Bee Keeping and Scrappy Stars

Our county offered and *Introduction to Bee Keeping for Kids* and I immediately emailed and asked if older kids could come (like me!!) And they said yes - just to know that there would be kids there.

I am okay with kids - most of them like me ... sort of...  I speak their language haha

It was a great day!

They showed us all the gear and explained how the Bee houses work. She showed how they harvest the honey. And talked about our weather concerns - Cold and high winds- and explained the Queen Bees.

It was pretty cool - after that she showed us how to make candles with the bees wax. She makes a lot of other things as well.

And the kids seemed to be okay with a few extra adults around. 😉

I thought the class would go all day, and it was only about 1/2 day.....

You know what that meant right?  I could finished my Scrappy Stars!!!  I mean, I had already scheduled the time off.... yay!!

Got it all finished and took the pups to go take the photos... Remember those winds I talked about during the Bee Class... they showed up!

I was having quite the hard time holding the quilt still....

Finally it slowed for a moment - and the girls showed up to pose!!

The other nice thing? My son came home and he cooked - Lasagna... I think I will keep him!

Do any of you keep bees?  We were told the best time to get them and get started is Spring - so I have some time to research, but I know where I want them:  In the trees, and then I want to plant more flowers around where I will put them.  But I would love to learn more!

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Star and Crown is Finished!! and!! Finished (or not) Friday

This one has been in the works for a while - just meaning it has picked up a LOT of love !

It started when Pat Speth talked at our guild about Nickle quilts,

then we decided ( okay "I" Decided ) that we should make this block at a QOV sew day.

It wasn't hard but it was a time consuming little unit...

We finally got all the blocks made, I got the inner top done in March, Borders finally on it in August - and it worked its way up into the Quilting Queue. 

I quilted a Swirly Stars on it - and it is now in the hands of another group member to bind!! YAY!

You can see Pound Puppy there is trying to be a model - but her sisters are playing with a stick and she realllllllllly wanted to go... Who can say no to such a cutie pie?.

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Any one ready to *Fall Behind?*  Its dark at 7 am right now - so I am ready for the change - It will make it light around 6 am now. My dogs will be happy for that - they like early morning walks!

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Popsicle Sticks II

 is now a finish!! and the funny thing is - it was the scraps of another project... and that other project is in my *To be Quilted* cubby.... oops.... I see I have my Priorities haha!

Popsicle Sticks Pattern from Atkinson Designs

I was going to bind it in a blue but when I held Gray up to it - it said it wanted grey. I went with that. and then when I took it out to take photos and it was grey and cloudy and misty ( yay!!)   Gray was the right choice!

I am quite happy with how it turned out, I still have the 9 patch Square dance, elate and!! Some small scraps to work with. The scraps are on my ironing board so I don't forget them.... but, I am already dreaming of new projects!

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The growth of Scrappy Stars

 I have moved my leader ender quilt along - as I am sort of focusing on getting it to top stage right now, and of course!! Dreaming of the next leader/ender project I want to start.

Here is where I am as of This morning!

it is kind of fun to watch it grow from:

To this:

To where we are today - I can see there is an end in sight...

I do have another sunrise to share with you from last week, before our cloudy cold weather ( not complaining) came in!!!

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A Chunky Churn Top and!! Finished (or not) Friday!!

 For my Rainbow Scrap Challenge this year - I made Chunky Churn Dashes ( Pattern found at Quiltville.com)  And I Really had fun digging thru scraps for it - One of the pieces is only 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches - so I Was able to really use the small ones too!!

I know that October is Neutrals and November is Dark ( I think)  So I skipped ahead and used my Whites and Blacks to make the hourglass blocks.

But then I had it on the design wall - and I just couldn't stop!!

Ta da!!! And of course - the girls!! they wanted in on the challenge. They might have been the reason I couldn't stop - their waggy tails sometimes rearrange my Design wall - and I had the colors just the way I wanted them to be....

I had to keep going right????

I also made this one back in March ( maybe) 

And surprisingly I still have a few blocks left - but I have moved on to my Stars and will have to get back to the Chunkies in a minute or two.

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Cowboying around

 
We got invited to a showcase for our Mounted Shooting. It was super cool, and SO MUCH Fun!!!. They had Riders of all levels and in all places in their training of horses. We ran in front of a rather large crowd - and had a blast!!

The most fun part was all the people who wanted to come down and ask questions, learn about the sport, and a few even asked how to join in. 

And of course - you have to see the sunrises out here - When we get up early these days We are up before the sun - so what a treat to get to see the sun come up with these colors.!!

This is me trying to get three horses to the arena. They are the best and do very well, but the camera coming up - made them wonder what was happening.  The one on the left is the newest *under training* horse. He is about 9 and he has been with us for a year. And I love him!!!

Sunset from the garden  - or the weeds... 

Somehow the weeds have taken over faster than we can keep up this year. 

( so don't notice that part okay??)

This(below) is from the last weekend - our Club hosted a Competition - and it we had an auction and a fundraiser to raise funds for a Breast Cancer Support Center in the North Denver area. Three of our Members had actually used their services while they were fighting Breast Cancer. So it was pretty cool to give back.

We do three runs - and the horses are pretty good for rund 1 and 2, but then they get hungry - so they need a snack!!

It is a fun one - we all wear Pink. So the photos are pretty fun to see all the colors of Pink out there. 

Thanks for cowboying around with me 🤠

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making the most of the weekend

 Means that Today....I need a rest day haha!!!

Just kidding - but It was a packed weekend. A friend of ours is building a house and he needed help putting on the siding . It is not a one person job. So we headed up to his place and got to work:

We got a lot of sheets on before it was time to head back home.  I think we will be going back, it all didn't get finished. Their place is SO beautiful. The Views are just amazing - we are so tickled for them. its fun watching them homestead and brings back memories of homesteading our place. 

Earlier last week my Nephew had called and asked what we were doing for the weekend. I kind of thought he was just being conversational as he doesn't live close.

Turns out he was going to come out and hang out with us. What a BLAST!!!  He wanted to learn how to ride a horse - so we saddled up and away we all went.

he looks pretty good on Ice man doesn't he?  Funny enough - we introduced him to Ice, and found out that that was my Nephews Nickname when he was playing water polo. Too funny!!

 He came out in a nice shirt that I didn't want him to get dirty so we found a t shirt for him. He giggled  at the shirt - but wore it proudly. It was so fun to have him, we rode all over the place and did some running in the arena. I loved it - and hope he comes back!!

We had some amazing Sunsets ^

and gorgeous Sunrises 

Sunday we rode all day and had some other riders join us for a few hours. We got steers moved into the corrals for transport Monday morning... I was going to head in and do some stitching in the evening... but my engine died (or it stalled) and I made it to the couch.... and that was the end of my productivity!!

I feel like we got so much done - its a great feeling - not quilty related at all  ..

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Prepping for a future finish! and!! Finished (or not) Friday

I am prepping for a finish this week!  You have to do that right?

This last weekend we had a 2 day shooting competition and it was a blast!! ( literally too)  But! we leave before sunrise in the morning and get back rather late each night, still have to do chores, prep for the next day - and by Sunday night - I just don't think about quilting . But Come Monday... haha!!

So this week - I got to Prep for a future finish: 

Can't wait to finish it and choose the binding and Show it off!!

I also Got Block 2 of the Alison Glass QAL done:

This is kind of fun to dig in the pile of scraps and see if I have what will work for the colors. Not sure I nailed it - but I love it... so we will take it haha

I had a craving for Chocolate , and we had vanilla ice cream, so I learned how to make Hot Fudge (ish) from scratch. My Husband decided he would marry me all over again ....

And... I made an unplanned trip to Scottsbluff NE.... about 3 hours from me, and about 4 hours from my sons Current project. That was about as * meet in the Middle* as we could get.

He had to move into an area where they didn't want dogs - so!!! I got my third Baby back!!! She's such a good little traveler - she curled up on the seat next to me, and snored the drive back home  away.   

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Fall Fortnight Placemat Hop! Falling Leaves Placemat ( Free pattern)

 Good Morning!!!

I am so excited that I get to participate in the Fall Fortnight Placemat Blog hop!!

It is being hosted by Carole of From My Carolina Home 

If your new to my blog - Welcome!! It's nice to meet you!! I hope you will leave a comment so I can visit you too. And make sure you come back on Fridays - I host * Finished (or not) Fridays* - where we can all show off what we did during the last week!!

My Placemat Project is:

And of COURSE!! I used plaid on the back haha!!

I also used up a bunch of my 2 1/2 inch square scraps!!  It measures 12 in x 18 inches - which is just the perfect size for Meals on Wheels.  Carole is collecting placemats for her local Meals on Wheels - and if you choose to make a placemat or two she would LOVE to have you send them to her for her local MOW!

Alright - are you ready?

For each leaf you will need 

7  - 2 1/2 inch Squares for the *Leaf* and 

6  - 2 1/2 inch Square of Background 

on FOUR of the background squares, you will mark a line right down the Diagonal.

You will then stitch just to the outside of that line - and trim the small edge off. 

That way when you press open - you make a 2 1/2 inch Half Square.  Becuase these are so small - I threw the waste away - you are welcome to stitch another line and make teeny 1/2 squares as a bonus...

Lay your pieces out like so - and stitch. I do them like a nine patch - make three rows, Iron the seams the opposite of each other so they nest, then sew the three rows together.

After i have the block sewn - I trim it up to 6 1/2 inches - and make 5 more blocks!!

You will have a total of 6 leaves:

Lay the Leaves out like so - and stitch together/

You will notice that  a few of my leaves are scrappy - I used like values, but didn't have enough squares to finish the leaf - so I improvised,

Press it very well and quilt!

I used Pellon 80/20 batting . It lays very nice and flat. Quilt it and!! Bind!!

I'd love to see yours if you do make one! 

If you would like this as a pdf - Click here  Falling Leaves Placemat

This was a fun one to participate in. Back in 2021 I did a placemat project as part of my Rainbow Scrap challenge. Taking the finished placemats ( I think I ended up with about 100) to Meals on Wheels was very rewarding. You can take a gander at them thru this link Placemat project

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Carole at From My Carolina Home - Placemat Blog Hop and Charity Project

Diann at Little Penguin Quilts - Fall Fortnight Placemat Blog Hop
Mary Ellen at Quilt Mouse - A Blog Hop with Fall Fortnight 2026
Vicki at Colorways by Vicki -Placemats for a Cause
Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl - Fall Leaf Block & Placemat Tutorial
Kathy at Sewing Etc - Fall Placemats
Mary at Stitchin’ Grandma - Fall Placemat Tutorial
Kathleen McMusing - Maple Leaf Placemats
Alycia Quilts - Fall Fortnight Placemat Hop  ( thats Me!!!)

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