The Rabbit Hole - aka Jelly Roll 18

 Progress!!!

alright!! Truth time!!

I know this - but I never remember this - Jelly rolls - or Strip packs have 40 strips - NOT 42!!! So when I do my math - I am always wrong *ugh*

I can't quite make a 6 x 7 setting - with 40 strips - so I started thinking about stars - the ones from my happy half square project - specifically - Block 3 Block 3 pattern here

so I decided to make some and see what I think - here is where I am!!

Full disclosure - we also decided to do this Jelly Roll 18 block for our QOV sew day - and!! now!! we are going to add the stars - and it will be like Stars and Stripes!!!

my well has been fixed! thank you for the concern. When he fixed the well, he also chlorinated the well and the cistern. Safety precautions - but you know what? We don't like chlorinated water - it has a funny taste haha!! so we had to go buy some bottled water for us and the pups - until the chlorine runs its course. 

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Plaid Patriotic Buckeye Quilt and !! Finished ( or not) Friday!!!

Wednesday Morning we woke up - and I tried to turn the water on - to no avail! Our Well Pump had died. For some reason that just threw off my whole day , and seemed to get my morning off to a rough start - I had to brush my teeth without water...

Well not totally true - we do have a lot of bottled water that we save and refill quite often - just in case. When the power goes out we also have no water. 

I also still had 2 quilts of valor to wash for the next presentation... that flustered me..

So I went quilting!!

I made this Plaid Patriotic Diamond Chain quilt - ( or Buckeye Beauty) and I think it was time to quilt it up!!! I Love plaid.... its just awesome!

Now you knew - i was going to have to make the girls pose! They are really getting the hang of it, and I believe they think it is expected anymore haha

It has been cloudy and overcast - but when I went to take photos the sun was so bright - it got hard to see the quilting pattern.... But yay!! this will go off to the binder... and bam!! one more will be ready to roll!

Just for fun - this is the hay field - doesn't it look so cool? ahh maybe not as cool in a photo as it is  in person - but the circles, I thought that would be a cool quilting design. 

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Playing with the panel

Remember the Panel I bought on Shop Hop too? It came from the Fig Leaf in Ft Collins - and... I just didn't want to put it away. 

So - while my Jelly Roll 18 block pile is growing - I put the panel up and started studying....

And then I remembered the Flags for Sue Block, and then I got to looking - I still have a few blocks left - and so.....

I like this!! I have started adding some sashing between the blocks to grow the quilt to be 60 x 80. I did get two sashing's done, but then.. I had to babysit.  the Pound Puppy came home - and oh my gosh -

three dogs - too much fun and too much energy!

this girl is so cute and my kiddo is doing a great job of training her - but three!!! and on a hot day where they really couldn't be outside in the middle of the day...

Plus - look how cute she is!! they are headed back out to the field, so we will see what I can accomplish now haha!

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The Baby Horse aka Rexie Roo

 Look at this cute little Fluff Ball!!!

Three weeks old today!!!

We believe that the more your baby gets used to you and what all you do on the place , the more broke and safer he is. So we have been working on petting him all over, Picking up his feet, and sort of pressuring him into walking with the feel. This is  the start to halter breaking him. 

when they feel the pressure along with a little tug it will encourage them to move forward, instead of resist and wonder what the heck the thing on their face is.  We like gentle training, and soft encouraging. Not force or pain...

He doesn't really drink much water as he is nursing - but he likes to play in the tank and sticks his nose in the running water, then shakes. He makes me giggle!

We are calling him Rex at the moment. He will need a registered name - and I think we have that picked out as well - but the final call.... still has to be made.  

Did you see we have the halter on him? He looked at Momma Mare like really?   but he did very well. He only had it on for about 5 minutes and we just got him used to it while hanging with momma!

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I went down the Rabbit Hole, Saw a squirrel and made a hard right.....

 a bit ago I was browsing blogs - and I was reading LA Paylors blog . She mentioned the Jelly Roll 18 pattern, so I went googling, and I found it - and a You Tube video ...and there was a printable pattern....

then!! I drug my husband all over the state and of course, might have bought a strip pack ( they didn't call it a jelly roll, but same idea....

And then it got hot.....

So!! Ta da!!! I have started a new quilt - and!! used one of the things I purchased!!  ( the Bernatex strip pack from On Pins and Needles

Go me!!!

and my Ms Baby Bella turned two!!!!

she loves to run, chase sticks, chase her sister, play in the water system of the trees, and snuggle with me. She also loves snacks, Cheetos, and anything you deem safe for her ;-)

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Yellow RSC Diamond chain done and ! Finished ( or not) Friday!!

 I am starting to see a theme around here!! Lookie what else I just got finished!!

March's Yellow rsc quilt - And I mean it is finished... as in all bound and everything!!

The girls were too busy chasing each other to come pose with it - so I let them wear themselves out.

I think this one measures about 50 x 64 ish??? I can't quite remember, and I really did measure it before I loaded it on the machine. I really like the texture of the quilting. I used a f dream puff  - so its really soft and  drapey.

Its listed in my etsy shop  - so maybe it will make someone's day :

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Vietnam Veterans and their Quilts of Valor

 our Quilts of Valor group has been *working* with this groups of Vietnam Veterans for 6 years now - and over that time we have awarded 126 Quilts. as they continue to grow - we continue to award more quilts!!

I met the President of their group when I was the State Coordinator for Colorado, so even though they aren't really in my area - I have kept them!!! ( and the group the is closer to them is okay with it - we talk a lot!!)

I was able to award Quilts this year - we did 13, but somehow not all of them made it to the photos.

I really love this group of Veterans. They are just the sweetest kindest group. And of course they make me smile. When I came in one of the gentlemen who had received a quilt last year came up and said 

I just love when you come - your smile is contagious.  Doesn't that just set the tone for the day!! Love it so much

13 More veterans honored!!! 

Do you remember the Happy Half Square project of 2020?  Well!! My guild has decided to do a little Block making for QOV - so I chose Block 3 for them to make .  

We are going to make them at 12 1/2 inches - so if you want a little leader ender project.... there you go - I will use 4 inch squares to make the half squares and trim to 3 1/2 inches before setting them in the block...and I would be glad to take what you make!  Same colorway as Block 3 !!

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May's Green Diamond Chain Top - aka Emerald Chain

 Mays Rainbow Scrap Challenge color was Green.. I did not make the May deadline. 

I finally did get the top finished tho!! so yay!! Now it is in the to be quilted pile, and it still has a deadline. this quilt has a destination!!!

Of course it had to be o the green green grass.... that I forget gets pretty hot when the sun shines on it. The girls were ready to pose, but Bella stepped on the grass on got right off.  I am glad she knew to do that!

I also finished some of these scrappy blocks: 

51 of them. I was going to make my wonky logs, but some of the pieces were so small - I went with these crumb blocks instead. What will the become? I have no idea as of this moment! they measure 4 1/2 inches.

I was quilting a T shirt quilt for a client - I think this was my favorite shirt in it haha!!

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My Last Shop Hop day...

 You  might need a glass of water for this post.... I have words people.... words!!!

we had three last stores to do on the shop hop. As I've said before - I haven't done  a whole lot of quilt store shopping in a while - but two of these I had been to, and one was brand new ( okay two years old )

and you know.... we had to include other things in our trips.... Candy was fun, but this one - we had to get grain, go to the auction to see what farm pieces were being sold the next day (if it was worth K's time to drive and hour to it) and check out the hay that was going to be for sale  as well...

After the *work* was done - we got to business!! 

The FIG LEAF in Ft Collins was the first stop - another lovely store with a huge selection of things....

I found this:

Me!!! Who Dreams in Red White and Blue finally purchased something patriotic!! don't you love it? K and I had watched Top Gun the night before - so maybe that influenced me??

Next up was THE SEWING CIRCLE - also in Ft Collins but in a new location ( new to me - she said they had been there 8 years - I need to get out MORE !)

This is not  good photo - but its a jelly roll of puppy things and prints from Ruby Star!! it was so cute. They had a lady doing demos as well with this waterproof vinyl like stuff and also with vegan leather - we use to call it pleather ....

So on to LOVELAND colorado to Wild Oats!  this was the new one - apparently the owner got interested in sewing during the pandemic. He couldn't find masks for the guys in his company so he started sewing them and became... addicted!!

He has a great fun shop - a lot of fabrics that I hadn't seen at other stores ! It was also our last stop on the hop. we got the finishing kit for the shop hop quilt and our photo taken.... kind of felt like royalty!!

Ta da!! The finishers!!! (among thousands of others I am sure!!)

aoh!! this is what I found there!

Remember all that western fabric? I found this piece and I think it will make an awesome border to the quilt I am planning in my head!

and I found Christmas Dinosaurs - remember I have an archeologist? I will make his something out of this.

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Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks in Orange

 I finally had a chance to break out the orange - that is a PERFECT color for june... we are heating up!

I do not have many Orange scraps - who knew!! Funny thing tho - I did buy 3 orange FQ's at The Quilt store in Broomfield - so maybe I knew that???? 

Check out the blocks I did get made with the oranges I had tho!! love these!!!

this is now my mantra...... 

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