A Blue Wrap Up for January

 So the challenge was to see how many Chunky Churndashes I could make with my little 2 1/2 inch scraps. I think! I could have made more.... but! This is what I turned up with!

63 Blocks!!! and Ms Cherie... Might have contributed haha!! These mysteriously appeared!!

But they added such fun to this little pile of blocks!!

We are also doing our Knit Hats for Operation Christmas Child this Year. M's goal is 1000 hats - oh boy!! So I pulled out some blue and knitted a few.

Remember - I don't know how to knit with needles - so I use the Loom? its kind of relaxing. But I also have a baby loom , so I had to try one of a small size  ↓ 

Isn't it SO cute!!!!

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And now... to wait and see what the February Color will be!!!

I wonder what block I will choose for that month? or!!! Will I stick with my Chunky Churndashes???

Oh!!! and I read a book - this is a fiction book, but! It's about a lady who leaves England for France and then finds herself *Stuck* there because of WWII . Its a good read. 

It's not super political or war ish - but its was an interesting perspective and a light read of WWII.

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A Cold, Snowy and Windy QOV presentation

 Sunday!! the day for our QOV presentation - turned out to be very yucky!!

A lot of quilters wanted to cancel, but! I don't always have ways to reach the Veterans that are coming , on short notice - so 9 of us showed up to quilt. And then!!

4 of our Veterans made it out. It wasn't quite warm ( 7) and the snow had started coming down , and!! the wind... ugh - that dratted wind . But all that make Wrapping up in a quilt - much nicer!!

We had Marine and Army Veterans - and we had quite a crowd. I baked ( cookies from the cookie store) 

and we had a great time. 

Driving back home - not so much - I was the only one going east, so I don't know which direction was worse - but I went 35 in a 65 haha!!

My Daisy girl - when I told her it was time to go outside for a potty break. Maybe this is how dogs potty train themselves???

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Finished ( or not) Friday

 

Do you ever have those weeks where you wonder what exactly it was that you did???

I think this is one of them!

I have a lot of things in progress - but nothing quite to finish yet.

I have Flannel Memory Quilt

I have a T Shirt Quilt

I have Lupine and Laughter

and I have

Dogs... and Cows,...

We spent one whole day working cattle, and taking them to where they belonged.

So I have 5 new ones here -and one is SOOOO cute. I named him *Little Baby Woo Woo* haha!!

These are a few of them

The New ones are in the corrals - currently acclimating to my house. We learned that if we hold them in the corrals for a few days they get a better idea of where their water source is, and everyone is happier. 

So !! WOW !! me with your stuff... Let me ohh and ahhh over you this week!!

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Just the Scraps Ma'am...

 I might have hurt my back a little, and I might have decided the 75-90mph winds were just not what I wanted to play in, so!! I retreated to my Scrap bin.

I finished cutting up the big pieces into 2 1/2 inch squares for my Chunky Churndashes.... and then - I had bits left over - so!!

I started putting them together and this is what is became. 

I am not sure what I will use it for, or if I will add some to make it more placemat size, or???

But!! now the Blue bin is pretty put together . Not empty... but pretty put together! that's progress right?

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And another Jelly Roll Plus Quilt of Valor (x2)

I am still working on the Quilting of these Jelly Roll Plus Quilts - Got two more Quilted!

Which is Good timing, as our sew day is coming up and I Can return these and the quilters can get them bound! Whoop Whoop!

Above - Minus the girls - we had a wind free moment, so they really really wanted to fetch. I hung the quilt, threw the balls, took a photo, threw the balls... they make me laugh!

Below - they were willing to sit for a Quick moment... but then... it was back to chasing

Bella would like you to know that wind is not her favorite thing, it messes with her hair, and we all know... she is a Beauty Queen.

Daisy - is making sure I don't throw the ball while she is distracted!

I think these might be the last 2 of the Jelly Roll Plus Quilts I needed to Quilt, but time will tell. I can't remember if any one else is still working on one or not. But!! if they are - you will see it haha!!

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Cowboy Zig Zag Rails

 Our Extended Family is Extending  - which means,... they (we don't know if it's a he or a she) need a quilt from their Great Aunt right????? 

I think this one may be it. This is my Ranch family, so it seems Cowboy/western prints could fit the bill.

This is my Zig Zag Rails Pattern (in my etsy store)  I designed it years ago for my 5th graders to sew. Of course we did them in Red White and Blues for our Quilts of Valor. I like the re-imagined color scheme.

There is a story in these photos. My son was holding up the quilt for me, and Pound Puppy couldn't figure out where he went. She sat beautifully until she saw his boots - and then she went nuts!! She knew they were his boots, but WHERE WAS HE?  

I laughed so hard as she tried to figure out where he was! He dropped the quilt a little to show his face and she wiggled everywhere. He pulled the quilt back up and 🠇🠇🠇

Oh she is hilarious - She is such a puppy and so much fun, Daisy is not upset, she is trying to slink away. She saw a cat and she knows she can't have cats, but! I was distracted.... so just maybe this one????

Anyways that is my finish for the week - Bound and ready for Baby!!

How about you? How did your week go? Finishes? Almost Finished? Moving it towards a Finish?

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Lions and Tigers and Ranch Life... Oh my!!

 We have the Wild Animal Sanctuary just south of us.. funny thing - as the crow flies I think it is directly south of us, but you have to go west to go south to go east to get there 😉

We went there - The kids were all here, the sun was shining, it seemed like the thing to do! 

Plus I love it, and I am a supporter - so I had to go see my *friends*

The ones they won't let come home with me ;(

I think they just look so cuddly - and I am sure that they really really really (don't) want to snuggle on the couch with me. They are just so majestic, and I am so glad they have space to roam.

Most of the fam!! ( one is missing - he had to work.... dumb jobs ( just kidding))

And then back to the ranch... the sunrise - and my Daisy dog - saying - Momma - Lets get to it!!!

This is baby Rexie Roo!! Rex is getting old enough now to be weaned from Momma, and I have a feeling, he's not going to be a fan... but it happens tonite anyways . Think good thoughts for him

He won't be alone - My Gelding Rojo and his full brother Reno will be with him - so he will have company - just not Momma...

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Quilt of Valor presentation ;-)

It was my first QOV presentation of the New Year!!!

We have been working with a Veterans group for a lot of years now in one town, and the group got so big - they were able to start another chapter in a town closer to me.... 

Which of course meant - NEW VETERANS - and more Quilts to present.

I went to their inaugural breakfast (in November) and got to talk about Quilts Of Valor , and awarded One quilt. Then sat down to breakfast with them. When I was done, I had 7 more veterans that needed a quilt .

Saturday was the day!!

You only see 6, one Veterans wasn't sure he wanted in the photo - and that is all good. I respect his decision.

WE had Army, Navy , Air Force, and one is still Active Duty ;-)

Aren't these eye catching tho!!! We had so much fun, and!! more Veterans appeared as the group gets more popular... I have 8 more Veterans on our list now ;-)

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Slow Moving Progress

 I am still working on my On Ringo Lake Quilt - but now all the blocks are finished... and in a pile... to determine the next step as to what they will become.

Because of course - I am still trying to keep up with Lupine and Laughter - of which I am not caught up - as we know the reveal has been revealed. Yes I have seen it, but I am sort of ignoring it now that I have one block made and concentrating on finishing the Parts first.

I am also continuing on my Chunky Churn Dashes as my RSC block. A few of you guessed I would have 130 by the time the month ended. Holee cow - that's a lot - I think that may be more scraps than I have? but then again - Who knows - things show up in the strangest of places.

This is my New Best Friend - We saw him  the day after Christmas.  I love him ( or her) 

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JR18 & HHS3 Finish!! and!! Finished ( or not) Friday!!

 Happy Friday!!  Did you make it thru the week?  

It was the first week Post Holidays!!! Did you get back into your routine? I think I might have? Maybe?

I did get this one all finished!! 

It does Need another name tho - the Jelly Roll 18, Happy Half Square 3 is way too long to say!

If you don't remember - I followed a Link down a Rabbit hole, and then I decided we were going to make these blocks for our QOV Sew Day - I mean - why not enlist 30 others to help make the blocks.... and then we had to Vote!!  and this is what we came up with...

I got it quilted - and of course... the Girls - they just have to be everywhere. Daisy ( left) has decided that she is my protector dog. We had lots of people over for the holidays and they were all new to her, so she sat on my feet, or behind my legs, or anywhere she could be touching me. It was sweet - so I have renamed her Velcro haha!! 

Everyone is gone and she is getting a little less protective, maybe I am her security blanket and she has renamed me !!

it is FINISHED OR NOT FRIDAY!!! Whoot Whoot

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