Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Horses

On one of my last posts I said something about horses, and there was a comment about how this quilter liked horses too. I jokingly replied and said yep... I collect them.....

She sorta meant I collected horse figurines.... and well, I thought I would maybe show you one of my collection of horses....

Although... my collection is not a figurine - it might be real.

And since I need to get all of my family out of the house for our walk time... I have been taking my camera ( yay)


So this is one of my horses. I have owned him for a long time. And when I bought him it was by accident. My family runs a large horse business, and I was at one of their auctions. My husband was working the auction and I was sitting in the front row with two babies sitting on my lap.

(if you know how old my babies are - you will know how old this horse is)

This one came out and I Loved him. and I sorta figured that since no one was watching me ... I could buy him... so I did!  About 30 minutes later my husband stuck his head out of the back barn - and he says ... did we just buy that stud?    and I pretended I couldn't hear him......

So when this horse creates trouble... he is all *mine*  but when we need a horse for work... he becomes my husbands... you know how that is!! haha!

And this is a quilt that I just worked on. I loved it!  I loved the big sweeping flowy lines over it!!




Stay Healthy!!!

9 comments:

Linda Swanekamp said...

Alycia, I just love, love your outdoor photos. Keep them coming. Gem today.

The Joyful Quilter said...

Wow!! That horse is getting OLD!!! (I know because my babies are about as old as Big Bit and Middle Bit.) Pretty quilt, by the way!

Mrs. Goodneedle said...

Beautiful horse (and great story!), gorgeous quilt!

Debbie said...

That is a funny auction story. My husband and I went to a horse auction once. They brought some young bred mares through and no one was bidding on this nice sorrel one so I told my husband to just start the bidding to get it going. Well no one else bid so we had ourselves another horse. Luckily we had the trailer with us and loaded her up. She was barely halter broke but turned out to be just the nicest mare.

Delighted Hands said...

Ah, nothing like your horse running to meet you from across the field!
Beautiful.
And nice work on the quilt, too!

Dirt Road Quilter said...

Hope that one earns a spot on the wall - cool shot! A good horse is a treasure.

Preeti said...

Handsome horse, Spectacular picture and a darling quilt.

sylviaweir.wordpress.com said...

I like horses too---but more as an idea---they are so big! My cousin was a barrel racer and my uncle used to announce the horse events at Fourth of July celebrations in our small town.

I really would like to know what quilting pattern you used on this quilt?

And by the way, I made one of your quilts of valor pattern--but it is going to my oldest son's University of Texas scholarship program along with a matching Teddy Bear--he already swiped the Teddy Bear--I had to knit him a sweater to cover up the fact that the UT fabric was directional and I had the UT's all upside down on the bear.

I enjoy your posts---your photos---thank you for brighening our day.

Janice Holton said...

Thanks for sharing part of your "collection" 😁