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Designer mystery

lisabongean — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:00:34 +0000

Fat Quarter Shop is running a designer mystery block of the month and they asked ME to design a block for it! Along with the BOM they are doing a blog hop too!
The theme for the designer blog hop is “My Vintage Modern”, which is also the MODA fabric line the mystery quilt is made with…designed by Bonnie and Camille. We were all asked to find something that was “classic” to us….we had to send in a picture and they cropped it so it was harder to guess what each item was…you need to guess in my comment section and you will win a prize from Fat Quarters shop!!! A layer cake of my newest fabric line!

I am blogging from the cruise ship, so this will not be my best post ever…and you can hate me for a little bit for being in this 80 degree weather, but someone has to teach these ladies the blanket stitch, so why not me?

Here is my picture….can u guess what it is????do u need a clue???no clue….just do it….u can guess this one!

Click here to join the Designer Mystery

Visit Me and My Sister Designs blog…they are next!
Below is the whole schedule for the blog hop

Monday 2/13 – Fat Quarter Shop – My Vintage Modern introduction and schedule
Tuesday 2/14 – Bunny Hill Designs
Wednesday 2/15 – Primitive Gatherings
Thursday 2/16 – Me and My Sister Designs
Friday 2/17 – Aneela Hoey
Monday 2/20 – Blackbird Designs
Tuesday 2/21 – Kate Spain
Wednesday 2/22 – Sandy Gervais
Thursday 2/23 – Bonnie & Camille
Friday 2/24 – Fig Tree Quilts
Monday 2/27 – Minick & Simpson
Tuesday 2/28 – Cosmo Cricket
Wed 2/29 – Sweetwater
Thurs 3/1 – Fat Quarter Shop – Grand Prize
Fri 3/2 – Fat Quarter Shop – Winners Post

Happy Valentines Day Everyone..

lisabongean — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:02:20 +0000

Nick & I are on the Carnival Magic ship…it is beautiful right now in Key West, and then we are off to the Bahamas in a little bit…I was asked to teach, on the days we are at Sea…I think this might
be the best gig I have had so far….lol..we went ashore today and found this ring for V-day and to remember our first cruise…he has good taste…a few pics from our balcony….

Come back tomorrow to win a layer cake of my newest line and participate in the following….

Pennies from Heaven…

lisabongean — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:06:49 +0000

Here is my Pennies from Heaven…it is going to be sent off to the quilter today…thought you might want a peek, especially if you are doing it as a BOM…

If you live close and need a ride to the Schaumburg show in IL…we are going…see the details below…if you live in IL or surrounding area come visit us…we miss the Chicago show so we are coming to the Sewing Expo show for our sounthern customers….

See you March 22-24

Lisa

On the road with Primitive Gatherings! Join the fun!

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo

Friday, March 23 , 2012 Schaumburg Convention Center

Welcome to Original Sewing & Quilt Expo! Get ready for your annual treat, the only event each year where it’s all about YOU. Returning just in time to re-charge your creativity, this year’s Expo brings you MORE about quiltmaking, MORE on Stage and in the Classroom, MORE workshops, MORE shopping . . . much more for you to choose from and enjoy.

We are very excited to announce we will have coach transportation to the show! Lisa vends at various locations of this quality show across the country. Now we are excited to offer you the opportunity to attend with wonderful Primitive Gatherings friends…like YOU! Plan now to sit back and enjoy this special gathering by joining us for the best road trip to Chicago.

only $45 per person. (Pay when you sign up)
INCLUDES: transportation, show ticket, 1 session class voucher (redeemable at the Expo),

Expo lapel pin and shopping bag

Pick up will be in NEENAH, old Pick ‘n Save Parking Lot on NW corner of Green Bay Rd/Winneconne Ave (just off Hwy 41),.
Departs at 7:00 am, boarding begins at 6:45 am, arriving at the show approx 10:00am
Board for home, 6:00 pm when show closes, arrive home about 10:30
We’ll make a stop (approx 45 min) near Kenosha for a quick supper on the way home

it is so good to be home…

lisabongean — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:08:15 +0000

yesterday and today were days of…laundry, cleaning out my purse, cleaning out teaching stuff…going through the mail…going through 45o emails…putting up the booth for Lakeland/Tampa Florida…Nick and I made homemade spaghetti & meatball for supper…then I quilted Luke’s quilt that has been loaded on my long arm for a few weeks, it is just two pieces of fabric, one flannel on the back..but this is what he picked out , he also was going to quilt it???… I also put the binding on a quilt that came back from the quilter…wow…it is good to be home…oh…i did finish the pennies on the flight on the way home, but do not have them stitched together yet…here they are…I am bushed…goodnite! PS I am still on West Coast time…I did not get used to it til the last day I was there…hopefully I can get my butt out of bed to go to exercise tomorrow…

Building wool pennies…

lisabongean — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:12:04 +0000

Going home today… I am in SanFran… Going to Chicago then home to Appleton… Going to try and get all my pennies stitched…

It’s a wrap…

lisabongean — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:16:21 +0000

My last worshop for January…. I think i will take a few days off now…

My January tour…4 cities..6 workshops…126 students…I had a blast!!!! Loved meeting all my new and groupie students!!!! (yes some actually pay $$$ to come back again)
Getting people excited about wool and showing them that they CAN DO IT too…there is nothing like seeing the light bulb go on for these girls when i am teaching them all the stitches and tricks to working with wool….It is very satisfying…I am in the Sacramento airport flying back to Ontario CA where I will fly back home tomorrow…and spend some time with my hunny and puppies and maybe start a new quilt!
Goodnight everyone…LB

It’s the Sun

lisabongean — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:13:11 +0000

I am enjoying a little CA sunshine before I go to the guild meeting tonite..see my shoes… Yes those are my fav pair of flipflops and I am just a stitchin away on my next design for wool retreat weekend…us Wisconsin girls suffer from sun deprivation… We do not see it for months, that is why I am so excited to be basking in it today…sorry to be more excited about it than my project but here is a peek at it…LB

It’s Beverly Hillbilly Bill

lisabongean — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:43:35 +0000

I am laying in my hotel bed thinking about what I have done in the last 10 days or so…here is a quick list….did a trunk show/lecture and taught 2 workshops(32 students) for Salt Creek quilt guild in Hinsdale IL…flew to CA, met Nick there who drove all our “stuff”, set up and vended at the Road2Califonia Q show and taught 2 night workshops(49 students)during the 4 day show. Then was driven to Temecula CA by Bill with my quilts strapped in the bed of his pickup…

Where I taught another workshop at Quilter’s Coop (23 students) and a quick trunk show of my quilts last night…in a few hours I will be renting a car and driving about 8 hours to Yuba City to do it all over again for Vally quilt guild…Can’t think of a better job to have… I love all the Quilter’s I meet they are so appreciative of everything I have to offer them…even though the girls yesterday didn’t believe I made all my items in my trunk show myself…Now think about this for a minute….i love making quilts & wool projects why would I give THAT JOB away…it is the best part of what I have to do!!!!

here are some of my wonderful students…just goofing off…lol…now here are their beautiful faces…

See you in Yuba City soon!

A bet is a bet….

lisabongean — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:42:21 +0000

Here is California’s biggest Steeler’s fan paying off her bet of our GB Packers beating her Steelers in last year’s Super Bowl. Raquel from Stars & Scraps Quilt shop in Corona CA had to wear Nicks a-rod jersey all day during the q-show…she looks very dejected wouldn’t you say….but Nick wouldn’t let her off the bet….meanie

Here are a few of my pictures from the show…

Sunny CA

lisabongean — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:39:46 +0000

I have spent the last week in sunny CA and it is very nice…when we first arrived Nick and I took a drive…to the mountain…so we drove until we could not go any farther…it must be nice to pick an orange or a lemon off your own tree! But I suppose it is no different than growing apples in Wi. I seen CA’s version of a perennially garden and it was just as beautiful as our gardens but VERY different I will post more on the Road 2 CA quilt show later…I am still here for another week of teaching…in Temecula and Yuba City….