I woke up to find myself featured in 77 Square – part of the Wisconsin State Journal toady. Woo Hoo!
Time to Vote – Project QUILTING Black and White Challenge!
I was excited when I first ready this challenge. I had wanting to do a black and white and something project for awhile. I’m glad to see others felt the same way and once again, my jaw has dropped in the amazingly creativeness of these entries! Bravo everyone! Bravo! For those of you just tuning […]
Kitty Whisperer’s
We have some adorable new little kitties on our orchard. The girls just love them all – picture above with Capri is Mango. Sleeping, below – black one is Princess, Grey – Beautiful, Orange – Prince, lighter orange right in front – Simba. not pictured – a mainly white one with some spots – Kersten […]
Episode 2 – Project Runway – Favorite Quotes & Random Thoughts
I don’t have much time to watch tv and blog anymore but I had to share my favorite quote from this show and a few other random thoughts. “She’s Covered. Covered is good. but she’s covered with Barbies Sofa…” – Peach WOW! Two designers gone – PR is turning hard core. Peach’s dress […]
Meet Sue of SweetJane – this Weeks Project QUILTING Guest Judge
Without my amazing judges, Project QUILTING wouldn’t be the success that is. I also love to mix things up and snag a fantastic guest judge whenever possible. I was honored this week when Sue of SweetJane agreed to be the guest judge. Here’s a little bit about her background in quilting and be sure to […]
Themed Thursday – Retail!
My families apple orchard officially opened last weekend and will be open again this weekend. Starting the 14th we’ll be open 7 days a week until October 31st! Not only can you get 40 different varieties of delicious, fresh apples, raspberries, honey, canned good, maple syrup, and more – but you can also get a […]
How to Make a Barn Quilt – Hanging the Quilt
We’ve already gone through how to create the frame for the barn quilt, how to paint the barn quilt – now I’m going to show you the last step – how we hung our barn quilt! For this step you’re going to need some strong helpers, we used a skid steer but any type of […]
Barn Quilt – Last Color – Bumbleebee!
I’m finally posting the final color – Bumblebee! I had some issues while taping for this color – it was crazy humid and the Frog tape would not stick! So, I resorted to my trusty blue painters tape – it worked! I was going with it… You can see how I’ve used both the […]
My favorite Project Runway Quotes
Finally took some time and watched the first episode on the internet! Episode 1 “Hell to the Yes” –Peach “Embrace your crooked zipper” –Kristin “If your misunderstood you must have something really good going on.” –Mondo “I think you are a God” -Peach bye McKell! Enjoy your baby girl!
Barn Quilt – RED (or pink…) – technically Poppy
Since we just hung the barn quilt yesterday and I can’t wait to post more pictures I better get moving with the ‘work in progress’ pictures. Here’s what it looked like while I was painting the ‘Poppy’ color. (It was supposed to be red but I keep getting “Ooooh, I like the pink” comments… oh […]