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Ma's Got'a Notion Ma's Got Your Back, Quilt Back that is! You will find quilt shop quality fabrics only, at Ma's! Main Street Havana IL. 62644 address is Ma's Retail store!
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Dec. 24, 2020 - Jan. 4, 2021 the brick and mortar will be closed on these dates for our winter furlough. BUT....the website will be open and we will be shipping on these dates!

305 W. Come visit us soon at the Quilt Shop or take a class at the Studio! We also do mail order be sure to visit the web site or just call 309-543-6613 to order anything you see on this page!
106 N. Schrader is the address of the Studio. That is the location of where I quilt for hire. The Studio also is where we hold piecing classes. Ma quilts on Gammill Longarm Machines both Free Motion and Computerized.

I am back home, and I have a couple of new friends who will be with me for at least the next week. Doc will decide wheth...
09/09/2026

I am back home, and I have a couple of new friends who will be with me for at least the next week. Doc will decide whether to take it off or leave it on when I go to see him on the 15th.
Pain: Yes, I still have burning on the whole top of my knee, and now I am also having leg spasms.
I can open the Velcro on the leg brace for a "bit" if my leg feels hot or sweaty. Key word: "bit" only for a little while.
The wound vac is set to continuous for the remainder of the week.
On the 15th, he will assess it and decide whether it needs to stay on longer. If it does, the wound clinic will come to my home to change the dressings.
As I understood it, he debrided the area and applied the "fake skin." He said the area was pretty clean and looked good once he removed the dead skin, so that was a real bonus.
What does the future look like...we shall see. I can't do PT again until the plastic surgeon releases me. That might slow down my future knee movements...he will also decide at a future date if skin grafting will be needed.
So, as it has been for the last 6 weeks...
It's a (wait-and-see situation)
In my dad's lingo... "sit ze wation," as my dad would have said if he were still here! When I was a kid, I broke my tailbone in middle school ice skating and then again when I was 16 while trying to get up and out of the water on a single water ski! Well, I never managed that, but I did re-break that tailbone! For weeks both times, I carried around a "donut pillow' to sit on. Dad would say...
(It's a sit ze wation kid), ya just got'a do what ya got'a do, till you don't!
So I am committed to do what I got'a do till I don't!
But one day soon, I will be back up and willing to try any leaps and bounds set before me!!!🥹
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New items to start off the week at Ma's!There is nothing quite as majestic as an American Eagle! This panel can make the...
09/08/2026

New items to start off the week at Ma's!
There is nothing quite as majestic as an American Eagle! This panel can make the center of your next quilt soar!!!
108" wide backing...your next quilt could be backed with some great reading material, too! I think it will be the recipe for the finish of your next quilt!!!
I added the "link" to each photo beside it. OR...stop by the shop and see for yourself how cool each of these truly is!

A little Sunday humor!
09/06/2026

A little Sunday humor!

I have always been a Jo Morton Quilts fan! I am so tickled to have her "Trunk Treasures" in the shop.This 40-piece colle...
09/04/2026

I have always been a Jo Morton Quilts fan! I am so tickled to have her "Trunk Treasures" in the shop.
This 40-piece collection is just that: a collection of some of Jo's favorite treasured prints!
If you are a reproduction j***y like me...you will want this bundle for your stash!!!
Stop by the shop soon and check them out. If you can't make it to the shop, then check them out online!
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09/04/2026

Well, around and around I go....At last, the merry-go-round dropped me off at the plastic surgeon's office early this morning!
This coming Wednesday, 9/9/26, I will once again go into surgery (6 weeks to the day since my total knee replacement).
This surgery will be a debridement of all the dead tissue on my knee. Surgical debridement is often necessary for severe wounds, infections, or when other methods are ineffective (haha... to date, no other methods have been tried). So I am hopeful this will take away my pain.
Once the debridement is complete, the doc will apply a "fake skin." I will also use a wound vac for as long as it takes to heal. Once it's healed (the doc said it will be a very nasty scar),
I'll most likely need a skin graft down the road so that knee flexion will be easier. I told him I can live with an ugly knee; I will not be able to handle a knee that does not work properly.
So, how much longer will I be out...who knows at this point.
I will try to keep things interesting for y'all from my armchair!
Please remember, all kits in the shop are 15% off in September, so get in and score a few deals!!! Keep Debbie busy!!!
Thank you to all of you who have been following my journey and for your thoughts and prayers; all is so appreciated.
Here's to getting back to healthy healing once this procedure is performed!!!
"I HOPE"!!!

4 new Reproduction 108" Wide backings, and 4 new reproduction 42" cottons arriving this week!I have posted the link by e...
09/03/2026

4 new Reproduction 108" Wide backings, and 4 new reproduction 42" cottons arriving this week!
I have posted the link by each photo so you can read about them and order them from my website if you can't get by the shop soon!

09/02/2026

September 2026 in-store sale:
I hope y'all caught that ALL KITS- yes, even the KITS that are already on sale- are 15% off for the entire month of September!
From pillowcases to table runners to wall hangings to large bed quilt kits...all 15% off in September!

08/29/2026

The good news is, the wound clinic was right to send me to the ER.
The even better news is that I don't have an infection, but like the wound clinic, the ER was sure I did, too, since all the usual suspects were present when they looked at my knee: hot to the touch, red, very inflamed, and the top of the knee is black.
They did an X-ray, and my prosthetic is looking just like it should.
Next, a CT, and it showed the tissue around it was infection-free, but lots of dead skin covering my knee and in the incision.
The PA in charge (who was so kind and helpful) prescribed a wet/dry solution that I'll change 3x a day until I see a new doc on Tuesday. She also ordered a new antibiotic, which is stronger and is another layer of precaution for the next steps to come.

The new doc is, believe it or not...a plastic surgeon...I asked, why a plastic surgeon??? The PA said they are trained to clean up dead, damaged skin (think fire victims)...and can help with the scarring so it doesn't hinder my knee movement once it is healed. The plastic guy will, for lack of a better word, "scrape" all the black, dead skin off, so my new skin can begin to heal.
My daughter said I'll have a new sexy knee in my future! 😂

One thing I want everyone to know is this...I don't blame my ortho guy for what happened to me. What I am upset about is I have been handed off and handed off.
Almost 5 weeks of burning misery, and no one in the medical field is helping to ease the pain. I am also upset with him that he did not find another solution to get me down the road to healing more quickly.
I will need my other knee done in the future, and I told my doc that before it was done, we needed another game plan for closing the incision and using a different adhesive to dress it after the surgery. My friend Barb was with me when he answered me with this: "She was sitting on her hands, not to reach out and slap him with his answer"...(quote) I do 1000s of these a year, and maybe one or two will have problems similar to this, but it's the rare exception; he doubted he would do anything different in the next surgery.
OK, from that answer, you can bet I will shop for a new surgeon if and when I get the nerve up to go through this again.

Only the ladies at the wound clinic seemed to want to get me from point A to point B.

My skin is very fragile and heals very slowly. If you know me, you know you see bruises on my hands, arms, and legs all the time. My skin tears very easily from just brushing up against something. I buy special Band-Aids to use at home and at work that, while they hold on for only a short while, come off easily and don't further damage my skin. I would rather use up a box of Band-Aids than tear my skin, which leaves sore, red patches when torn. Fragile skin is a product of aging; many of you know, as you too have fragile skin.
Thank you all for your kind words; it's wonderful to know that so many are keeping good thoughts and prayers for this to heal and for me to get back to my life and my job as soon as possible.
I miss all my customers, and I miss petting all the new fabrics that come into the shop.
Thank you to my family, friends, customers, for hauling me around and making us food. And Debbie for holding the fort.
With my husband being so ill, it's been like a rodeo around my house. Unless the kids are around to help him, he pretty much has to do some things on his own, which is a real task for him.
Getting up there in years...needing new parts and seeing a loved one's health decline is most likely one of the hardest things we face in life.
Rejoice and enjoy good health; it's worth its weight in gold, and in my estimation, worth even more!

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