Potato Chip Blocks

 After I finished the Pringles - I still had pieces left over so I started on the Potato Chip Blocks. 

I had some time Sunday - and look at how they are growing!

I think they are 9 1/2 inch blocks??? I should have measured .. i will before they go into a top - I usually like to square up my blocks. But now I am just having fun mindlessly stitching them.

I tried to get caught up on my blog reading too - and I saw that Cynthia at Many Hands and Many hearts has started a new block drive - a mini potato chip ish block.

I got all excited - here was another way to use up these pieces, until my brain turned on and I saw she wants  the pieces 2 1/2 inch wide. NO WORRIES... I have a bin full of 2 1/2 inch strips = so will take some time and pull the colors she wants. 

I really like being able to help out when I can - When I first started Quilts of Valor here so many people helped us - its nice to be able to give back, even if its just a little.

Off to play in the 2 1/2 strip bin...

Oh!! 

Hopefully this works - I was making a little video for my Granddaughter ( whoa  - that feels weird to say!!) so she could hear what the horsie said... My horsies were being goofy - the one in the front is just two, and the one in the back will be one on Wednesday !

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Another Memory Quilt and!! Finished ( or not) Friday!

My original goal of using FONF to help move along my projects has taken a bit of a stall due to customer Quilts. 

At the beginning of this year I had a HEAP of Start to Finish quilts commissioned, and now... I think I have finished the last one!  ( okay I know - and I don't think I will be taking any more start to finish ones this year... just Machine Quilting for clients!) 

Here is the Memory Quilt - Finished!!

it was a fun one - she wanted a lot of pieces put in it, and wanted it more mosaic like than planned - so some of the shirts take up two rows, and some are smaller. Glad I was able to do the math to make it the way she wanted.

And then!! I have the sweetest client - she is in a mode to use up a lot of her fabrics - so she keeps making the most adorable charm quilts... I get to quilt them - LOVE it!!

She brings me 6 or so at a time - I love that she is that prolific!! 

My foot is getting better - the swelling is going down, and I get to take the cast thing off as long as I am icing it... I have help tho!!

Can you see how * helpful* they are haha!

How was your week?  Did you get things moved along?  I feel like it is time to make a list of what I want to move forward now that the *STF* Client Quilts are done, Do you feel the need to *organize* after big projects?

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Finished Pringles and!! Finished ( or not) Friday!

Happy Friday!!!

I have finished my 350 pringles for the swap!!! and I am 2/3 of the way finished with the other 150 we make to keep for ourselves. So! They are all in a bucket until the swap is swapped. 

I thought they were due Memorial Day - they are not, it is Labor day - so! I am ahead of the game. So proud of that!!

<<All the pretties.... Pringles - *Once you Pop, you can't stop* haha!!

But then!!! I had a pile of scraps out so I just kept cutting the scraps up - so now I have this whole cookie tray of pieces - and so!!

Any good quilter would start another project .... right???

So I started some Potato Chip blocks!!

We will see how many I can get out of this pile.  What happens if I just keep cutting scraps - How big do you think the piles would get????  

That is scary to think of!!

Also- We made Cabbage Pizza - You slice the head of cabbage into 1 inch thick rounds, and bake it for 15 minutes alone, then you put Pizza topping on and cook for another 15-20 minutes.

It was surprisingly good - and we will have it again.

Also : progress - I got taken out of the boot and now have an air cast. Jury is out on if it is easier or not, cuz I just got it. and I have to be in it for 6-8 weeks... Check up in 5 weeks....

At least I am level now haha. And maybe I can find a shoe to wear. He told me to stick with my 4wheeler Dog walking for a while  - just to keep it *rested* 

He ( the doctor) also told me no horse riding for at least 3 weeks. I think I might have cried over that. 

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Orange Chunkies for May

I did it!! You would not think this was a hard thing to do - but!! May is going WAYYYY to quickly for me, and I almost forgot my Orange Blocks!!!

Snuck them in in between the client projects!! Yay me!

This *Mode * of transport has been working pretty well, until we got rain, I WANT the rain - so its all good, but being pelted by rain and trying to see the dogs wasn't pretty....

So they had a day of just hanging out with me, Today... we may get back to it. Also since it rained - I didn't want to tear up the ground at all. I only go 2 mph - but!! 

We are in pasture Preservation mode!

I am glad to have this 4 wheeler. I walk the dogs a lot - and I guess I didn't realize how much I needed it, until I was grounded. I love being outside, and apparently my brain does too... 

I am not a huge fan of tomatoes - I am getting better, I do like them in salsa, chili, etc - so was pretty excited to see K's plants growing!!

5 years ago today we Lost my Mom. She and my Dad were quite involved in Ministry to Firefighters/ Fire Chaplains, and yesterday I was invited to a lunch by one of the groups they worked very closely with ( and I continue too, although not as much as they did) It was really nice to see how the things they helped start have continued to grow, and to talk with the folks that loved the,. 

One Firefighter told me that having my dad come to his place was like seeing John Wayne walk in.. a total hero to him. Another told me about the behind the scenes work my Mom did, and how they were always amazed at how much she did for them.

That was nice. Nice to know they are both remembered so positively. 

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FInished!! ( Or NOT) Friday!

 I hope you all have some finishes ( or nots!!) for me to go visit and ohh and ahh over!!

I did not get a finish.. but! it's all good - there is a lot in progress!

I got some client Quilting done..... 

And that is always fun - I love when they pick up their quilts and just Smile... makes my day.

Oh Look - My Dogs - in the Grand Canyon of the Pyramids.

K was playing around with AI - I thought It was funny!

Show me What you've Got!!!

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Pringles

I have a crazy friend - she gets me into things... This time she got me into a block swap - there are 7 of us - and we all have to make 350 blocks to swap, and then make another 150 to keep .

The idea was to use up your scraps - and I have used a lot, but I am not sure that i used them all - I kinda had fun cutting new stuff... I got them all cut and on my very very old baking sheet

and started stitching... I think I still have 90 to go - but!! that is not too bad right?

Oh wait!! Only 90 to go for the swap - I still need 150 for me to finish my quilt.... oops - but who's counting ???

Don't you just love the colors. A few of you mentioned a golf cart or a scooter to get around so I could still walk dogs - Brilliant ideas.... I live on gravel and dirt - so I took that idea... and told my husband - I want my 4 Wheeler!

He parked it at the door and off we went!! The dogs are getting pretty good running next to it. Bella - she is really interested in my boot, Last night I had it propped on the couch and she tried to chew it.  She was not impressed haha!

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Learning a New Technique

Saturday we had a workshop with Carla J, and she was amazing. She taught a new to me technique of piecing, and I really enjoyed it. 

It wasn't paper piecing, and it wasn't applique - but others in our group who had done that type of work were able to draw from that experience. I haven't done any Paper Piecing and VERY LITTLE applique - so I was the newbie

 We gathered supplies, and we were supposed to bring freeze paper... so I brought something that I thought was freezer paper - but!! Did you know that Parchment Paper and Freezer Paper are not the same thing?   I do now!!!  My Friend Cindy had extra so I was all good!

We did some Drawing and some fabric choosing... and then we got to work...

This is my FIRST Curved seam of the day - and heck fire - if it just didn't turn out so nice!! 

I then learned to match and pin - and!! Got half of my leaf done.  I kind of like it. It does take a long time though, and now I have some wonky cuts out my fabric  - but I think I will survive.

it was a long day - and when I got home... my babies needed to nap.... 

And give me grief for not being with them all day. In my defense.... K was home, and Lil Bit showed up later - so they weren't REALLY alone.... they just made me feel SOOO guilty!!

Sunday was Mothers day and lookie here - I made out like a bandit!! haha Mothers day Morning was spent in the Urgent care, someone had a little accident Thursday, and Saturday night her foot swelling had not gone down and the pain had gotten worse so her son and her spouse made her go to urgent care,

The doc in urgent care was the nicest I have ever met, He gave me a shot of tramadol (pain meds) right away and I might have fallen in love right there. I have never had that before, and I rarely take any pain meds - so it worked quite well. 

Anyways - there is a reason I was in pain... I broke my foot... so! Sometime this week I get to go to the ortho to learn about what is next - other than the pretty black boot they put me in. He did tell me that I need to expect at least 6-8 weeks to fully heal... has he not met my dogs????

We walk a good 5-7 miles a day.... how???

Ah well - Lil Bit brought me quilt magazines and he got me the one that Carole ( From My Carolina Home )   has a QOV pattern in!! I was so excited... its like he read my mind when he saw the patriotic Quilts.....

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Its Graduation season -and!! Finished ( or not) Friday

It is that Time again - graduation, and so many folks love to have a T shirt Quilt to commemorate . I made this one for a clients daughter - and it was fun to try to incorporate her dance uniforms in there.... the sequins were tricky !

But!! i did it, I learned that heat will remove the sequins that are in the seam lines - so no worries about broken needles ( I was concerned)

The Girls say - Lets go Plaaaaayyyyy....

Also - Tuesday Night we started rain , that turned to snow, and I was so happy. But this made me laugh: This is my tree line on Wednesday:

We got a lot of moisture and it was wonderful - its okay if it rains some more.. I joked - the recipe for a snowstorm is - Forget to Tarp the hay, Forget to disconnect the water hose, and send the hubby out of town - I swear the minute that mans plane took off... rain turned to snow.  😆😆

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The Wild Wild West... ish

 We had one of our competitions - and it was a Blast!! for real haha!

It was the end of the winter series. When we started this sport I started on my ol' Man Ro

Ro is 28 years old, and I love him to pieces - he was my husbands Calf Roping horse, then moved to Team Roping, then he had a hip Injury so I rehabbed him and we got him all healthy and I used him for Mounted Shooting. 

Ro - calf Roping - in his Hey Day

The best thing about him, he was consistent and not fast. I mean - he was fast, just not as fast as top competitors. Which Is JUST what I needed. Not only to learn the sport but to build confidence. 

One day I read my Chocolate Fortune and it said to try something new. So I decided to try to compete on my mare Croppy. K had been competing on her, but he had switched to our Blue Roan, so Croppy was kind of missing out. I decided one weekend to let Ro Rest and take Croppy - that was 10 months ago  ( photo is our first competiton together)

Fast forward to Saturday - she and I won our series and we got a belt buckle!!

K won too!! so it was a great day all around. Its funny - he winning doesn't surprise me - he's such an all around cowboy, I haven't seen him be bad at anything yet. 

Well - at maybe folding the laundry - but we both suck at that!!

This is us posing after we got home, so pardon the sunburn, the stink, and the dust... haha!  Roanie Mare ( left) had to get in it too, because!! I have one competition on her now. 

I took her Saturday , and decided to try her. Oh! My! Gosh!! She is way too fast, I am way not able to keep up with her speed yet - but it was sure fun to try and see what we could do.

I have a list of improvements to work on now!!

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The last April QOV presentation

.. and we decided to do it outside. We have not seen rain very much at all this year, and you know what?

I think we tempted fate - because it drizzled the WHOLE presentation, and then - when we got ready to leave ... it stopped ...  

I had hoped to pull the rain to my house! ( this presentation was 45-50 miles away)

There is a Gorgeous Veterans Plaza in this town - and it was a perfect backdrop to the presentation. 

I had bios of each Veteran and it was so cool to learn about each one. But what is always more fun to me, is to see their faces when the Quilts are shown. I am always so amazed at how each quilt finds just the right Veterans for them. 

I enjoyed meeting these Vets, and was so impressed that none of them looked like the drowned rat that I looked like in that drizzle... just a funny... my hair actually went flat instead of frizzy - so that was a positive!

To find out more about Quilts of Valor or to Nominate a Veteran - go to QOVF.org and look around. I hear we are almost to our 500,000 quilt. That!! is amazing!!! 

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