Batik Spools and!! Finished!! ( or not) Friday!!!

 I am finishing this one at the VERY LAST minute - but you know what!! it still counts!!!

As I was binding it ( yes - do not pass out - I bound) I was telling my son about the mini shop hop three of my friends and I did - and I was thinking it was maybe a year ago.

It was not. Because!! I started this quilt in October 2022. oops.... 

I don't think I meant to let it marinate that long?

As of Today - It is done!! and hanging on my Quilt ladder in the front room!

Ta Da!!!!

Sorry for the indoor photos  - By the time I had it finished ..it was time to do chores, and!! windy!! and Cloudy - so! it became an indoor moment!

I backed it with flannel - of course - SHARKS!! what fun right? I was sort of thinking this looked like a winter quilt with those batiks - but maybe it is an ocean quilt with the Sharks? 

The block is called a Spool Block - and maybe the pattern was at Mary Quilts!!? Its a jelly roll pattern and super easy to do....

And just because:

My Goofy girls  - posing in front of a few of my horses.

NOW!!!

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My Favorite People and Quilts of Valor

 I have been working ( although is it really working????) with this Veteran organization for 6 years so far - and last night!!! 

We awarded 12 more Quilts of Valor to some of their Veterans. 

This was such a fun group - we always have a great time. We do the Quilts, We eat a meal, I pick on them, they give me grief - and most times - there is a thunderstorm that pops up... and last night - was no Different!!!

I always love how the right Quilts go to the Right Veterans. The one with the Eagle - his shirt  was the same color as the fabric. But When I said I hope you love Eagles, his eye misted over. 

Afterwards - he told me that he has a collection of Eagle photos, and couldn't believe we knew that he liked them.  (Go Connie -she made his quilt)

The Blue with Stars - turns out that's his most favorite color in the world, and he loves to star gaze....

I just love how that works out.

Oh  - and did you see my RSC Red from 2024 in there?   ( center) and the Churn Dash - That's the one my Laura and I did - Laura from Cali and me from Colorado - I just love that.... oh and the far right - I did that one with an army Jelly roll - and He LOVED it - I am so happy!!!  

Far left is the Not so Top Secret Project quilt from the beginning of time - she made it bigger ( thankfully - he was tall) but heck fire did my heart get happy!

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Jelly Roll Rail Finish and FINISHED !! (or not) Friday!

Happy Friday!!!

Sew... Last Jelly Roll Day our QOV sew Group made these Jelly Roll Rail Quilts.

 JELLY ROLL RAIL PATTERN HERE ( as in CLICK)

I thought ( that will get me every time) I had quilted all of them - but a straggler came in!!! And its all good - because it spreads the Quilt love out a bit!!

This one is NOW ready for binding!

PS- its a pretty photo heavy post because. oh yes! my Girls!!!

This one was made by Mary M . She even made binding for it - so the next person who touches it can get that binding right on it!! Look at my Girls!!!  I laid the quilt out on our fake grass and they came and laid right by it.  

They didn't even try to walk on it or anything. I tell you what - am I a Dog trainer?  ( Don't answer that - we don't need to get that real today!!)

The quilting is stars and waving flags - it was a pretty dense pattern and I love how it turned out. But since the quilt is so dark - and the sun was so bright the quilting pattern had a hard time appearing - hence....The back!!!

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its a BLOCK Party!!!

 I want to try all the patterns.. and all the colors.... and its making me have piles of Blocks!!

They are having a PARTY!!!

First up - Sandra at MMM Quilts is doing a Glowing Hearts QAL. And I pulled all my fabrics and they just sat there... until! it rained!!  ( YAY for rain)

NOW !! I have three hearts done and have more ready to go. I really did follow her instructions except I didn't. I struggle with certain things( like an accurate 1/4 inch sometimes) - so I decided to make it easier on me - and created pinwheels in the process - They will be used in something!!

I am still working on the Lo and Behold Art Deco Quilt - I got all of Block 2 done - 27 of them!!

They are not hard.... just time consuming - and there are 27 of them - so there is that! 

I got all the rest of my scraps prepped to make my Teal Not RSC bigger ( no photo - but I want to feel the accomplishment!)

and!!

I got started on my Green RSC Quilt blocks - 

Only one!! but !! I have dug thru the scraps and pulled enough greens for a Whole Quilt top! Oh ya!!!

Chantal asked if I was going to make a whole quilt in every RSC color this year ... Yes? Maybe? If I have enough fabric? well... if that is the criteria - Yes?   haha!!

Oh!! I could pretend to shake the magic 8 ball and see what it says " Time will tell"  Yep!! there you have it!!

Ohhh back to the sewing room!!! Lets see if I can put my *get it done* hat on instead of my *get it started* hat!!

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Ranchin' around

 I am trying so hard to remember to take my phone ( aka Camera) with me  - things change so rapidly here in the spring - and I love it!

The Colors - the Weeds  - the horses ... Lots of changes

Above - May - Below March... see how fast the changes happen - it seems like the Green just pops up overnight - and we rush to get all the cows to the right pastures to eat it up!!

We like to ride in the afternoons on the horses that we are training, or just getting back into shape - but one afternoon.... holee cow - the clouds came in and they were whirling and Twirling. we decided to head back - good plan!! Got everything unsaddles and the rain let loose and the storms moved east. 

The Front Range from my East pasture. My girls need lots of walking time, so we headed out from our house - coming back - the mountains just shone. I think the rain had cleared the air, and the mountains had fresh snow.  the tall one is Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park...

Sunrise - I was trying to be artsy while pretending to work...... 

and a Visitor!!!  My dogs were in the house with me and all of a sudden they were barking like crazy - I was looking for an animal out, or a car coming up the lane, or something.... then I decided to follow Bella's Eye line - an Whoa!! There he was - On my power pole!!

And there you go - a Little Glimpse of my world in Spring - and yes- I am still rotating between sweatshirt, winter jackets and t shirts.... Me and Mother Nature - experiencing those flashes haha!!

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Starry Star Finish!!! and !! Finished (or not) Friday!

 Happy Happy Friday you all!!!!

Mine went fast - My husband left to Arizona to go help his parents come back for the summer, so that left me single ranching it! I got to make all the decisions... and I have decided that I need a Fabric Barn and a Guest barn and .... oh wait - I'm sure that will be vetoed haha

He came back and we got to spend a little time with my in-laws . They always seem to have such a great time in Arizona over the winter. 

On to Quilting:

My Friend Julie made this top for Quilts of Valor. She gave me the top - I gave her some quilted Quilts for Hospice that she will bind - I liked that trade haha!! Kept me out of the Binding world for a bit!!

Isn't that a cool one!! I love the color combo - and yes I know- Red white and Blue - but the mix of blues is just so soothing... I love it!!!

It is ready to go on to my QOV group for binding ;-)  ( See - avoided it again ha!!)

I am also working on a T shirt Quilt - so hopefully you will see that soon as a COMPLETE finish - and yes - I do have to bind that one.... send me good vibes!!

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Jacobs Ladder or the Road to California - and!! Finished ( or not) Friday

I had planned to have at least a finished top - but the blocks had different ideas!!! At our Sew Day we Started working on the Jacobs Ladder/Road to California blocks - enough of them to Make TWO more Quilts of Valor.... We had fun - we goofed off, and a lot of blocks got made.

I came home and laid the first quilt out on the design wall - some of the rows were even stitched together - so you all - we stitched... 

But as I started staring at it....

Do you see what I saw??? haha!!! 

I will get that fixed up - and finish the last block then get to working on the borders - and Bam!! it should be done in no time right?

We also got to award 4 Quilts of Valor - 2 Marines and 2 Air Force - all in Iraq/Afghanistan - OEF and OIF  .

They were super cool - the two in the middle are related ;-)

So that's about all I got really DONE this week ...How about you?

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Teal ( the NOT RSC color) progress..

 As we all know now - Teal was not the RSC color for April - but that is okay - because - I Like it!! and it is fun and ... it is keeping me out of too much trouble... so my boo boo... is working out for me!

But first!!!

The Quilt Police DO exist.... this one though - EASILY Bribed - and do I mean easy!!!!

Here is where I am with the Teal Blocks - I think... I think.... I need to make more to make it wider - I was thinking I could use borders to do so, but I don't think I will like it - as it is I think it will be about 40 ish by 60 ish as a center - And I really think that will be too small - even if I add a lot of borders... so I am thinking that I will start digging for more teal scraps and just keep working on it.

Maybe if Teal is called - I will be so ahead of myself I will get it quilted in that month!

Look at my girls - Placing all pretty like. They did SO good - One of my cows was not behaving, then helped me move him and then they placed like this while I did my fencing work - but they kept a keen eye on that steer.... he was not allowed near me at all haha!

Just a view - we were out in one of the pastures and the clouds were just SOOO cool, I like the framing of it- so I snapped!! ( a photo, I saved the real snapping for when the chocolate runs out)

This is baby Reno - who is not such a baby any more - he will be a year old at the end of May - and his Momma - is due to have another baby in June.... Isn't he so cute tho!!!!

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Red Red winnnneeee ..... okay all the Red without the Wine

 While I know April is not completely over - I am completely over my Red Scraps as of today. If I pull more out - I will be stitching on them for another year....

So!!!

Here is where I ended up this Month:

Twenty Four Red 8 1/2 inch Crumb Blocks

I actually have enough of the RWB Buckeyes to make a WHOLE QOV - but I can't find the photo. Which! I may have deleted it - as my phone told me the memory was full and I panicked because I also take all the photos for our Guild, and of course, Guild was that night!!!

And I got 15 of these crazy Scrappy logs ish done - They will go in my pile with the yellow ones below 

And I sorted the Scraps that I received during my Scrapping - and am ready to use those!!!

This time - I am going to read what the REAL Rainbow Scrap color is before thinking I read it haha!!!  ( I read it  - It says GREEN... RIGHT???)

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