Don't Fence Me In.... TGIF Friday

Welcome to TGIF Friday!!

I LOVE having that little extra push to finish something!! and I needed it this month, it was a short month !!

Here is my February Finish!

It is called 

Don't Fence Me In

and the pattern is by Atkinson Designs

In her book Monterrey Medallions

and of course

This was a part of the Monochromatic Challenge

hosted by Judy at Patchwork Times

WAY back in 2011

( hiding my face)

I DID NOT think it was that long ago that I finished the top!!

But it was  *sigh*

And this is the backing

It was Kizmet - I was looking for something to back it with and I found this really bright orange piece

Of course, After I used ALL of the fabric I had

Little Bit told me he would want a shirt of that fabric..

umm  well

Maybe he will settle for the quilt??

and below

The quilting design called

Feathers a la mode

(Quilted by Me!)

and NOW!! A finish!!

Which! Just in case you were looking for a Machine Quilter to work with you

I have appointments available 

( I'd love to partner with you!!)
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So that is my FINISH for this week -

and I am tickled Orange about it!!

Ready to share you finishes??

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Also linking to:
Confessions of a Fabric addict
Busy Hands Quilts
Bragging
Colour & Inspirations

QOV Wednesday, and MORE!

First the MORE!!!

Next Wednesday!!  This very next Wednesday coming up ( maybe the 27th??)   A WHOLE BRAND NEW MYSTERY is Starting!!  I can not wait to share this one with you.

my friend Linda Swanekamp ( Who blogs here : http://artinsearch.blogspot.com/  ) designed it - and I LOVE it!!  I used Plaids.... are you surprised??

So mark your calendars to start that!

And the SECOND MORE

I will be hosting TGIF Friday THIS Friday... and is my finish a Surprise!! some of you may never have even known that I made it ( it might be that old!)

Okay - NOW the MORES are all done....

Its QOV Wednesday!

This one is the Kevin the Quilter Block drive block.... Nancy W made it and Debbie Y Quilted it

This one was made by my friend Judy and her Miracles Group

and quilted by Deb Y

This beauty was made by Kathy and Connie !!

This one  ( below)

was made by Sharon D in Loveland

and the last beauty for today

made by Connie and Kathy

hope you enjoyed the quilts - hope to see you Friday for you to show off a finish
and of Course on Wednesday for the start of the next mystery!

T Shirt Quilt Time!!!

Its that time of year again - T shirt quilt time!!

Perfect for graduations !!

This is whats up on the design wall today - and will ( hopefully) be a finished Quilt by the weekend!!

And then there has been a BUNCH of this!!

Bet you can't guess which one is my kid?

( above - photo by GPS imaging)

Cuz you all know that I don't like him right? ( ha ha ha)

( photo above and below by ME! ;-)  )

We head to district playoffs tomorrow

Wish us a lot of Luck!

Photo below

by GPS imaging

This is all of us at Senior night.... ... you know I am not letting him leave home right??


Linking to:
Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt
Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

My Plaid ChurnDash

While its not really a *Friday Finish*  it is at a new stage.... so phase 1 is Finished ;-)

Do you like my thought process? Ha ha


So here it is.... all the blocks are up on the Design Wall

( now I have to pause to finish a T shirt quilt)

Lest you think this was my own idea..... I got the magazine Modern Patchwork

and in it was this pattern!

She did hers in all blues and I really loved it.

I mean LOVED it!

But since my favorite color is plaid...

I just had to do it in plaid!!

Linking to:
TGIF Friday at Lisa in Port Hope
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
FInished or Not Finished at Busy Hands

The next day

We survived!!!
There were 7 of us - Dawna ( Of Dawna;s Design Threads) Deb, Kaje, Sheree, Ethel, Charlene and Me .... and we all walked away .... ha ha

We had Machines from the school - so I set them up along one wall ( Outlets are a priority)

And we set up a cutting station in the middle of the room ( outlets not a priority!)

One of our happy stitchers!!!

and we set up design Tables

We weren't allowed to put anything on walls - so this worked well

We used the double Slice Block

and it was supposed to be 9 1/2 inches

But! We know how stitching isn't always the same on each machine

So Dawna ( left) trimmed all the blocks to 9 inches

Perfection!

Each Stitcher... had help!

Lots of help

Don't you love the FFA patch?

The Trimmings!

and the coolest part

If you teach a kid to stitch - they want to teach the other kids to stitch

It was awesome!!

They worked so well together

We got 1 total top done

and then we have one that just needs one more row stitched to it

We got a ton of blocks made - enough for at least 2 more tops

maybe 3

and the kids rocked!

They even bought us pizza!

The Double Slice and the FFA

As you are reading this ... there are 6 of us crazy quilters prepping to teach the FFA ( Future Farmers of America) how to make Quilts of Valor!!


We had 90 Students sign up - so see me tomorrow.... and see what we look like right? ha ha!

I decided that we needed to make a fun , simple block -so we will be teaching them Missouri Stars Double Slice Block

and look at me!

This pile here - is 360  - 10 inch squares!!

I sorta figured that each student could maybe make 4 blocks each? Maybe? but then as the day goes on - I might have the new students start putting them into quilt tops.... we shall see how the day goes!!

and these three blocks are going with me - Ms Deb - One of our quilters taught us how to make this block at our last QOV sew day - I took 3 extras home with me to finish... and she will be making lovely quilts with a lot of these from all our quilters!

Enjoy your day!!

Design Wall Progress

Remember this:

Layer one is now this!

( its called Simply Dashing from Highway 10 Designs)

The boys like it upside down

and since they were letting me sew during the SuperBowl

I will be nice and show it their way!

Layer two

This is the Leftovers of my Serape Weave Quilt

and now its a little quilt

Now I am working on Churndashes 

to finish layer three

Not to shabby eh?

Back to the sewing table!!!


Linking to:
Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt
Main Crush Monday
Design Wall Monday
Moving it Forward

Spinning Stars ... Finished!!

Whoot Whoot - I have another Finish... and....

It's a Quilt of Valor!!

I had a lot of fun making this one - I used all my 5 inch squares that I cut from extra backings - and went to town

*full disclosure* I did NOT use all of my 5 inch squares... I used all 5 inch squares for the blocks  !!

Each block took 4 Reds, 4 Blues and 8 Whites to make - all Half Squares - and .... Tada!!

QOV # 6 for 2019
Whoot Whoot!!!!


Linking to:
TGIF Friday at Devoted Quilter
Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Finished or not at Busy Hands Quilts

Oh Scrap at Quilting is more fun than Housework

Quilts of Valor Colorado

Are you ready for some more Quilty Inspirations???
 I so love showing these quilts off - Sometimes I get to have a hand in them - sometimes not - but I love that our group is so prolific ( or Quiltific?)

So first up ( above) we have two more Flags for Sue Quilted - I pieced them and Kathy - Sues Sister quilted them!! LOVE them!

Below
We have the COOLEST Scrappy quilt - made by Marty in Colorado - and I want to recreate it!!

Below
These were made by Connie and Kathy - the dynamic Duo!!

Left was made by Kathy - and Right - was made by Barb ( she winters in Colorado) and quilted by Crystal in Denver

And below - 3 more Quilts by Connie and Kathy - these were put together by them out of the blocks that hey taught our Group to make.  It was a fun day!!

So now you are inspired and you are going to make a Quilt of Valor - and find a place to award it ( right?) ha ha!!

Enjoy!

My Design wall overfloweth.....

Oops!

I haven't been get as long of stitching periods as I wish -  but! I sure am stitching on a lot of things...

None of you have ever experienced that tho? right?

On top! My Simply Dashing  - Pattern from Highway 10 Designs

Bottom Right - the leftover blocks from my Serape Weave - and hopefully a new little quilt when I figure out if I like it like that or not.

Bottom Left - The Jan/Feb Blocks that my QOV group is making

and of course - the back - Plaid!  My favorite color - and Churndash - My favorite block... go figure!



Now you know a little about my brain - and how unfocused I can be - but! I will say - I am having fun.... and after this next week ( of lots of crazy School things, and a little bit of work) .... I hope to make better progress on all of these!

Linked to:
Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt
Main Crush Monday at Cooking Up Quilts