A Quilt Presentation

Nothing makes my heart happier than starting my Saturday Morning with these amazing veterans !

There were 178 vets present , and I have to say - hearing and watching them all say the pledge , followed by an amazing woman singing the national anthem - just set the tone for the day .

11 veterans honored today with a Quilt of Valor - one is 100 years old , one served in USS Midway and the USS Ticonderoga . And all of them are amazing, and have incredible stories .

its always fun to see them turned both directions - but its even funnier when I ask them to turn around - they all get a little nervous. maybe they were hazed a bit as newbies in the Branch of Military they served in??

This is ( I am pretty positive) My last presentation for 2024 - our group awarded 215 Quilts of Valor this year, we shared 49 with the QOV backlog, and we shared 20 with one of our other QOV groups in Colorado. I am proud of us!!

Its different not being the State Coordinator - I don't have as many Quilts to keep track of, but this still seems like a good number!! We had fun, we enjoyed stitching together - and - they keep me even though I goof off!!

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

I will see you on the 27th for Finished ( or not) Friday!!!!

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The last of the Jelly Roll Rails... and !! Finished ( or not) Friday

 

This is the last of the Jelly Roll Quilts that I have quilted to date!!!!  I think One or two more tops got turned in at our sew day - so I will get to those - but!!! My goal was to get every top that was turned in to me quilted before our last sew day!! ( I won!!)

This one was made by the amazing Connie!!

Then at our sew day - As many of them that showed up got in a group pic!!!

We made 25 I think - so this is a pretty good turn out!!!

I did not quilt all of them - we have some amazing Quilters in our group and they quilted theirs and a few other - TEAM work!!!

Isn't that fun tho!!!!

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A Nautical Jelly Roll Rail QOV

 This one was made by Deb - Deb had this Jelly Roll in her stash - so she stitched it up!!

I loved the fabrics and it seemed so Nautical to me that I quilted Anchors on it!!! It turned out super cute.  I know a LOT of Navy Veterans - so I know this will find a great Veteran to wrap!!

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Another Jelly Roll Rail

 This beauty was made by Liz!!!!

It is really fun to see how each of these Jelly roll Quilts turn out - every one had a different roll!!!

I had fun quilting this one - it added such texture to it!  Be ware - there are more to come!!!

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Blocks, a Motorcycle top, and ... the dreaded .... Piles

 We are doing a little block drive with the Diamond chain blocks - Jan gave these to me at our last guild meeting:

Aren't they cool? My personal goal was to make 80 of them out of my plaids... I am sure that I can - but!! So far I am only up to 40... I see some stitching in my future! ( not really a sad thing right?)

I have  QOV presentation coming up for some Motorcycle Veterans - and so I put together another Motorcycle Top... I need to QUILT it now!!! Get moving on that! 

The cool thing is - it is about time for my projects. I have just finished the last *MUST GET DONE* client quilt for the Christmas rush - and YAY!! Its all about me now!

and check out these piles.... they must be tackled - I bet there is a Quilt or Two in there ( sigh)

Okay - its really all about me, but I pretend every so often that its about someone else 😊😂

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Another Jelly Roll Rail Fence and!!! Finished ( or not) Friday

Happy Friday!!!!

We have a sew day coming up and my goal was to get all the Tops turned into me quilted - really so I could give them back to the piecer to bind, but!! also - I wanted to get a group pic when we are all together!!!

So this top was pieced by Deb T 

I like the way she sorted the colors in the Jelly Roll - to me it almost looks Plaid like... and you ALL know how I feel about plaids.

here is the link to the FREE pattern  Jelly Roll Rail Fence

Don't you think it has a plaid Vibe going on?  Or maybe I just see Plaid in everything.. my eyes could be broken!!

Also - I read a book:

I got it on Amazon Prime on the Kindle thing - it was free... don't know if it still is - but its a pretty good one  Here's the book review on good reads - I concur!!

A wronged wife goes toe to toe with her cheating husband at the polls in this hilarious and heart-lifting novel by the bestselling author of Don’t Forget to Write.

It’s a doozy of a bad day for Beverly Diamond when she catches her husband, Larry, in a compromising position with his secretary. What’s a DC suburban wife to do with a soon-to-be ex, two young kids, and no degree or financial support in 1962? Beat the louse at his own game, that’s what.

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Jelly Roll Rail fence QOV

 Remember way back in September when I did a prototype for a Jelly Roll Rail Fence QUilt - for our Sew day?  and it turned out?

Well!! I got Jelly Rolls for all the quilters in my group, and we had a day of it!!!

It was so fun to see how all the Jelly rolls looked different - and now - I am quilting some of them!!

This one was Pieced by Cindy S - and funny enough - she doesn't live all that far from me!!!

The free pattern can be found here: Jelly Roll Rail Fence - its pretty easy - 1 jelly roll and 2 yards ( I think) of the background fabric!! and Voila!!!

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The Botanical Gardens

 For Thanksgiving we headed back east, and one of the days we had free we visited the Botanical Gardens. Highly Recommend!!!

They had it set up for Christmas - and there were poinsettias all over - so very pretty.

I already forgot for sure where this one was - But I think it is outside of the International Spy Museum - don't hold me to that - I just thought the reflections were so cool!!!

There was hardly anyone outside - later we learned they all thought it was too cold. But DC gets super cold - so I am guessing that they were just working... 

Inside the Botanical Gardens - this is the Library of Congress. It is made out of all plant material. Super cool. They had replicas of almost every momument.

The Lincoln Memorial

Check out this detail - Lincoln is Actually in it!!!!

Of course I focused on the eagle - he is all plant!!!

One of the displays was all about gardening and making a sustainable system. I was intrigued

And The Capitol - that one was huge!!!

We also went to the Modern Art Museum. For some reason that one WAS crowded, so no photos, and I didn't trip anyone or run out screaming - we call that a win!!

On our flight out - I wore that Turkey sweatshirt - I got stopped SO MANY TIMES!!! Even the pilot on the first leg of the flight came out to tell me he needed one. It was quite funny. I am not a very *Peopley*person, so I think it helped that I made people smile......

My other one is the Kindness shirt - Do you know how many people on the street and in the Museum saw it, smiled and a lot of them said thank you for the reminder. Made me remember to be nice too ;-)

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Indigo Way - the Top!

 Whoo Hoooooooooo

I Finally finished last years Bonnie Hunter Mystery - Indigo Way.

Well - I finished piecing it - of course there is more to do - but! I will celebrate the steps!!!

Remember a while ago I asked about the sizing  of King Sized quilts - this one was why! I wanted to make it King Sized for my New King sized mattress - and now - I don't want to make another one this big. It got out of control haha!

I made it 100 x 100 - so we will see how that works!

Ta da!!!! I am pretty tickled!! Some of you asked about my fake grass - We put in artificial turf a few years ago (march of 2022) - so every quilt photo you have seen with green ---- is fake!!

I can't grow grass like this out here - it was to sandy and dry . I can get Prairie grass, but the cows and horses eat it and its clumpy - It doesn't make for pretty pictures haha.

Now my top is done I need to figure out a back and probably a panto to quilt on it.

This is a better photo of the grass I grow haha!! Check out my puppy - she is herding cats!!!! and she does such a great job haha!

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Stars like Spaghetti and Finished ( or not ) Friday

Happy Back from Thanksgiving FONF!!! My last Friday had me walking all over Arlington, VA - so story on that to come !!!

BUT!!! In the continuance of the Quilt of Valor Quilting Commencing!! I have another one!

This is the Stars Like Spaghetti Mystery that I did this year - and this top was made by Verna up in the mountains!!! I LOVE how scrappy it is!!!

(Ignore the dog toy - oops - but LOVE my fake grass!! it looks so happy in winter)

This was a great one to quilt - Verna is a fantastic piecer ( as opposed to me!!!) and her quilt was so great to quilt on. 

Label from Spoonflower

It will go to be bound by one of our group members - and ready to award in 2025... GULP - How did that happen!!!

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