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It’s my final goodbye from this site.

A lot of things have already disappeared, and the site itself will be gone by the end of June.

Sad . . . the end of an era . . . but I’d still love to connect with you. You can find out how to do that from my last post.

I hope I see you on IG or Substack in the future, because I’m gonna still be quilting and sharing what I’m working on. If not . . .

It’s been a fun ride, and I wish you all the best with your future quilting!

I have a tentative plan for how I’ll be showing up moving forward.

I don’t want to disappear altogether, and I love hearing from all of you, so I don’t want to just say goodbye and drop off the ol’ interweb. But as you know if you’ve been following along for awhile (and some of you have — thanks so much!), I’m trying to downsize, simplify, and spend my time doing the things I love most about this business, and dropping the rest. In other words, I’m trying to make future retirement not sound so ...

I have a big announcement today . . .

I’m shutting down my website soon.

I’ve been debating this for nearly a year. The site is out of date, so therefore, it’s getting out of compliance, and since I’m trying to downsize everything in my life, I don’t want to pour money into an entirely new site, so I’ve made the decision to just get rid of it now.

It’s sad because I’ve had a website since 2009, so this feels like the end of something big, and I guess it is!

It’s been ...

Just wanted to pop on today and tell you all how grateful I am that you continue to come here and look at my quilts and read my drivel every week. I really appreciate that you take the time to visit, read, and leave comments (in spite of how difficult reCaptcha makes it sometimes).

I hope you are all headed into a fantastic 2025, and get all the sewing time you want!

PS: If you want to subscribe to all the News from the Ranch, the form is in the upper right. Then you won’t miss any of the ...

As I’ve mentioned before, we are fixin’ to move, so I’ve been seriously trying to downsize everything (studio and house) so that it will all fit into our new, smaller house.

As time for moving draws nearer, I’m ramping up my efforts to downsize even further, so to help with that, I’m having a Moving Sale in my Etsy Shop for the entire month of April!

Everything in the shop is 10% off for the entire month, with the exception of PDF patterns. So that means finished quilts, gift items, print patterns, booklets, even the clearance ...

It’s finally here — the 2023 Prairie Moon Ranch Cowboy Boot Christmas Stocking! And I guess I should say “cowgirl”, cos it’s called “Pink Lady” this year. I haven’t done a pink stocking since 2009, so I figured it was high time for another one.

Here she is:

This year’s boot features very simple hand embroidery, and just that tiny bit of appliqué to give it some accents.

Naturally, you can make it in whatever colors you need, to make it for a cowboy or someone who doesn’t like pink!

You can also leave off the ...

Were you aware that the simple patchwork pinwheel block has many names? One of those names is “Kathy’s Ramble”.

When I designed the Arrow Rock Sampler quilts, I included this block in the quilt in honor of Kathy Borgman, who runs Borgman’s Bed & Breakfast in the Village of Arrow Rock. It’s where I’ve stayed every year during the Arrow Rock Quilt Camp.

I can’t even begin to say enough good things about Kathy. I just love her! Every year during Camp, she let me have a full HALF of the upstairs of her house all ...

Were you aware that the simple patchwork pinwheel block has many names? One of those names is “Kathy’s Ramble”.

When I designed the Arrow Rock Sampler quilts, I included this block in the quilt in honor of Kathy Borgman, who runs Borgman’s Bed & Breakfast in the Village of Arrow Rock. It’s where I’ve stayed every year during the Arrow Rock Quilt Camp.

I can’t even begin to say enough good things about Kathy. I just love her! Every year during Camp, she let me have a full HALF of the upstairs of her house all ...

Merry Christmas from all of us here at Prairie Moon Ranch! And if you don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you are at least enjoying the holiday season as a time to slow down, take a breather, and enjoy family.

Our family is not gathering this year. I need to keep My Cowboy safe, and our father just turned 86 years old, so we’re protecting him, too. And we’re usually not a family who does things for Christmas in a big way, anyway, so it’s not a big deal for us to skip one meal together. I ...

If you’ve been with me any length of time, then you know I do lots of collaborations with my best friend, Victoria Findlay Wolfe. Usually, it’s Victoria designing fantastic quilts, and then me adding the machine quilting part.

Well, we’ve put our heads together again, and this time we decided to combine HER fabrics with some of MY patterns, to bring you some fresh kits at great prices to make some really neat quilts!

Here’s my Charleston Pavement pattern in three fresh new color ways:

And here’s my Greek Cross pattern in some new colors ...

Craft in America on PBS is airing an episode on QUILTS!

Tonight!

You’ll have to check your local listings for the time. The episode features 4 quilters, each with a very different style, and also features the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska, and some of the things they do. I think it’s wonderful for the quilting world to get this type of recognition, and the episode is very nicely done!

But here’s the most exciting part for me . . .

One of the featured quilters is my best friend, Victoria Findlay Wolfe, so I actually got to see ...

Merry Christmas!!

I realize I’m terribly late getting this year’s Prairie Moon Ranch Cowboy Boot Christmas Stocking published, but what better day than today to be late with it, huh?

This year’s stocking is called “Rodeo Queen”. I’ve been wanting to make a mostly white stocking for several years, and Rodeo Queen is my attempt to do that. Not technically white, but it did turn out just like I wanted. She’s a bit fancier with her higher heel this year!

The embroidery on this one is simple, and there are only 3 applique pieces, so ...