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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Marching Stars QOV ( aka Winter Quilt along) and!! Finished ( or not!) Friday

Happy Friday!!

Hope your week has been wonderful!!! 

I finally finished my own Marching Stars!!  I am so glad - and I am not sure where(or even why!!) I stalled out - but! we are done now!!

You can find the Pattern to Marching Stars Here: All the steps

We have been trying to teach Pound Puppy to be a SnooperModel too.... but she hasn't quite got the hang of it!!

That is my Big Accomplishment for the week.. I'll be back to tell you about our QOV presentation we had yesterday, and  We have a competition this weekend... so I won't be able to get into the Orange yet for the Rainbow scrap challenge - but its on my list! 

Did you know today is May 1st?  May Day!! when we were little kids my Mom would help us make little baskets full of goodies and we would go deliver them on my grandparents porch... thinking we were sneaky - we would ring the bell and hide.  

I think we forgot that Moms car, parked out front of their house probably gave it away ha!!

How has your week shaped up?

Any Extra Rain to send our way?

Quilts finished?

New Projects Started?

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A whirlwind of a QOV weekend

One of us Booked Back to back to back QOV presentations.

One of us should have looked at the calendar better

But !! A lot of us had a great time, met Amazing Veterans - and!! made a lot of Adults cry....

It Started on Friday Night. We headed to the local VFW. We have partnered with this VFW for 23 years - they were the first people to help us out with our QOV project. When I was teaching the kids, this VFW donated funds for fabric - We love them. So its always nice to go *home* with them.

it was a fun group - and they served Smashburgers!!

We had (from L-R) 

Navy 

Army and AF ( she enlisted twice!)

Marine

and 

Navy

Saturday Morning found us at one of our Favorite groups - in Front of 188 Veterans these 6 received their Quilts of Valor. 

One of the Veterans was moving, so we were trying so hard to get his Quilt to him before he moved, so it was a little emotional - not only from the moving, but from receiving his quilt. He told us that his was the MOST beautiful of them all!

So we had Army, Navy, Army, Army, Navy Navy - it was a lot of fun. My Husband wasn't able to come help me, so My friend Brian ( a Marine and Navy Vet) Came with me to help present - and he had a blast. 

Saturday afternoon found me awarding a Quilt privately as they had medical issues and it was easier for me to go there. I loved this couple. They were SO very sweet - and so very excited that we would come to them.!

Now!! On to Sunday!!

It was QOV sew day and !! Presentation day!

We were also honored to have Veterans Life Magazine attend . it was pretty cool to have them around and watching what we were doing.

This was a fun group - One of the Veterans second military assignment (after being in Armor) was to be a Military Family Attaché. He escorted the remains of the deceased to their home states. He said it was a very significant assignment. And such a great one to speak with. 

So we had Marine, Army, Navy, Army and Army  - Such amazing folks.

We also completed a Quilt top, Bound a few, made a lot of blocks and!! Made some pillowcases. 

Just so you know - I am tired. I have one more presentation this week, and then I take some time off. 

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The Daisy Quilt - and !! Finished ( or not)Friday!

 I have a finish... It may be the only one for a bit - but!! it is finished, it was UPS'd and!! it was delivered!

I envisioned this as quilt that would be used, but also - one that you could chart their growth. But!! I made it kind of huge - I guess I forgot that babies are like 20 inches when born. I mean - I see my 6'8" son all the time - so its hard to remember the 20 inch thing...

Here is the idea below - each number is removable - so then you can use it as a quilt quilt.

I made this for our baby, I just think that she should be overwhelmed with quilts from me - right? I mean - its only fair haha!!

Speaking of baby quilts - did you get a chance to visit and see this one from Miss Alissa?  It is SOOO cute!!

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Star and Crown Progress

 This is one we started at one of our QOVV Sew days - it is Star and Crown by Pat Speth.

I have the inner part of the quilt done, now I need to come up with an idea for the border. Well!! I have an idea, I just don't know if I like it or not -so! We stalled out here:

i think it needs something to stop the Busy, but then I think it needs some busy back in the border - just not too much. Anyways - I got it to here, it goes back into the box until I figure it out... Its not as if I don't have other projects to play with ..... right??

We had a little snow... and I mean little, but just enough to get the girls all dirty. And they had to get baths, But when the mud dried - they wanted to show you how pretty they are....

Today I am going to link up  with

• Monday Musings  Here
• Design wall Monday Here
• Sew and Tell   Here
• Wednesday Wait loss  HEre
  
• Put your foot down   HERE

Thanks for those of you who stopped by to see what I had for sale... I think I may have more on Saturday. For some reason I am in a mood to use it or send it into the world to be used. 

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The Rabbit Hole Quilt!! and! Finished ( or not) Friday

I get this question a lot when someone mentions that I quilt... How long does it take you to finish a quilt?

I am sure you get that too - and after I waver and explain QDD, and the multiple projects that need my attention - I still never come up with a good answer. 

This quilt?  I made it in under a year... yep!! I did!!

I started it by going down a rabbit hole on LAPaylors blog in June 2025 - and look at that - it is bound and finished by April 2026!

it is a LARGE Quilt - like 72 x 100 ish. It took 2 people to hold it all pretty like, and one tall one to try the photos in the sun. Its a combination of the Jelly Roll 18 pattern and my Happy Half Square 3 block.

It was also the inspiration for our Fireworks QOV's!! 

I really like it - and!! I think its long enough for all 3 dogs to cuddle with me, but they don't need to cuddle right now. Or maybe? I hear a storm is coming in - and we are all for it - lets get rain!!!

Did you all have a good week? Did you get to your sewing room? ( mine is in the front room, so its easy to get to.... until I start the piles... oops)

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I'm wrapping them ...

 our QOV group was able to wrap a few more Veterans!! 6 this time .

I love being able to do this, even though I know that there is some emotion involved - it still lifts my heart each time I see a smile or a tear as the Vet allows us to wrap them up. 

The Veteran second from the left hid in the back photos!! he had a Jelly Roll Plus quilt too. Its fun to know that we did these as the Jelly Roll Sew day and they are so quickly out in the world!

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When its Spring....

The babies start coming!!

Real Babies!!

We had a fun baby shower for my Niece - and I was able to gift this quilt:

They are still waiting for the little bambino - and we don't know if its a boy a girl yet - but bets are in, and guesses have been made.  

our little one arrived as well - Baby C came a little early, and we are all smitten. We can't quite see her in person yet ( stupid commitments) but got to meet her thru FaceTime and ... well .... its just amazing

The girls - I have all three for the time being, so we are learning how to work with mom. I do have to say - adding the third to the daily routine adds a lot, but!! With two that already *know* what our life is like, that 3rd one just kinda has to come along for the ride. 

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Going back to 2018!! and!! Finished ( or not) Friday

Remember the big waggy tails that are  my puppies... this was another project unearthed by them...

and it is taking us back to 2018!! 2018 people!!

Its a scrappy Irish chain - the pattern was in a book by Melissa Corry

and it was my RSC project for 2018 - but!! I forgot about 3 colors.. so I spent a morning finishing those blocks and now: ( linking to: Rainbow scrap Challenge)

It is a top!! I had to finish the Pink, Red and Yellow, not sure how I got that far behind, but! I was - 

This is the book it was in:

I don't seem to find it for sale anywhere.

But!! My top is done!! and now it goes to the *be quilted* pile.

A freind of mine challenged me to make a list of the To Be quilteds, and the need to finishes - but I am such a visual person, I decided a list would not help. 

I have been taking photos and saving them in an album on my phone.

It was kind of fun to move this one from the *need to work on* album to the *need to Quilt Album* 

and just an FYI - in the *Need to Bind* album,..... there's only two... oh ya!!!

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