Turkey Trot

Disclaimer: "I did not run the Turkey Trot"

That being said.... my crazy boys did!!!

 Santa was there... greeting everyone and listening to everyone's wish lists.

Here is my oldest - he finished like 17th overall. I am sure he gets all his running ability from me. I can run from the couch to the fridge and back in less that a commercial break!

And look - it is Batman!  My littlest guy ran the whole race in his Batman Costume. Lots of people were yelling - Go Batman!  It was quite funny.  And he still could "thumbs up" us!

The kid in the Grey - is my middle one. He tried to hide from my camera - but I found him ;-)

So - did any of you do these crazy runs before Thanskgiving dinner?

Presentations by Liz

My dear Liz has been a life saver and an inspiration this year... ( okay for more than this year) She is a force- a whirlwind-  Not only does she piece, she quilts.... and she made two Key Presentations this last month.

I think you remember- we had some great press, and a lot of requests came in. Liz filled two of these and we would like to show you.

 This dear Veteran was so excited that he would receive a Quilt of Valor. He was so tickled - that he called after receiving it telling me how WONDERFUL the people were that came to present the QOV to him!!

Liz and her Husband did the presentation. Kent is so supportive! Plus he is a master Long arm Mechanic (not sure that;s really a term but I bet you know what he does!)

 And then Kent and Liz did a second presentation. They were so tickled to meet this Veteran. He was so happy.

I hope you like seeing some of these presentations. I sure appreciate the chance to Honor our Veterans-and I so appreciate Liz and Kent for doing these presentations. We have just the best Quilters don't we?

Dec 1st Photo a Day: Prompt: Red

"Just Do It" attitude

I was watching a Nike Commercial and this phrase struck me.... I have been in a little bit of a "getting my own stuff done slump"... More of a - don't wanna..... I don't like that attitude.... so I thought I should

"Just do it"  or "get er done"

Or something like that.

Here is my full disclosure.... are you ready?

Really Ready?

This - is my under ironing board storage.... it was supposed to keep me organized.....

I am thinking.... it might have failed....   sort of....

So here is what I am thinking.... that as soon as I finish my customers orders that HAVE to be done for Christmas.... I am going to start on this! Maybe start with the ones that are NOT in the bins? That way it will look all pretty and like I am under control ?  ( NO Laughing alright?)

or maybe I should just go buy more bins and hide it all from myself?

Cyber Monday??

I did the Cyber Monday thing this morning.... my computer is all worn out! I think it would like me to go sew now!

I even have some Quilts for Sale.  They can be found at this link:

http://quiltygirlquilts.blogspot.com/p/quilts-for-sale.html

Today is quiet around our house - my oldest has gone back to college, the other two are back in school ( albiet very RELUCTANTLY) , my dogs are all tired, the horses are enjoying the last warm day ....

I have been editing, and organizing photos - its quite fun. I do Family and Senior Photography, as well as events ( like sports) so I am trying to get those to all of the locations they are supposed to go AND! I am even beating all the deadlines - go me!

Check out this little cutie.... she really makes me want another one... Wrangler Man says No - spoil sport...

She is adorable ;-)

Seriously - does she not make your heart go pitter patter?

This little angel is just so sweet - and a total Daddy's girl.... although she is a Momma's girl too - smart cookie!

The whole family. aren't they sweet?

Enjoy your day!!! Happy Shopping  ;-)

Happy December - QOV show!

As many of you know - there was a special on NBC nightly News about Quilts of Valor - and it sparked a LOT of interest. A LOT of interest in getting Quilts of Valor to some of our deserving Veterans.

Colorado was not Exempt - we had quite a few requests for Quilts to be presented. And thank goodness we have a legion of generous Quilters - not only to make the quilts( thank you ALL!!)

... but there are some that are local to areas so that I wasn't driving all over the place.

One of these lovely ladies is Judy V.

Here are a few of the most recent Quilts of Valor that Judy has finished:

Aren;t they fabulous? I went and spoke at Judy's Guild - and this was a part of her Show and Tell. And what a great bunch of Quilters at her guild. I am funnily- a shy person- by nature, so I usually have to gear myself up to be in a large bunch..... and talk in front of them - but they were just so nice!!!  I loved it... and I only talked for.... forever lol

So...back to our requests - we had one in the area, and so I asked Judy if she would like to do it....  and then - just to surprise her - I chose one of her quilts to present to him.

You can not probably tell - but this man would not let go of his quilt. It was just so sweet. The thing that struck me this time- is he told us he didn't have very many good memories of the war. And then we wrapped his quilt around him, and all the good memories came flooding back. The men he served with, the good that they did, the love of his family, and of course his wonderful wife.

That was really just so neat to me. What a great man with a big heart.

Thanks for stopping by - Quilt on ;-)

Thanksgiving

I hope you all have had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!  My Baby came home and we have had such a great time being together.  Of course - the day he came home was crazy eventful.... so on Monday I will get back in the groove and share with you....

Happy Thanksgiving from us:

 

Sew in with UNC Softball team

The University of Northern Colorado Softball team joined us again to make Quilts of Valor!

THIS is the stack of tops that were completed!!!  

TEN!!!

They were quilt designing machines.

I brought a lot of our Block Drive Blocks and said - have at it!

They came up with awesome designs. Its always fun to have new eyes look at the way to layout quilts.

So - warning - this is a picture laden post- but you may see your blocks!!

They broke up into groups, and starting using the desing walls.

Most of them remembered all the sewing they learned at our last session.

We had 6 new quilters on the team - so they had a little more help.

Our Veteran Quilters are so helpful and wonderful - and loved working with the team!

LOVE the smiles and the designs!!!

Even Asst. Coach K got in on the action.

He said this time was even more fun, as he knew what he was doing this time.

*he even choose the SAME machine*

The brought the Grad Assistant along -

so much fun to hang out with - except he said if I wasn't nice he would make me work out ;-( 

Showing off the finished tops

Group Picture!!

A little girl came with her grandma - I am venturing to say

That she is the teams number 1 fan 

More finished tops

Seriously I am loving the designs.

And look - we made the paper ;-)

Front page even.... pays to sew with softball players

Iam linking up with PatchworktImes.com Design wall - even though these aren't really my design walls

The team did an awesome job !!

The Bingham Quilters Quilts of Valor

Jody and her group of Merry Quilters have been SO prolific!!!

And I was a failure - I was supposed to meet Jody at a Class - and my son needed me to come watch him, and I forgot!!! Bless Jody !!! She left the quilts with Jessica - and they are here and getting ready to go to their Veterans!!!   Thanks Jody ( as I hang my head )

So- Here are their Beauties!!!  THIRTEEN of them!!!

 Do you recognize any of the block patterns??? The Bullseye Log Cabin? ( from a recent Block Drive)

 Or the Scrappy Trips? (From another Block Drive - using a Bonnie Hunter pattern?)

 Love Love Love them all!! Thank you Bingham Quilters!!! You Rock!!!

Friday

Yesterday a storm rolled in, and the wind came with it... I forget how cold the wind can make everything. As well as making it hard to drive - it seems no matter which direction you go - the snow is blowing INTO you!!

My little guy is a basketball player this year.  I think he is having a good time, he sleeps well at night! This is kind of new to him - he played back when he was 6.. one season. 

 I am not a master of the basketball shot yet - but mine is Number 5

 I told him he should stop and look at me - and then start moving.that way I could have a clear photo... he disagreed,

The other team had cheerleaders ( we are in 7th grade) and this just cracked me up - the only blue in the sea of green....

And on to a Finished quilting project.

My friend J Loves to work with batiks - and her quilt tops are just amazing. So I got to play on this one:

 It reminded me of something southwestern... aztec like. So we treated each square separately.

 The outer border had squares quilted into it - I notice that I can't see it very well - so I hope you can click on the picture and see more.

I loved her batiks - the colors were wonderful!

I am linking up with http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/  and http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

QOV show - Eye Candy for the Soul

I am back!! I am so excited to start showing you all of these finished Quilts of Valor.

Many of them have already been presented - we had a big run of presentations over Veteran's Day - and we are doing more. I love that we are getting to show our appreciation !!

This quilt was pieced by Many!!! These are the blocks that were collected at MQX last spring. ( PS - the class list is out now!!)

Liz put them together and she quilted it!!

 I love this quilting pattern - I really though it enhanced the quilt!!

Here is another one - You could piece two different blocks -and we had a great time mixing and matching!!

 This one was also Quilted by Liz!!  She is wonderful!!

Now to be honest - this one speaks to me!! I love the solid cream breaking up the colors!! Again it was quilted by Liz - she is a force!!!

This one was made and quilted by Liz too! She tells me that they go camping, and her relaxation is to piece. She has a whole set up that she can put outside , right by the door - Impressive!!

 See the peace quilting? Too cool!!

The Next 5 quilts were made by ZoeAnn and her quilters at the Columbine Quilt Guild - The guild did a panel challenge - and I am proud to say that a lot of them became Quilts of Valor. I love how they used the panels to create such beautiful quilts!

That is it for Today's show!! Hope you enjoyed it. Do you have a new idea for that panel that is sitting in your stash????