Known world-wide for her primitive style of quilting, Lisa Bongean calls Menasha, Wisconsin home. This is where it all begins for Primitive Gatherings – for Lisa, her family and staff, and for her customers. It is where Lisa designs most of the primitive and folk art style quilts, wool appliqué and stitching patterns published by Primitive Gatherings. It is also where the hand-dyed wools, homespun and reproduction fabrics originate.
Her list of accomplishments is long – she is a designer, an acclaimed teacher, an award-winning quilter, a shop owner, and a business woman partnering with her husband, Nick. She is a proud mother of 3 sons – Lance, Luke and Jake, and a giddy grandma.
Lisa and Nick opened Primitive Gatherings in 2004 and their continued growth includes a thriving online shop, a wholesale business, and a quilting retreat house located less than a mile from the shop. In 2015, they opened Primitive Gatherings West in Murrieta, California.
They also take the “Primitive Gatherings” retail experience to quilt shows around the country. Primitive Gatherings was selected by the Editors of American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine as one of the Ten Best quilt shops in North America for the 13th Annual Quilt Sampler – the Spring/Summer 2006 edition.
Lisa is honored to be working with Moda Fabrics – designing fabrics for her primitive and folkart style. She embraces the opportunity to reach out to quilters and to work with Moda to support independent quilt shops like her own.
