Monday, March 18, 2024

Designing on the Table

 Because the Design wall is full!!!

But I wanted to lay out my Purple RSC blocks so I could make sure that the colors didn't touch...

so!

I improvised!


I laid out Three rows at a time, pinned two - moved three to the top and laid out two more... so when it is all stitched together - Fingers crossed I didn't turn anything!!!


I am growing to like the pale yellow with Purple . Sort of....


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Friday, March 15, 2024

Green Lightening #2 and Finished!! ( or not) Friday!!!

 



Happy Friday!!! There was a bit of a snow event in Colorado and I was starting to feel left out, all we had was rain. Of course, I will take rain, but the rest of the state was measuring the snow in feet!!!  
and then we finally got some!!! Thursday afternoon we got about 2 inches and then by 6 it turned back to rain.. but I saw some snow!!!!!

This is my Green ( January RSC color) Quilt #2  it is finally finished and bound ! Whoot Whoot!!!



I used a fun Crop circle type alien design on it - or at least that is what I think it looks like!

The back is the same Shirting as Green Lightening #1 - it was a large piece.




We went to Riverton for a Family Funeral. and we got to drive in between two storms. It was a perfect drive for us - we skirted between the two snows and it was a beautiful day.

My Sister in Law shot a photo of us as we were all getting ready to head back home. She was in her pickup and we were still chatting.... I always think you should run out of stuff to say - but... words keep coming.

And!! Progress on March RSC ( Purple) blocks - I didn't want to pair it with Green - since I paired Green with Purple in January. I looked for Grey - but the shades I had I didn't like - so I went with pale yellow. Still not sure that's what I really wanted to do... but!! It's cut now haha!



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Monday, March 11, 2024

C'mon Mom ...Let's go!

 

Stop Sitting around Mom - there is stuff to sniff and places to go, and things to see!!

When we Got Ms. Puppy here I was in Love, but then I got worried that I had taken in more than I could keep up with. I have to say - she is the best thing we have done in a while... there is a lot of Get up and Get going in her ! She is pretty adaptable to whatever we take her to.



And she loves to just move on out - so I practiced some Cell Phone Photography - to see what I could see. This is looking West from our middle pasture. I might trick your eye a bit - because I got low. and there is a LOT of other things between his pasture and the mountain. But I like the illusion.


Cell phones don't get a lot of Detail far away - but I kind of like the Silhouette effect of this one - all except Ty there was itching his back and it gives him a funny look!



Most mornings find us doing chores pretty Early , then Ms Bella and I take a walk - she would love to go miles... I kind of keep it under two..... This is looking East - watching the sun come up. 

Same Mountains - different angle - you can tell there's a few things in between now ;-

and another Sun Rise. With the time change I am not sure if I will see more of them or if we will be back in from our walk.... and have to wait for the days to continue get longer?  I am sure I used to pay attention to that - and now will again.


When you don't have to drive to town for work, sometimes time changes don't really effect you - you just have to get it all done ..Light or Dark!


And Sunset....



Bella says thanks for letting her show you her favorites from her walk... now she is posing so you can give her a treat!!

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Friday, March 08, 2024

Log Cabins and Finished ( or not!) Friday!!!

 My Awesome Friend Vickie made this Quilt top!! and she Appliqued these amazing Eagles on it - and wow!! I just think it is gorgeous....

My job ( should I chose to accept it?)  Quilt it!!

and so!

I did!!



You will note the picture is Sideways... Well!! my Fences weren't high enough to clip this quilt and keep it off the ground. So I thought I could clip the quilt the long way and rotate the photo.

In my head it looked perfect....now I'm not so sure. but the quilt!!! it is perfection!!!



Don't you just love that eagle!!

My finish for the week - Quilting this one and getting it back to her for binding! 

And now it it your turn to brag!!
What did you finish ( or not) this week?

Are you making progress?
Are you ready for Spring?

Oh!! and someone ( thanks Kat) told me that the time changes on Saturday night... 



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Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Stars Like Spaghetti Full Quilt Pattern



 


As you know - when I offer Mysteries I tell you to PRINT the clues as they come out!!!  After the mystery is over I take the clues and combine them into a full pattern, then place it in my ETSY store - and use the funds from the sale of the Pattern to support my QOV group ;-)  

It is WIN WIN!!


So!!! The Clues have been disabled on the blog - but now the full pattern is available ( and two clues have been combined)


Click on the Graphic or Click here to head over to the FULL pattern for Stars Like Spaghetti - remember you will cut and sew on each step - so if you want to get all of your cutting done first - you will need to read thru the WHOLE pattern first 

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Monday, March 04, 2024

Our Sew Day and MORE QOV's and Ohio Stars!!

 My Sew group meets about every Month and we work on some QOV project. We have so many amazing quilters in our group that someone agrees to teach us a new block or a new idea. It is a lot of fun.

February was my month - so I cut 60 of the QOV Ohio Star blocks for everyone to stitch on. 

And we also had show and Tell. I didn't get photos of all the quilts turned in - but Charlene took a few for me to share.

Liz - She made her a top with Ohio stars  and I think it is pretty cool:




And Deb Finished her Stars Like Spaghetti!!   Her Mom was one of the Original QOV'ers with me, and she passed away a few years ago. Deb inherited her fabrics and she said she made this from all of her moms stash .. Too cool!!



We stitched 35 of the 60 blocks I had cut because WE HAD A PRESENTATION!!
and that is just way cooler than sitting and stitching haha!!


We had Three Marine, 2 Army and 1 Navy.  It was an awesome day!!!

In my mind I was going to keep track of the Numbers of Quilts we have awarded this year - but you all know that I will fail... however this - brings us to 29 and 3 shared,so can I just say 32?  and not have to break it out? 


PS - you will notice that the clues for  STARS LIKE SPAGHETTI are no longer accessible. It is being compiled into one pattern and IS NOW AVAILABLE

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Friday, March 01, 2024

Rsc Green Lightening #1 and !! Finished ( or not) Friday!!!

 (Go) Go Green Lightnin', you're burning up the quarter-mile

(Green Lightnin', go Green Lightnin')

Ear worm right?? and yes - I changed the words to match my Quilt!!
This is #1 of 3 Green Lightening quilts that I made out of my January RSC blocks..


The dog and I took a walk to see if we could find a good Sunshiney spot - and we did!! 
I quilted Flowers all over it - it was fun!


I had found a piece of Western Shirt fabric in my stash and I thought it would be fun to see what it looked like......



Yay!! One down - Two to go!!!
You can see all of my Lightening Streak Quilts and the little How To if you'd like to make one by clicking this Link:  Lightening Streak Quilts

Last week one of our Veterans who is also a Law Enforcement officer died on his way home from work, This week my Aunt in Law passed away... Its really interesting to me how my Quilting can keep me level and somewhat sane when things like this happen. Its almost a tangible relief, or expression to me to dig in to that fabric. 

Does quilting help you that way too? 

I am excited to see what you all have been up to this week. I know a lot of you went to QuiltCon - we even have a FONF participant who might have won a little something there:


  CONGRATS!!! you will also want to check out her blog for a recap of the show!!

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

a QOV presentation

There is a wonderful group of Veterans that our Quilt Of Valor group works with  and we had a great presentation the other day... but I think we need a bigger spot!!! HAHA!




on my phone this photo looks okay - but Making it big... might make it a little blurry - but!

Just Note the Smiles!!! We made some wonderful Vets really happy!

The quilts were made by!

  • Anna Marie
  • Alycia
  • Karen
  • Connie
  • Jeri
  • Michelle
  • Meredith
  • Liz 
  • Clare
  • Kim 
  • and!! our QOV group - there were 3 quilts that had blocks made by all of us.
I just love the happiness and healing these quilts bring!
I think this presentation brings us to 23 Awarded and 3 shared with another group.


Monday, February 26, 2024

Texas

 Our friends son plays baseball at KU ( Kansas). He is a Pitcher.

My husband told his friend we would love to come watch him play. If your in a warm location let us know. And he told us about Texas. We checked the weather, it said it was supposed to be in the 60's/

Texas forgot to tell us that a cold front was going to come thru.

I travel in Sweats - thank goodness! At least I had something warm haha! We landed and it was in the 50;s and it steadily dropped. Sorry Texas - we brought winter! 

It rained, It Winded, the temps dropped to 39 and did you know that HUMID cold is way worse than DRY cold? Oh my stars - it goes to your bones... and remember me? I LIKE COLD... but not Corpus Christie on the water cold... 

I did get a new Sweat shirt out of it tho!!!


They played 4 games - 1 game a day, so before the games - we got to explore,
Since it was raining hard we headed to the Aquarium.... It was dry inside!



I love studying the colors of animals and the contrasts - maybe that helps me in my color selections?


another day we went to the USS Lexington - please note who's name I am under!! I know how it ends for the other... so I chose wisely!!!

Also  - this sign made me laugh!! I decided that we should yell that when a Non Quilting Male comes in to our Quilt day!!!


Just to prove - we did watch Baseball and not just mess around. This is the coldest day there. After that game all the baseball people are talking baseball - and my question to the players.... "How did you stay warm?"   You have to ask the important things you know!!


Another day we headed to the beach - I figured you were probably going to get wet anyways - why not have fun. This is Padre Beack ( I think) they told me it was the North end - and all the party stuff for Spring Breaks is maybe 60 miles south?  

Not a big Partier - but I loved walking the shoreline!!



Sorry Texans that we brought cold weather - but you didn't have to accept it !!
Oh!! Back to the USS Lexington! I got a sweatshirt there - so I was wearing it to one of my Veteran Functions yesterday - and one of the Vets ... I call him Top Gun - he was in the Very First Class of Naval aviators to be a part of Top Gun  - said - hey!! I had to do 10 take offs and landing on that carrier!

That was so cool to me - and the Lex - its a SHORT runway!!! Oh boy!!

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Stars Like Spaghetti - my version - and !! Finished ( or not ) Friday!

Happy Happy Friday!!!

Oh man it has been a week!! We were in Texas for a little bit! But!! we had planned on warm and sunny, Corpus Christie on the other hand wanted 40's and flipping cold!!! I now have NEW sweatshirts to prove I was places haha!

Today I am going to show you MY finished ( and even bound!) Version of Stars Like Spaghetti!! If you haven't seen it yet and don't want to - close your eyes! Quick!!


If you played a long I hope you had fun, used a few scraps, and now have a Quilt ready for a Veteran!! 


I quilted it with an Star Panto ( and no I won't tell you which one, because i can't remember the name of it, and I am too lazy to go downstairs to look! - but you will still love me!)




My Little girl is pretty good at finding boo boos so I got a little worried when she stared - but she approved!!  This is her on Presidents day .. she is running for President of the ranch - and she is pretty sure she will win!

Stars Like Spaghetti - Strange name I know but if you didn't catch earlier:

"Once upon a Time I was driving in my car - and a song came on. Me, lots of times, hearing what I want to hear - heard *Stars Like Spaghetti* 

and my mind went immediately to a quilt design.  It wasn't until the third time I heard the song that I realized it was actually

Stars Like Confetti.  oops!! That would make a great quilt pattern too... but not this time."

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