I flew from Arizona to Virginia the end of June with a layover in Minneapolis. I was home for a week and my husband and I packed up and drove to Minneapolis! Well, I didn't want him to drive alone. And... we drove through Wisconsin and stopped in Menasha to visit Primitive Gatherings! I was delighted to get to see Lisa Bongeon's shop, tho Lisa was not there. She was off teaching somewhere, of course. Sorry to have missed her, but I did get a couple photos. And you can visit her at her blog by clicking her name. Lisa always has the best stuff!
This is my quilt pattern, Prairie Fire, that was hanging in the shop. It was quilted by Linda Hrcka at The Quilted Pineapple. Check out her blog, she is amazing!
I have to share this cute display. It is an old ladder with little nails on the rungs and primitive designer Cheri Payne's patterns are hanging there. How appropriate!
We left Menasha and drove a short distance to Appleton, Wisconsin. I went to high school there and haven't been back since.
We drove by the old house, which I still love. It looked happy and well cared for! I could move right back in! We loved Appleton so much!
From there we drove on to Minnesota and up to the Brainerd Lakes area. We spent about two weeks with family there and loved it.
Here is our darling Katie with the twins.
Here is the darling August James with me!
My great-grandson!
I will end with a cute little wool pumpkin that I worked on while traveling. I was a fun design to work on and is free from American Patchwork and Quilting magazine. You can find it on their website, All People Quilt.
