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

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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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Ranchin' around and Life

the cows say hi!!

I got to be the *Rancher in control* for a while , and then they told me I was wrong - it was them in control and they would run the range haha..

So I closed the gate and got all the grain ready before they stampeded me !

We don't get to see the Northern Lights often - we have seen them twice in the many years we have lived here - so I teased.. we had som crazy storms and a sunset - I think this might be the Northern Lights of Colorado.....

All the girls were back together for a little bit!

My Son came home to hang out and then we took a little trip....

But not before crazy storms came in. My Husband sees a dinosaur head in the right side of the photo. And now - I can't unsee it.

We had a break out in the middle of the night!  We had built a new corrall for one of the stud colts. We were trying to give him more room, and sand - to keep dry from the rain.

But!! He started playing with his feed pan and somehow unhooked the panels ---- and he Escaped!

And part of his escape was to get into the hay shed. We have a side with grass hay and a side with alfalfa... you know he went to the alfalfa - and man - did he make a mess!

We took a little trip - my son said - I see your suitcase....

And a close up - proved he was right - you can see my patriotic fabric haha! While we were waiting for our return flight - we saw the Honor Flight from Florida disembark - it was pretty cool - everyone on the airport stood and clapped for them. The smiles were huge!

Now!!

Back to the piles!!!

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My favorite finish for august

 Quilting Jet Girl hosts *My Favorite Finish* and you know what!!

I have one!! ( or two -but who is counting ) I am so excited!!

My Favorite Finish is my Pringles Quilt!!! I love it so much I already have it on my bed, just awaiting the fall weather....

This is Pringles - it started as a block swap between 7 of us - based on Lynn Dykstras quilt .

We each made 350 blocks to swap and then 150 of our own - so all of the ones that have a purple top are the ones I made just for me - it was supposed to make a really cool path - and mine is.... its just Hidden.... as Joy So nicely suggested - its the hidden path.

I used this and a purple check on the back...

Yay!! so excited to actually have a favorite Finish!!

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