Lisa Bongean

Category: Lisa Bongean

Nov
6

Quilt-along Calendar

Quilt-along? You bet!
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Carrie Nelson
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French General, Lisa Bongean, Quilt-Along
Feb
5

UnBoxed - American Gathering

American Gathering is Lisa Bongean's patriotic salute to her country.
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Lisa Bongean
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American Gathering, Lisa Bongean, Primitive Gatherings, UnBoxed
May
22

Building A Business - Lisa Bongean

Lisa Bongean is the creative force behind Primitive Gatherings. This is how she turned her vision into a reality.
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Carrie Nelson
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Dec
17

Perfectly Blue & White

Years ago, a quilt historian/appraiser told me that the most sought-after antique quilts, the most collectible, were blue and white. She used all the usual adjectives - classic, timeless, versatile and so on. It was hard to disagree. To celebrate the many ways to interpret the variety of blue and...
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cnelson
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Blue & White, Camille Roskelley, Laurie Simpson, Lisa Bongean, Lissa Alexander, Sherri McConnell
Nov
5

Cake. Moda. Mix.

The Moda All-Stars like cake. Red Velvet. Carrot. Chocolate. Coconut. And they love Layer Cakes! So when they were asked to use a Moda Cake Mix to bake up a quilt, they were on it! If you haven't heard, the Moda All-Stars have a new book titled Mix It Up. Sixteen quilts made with Layer Cakes or...
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Carrie Nelson
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Cake Mix, Books and Patterns
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Betsy Chutchian, Brigitte Heitland, Cake Mix, Charm Packs, Layer Cakes, Lisa Bongean, Moda All-Stars, Moda Cake Mix
Jun
4

Sewing with wovens...

Wovens - fabrics where the design is created by weaving dyed threads rather than printing on the surface with dyes. Stripes, plaids, jacquard textures and dobby dots are all woven fabrics. Texture. That was the first answer from every designer who replied to our question "why do you like using...
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cnelson
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Bonnie & Camille, Corey Yoder, Lisa Bongean, Northport, Sugarcreek, Wovens
May
10

Quiltstock 2019 - Are you coming?

It was sold out. But ask and you just might receive! Yes, it's true, a second week of great workshops, beautiful projects, lots of laughing, big cookies and uber-retreating has been added! So if you thought you'd missed out - you're in luck! Session 2 will actually be first - July 31 through August...
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cnelson
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A Quilting Life, Barbara Groves, Kansas Troubles, Lisa Bongean, Lynne Hagmeier, Me & My Sister Designs, Primitive Gatherings, Quiltstock, Sherri McConnell
Apr
11

It's National Pet Day: Prepare to Smile

Get ready for cuteness overload as we celebrate National Pet Day with Moda designers' favorite critters. And please note the nearly equal division of dogs and cats (along with chickens and goats); we love them all! Janet Clare : My lovely pet is the best dog in the world—Betty! She’s eight years...
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Linzee McCray
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Anne Sutton, April Rosenthal, Betsy Chutchian, Bunny Hill Designs, Camille Roskelley, Deb Strain, Erin Dunn, French General, Gingiber, Jan Patek Quilts, Jane Davidson, Janet Clare, Kaari Meng, Kate Spain, Kathy Schmitz, Laurie Simpson, Linzee Kull McCray, Lisa Bongean, Me & My Sister Designs, Robin Pickens, Stacie Bloomfield, vanessa christenson
Apr
3

Block Heads 2 - Block 51

This is it. The penultimate Block Heads 2 block. (This isn't it.) This is Lisa's version of Block 39 by Corey Yoder - Bordered Granny . Her blocks are in shades of cream, natural, gray, blue and navy. Based on the blocks I've seen so far, the finished quilt is going to be spectacular. There's only...
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Carrie Nelson
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Quilt-Along, Books and Patterns
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Block Heads, Block Heads 2, Lisa Bongean, Star and Stripe
Feb
19

Moda at QuiltCon

We're on our way to Nashville this week for QuiltCon with Debbie Maddy and Lisa Bongean in tow. "Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee" vintage postcard (The Tichnor Brothers Collection; Boston Public Library, Print Department) QuiltCon - the annual quilt show event presented by the Modern Quilt...
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Debbie Maddy, Lisa Bongean, Modern Quilt Guild