tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265384432024-03-18T09:16:35.911-06:00Alycia Quilts - QuiltygirlMachine Quilting, Tutorials, Quilts of Valor, and A Lot of Quilts!Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3397125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-5248045321352831972024-03-18T05:30:00.002-06:002024-03-18T09:16:03.215-06:00Designing on the Table Because the Design wall is full!!!But I wanted to lay out my Purple RSC blocks so I could make sure that the colors didn't touch...so!I improvised!I laid out Three rows at a time, pinned two - moved three to the top and laid out two more... so when it is all stitched together - Fingers crossed I didn't turn anything!!!I am growing to like the pale yellow with Purple . Sort of....Linking to:Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-86869296337950366532024-03-15T04:00:00.004-06:002024-03-17T07:58:43.203-06:00Green Lightening #2 and Finished!! ( or not) Friday!!! Happy Friday!!! There was a bit of a snow event in Colorado and I was starting to feel left out, all we had was rain. Of course, I will take rain, but the rest of the state was measuring the snow in feet!!! and then we finally got some!!! Thursday afternoon we got about 2 inches and then by 6 it turned back to rain.. but I saw some snow!!!!!This is my Green ( January RSC color) Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-64889545450037760522024-03-11T05:00:00.005-06:002024-03-12T07:54:54.853-06:00C'mon Mom ...Let's go! Stop Sitting around Mom - there is stuff to sniff and places to go, and things to see!!When we Got Ms. Puppy here I was in Love, but then I got worried that I had taken in more than I could keep up with. I have to say - she is the best thing we have done in a while... there is a lot of Get up and Get going in her ! She is pretty adaptable to whatever we take her to.And she loves to just Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-26130262223205304362024-03-08T04:00:00.001-07:002024-03-08T04:00:00.141-07:00Log Cabins and Finished ( or not!) Friday!!! My Awesome Friend Vickie made this Quilt top!! and she Appliqued these amazing Eagles on it - and wow!! I just think it is gorgeous....My job ( should I chose to accept it?) Quilt it!!and so!I did!!You will note the picture is Sideways... Well!! my Fences weren't high enough to clip this quilt and keep it off the ground. So I thought I could clip the quilt the long way and rotate the Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-63260676383604481942024-03-05T09:44:00.005-07:002024-03-06T09:01:56.422-07:00Stars Like Spaghetti Full Quilt Pattern As you know - when I offer Mysteries I tell you to PRINT the clues as they come out!!! After the mystery is over I take the clues and combine them into a full pattern, then place it in my ETSY store - and use the funds from the sale of the Pattern to support my QOV group ;-) It is WIN WIN!!So!!! The Clues have been disabled on the blog - but now the full pattern is Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-2455122859489642352024-03-04T05:00:00.006-07:002024-03-04T08:24:26.463-07:00Our Sew Day and MORE QOV's and Ohio Stars!! My Sew group meets about every Month and we work on some QOV project. We have so many amazing quilters in our group that someone agrees to teach us a new block or a new idea. It is a lot of fun.February was my month - so I cut 60 of the QOV Ohio Star blocks for everyone to stitch on. And we also had show and Tell. I didn't get photos of all the quilts turned in - but Charlene took a Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-74837543922570262312024-03-01T04:00:00.001-07:002024-03-01T04:00:00.130-07:00Rsc Green Lightening #1 and !! Finished ( or not) Friday!!! (Go) Go Green Lightnin', you're burning up the quarter-mile(Green Lightnin', go Green Lightnin')Ear worm right?? and yes - I changed the words to match my Quilt!!This is #1 of 3 Green Lightening quilts that I made out of my January RSC blocks..The dog and I took a walk to see if we could find a good Sunshiney spot - and we did!! I quilted Flowers all over it - it was fun!I had found a Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-34125084474453398242024-02-28T05:30:00.001-07:002024-02-28T05:30:00.134-07:00a QOV presentationThere is a wonderful group of Veterans that our Quilt Of Valor group works with and we had a great presentation the other day... but I think we need a bigger spot!!! HAHA!on my phone this photo looks okay - but Making it big... might make it a little blurry - but!Just Note the Smiles!!! We made some wonderful Vets really happy!The quilts were made by!Anna Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-8882994931105358262024-02-26T10:12:00.000-07:002024-02-26T10:12:36.576-07:00Texas Our friends son plays baseball at KU ( Kansas). He is a Pitcher.My husband told his friend we would love to come watch him play. If your in a warm location let us know. And he told us about Texas. We checked the weather, it said it was supposed to be in the 60's/Texas forgot to tell us that a cold front was going to come thru.I travel in Sweats - thank goodness! At least I had something Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-81186084445749932442024-02-22T22:00:00.002-07:002024-02-23T07:32:33.901-07:00Stars Like Spaghetti - my version - and !! Finished ( or not ) Friday!Happy Happy Friday!!!Oh man it has been a week!! We were in Texas for a little bit! But!! we had planned on warm and sunny, Corpus Christie on the other hand wanted 40's and flipping cold!!! I now have NEW sweatshirts to prove I was places haha!Today I am going to show you MY finished ( and even bound!) Version of Stars Like Spaghetti!! If you haven't seen it yet and don't want to - close your Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-3383918672604398402024-02-21T06:14:00.000-07:002024-02-21T06:14:26.398-07:00Stars Like Spaghetti Clue #6 - and!! THE FINAL CLUE!!! Whoo Hoo!!! You have done it! You have made ALL the blocks!!! It is time for the FINAL Step - you will see how it ALL goes together!!In the interest of keeping it a secret for a few more days - I will not post the final here - but come back FRIDAY!! for Finished ( or not) Friday - and I will reveal my Finished Stars Like Spaghetti Quilt!!Here is the FINAL CLUE PDF - Print it out!!!HopeAlycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-66761734642531899192024-02-19T05:00:00.004-07:002024-02-24T06:51:17.377-07:00Red RSC Lightening Streak QuiltI moved on to the REDs for RSC and I had an Idea .. but then I wondered if it would really work. I was told to play in EQ8 with it, but..... when I Was ready to design... I wasn't where my Computer was (oops)So I drew!!!and guess what?I liked it!What to you think? It will be 63 x 81 - so perfect size for a QOV - and scrappy !! This is my Drawing - and design Ideas of sorts - each blockAlycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-3230733406502830552024-02-16T03:00:00.001-07:002024-02-16T03:00:00.309-07:00QOV All around is DONE!!! and! Finished ( or not) FridayI do NOT know what to name this quilt ! Or what I have called it - but today!!I am calling it DONE!!!It started as the 20 stars for 20 years quilt from QOV - and then it morphed into this...and now!!! it is Quilted, ready to be bound by some other wonderful person - and I am calling it DONE!!!I did come to remember that adding little small borders give you a lot of room for error -and one of themAlycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-9891846463146590122024-02-14T06:00:00.009-07:002024-02-14T06:00:00.190-07:00Stars Like Spaghetti Clue #5 Once upon a Time I was driving in my car - and a song came on. Me, lots of times, hearing what I want to hear - heard *Stars Like Spaghetti* and my mind went immediately to a quilt design. It wasn't until the third time I heard the song that I realized it was actuallyStars Like Confetti. oops!! That would make a great quilt pattern too... but not this time.Today you are Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-65040341185427286802024-02-12T05:00:00.001-07:002024-02-12T05:00:00.133-07:00Ohio Stars ( again) Remember this post?Ohio Star Ideaswellll I kept playing in EQ8 and have a few more to show you. These are Assuming that you are using blocks made by a group - but if you are making your own top I don't see why you couldn't make a few with just white corners. It gives you a whole Nother Look:\Someone on the last post asked what size the alternate blocks were . The Ohio star is 12 Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-48884241076382601672024-02-09T03:00:00.001-07:002024-02-09T03:00:00.141-07:00The Valentines Quilts are coming out... and ! Finished ( or not) Friday!!Happy Friday you all!!! it is time to get my house all Hearted up!!!!Back in 2014 for the Rainbow scrap Challenge I did hearts!!! So that Quilt is now out on the couch...It was a fun one - each square in the heart is 3 1/2 inches - and most of them are tiny little scraps - you can see in the brown heart I just used squares... I did write a little tutorial for it ( not a whole pattern)Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-34319592578194688542024-02-07T05:00:00.001-07:002024-02-07T05:00:00.138-07:00Stars Like Spaghetti Clue #4 This clue is THE SHORTEST Clue in the whole mystery!!! So do it! Catch up on all the others... it goes quick from here....There is a Light at the End of the Mystery Tunnel... you can see it now... haha!!This week you are making these:CLICK HERE FOR Clue #4Next Clue is Next Wednesday... Oh!! I think that is Valentines Day--- a day to LOVE quilting!! haha!Come back Friday for Finished ( or Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-88994792819864615142024-02-05T18:04:00.004-07:002024-02-11T07:37:38.447-07:00Progress and moving into the REDS There is progress on my Green (and purple) Lightening streak quilts... Number 1 is now toppedNumber 2 is Rowedand number three is on the ironing board patiently awaiting its turn to get on the design wall....and!!I even started in on the reds for Februarys RSC color..I have a little different idea for these - so I will just have to see if I can make that happen. Do you every get ideas Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-23943931536840517832024-02-02T03:30:00.001-07:002024-02-02T03:30:00.144-07:00Pastel Plaids and ... Finished ( or not) FridayMy Pastel Plaids has been moved forward!!!In October I went down a Quilting hole and saw the St Louis 16 patch tutorial from Sew Fresh Quilts - and I wanted to play.. and so !! I did!!!I had some time to put this baby on the Longarm - crank up my George Strait Tunes... it was DEFINETLY a George Strait kind of moment... andTa Da!!I think it ended up about 42 x 56 inches . It was some Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-46101827860955227372024-01-31T06:00:00.010-07:002024-01-31T06:00:00.136-07:00Stars Like Spaghetti Clue #3 TIME for Clue #3!!!So this is the most time consuming clue of the whole mystery - so you know that you are on the downhill side of it after constructing these:Click here to get CLUE #3 Hope you guys are all having fun!!!! Last night I started teaching some brand new quilters how to piece and oh my gosh!! It was the best!! we had so much fun, and they were so excited with their finishedAlycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-13167098485788788632024-01-29T05:00:00.002-07:002024-01-29T07:30:43.063-07:0016 Patches that are not green... on the design WallGreen was the ( is the?) Color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge for January. Did you notice that I figured out how to turn my headers Green? and now I need to figure out how to make them Red ( Februarys Color)I have been working on my Lightening Streak in Green, but if you know me - QDD sets in way too easily and I started looking thru some of my blocks....and they had a green piece or two Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-36058166964463709512024-01-26T03:00:00.002-07:002024-01-26T03:00:00.138-07:00The Ohio Star for QOV and !! Finished ( or not) Friday Happy Friday!!!This week has just screamed right past me!!! I get up each day, look at my list, go to bed and night and wonder why more things haven't been checked off!!!Solution - Make a shorter list!! haha!!!My first one - just to make sure I could do it!QOV has chosen the Ohio Star Block as their National Block for 2024...( Info and pattern HERE) For our next sew day we thought we Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-73603351364240194412024-01-24T05:30:00.002-07:002024-01-25T10:28:19.639-07:00Stars Like Spaghetti Clue #2 Clue Number TWO has you making these blocks!!Click here for the Details and the PDF See you Next Wednesday for the Next Clue!!!!*** Two Updates**:*on page two it says use your 4 1/1 inch piece - if you followed the cutting instructions you will know it is really 4 1/2 inch piece*Goose measurements 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inchOh!! and come back Friday for Finished ( or not) Friday!!!Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-47352993829484123632024-01-22T05:30:00.004-07:002024-01-27T08:00:31.148-07:00Lightening Streak #2 progressThe blocks are growing!!I figured I have enough to make 90 blocks - so if I set them 5 x 6 - that would be 30 blockstherefore 3 quilts. The would be 45 x 54 ish each - that's a good lap size quilt right?this block is turning out to be a great leader ender project... super simple!! Linking to:Design Wall Monday at Small quilts and Doll QuiltsSew and Tell at Melva Loves ScrapsMonday Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538443.post-27251498632997444282024-01-21T05:00:00.002-07:002024-01-23T21:14:12.095-07:00Vacation Day #2 I got sidetracked!! you need to see more of my Hiking Christmas trip!!Our Thumb Rock day was wonderful - and it was warm and we all had a great time... then!! The next round of kids arrived and they brought SNOW with them!! Enough that we sought out the next cabin over to borrow their snowplow to get us out. They were so nice - and we gave them a bottle of homemade Kahlua as a thanks. Alycia~Quiltygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.com9