tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88488919872496499352024-02-20T06:56:14.064-07:00Quilting at WindmillsQuilting becomes more high tech every day! We hope you will enjoy visiting with us every so often via the blog. We travel quite a bit to shows and to teaching engagements but look forward to hearing from you via this medium when you have time!Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-82043613989972074562014-12-15T21:18:00.000-07:002014-12-15T21:18:56.743-07:00Some News and Christmas TraditionNo news has been posted in the blog for some time - mainly because the main blogger (Brooke) has had another part time job besides helping at the Quilt Frame Company. It became time to retire from that job about a month ago, so now I have more time to gather thoughts and get photos ready for blog posts.
This time of year, I am thinking about traditions and wanted to share one from John's Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-91372411992655647942013-10-21T19:08:00.000-06:002013-10-21T19:08:03.386-06:00"Hope and Love" by John FlynnHello - this is a busy time of year for us; John and Kate have just wrapped up the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara, California and are on their way back to Montana. Then they must pack and restock like mad so they can vend at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. John teaches two days right before the show opens; like I siad BUSY!
I wanted you to see the little videoFlynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-90026132779817665732013-09-11T15:45:00.001-06:002013-09-11T15:45:14.365-06:00Hey, Watch This!John and Kate can really piece fast. I can't believe it, with all that was happening in the rest of her life, Kate got this cute Pinwheel pre-cut kit pieced this weekend! Having it all cut out helps, but still that is a lot of sewing, pressing etc. So hope you enjoy watch the kit come together; she has some good tips in there too! This pre-cut kit is only $27 on our Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-25008637403571064182013-08-27T23:01:00.000-06:002013-08-27T23:01:57.681-06:00We Had a Quilt Retreat and Fire broke out...All three of the Flynns (well, two Flynns and one Flynn Nichols) look forward to the Quilt Retreat here in beautiful Red Lodge, Montana. We plan and plan and try to make the days that quilters are here special and hope that we can make their experience educational and relaxing and enjoyable in our little mountain corner of the world. That is all fine until someone STARTS A FIRE right Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-9071729930821966162013-08-07T22:23:00.001-06:002013-08-07T22:23:59.174-06:00MS Bike Ride 2013It is that time of year; John has been faithfully churning his way up the hills to get in shape for the bike ride to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis research. He gets up really early in the morning to ride; shh, please don't make so much noise!
Anyway, he loves riding his bike, it is such good exercise, he gets to see wonderful scenery and he enjoys the other bikers and travelers up and Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-46480948086917712122013-03-15T14:51:00.002-06:002013-03-15T14:51:34.641-06:00SALE Through Sunday 3/18Just a quick note to remind you that the Multi-Frame with 48" rods is On Sale through March 18. Here is the web address and use IRISH for the discount code. The Frame which is normally $150 is $20 off with the discount code, good through March 18, 2013
I want to do a blog post with pictures of all the "big" quilts John, Kate and I have done on the Multi-Frame, but I didn't have Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-85301204825647692052013-03-09T21:14:00.000-07:002013-03-09T21:14:02.543-07:00SALE - LIMITED TIME!Well, John is on his way to the American Quilters' Society Show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Now that's a far piece from Montana, let me tell you. Kate leaves tomorrow to meet him to vend and demonstrate in the booth. The shows are really close together this time of year, and they scrambled hard to get more frames ready and more pre-cut kits ready. But the van was full and Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-55565586553896526052013-02-17T16:29:00.001-07:002013-02-17T16:29:09.101-07:00Ami Simms Rocks
Here is a press release from Ami Simms, founder the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. She has put an amazing amount of time and talent in to raising funds for Alzheimer's research. John feels honored to have been included in a small way in her efforts. Just take a look at the grants below to see how successful Ami and her team of volunteers and donors have been. Thank Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-77295342004732631002013-02-11T19:04:00.002-07:002013-02-11T19:04:58.383-07:00A Lesson from JohnWe had a snowy weekend (I know, nothing like you folks on the East Coast) but it was nice to stay inside and do fiber projects. John made up our newest colorway of the 9" Storm at Sea. When he teaches the Storm at Sea class, students want to know about "placement". It is so much fun to have a star to draw the eye and the wavy strips of color that make things look round. WeFlynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-57969738222868700902013-02-03T16:59:00.001-07:002013-02-03T16:59:13.797-07:00Most Popular...
Hello again from Montana, I am taking a pre-game moment to write a little something about the pre-cut quilt kit that was the most popular at the Road to California Show last week. Arrowhead Pre-cut Kit It goes together fast, with engineered corners which are especially nice with all those diamonds and triangles. There are good pressing instructions too. Kate designed itFlynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-64015862203888610712013-02-02T20:55:00.001-07:002013-02-02T20:55:36.734-07:00Winter News
It is hard to settle down to office work when it is so beautiful outside! We finally had some serious snow, it has cooled down enough so the snow may be here for a while and the world is crisp and bright and sparkly out there. John is drafting on the table next to the big windows and I am making myself do tax stuff in the little office which is not next to the big windows. &Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-2069931581062867012012-12-09T16:49:00.001-07:002012-12-10T16:21:53.258-07:00Has It Been So Long?That's a line from Ron Howard's fantasy movie, "Willow". Did you ever watch it? Nothing to do with quilts except it is one of the DVDs I like to have playing when I machine quilt because I don't really have to watch anymore, just listen. But, I haven't written on the blog since September; that has been a long time.
Mainly, I wanted to put together a slide show of the new Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-81697532198326632882012-09-18T14:53:00.000-06:002012-09-18T15:00:45.028-06:00New Rewards Program and Retreat, 2013
Well, summer is gone and John is behind, I am behind, and Kate is caught up with her custom cutting but working hard on a new quilt sample. So really, everything is normal!
John and I just got back from a small local quilt show in Cody, Wyoming. It was a lot of fun and well done; such a nice group of quilters! What a treat for us to be able to drive home after work and stayFlynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-45713883327653343262012-08-10T14:02:00.000-06:002012-08-10T14:02:28.340-06:00The Bean RecipeWe are on the third and final day of John's quilt retreat at the Rock Creek Resort. Things are going swimmingly, I think, and Kate and John are enjoying themselves. The students are doing well and are making progress. The star of the show, however, is the blond squirrel cruising the patio outside the classroom windows.Who ever heard of such a thing?
We had a barbecue dinner Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-2162625626846529312012-07-31T15:42:00.001-06:002012-07-31T15:42:12.757-06:00Wildlife at the ShopWe have lots of wild animals in Red Lodge, but here is a cute raccoon baby at the shop in Billings. On Friday, Kate swept up the cutting floor area and left the garbage bin open for the next load. When she went back with more, she noticed this raccoon in exploring the fabric scraps (okay, there was a bag of real garbage in there too). She yelled and came back in the shop but then wentFlynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-81825420171860351452012-07-29T14:45:00.000-06:002012-07-29T14:45:36.507-06:00Piecing and the Olympics
Most of you know that our August quilt retreat here in Montana is just a week or so away. John pieced a new class sample for the "Reinvented" Wheel of Mystery class in black, white and red. He and Kate are hoping that the blue fabric they ordered weeks ago will show up in time so they can cut red, white and blue kits for class. Always something. Rectangular Wheel of Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-18232533577013747422012-07-28T10:33:00.000-06:002012-07-28T10:33:01.935-06:00MaintenanceWe are lucky to have 10 acres or so near Red Lodge. Most of it has been undisturbed for years; no livestock etc. and we don't mow. But here in Montana, we have a troublesome weed called Spotted Knapweed that can really take over. We have had it sprayed several times over the years. That works for a while, but the spray is really not very environmentally friendly and it Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-27581508134764465982012-07-10T06:56:00.003-06:002012-07-10T06:56:51.934-06:00New Laser Cut Kit, Quilted and Bound!
This is Brooke, the would be photographer, writing this. I have been trying to get better at still photos and at using our deceptively simple little video camera. I took some photos and a little video while John was working away on the newest laser cut kits, "Blanket".
What John is doing is kind of interesting; he has the feed dogs down on this old and trusty Singer 201 andFlynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-65368281486503014472012-07-01T21:23:00.000-06:002012-07-01T21:23:15.539-06:00Read All About It!A few weeks ago, John took part, kind of informally, in a bicycling tradition; riding up the Beartooth Highway before it was open to motorized traffic. The Highway Department usually has the road plowed by Memorial Day but we had SNOW on Memorial Day this year so opening was a little late. Of course, the bicyclers love this as they don't have to contend with cars, although John says he Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-5633038757258654142012-06-30T17:08:00.000-06:002012-06-30T17:10:42.909-06:00Early Summer and the Garden
Hello, Summer! We seem to be keeping busy; John and Kate are busy designing and piecing new kits; they are really getting a lot done. John is piecing a pretty batik basket Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-58405491848367677302012-05-25T19:42:00.001-06:002012-05-25T19:43:52.161-06:00Montana in May
Well, this is really not unexpected...it is pretty normal for Montana, especially near the mountains. But, I'll bet it doesn't look like this today where you are (unless you are in one of Arctic regions) I was really trying to get John to agree that it was time to transplant my tomatoes and especially, the cucumbers, outside because they are so ready but he said "wait until after Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-16320302107048960552012-05-13T17:23:00.000-06:002012-05-13T17:23:17.747-06:00New Kit and New Techie Skill(?)Mother's Day at our house; a great breakfast, surprising and thoughtful gifts for Mom, garden talk, then off to the sewing loft to quilt.
My project for the last three weeks, it seems, has been to conquer our Sony Handycam so I can take videos for the blog and website and for my volunteer project at the Beartooth Nature Center as Facebook photographer. (Please go to either the Beartooth Nature Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-1553436102205407672012-04-20T22:19:00.000-06:002012-04-20T22:19:29.917-06:00Headed for KentuckyWell, the time came for the kit making and quilting and last bit of binding to stop and the packing and traveling to begin. There are lots of new kits going to Paducah along with templates, frames and books. Kate and Kevin fly out tomorrow and John leaves too, in the trusty Ford van.
I thought it was fun to take pictures of the quilt packing. I'm not sure Kate and John Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-48351983171899470792012-04-17T21:05:00.000-06:002012-04-17T21:05:17.983-06:00April News
First, I have a little photo of Montana daffodils. I know the rest of the country (and hemisphere!) has already had their spring fix of beautiful daffodils, but spring comes late here. These little guys are only about 3" tall and have already survived two snow storms. So the snow is gone for now. The bigger daffodils will open soon; these are tough flowers aren't they!
Flynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848891987249649935.post-74892791500156681522012-02-06T19:03:00.000-07:002012-02-06T19:03:20.120-07:00Four New Pre-cut KitsKate and John have been busy cutting and piecing these four new variations of the Floating Log Cabin. This is such a cute quilt and goes together fast. I love the optical illusion you get of kind of wonky blocks even though they are all straight lines and symetrical and so forth. I can't decide which one is my favorite although the plaid one is looking pretty good! CatalogFlynn Quilt Frame Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886789819195348654noreply@blogger.com0