kept a couple of quilts that could be washed and washed until they didn’t smell anymore, and they were
Monday, 8 August 2011
Auntie Irene’s Legacy ---
Posted on 06:38 by Unknown
My mom’s mom, my grandmother, was named Verna, and her sister was Irene. Verna and Irene were the daughters of Great Grandma Manuel, and growing up her picture had a prominent place in our home. We simply knew mom's grandma, my great-grandma Manuel as the “White haired lady”. I vaguely remember her from when I was VERY little….. I only remember meeting Auntie Irene a few times growing up, but
Sunday, 7 August 2011
Minnesota Early Mornings
Posted on 06:11 by Unknown
Yes I know, It’s Sunday, and we are on our way to Alaska today! But I need to distribute some posts, just in case we can’t find wifi while out in the AK Wilds! I don’t want to leave you too long without any postings of any kind..when that happens, my inbox fills up with all kinds of “Where are you!?”emails! Our flight gets into Anchorage about midnight Anchorage time…which is 5am North Carolina
Friday, 5 August 2011
Airports, Hellos and Goodbyes!
Posted on 20:19 by Unknown
I’m one of those who can get teary eyed watching OTHER people reunite or say farewell when passing through airports. I love the joyful reunions…my heart wrenches at the tearful goodbyes. I’m even a mess when it comes to seeing people’s dogs in kennels! For me, airports are walking talking hallmark cards waiting to happen! Before I left Minnesota, we took some time to get the pictures of mom’s
Walking Down Memory Lane….
Posted on 13:09 by Unknown
Or that would be, a visit to my childhood home in Minnetonka, Minnesota! Last evening we drove to my Uncle Steve’s house to spend the evening and enjoy a dinner with them…. You know how it goes? You are invited to dinner, and you want to bring something. One thing lead to another, and we decided to stop at the Great Harvest bread store in Minnetonka! Which is a few blocks up from where I went to
Cutting Bias Bindings!
Posted on 06:27 by Unknown
The other day I got a comment on my Binding Tutorial that read: “How can you figure out how much binding/yardage you will need for a quilt when you are making BIAS BINDING? I have seen the chart for straight binding, and that's great, but how do you figure out the measurements when you're cutting bias binding??” Quilts with curved edges require bias binding so the binding fabric will easily
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Garage-Sale-a-Bration!
Posted on 15:22 by Unknown
It’s a family tradition. You have to plan on leaving Minnesota with at least ONE more suitcase than you came with. You won’t be going home empty handed! But the first stop today wasn’t a yard sale…Aunt Joy remembered she needed to stop by the docs at 8:30 --- so off we went to the medical center! But I’m an old PRO at this waiting room game by now! After Lisa’s leg appointment last week ---- and
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Retail Therapy, Day 1!!
Posted on 20:46 by Unknown
Two Days in Minnesota MID-WEEK with favorite female relatives? NO PROBLEM!! We have this agenda for when we get together…. Wednesdays are perfect for hitting every 2nd hand store and consignment shop in town, and Thursdays are reserved for yard-sale-marathons! I am so worn out from shopping shopping shopping and bargain hunting and laughing! But we are headed out in the morning early for the
Good Morning, Maple Grove, MN!!
Posted on 08:18 by Unknown
Those of you who guessed I was going to Idaho to visit my mom only got it half right! I’m in MInnesota! How did this trip come about? Well, I got a message from my Aunt on facebook when she saw that I was going to be in Storm Lake, Iowa which is “only” a 4 hour drive away, and we wiggled and weezled and tried to figure out a way to make it work to get together since my mom was flying in on the
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Can you Guess Where?!
Posted on 13:32 by Unknown
Take a look at the pic to the left….Where am I!? Does this look familiar to any one of you? Guess! I have a couple of friends and whenever we pass through this place, we have to text each other pics of Nuts On Clark! Does it ring a bell to you? Of course, getting strangers to take pics of you in FRONT of Nuts On Clark is a whole ‘nuther kind of funny! But I have a very close connection, and I’m
Where Is She Going?!
Posted on 06:11 by Unknown
Yes. I know I’m leaving for Alaska on Sunday. But a small window of opportunity, No---more like…a “grab it now or don’t go at all” thing presented itself to me and--- I couldn’t say no! I’m off to visit someone very special to me, and she doesn’t know it! It's gonna be PRICELESS! There are very few people who have been in cahoots with me, and even fewer in the “know” –So if you DO know…don’t
Monday, 1 August 2011
Sunday Sew Day!
Posted on 16:48 by Unknown
Yesterday, about mid-morning, I got a call from Miss Lisa, telling me she was taking me up on my offer of a sit n sew day at my house! She asked "Can I bring anything?" And it’s a good thing she did because with the trip to Alaska only a week away, we’ve been trying to eat EVERYTHING perishable from the fridge so that nothing will sit for 8 days while we are gone. Why Old Mother Hubbard, your
Afternoon Edition–Free Kindle Book!
Posted on 10:53 by Unknown
THIS one sounds just up my ally!! Love the description and went right over and got it! Lye in Wait by Cricket McRae has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 13 customer reviews Product Description Cocoa butter soap, check. Lemon lip balm, check. A dead body?That's just what Sophie Mae Reynolds finds in her workroom: the corpse of Walter Hanover, the neighborhood
A Wee Apology!
Posted on 10:23 by Unknown
I was doing some moving of pages this morning, and pre-dating them so they would not show at the top of the news feed.Inadvertantly, part 4 of Old Tobacco Road got sent as a NEW post, not buried in the archives like I wanted it to be...I caught it in an instant, preventing it from appearing in the Quiltville Friends facebook feed --- but those of you who have me in google reader, I'm sorry! It
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