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Finally Finished--The Tattoo Quilt! from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

Even I still can't believe it's done, and it's been almost a year since it was completed.

Patti, my former supervisor, is also my friend. Before she was my supervisor, she was a co-worker in our agency and we made each other laugh a lot--that was a necessary skill set. She finally made the decision to retire and did so mid-2025. We worked together for over 20 years and propped each other up through the years.

Patti packing up her office, and unpacking the quilt

That's MaryBeth holding it up so Patti could see everything on ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under cindy , finally finished 2025 , friends , katrina , longarm , progress , quilting , tattoo quilt , tonka toy

Retreat! from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

Let the good times roll, if only for about 48 hours!

I joined the Northwest Arkansas MQG this year. Katrina is the current president of the chapter and told me I needed to go to the retreat. I signed up even though I didn’t have my heart in it at the time because at this point in my life, who wants to schlep all that stuff, especially a 45-pound sewing machine?

One of the luxuries of retirement for me is being able to have a bit more time for planning and packing. While the retreat was only for two ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , friends , katrina , quilting , retreat

Some quilting and a quilt show! from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

A wonderful, quilting-filled long weekend—despite the monsoon rains.

I visited Katrina this past weekend for some good girlfriend time—and the bonuses included (1) a guild meeting where Katrina was the program speaker and both of us won door prizes, (2) attending the Q.U.I.L.T. Guild of Northwest Arkansas’s biannual show, and (3) quilting the Tattoo quilt!

Katrina belongs to a longarm quilting guild, and she presented a topic near and dear to me—organization. I loved hearing her ideas as well as ideas from the other guild members.

After the meeting, we slogged our ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 1 year ago. under friends , katrina , longarm , quilt show , quilting , tattoo quilt

Happy New Year! Some goals, and introducing the Ruler Pegboard of Shame from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

Happy 2024 to you! Today I celebrate 31 wonderful years of quilting. Onward and upward!

I have a confession about rulers—I buy them and then never use them. Maybe I’m just a collector.

I always have the best intentions when I buy a ruler or a template set. I find I buy most of them when I go to a quilt show. I see what I can do with them, excitedly buy them, encourage my companions to buy them so we can do it together, get home and hang them on the Ruler Pegboard of Shame where they ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 2 years, 3 months ago. under baby quilts , cindy , coming soon! , fabric , friends , goals , katrina , la passacaglia , leilani , paper piecing , quilting , rulers rule , stitch & b!tch sampler

A quilt for Mary Jane - Finally Finished! from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

One of my oldest UFOs is ready for gifting!

I mentioned to someone recently that I am a great starter, but finishing this quilt makes me feel like I can tackle all those projects waiting in The Bins.

I talked about this quilt in a post a year ago. I got the top assembled, pieced the backing, and packed it up in anticipation of The Move.

More about the quilt—when I owned a quilt shop, we were contacted by Rhonda Dieker, the author of and designer of the quilts in the book “Wacky Rails.” She was doing a book ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 2 years, 3 months ago. under cindy , finally finished 2023 , friends , katrina , progress , quilting , the bins , the process

The studio update from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

My Girlfriends are awesome and then some!

In August I had the privilege of two Girlfriends volunteering to get my studios in shape. Katrina and Cindy came over and weeded through the studio paraphernalia and got me to a state of Nirvana. I don’t have much in the way of before photos, but here are a few from the first 4 months in our new home:

Front Studio

Back Studio

Front Studio

Back Studio

We had no plan of attack other than to get it done. Katrina arrived that Friday afternoon and we started emptying all of ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 2 years, 4 months ago. under blessings , cindy , coming soon! , friends , home , katrina , new home , quilting , studio organization

I bought a pattern from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

…and I made it!

And HI THERE! I know it’s been a while. Life, and all that. There’s a lot to catch up on and I will be making a few posts here and there. Yes, we have moved into our new home and we are still getting settled. I promise I’ll get you all caught up. But first, I want to talk about patterns:

I have purchased many patterns during my quilting life. I have sold or re-homed many patterns, too. I’m trying my best to not purchase patterns on impulse—and that’s hard ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 2 years, 8 months ago. under cindy , family , friends , katrina , life , longarm , pattern palooza , quilting , rulers rule , studio organization

“Sharing the Process” - Part 4 from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

Just a bit more progress.

I reported in the last progress update that I used scraps from the project to make a decorative border for the center panel. It took some tweaking, but I’m very happy with it. I had so much fun making these strips that I’m thinking of making a quilt with nothing but these. Another retirement project!

I played with the placement of blocks around the center panel. Once I was happy, I left it all on the design wall to marinate.

A couple of weeks later I thought, “what if the center panel wasn ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 3 years, 5 months ago. under cindy , friends , katrina , new home , progress , quilting , stitch & b!tch sampler , the process

Moving right along—transitions; life and studio from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

There are many reasons why I only had 3 blog posts last year. I posted a few times on Instagram, but not much more than here.

Even without the pandemic, life took some crazy turns for us in 2020. Hubs and I made decisions regarding our future, and I had to make some decisions regarding my work life.

Due to work life, school took a back seat. I dropped the classes I had enrolled in that would have started mid-January 2020; the workload ramped up that same week. Over a year later, I’m working from home 11-12 hours per ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 5 years ago. under bernina 770 qe , bernina 790 plus , friends , frombighousetotinyapartment , home , katrina , lemonade , life , longarm , moving forward , progress , quilting , studio organization , tonka toy , work

Some Christmas makes from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

I call them Christmas makes, but they're more like "just because" makes...

...because I didn't start them until after Christmas.

Not to run on about how much I wasn't able to make last year, but I didn't make anyone a thing for Christmas. I made a hot pad in early December and took absolutely no joy in it. So now we have a new hot pad (well, I still have to sew down the loop), and while I would normally feel a tremendous amount of guilt for NOT making Christmas gifts (for my kids), this past ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 5 years, 3 months ago. under cindy , fabric , family , finally finished 2021 , friends , katrina , progress , sewing

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