The last September QOV presentation

 We were also lucky to have a presentation at our Sew day on Sunday

so fun to have our Vets come see us in action and then be able to honor them.

We always have a lot of guests - but this one... Holee cow - there was hardly any room - I love that SO much!!

We had :

Navy Vietnam - and Reservist - His quilt was wrapped around him by his daughters - is was so sweet.

Airforce  Navigator : Bronze Star, Flying cross, and many others -with 3 combat tours to Vietnam.

Army Vietnam: Silver Star for extraordinary heroism in close combat. I was allowed to read his whole story from his military record. I was quite honored he allowed us to share.

Army Korean conflict and Vietnam

Army Vietnam: He was a replacement in the 25th infantry during the invasion of Cambodia. Awards include the "Cross of Gallantry " Bronze Star and the Army Commendation medal with 2 oak laves ( means it was awarded 3 times) 

Army  Vietnam - His quilt was made by his sister and she drove from the western slope to see it be awarded ( oh the pressure!!) It was so awesome to see

Navy  OEF - Three tours to Iraq and quite shy!

I love being a part of these! We are on a little break for a week or two - I only have 2 presentations in October. Which is quite good - I need to catch up on the washing and prepping of Quilts!!  haha

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Pumpkin Spice Season

 I don't drink Coffee so I am not a part of the Pumpkin Spice Latte phase... but!!

I decorated for Pumpkin spice season 

Pulled out my Orange Quilts!! I was tempted to pull the Halloween ones too - but!! I don't think I'm quite ready for that yet.

Also - I read a book!    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

"Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn's luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the '80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn's story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways."

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Nine Patch Square Dance, Popsicles Sticks, Elate and Leftovers

 Remember my Goal to reduce the Piles around my sewing area? That led me to finish the start of the Nine Patch Square Dance...

I had a whole pile of fabrics pulled for it, but as I started in - I realized I didn't want to use all of them. I liked sticking with a limited color palette.

and now that top is finished:  

I also realized I didn't want to put the fabrics away, as I might never see them again - things do go missing in my fabric storage system.... so!!

I started cutting Strips.  remember the Popsicles Sticks Pattern from Atkinson's design?  I love it so:

I might have cut enough strips for it...... 

But wait!!! While I was late night scrolling I found the Elate Pattern from Carolyn Friedlander... and so I thought.. I should cut a few strips for it. I was planning on mixing them with some other strips - but!!

After I finished Popsicle Sticks - I sat down to count what I had for the Elate Quilt - and I had EXACTLY enough to make a baby quilt....

This just needs to be rowed now....

but wait!!

I saved all the leftover Bits and Bobs: 

its quite a pile - I am hoping I have time to put together something Scrappy with all these yummy leftovers before I need to Start my next Memory Client Quilt....

Who Knows what these will become???

and who knew there were that many quilt tops in the pile of fabric!!

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Marching Dinosaurs and Finished (or not) Friday

Way back in the beginning of the year I made this Quilt top for my Son. My goal - have it quilted before his next birthday. Did I do it??  Why yes... I did... with months to spare - go me!!

The Marching Dinosaurs is Quilted, Bound, and waiting on his bed for when he comes back from his latest archeology project... 

Pattern from Atkinson Designs

I used a layer cake pack I found of Dinosaur Batiks for the back - with some glow in the dark dinosaur fabric I had found at Joanns... before... you know....

I quilted Leaves and Jungle fronds on it - I thought it looked very *Land before time* ish

My son loved it - he hasn't seen it all finished yet - but I sent him a photo of the quilting - I got a thumbs up ( thats high praise for a guy working 15 hours a day right now)

So how did your week go?

Did you have a good one?  Truthfully - I am not sure where mine went!!

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QOV went to Chevron

 Our Quilts of Valor group was invited to go to Chevron Colorado !!

Chevron has a really cool Veterans Network - and the leads on that team thought it would be cool to introduce QOV to Chevron , and better yet !!

Put the employees to work!! Brian ,Kayla and Dana set us up in the conference room . We made a sewing station with 6 amazing QOV quilters , ( and a 1939 feather weight machine that was the star of the show) a cutting station - which the director of safety from Chevron monitored , and a couple of ironing stations .

And then !!! They got to work ! We stitched for a little over an hour and!! Got enough blocks for a quilt top finished and a lot more in process for our group to finish ! (61 employees showed up !! Amazing !!)

The best part of the event ?

We got to award 4 Quilts of Valor to four of the Veterans that Chevron employs .

It was really a fun time for us to talk about what we do , and listen to what they do . We loved showing them how to stitch and may even have gained a new quilter to our group .

Connie, Deb, Olive, and Becky ROCKED it - they were the stars , teaching them to stitch and each time a block was done - we all had to clap - LOVE it!!

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Block Robin went to the Fair - and ! Finished ( or not) Friday

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My Block Robin Quilt!! It was finished and it went to the FAIR!!!

This one started in 2025 - my Guild members ( 6 of us on my team) Did a Block Robin exchange. We each chose a block we wanted to have made, some provided fabric, others gave fabric color ideas and we started our exchange. I wanted scrappy Blocks ( You can read about it here )

I took my blocks and added some more to come up with this quilt ^   and then!!! It went to the fair. It got second place in its class. And I have no clue how many were in the class - I wasn't able to go!! I ended up traveling back east and missed the whole thing.

Thankfully my friend picked the Quilt up for me!

I even added a little Applique Heart on it - for all the love we put into it !

These were really fun blocks to make, and I really thought it would help use up all my scraps as well as my fellow quilters.

it did not.

We can all do it again ;-)

How did your week go?  I almost got caught up on mail, did not get caught up on laundry, and I even made a meal from scratch ( that wasn't leftovers or burgers haha)

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DNP QOV and more

 I love abbreviations when I know what they mean!!

Our QOV group had a sew day, our quilt Guild had a sew day, and we are working with Chevron doing a sew day - and THIS is what we have been working on: 

This is the first one topped - I think we have 7 more in progress that All of us have been stitching on!! SO FUN!! and so easy to teach to folks that are new to quilting

We also made some of these blocks ( its a dark photo) These were inspired by the Many Hand Many Hearts Block drive. We sent our blocks and a few tops for Hospice there - and then started on these in RWB

I just kind of played with a layout but we have more blocks - so when we really get to putting them together - we will make it * pretty*

We also had a presentatation - I wasn't able to go - I had to fly out of state - so my amazing friends and co stitchers Did the presentation - Connie and Deb were AMAZING!!

Now I have to figure out what my goals for September will be!! ( yes I know its half over, but I haven't been here so I don't think it counts haha)

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Two QOV's quilted and !! Finished ( or not) Friday~!

Happy Happy Friday!!

I got TWO Quilts of Valor quilted - One of them is made by Me - (my crumby stars)  and Olive R's Stars and Stripes ( It's one from MSQC)

The girls thought it was getting awful warm on the grass - so they posed and ran! These are now going on to the next person to add the binding - and then!! On to a Veteran!

PS - I did notice todays date. Its a  Significant one - one that changed a lot of our lives. My Dad was a responder at the Twin Towers, and its interesting to me how my life changed because of his actions. And what trajectories we all got set on . 

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Nine Patch Square Dance progress

 Got a few more blocks made - but!! I think I am done now. 

I had lots of other color chosen, but as I started going I kind of liked the look of just the pinks and blues - so that's where I stayed... And now I have fabric for another project ( oops) 

Got all the blocks made - and they are trimmed... onward to the Sashing!!

Look!! My babies love my quilt. Its my Popsicle Sticks Quilt...

And my Sons puppy likes it too. ( so does Daisy but she was a little upset the other two girls stole the couch)

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Finished (or not) Friday!

I actually did get a finish - but - you are not going to believe it - I ran out of daylight to take a photo!!

I got back Sunday from my quick trip to the east, and got right to work, and had to prep for a HUGE QOV presentation . I forget how much time that takes me..

So my biggest finish this week - presenting 16 Quilts of Valor to some AMAZING Veterans.

Isn't that a lovely group?  They were so much fun!! All of them work in the VA in some way and a lot of them do peer support. It was so cool to hear how they have used their war experiences to help others. 

And also ... It might have been an anniversary for some Kids: Who knew what kind of ride we were in for when we said I do!  

So now it is your turn  - how did your week go? Did you finish stuff or start new things - since its the beginning of the month... I sometimes think the first of the month just means I should start new things!

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