The dinosaurs go marching on.. and!! Finished! or not - Friday

My adult had a birthday - and we all know he LOVES Dinosaurs. - So he needed a Dinosaur quilt for his birthday.

We found this super cool pattern called Marching Band by Atkinson Designs. In the instructions, it says to pay attention to the pieces on one of the blocks, as it is directional...and guess what? I did pay attention, just not the right attention - and ALL my blocks were backwards. 

I then decided that if I made the second block backwards I could probably fix it - and as I was thinking of this... I had an Ah ha moment.

What if I took a photo of the pattern and turned it around in my phone? 

And that WORKED!!

It is the complete opposite direction of the pattern that she wrote - and I will pay MUCH better attention when Teri says to pay attention - but!! HE LOVES it!!  It is a fun pattern and I love the way she writes her instructions, they make such sense to me. 

( Now to make a back and  quilt it before his next birthday)

That's him and his Puppy... 

So what have you been up to this week? Did your cattle go on walkabout - and you spent hours reminding them of where they live?

Did you get some great time in the sewing room?

Did you plan what you will have for Easter Dinner?

( Smoked Turkey)

Did you have a good week?

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QOV presentation, a sew day and .. is spring here?

 Saturday found us trekking to a town the I had not been to!!!

The local DAR ( Daughters of the American Revolution) had four Veterans they wanted to honor and wrap with a Quilt of Valor - and wowzers!! they went full out - it was a beautiful room, decorated to the nines, and!! they had a lunch prepared to feed 1000 haha!

We had two Vietnam Veterans - one Desert Storm and One Iraq - they were all fabulous folks, and we so loved chit chatting with them over lunch.

The next day was our Sew Day!!

Look what got made:

The WINTER 2026 QOV QAL!!! This one wa pieced by Ms Jeri

and then:

The one above is a top- but the one below is fully finished - both by Ms Deb

And the Other Deb finished an Echos Block top - isn't it so great - she fussy cut the centers of the blocks

and now - Is spring here? or is it a joke? We usually have snow in March and April but it has been so warm that the apple trees are blooming - so pray for rain,,,, I want the apples!!!

I just love the colors too - I am so glad that the RSC color for April is Pink - I didn't know it - but I really wanted to play in the pink!!

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Jan/Feb RSC and !! Finished!! or not ! Friday

 Happy Friday!!!

My Jan/Feb RSC quilt got some attention this week!! I had all the blocks made, I had it all pinned and ready to row... I ... Just.... Needed.... Time...

and I found that time!

It is now a top - and one less thing that Doggy Tails can wag off the table 😝

The lighting is not the best - but that's okay - when I get it quilted it will get its time in the sun!

After I had all the blocks made I saw this quilt there the values went from light to dark and so I wanted to try that on this one - I think you have to plan it a little better to actually make that happen - but! It was fun to try.

How was your week?  I am still catching up with last weeks posts - we were a busy group - but I love seeing what all has been made ; 

Did you see all the cute *99 charms* that Grace and Peace Quilting has made! love them!

Also - I am cleaning out File Cabinets - can you see any reason to keep a planning calendar from 2014?  Just curious - do you have calendars that old?

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Week 6 and the FINALE of!! The Winter 2026 QOV QAL!!

 

Week 6 of The Winter 2026 

Quilts of Valor Quilt a Long

 By Quiltygirl©

Quilt Size: 60 x 76 inches

Today we are finishing the quilt!!!

You have your inner top done – it should measure 48 inches by 64 inches. I would always recommend measuring, so you can make adjustments to the measurements of the border if needed.

For the Left and Right Borders – you will need

• ·         2 BLUE 2 ½ x 64 inch strips
• ·         2 White 2 ½ x 64 inch strips
• ·         2 RED 2 ½ x 64 inch strips
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If your quilt is longer or shorter than 64 inches – adjust your sizes.

 

For your top and bottom borders you will also need

• ·         2 BLUE 2 ½ x 48 inch strips
• ·         2 WHITE 2 ½ x 48 inch strips
• ·         2 RED 2 1/1 x 48 inch strips

Again – if your quilt width is different – adjust the size’

I stitched mine together as a strip set – I then applied the longest borders (so the right and left sides)

THEN!!!

You will need to make TWO 6 ½ inch (6 inch finished) STARS – Blue stars with a white background.

If you do the Bonnie Hunter Method – you will use a 3 ½ inch Blue Square for the center, 4 - 2 inch squares for the corners, and 2 inch strips for the Flying geese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6f6XIpd0Uk

If you do the 4 at a time flying geese method – for each star you will need

https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/fast-flying-geese-sawtooth-star/

·         1 -3 ½ inch Blue center square

·         4 – 2 ½ inch blue squares for the wings on the geese

 

·         4 – 2 inch WHITE corner squares

·         1 – 4 1/4 inch White square for the geese

You will also need to make TWO NINE PATCH SQUARES

For each block you will need 9 – 2 ½ inch squares;

·         3 blues

·         5 whites

·         1 red

Lay it out like the photo above>

 

Because I have already applied my long borders – I will add these blocks to the edges of my top and bottom borders and apply them – and BAM!!! We are done!!!

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hope you have enjoyed this QAL!!! And I hope you already have a QOV group that you stitch with - if you don't go to QOVF.ORG and click Who is in my area. Use the two letter state id ( like CO for Colorado) and you will see the list of groups - join in !! We are nice ;-)

now it is time to do a fabric purge - so!! you will want to check my Etsy and Ebay sites soon... you may find something YOU REALLY need!! haha!!

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The Daisy Quilt

I designed, cut, pieced and actually finished the Quilt top on this one... all within a Week!!

A friend of mine showed me one of those baby panels that have the number on them so you can take a pic of the baby and point to the number so you can tell how old they are. it was really cute, but then!! I got an idea.

What if you made one that sort of matched the Baby room decor, and used colors that went with the vibe?

So I Started drawing - and this is what I came up with:

There are twelve daisy's around the outside so you could put a number on them for the photo - and the 4 daisy's on the inside to lay the baby on. The grey is actually a grey with little white circles on it - its really cute, I'll have to get a close up with I get it quilted. 

Funny thing tho - I offset the daisy's on the inside - and then I had to do math.... oops!! But it was fun!

now I need to get it Quilted!! 

If you remember I also found some UFO's when Daisy the dog wagged her tail.... I might have more to show!!

check out my snoopervisors ( name credit to LeAnna )

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State Coordinator QOV's and !! Finished ( or not) Friday!

Happy Friday!! 

Remember the QOV's my group was making for the SC? Well!! they are quilted, and will be heading to the next person to get the binding on - so yay!! We should be able to get these to her in April for all her awards!! Whoot Whoot!!

Are you ready?

I used a different panto on each one of them - so there were a few difference - Two of them have red centered blocks... and one of them the borders go on the opposite sides.... they needed som differentian right???

I am excited to have these done, I fit them in , in between client quilts - so it always feels like a big check mark has been made on my to -do list  when they are all done!! 

I always tell myself that I do not have UFO's - but - I needed to pick up after my dogs and their tail wags hit a stack of blocks in my sewing area.

Guess what? 

I had a UFO ( or 2)

and I had some PIGS ( or 2) 

and I had some strings... I am now all sorted, and I got all the UFO's in the appropriate bucket so I can whittle them down.

I just need some Whittling time now ha!!!

I am glad the Dogs tail wagged, but I am sad that it wagged, it proved to me that I am not as organized as I think I am,.,. Oh boy!!  I also changed out a quilt or tow - hoping to cause a rain ( or snow) - it didn't work.... 

Now it is all up to you!! What did you get finished this week? What did you get worked on? 

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Week 5 of the Winter Quilt of Valor Quilt a Long

 Is here!!!

We can see the finish from here !!!

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Week 5 of The Winter 2026 Quilts of Valor Quilt a Long

 By Quiltygirl©

Quilt Size: 60 x 76 inches

The LAYOUT

You have now made ALL of the blocks – it is time to lay out the inside of the quilt (we will do the final borders in the next step!)

Here is the Layout –

I then stitch them in rows, and then stitch the rows together. I know there Are fold that can web them and that is a great way too !!

 

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Wyoming in the Winter? or Spring?

 The weather has been so topsy turvy all over - does anyone know what season we are really in?

I got an email from a fellow QOV'er who has been QOV'ing since 2010... and she has decided to pursue other interests. But she wondered if my group would be interested in her stash. 

Of course! What a stash she had!! We will have a lot of fun with it. 

There were Quilt Kits, Yardage, panels, Quilt Binding (I feel like she made this binding just for me!!)

Oh the Blues Bin... what lovely Blues

And the reds!! and there was a bin of whites/creams as well. Oh and some finished quilts! and a few ready to quilt - it was quite fun looking through it all!

A Super Shout out to Ms. Nancy at Wyoming Breezes!!  Thank you!!!

Since we were in Wyoming... it was time to take the girls on a little trip too:

Then we made the stop at McDonalds- the girls do like a good burger haha!! They think they like this travel stuff.

See you tomorrow for the next step in the Winter QOV QAL!!

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Rainbow Red and Green

 I caught up!! 

These are my February Green  Chunkies - ( Pattern on Quiltville.com called Chunky Churndash)

i ended up with one leftover QST from the Combo of the Blue and Green blocks ( you can see that here if you want) 

and then I got started on the Reds!!! I don't have as many Red scraps hanging around, as I tend to use those up pretty fast ( you know for those QOV's)  But I found some!!

Yay!!!   

Can you just picture them as movie stars?  ha ha!!

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Finished ( Or NOT) Friday

It is a bleak week on the finishes, but I had a great week - so does that count?

I did get a few things done on the *finished* front.... Potholders!!!

They are kind of fun to make - what I am going to do with them? Who knows - but!! I am having fun so that is all that counts right??  ( make me feel right, okay? haha)

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