On Ringo Lake Progress

 Last week I decided my goal was to finish for Brown and Cream Flying Geese.. and guess what!

I did it!

See!! All the Brown ones are done!! and I already had all the peach ones done - so...

I decided to keep going.

Put those together....

and....

I looked at the next step...

I had half of that step already done, so I decided to keep moving and see what I could finish.

The next step in the piece with the orange half square on it. I had the Brown and Teal part done... so!

Cut the orange and started on those units. 

I got a lot more stitched, and ran out of time to get them all ironed.....

I think I might be a few short - so keep your fingers crossed that when I am all done counting.. I have enough ;-)

I might actually get this one to a great stage before Bonnies next mystery starts...... I have been thinking of what fabric I could use for Lupine and  Laughter 

Also - My Steer posed.....

You have to love him right?  I think the dogs were freaking him out, he wasn't sure if they were going to move him, or if he was okay to stay !!

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Cottage Cheese Pizza

I know - that does not sound too appetizing I am sure - but!!

In my never ending quest to make food that I can eat and that I like... I had to attempt this.

and then!! I forgot to take a photo before we tried it - but it looked prettier.. oh but heck fire was it YUMMY!!!!

Are you ready for what I did?

Cottage Pizza Crust:

• 1 Cup Cottage Cheese
• 2 Eggs
• 2 TBSP Flour ( I actually used Gluten Free Bisquick cuz that's what I had on hand and not frozen) 
• 1/2 c Parmesan Cheese (the real cheese, not the stuff in the green jar)

I mixed it all together - and I just used a Spatula to mix it, no blender or anything. But I mixed it well and then spread it on Parchment paper on a cookie tray. I spread it just under 1/2 inch thick.  Next time I am going to try it thinner and see what that is like.

Baked it in the oven at 400deg for 20 minutes .

took it out and spread some Pizza sauce, mozzarella, Canadian bacon and olives - you know pizza toppings of your choice

Popped it back in the over for about 9 minutes and bam!!! Pizza that was yummy!!!

Oh!! and I made K try to pick it up like a real pizza piece - and it worked!!! the bottom got kind of pizza like. 

Full disclosure - most that I have tried so far have to be eaten with a fork - so that was cool to try!

If you try it let me know what you think. just remember I have been a Gluten Free pain for 20 years, and I have no idea what wheat flour pizza tastes like anymore. haha!!

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Indigo Way (2023) Finish!! and!! Finished! (or not) Friday

I am breathing a little sigh of relief from googling when we started Indigo Way.... it was only 2023... so I am feeling a little accomplished on this one!!!

I made mine King Sized.... are you ready?

it took TWO of my people to hold the quilt up!!!If you look at the fabrics - you will see there is a blue floral - Its in the center of the blocks... That is a feedsack.

When my Grandma passed I got a lot of her fabrics, and there was a stack of feedsacks in the pile. At 16 I had NO idea what they were, but they were Grandmas, so I kept them. 

When I got into quilting I started learning about feedsacks and a light went on - I have some of those.

So I took them to a Quilt appraiser - and lo and behold - I DID HAVE some!!!

Knowing that this quilt would be for us - I thought it would be fun to use one.   and of course - BLUE!!!

i think I worked!!

So we started this in 2023, I had the inner top finished in August of 2024... I have NO idea why I waited so long to quilt it, and then ... I bribed myself to bind it.

and now it is on our bed - we have had a king since 2023... about time we had a Quilt to fit!!  ( and that feels a little weird to have ONE quilt.... haha)

Anyways - that is my finish for the week!! What have you been up to?  

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US Navy and The Ribbon Quilt

We have sew days where all of our quilters come together and pick on me .... I mean quilt !!!

We make blocks, we finish quilts , we come up with new designs , we have a great time , sometimes we even have a little chocolate.

We were honored to have a US Navy Veteran come to us and let us award him his Quilt of Valor .

He came and ended up spending a lot of time talking with us , and of course - we overloaded him with quilting info and all had to show him our projects . He was a great sport , and ... he loved his quilt .

This quilt was part of a Quilt A long ... I designed the quilt - we named it *the Ribbon*

Each week we had a new step to sew and ta da !!! This was the result .

Thank you Sir for your service, and for your visit

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On Ringo Lake ( 2017)

 The new QuiltVille Mystery is about to start, and I think... I might do it this year!!!

And then I started looking around, and realized that I had Started On Ringo Lake, but I don't remember starting it, and I never finished.... 

I found the bucket full of parts, and there was also a bucket of fabric that looked like it went with it. 

I think I got carried away with the fabric pull ---- I see 6 or 7 more quilts in this colorway!!

I sorted and piled and used these clips to hold all the pieces together in groups of 10"

Everything looks so pretty now:

The clips were like $7 for 100!!! I think I need more!

You can find them on amazon here CLIPS

Doesn't it look so much better?

And now I have determined. my next step.....

I am not sure what book On Ringo Lake is in - but I bet you can find it at Quiltville.com - I know Bonnie Sells her patterns after she is done. 

This week - you all!_ I am setting a goal - get all these little brown pieces done!

That! and I got 3 more of the 6 pumpkins done, so I have 3 more to go. They don't go bad fast - so I think I can do them this week and still be okay.

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Pumpkin Puree

 This has been the *Summer of the Garden* 

You all.. it grew crazy - and I traded a few zucchini for PUMPKINS!!

This is my first time ever trying to make Pumpkin Puree. I use pumpkin a lot - in Stews, Chilis and... IN PIE!!!

I asked my neighbors how to do it - and!! I did it!!

First - I cut the Pumpkins in half and!! I scooped out the GOO.... I did it - the goo is gooey, and I don't like gooey - but I did it!!!

I even saved the pumpkin seeds.. more on that later!

I placed them in the over at 350F for about 40 minutes, there was a bigger pumpkin that took longer. But I got them Fork Tender, and then!!

I let them cool about 10 minutes and peeled away the skin.

One was easy, the other.... it made me work for it!!!

I had a few little burnt pieces, so I did not use those. 

I placed the pumpkin pieces in a bowl that I could use my Hand Immersion Blender in . ( affiliate link) 

I learned (on accident) that you don't want to use the immersion blenders in a metal pan.... it scraped the non stick finish ( sigh) 

Then I blended, and blended - and really - it wasn't that hard...

See???? it wasn't hard at all!!!

Then!!! I had all of this!!

I started to look at Pumpkin pie recipes and they say you need 2 cups per pie - I was going to store them in Ziploc bags... but I got a wild hair!!

Look what I found!!

You just put the pumpkin in these cubes - they are 2 CUP Cubes!!

I am so ready - you freeze them and pop them out , then put them in the bag. SO much easier when it comes time to defrost. I won't have to squeeze the bags!!

And they are pre measured - so you don't need to dirty a measuring cup as well!! WIN WIN!!!

I am so excited!!! So excited in fact, that I have 6 more pumpkins to do  - and we will have food all year. Okay - maybe not all year, but heck fire!! We will have variety in our veggies!!

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Jelly Roll 18 and Stars is a Top!! and!! Finished (or not) Friday!

Happy Friday!!!

Are you ready for a time change? I don't know if I like it darker in the morning, or getting darker earlier in the evening. Either way  - I don't like dark, and I can't convince the sun to stay out longer!! I wish I could - but we are getting shorter days of light each day....

So it was time to bring out a BRIGHT quilt and get it topped!! Bright colors sure do make dark better - right?

I just love this one - its the Jelly Roll 18 (google it , its a free pattern) and my Happy Half Square project block 3 (under the tab above)  .    

I loved it so much - we have made these blocks for our QOV's - and I HAVE to get them finished!! I got one QOV top done... Must....... keep....... Quilting.....

And of course - the obligatory Dog Photos - Pound puppy there ( in the middle) Loves to get in on the action too!! She is just a little sweetheart... and loves to do what her big Sisters are doing...

Bella... oh Bella - she sees the camera come out, and she gets all demure ... has to look away haha!!

That is my Finish for this week!! Who is all Dressed up for Halloween - which is also today?  We have a Trick or treat thing in town that we are going to to hand out candy. No one comes to us. Which is probably good - I don't have to worry about gates being left open!!!

Share your Finished ( or not) Blog post with us!!! I love seeing what you are all up to. 

and if anyone can help me find more time in the day... give me the *How tos!!*

I just realized the graphic I am using says 2024.... and 2026 is breathing down my back... Oops haha!!

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Quilts of Valor

 

I had the privilege of meeting two amazing Veterans on Saturday!!!

One is a Marine who served during Vietnam - take a moment and google Operation Buffalo . This veteran was a part of the 1st battalion , 9th Marines .

The other served during Korea, in the Army and is the sweetest soul ever .

The quilt on the left (in the top left photo ) went to the Weld County Fair and won Champion in its class . I told him it was a champion quilt for a champion of a man .

The quilt on the right ( in the top left photo ) is called "stars like spaghetti " and was a mystery quilt made by Sandi H ... ( and designed by me )

I told him the story - and said if he got hungry while using it - it wasn't my fault

Such an honor to award Quilts of Valor to these amazing Veterans .

Sunday found us at our Quilt of Valor sew day - I have a LOT of photos to share - but!!

Check out the blocks we made!!!

This is the leader/ender project from Bonnie at Quiltville = and we used 2 1/2 inch strips!

I do have to tell you though - I cut enough strips for 80 blocks.... and somehow came home with 95....

Magic???? Hmmmmm

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A lot of Little things

 I never know if I feel more productive doing the *big* things, or getting a lot of *Little* things done? What about you? What makes you happy when you look at that to do list?

I got to finish the quilting on one of my own.....

it has come on and off the frame a lot haha

We had a block exchange for one of my groups - it was Hot August Nights. I actually did finish them in time, I just didn't get them documented... 

I kind of love these blocks - and wonder what a whole quilt would look like?

The Block Round Robin for my guild has ended - these were the blocks I made for one of the ladies ( the very last blocks)

Of course - now I want to make more and make a table runner for my kitchen....

I have been blessed to be very busy with Client quilts this month - it could not have come at a better time, so I am so tickled!!

Machine Quilting can be a fickle business - it all depends on when people want to piece, or if they want to use machine quilters. 

I am so appreciative they came my way!!

we harvested the very last of the garden - and that was good timing. The day after we harvested we had freeze number 1, and all the tomatoes that he missed, turned into ice balls !

Another Quilt I quilted - this one was such a simple fun quilt - she just chose a lot of fabrics that blended well together and did rows... So cute!!

And each day that I tire these girls out... I call it a WIN!!!  I still have the third puppy - but she really prefers her bed with all her blankies  haha!

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