Popsicle Sticks - the Finish... and!! Finished ( or not) Friday!

 I was on a roll with this one - and I just didn't want to stop the momentum...

Can you see all that smoke in the background? We are not even near where the fires are - I can not imagine how bad it is for those folks near them...  We can't see the mountains.

Daisy and Bella got in on the action - the change in the sunlight sure changes the colors

I quilted this one with *Twinkling Columbines* from  The Quilt Store. ( aka Dawnas Design Threads)

I already had it on my table - so figured since it was set up, and I am a Coloradoan.. Why Not?

Also - I used Scrap Binding - you know how you collect those little ends? I decided to put them together - and Bam! It was just perfect for this one!

Pound Puppy says Hi ! She is on assignment with Little Bit - but she wanted in on the action!!

Do you know that this Popsicle is only my Third personal finish for the year? And the other two were baby quilts that I have gifted already?  That really shocks me!!!  

I have made memory quilts, and T shirt Quilts and other memory Quilts - but I thought I was working my stuff in there.  

I was - just not to the finish stage... I have better get a move on it!

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Leftovers

 A while back I made quilt a few of those gingham/Buffalo Plaid quilts. and I had some leftovers. 

since I am clearing my piles, it was time to address these. I might should have addressed them to one of you - but! I put them up on the design wall and played around with them

This is what I came up with: 

And then I stared at it for a long time. And then I decided that I liked the way the lights and darks played with each other. and Then I decided - Just put it together. 

And so I did. Its not very big, but Our local Hospice likes bright smaller lap quilts - I think that this will probably go there when its quilted ( and bound)

Quilting has bee so fun - and much cooler that outside - I think I showed you the tractor on my last baby quilt.

And then this one - I have been thinking of what I want to quilt on the Dinosaur quilt I made my son - so I tested this one on a client quilt. I think it kind of looks like a Dinosaur jungle...

We will see what he thinks!!

I feel like  a Quilter on a mission to finish up these things that I have piled, but while I am working on them - I am finding that I am thinking of the *next* project.

Its a problem 😄😄😎

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Potato Chip Blocks

 Your all that and a bag of chips?

I started Pringles - Pringles was topped, I had pieces left... I have started a Potato Chip quilt... it keeps growing - and I'm not out of scraps... How big will it be?

Each block is 10 inched unfinished

And when I stopped for the night (or two nights) 

I am one block short for a 5 x 6...

But the cookie tray with the 2 x 3 1/2 inch pieces.... is not empty... at all.... and 50 x 60 just doesn't seem big enough for anyone I know. I am thinking I will try to get enough blocks for a 60 x 80 quilt.

Get Er Done!!! Right? I am sort of afraid to see what else in in my piles 😓

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Binding and !! Finished ( or not) Friday!

My goals for August - are to actually finish something!

Also - to get my sewing area cleaned up, and to sort thru the piles of fabrics I have just piled.

I started with the easiest thing to do... Bind!

We all know how much I love to bind 😕 but these were little, so there wasn't as much crying when I dug in,

I made this with the leftovers of my leftover scraps !!  and then finally decided to put in on the longarm at the end of a quilt... and quilt it!

and now! it is bound and ready to be used someplace.

I had also quilted a few hot pads - and didn't get this one bound - so it yelled at me.

I used denim on the back - and had some extra red binding - so! Ta da!!

Maybe having a first finish in August will keep the fires ( not the real ones in the real world.. just the one in my sewing room) going and I will GET ER DONE!!

One last photo from our little jaunt - they had started these little Uber Eats Robots - I had never seen one so had a good time watching them. One day a fleet of 4 of them came out and were at the same Light as us, the little carts eyes turned into hearts. 

That made my day !

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Popsicle Sticks Progress

 I think I found a new Favorite for 2 1/2 inch strips!!!

I got all the blocks made for my Popsicle Sticks Quilt ( Pattern from Atkinson designs)

and I am already dreaming of another... not very helpful to my - GET ER DONE August plan tho! Keep me in Check!!!

Here are all the blocks... its ready to be rowed:

Isn't that just a fun one?  I used all sorts of scraps and didn't really care much about color placement. I did try to make sure the colors all were friends tho and went together.

Then I tried to get Daisy and Bella to pose. Daisy is all in... Bella... it was just WAYYYYy to much to ask of her.

They are not fans of the heat waves we have been having. We are up at 5 to get all our chores done before we sweat to much, however - it is not as successful as we wish.

We had a HUGE Rainstorm - it was awesome. It has been so humid for Colorado without much rain here, so the three of us were out about a mile from the house moving cattle, and a little rain started. 

We were on foot - and before we even made it halfway back it was a downpour - for 7 minutes. Enough to soak us clear thru, cool the temps and make us giggle.

But by the time we had cows corralled, we were soaked and steamy - the temps went right back to the mid 90's.... 

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A little excursion

 Now that I think about it, I know why last week went so fast... I left!!

We made a little excursion to visit  family - and had to explore a little bit!!

Sunset from the Wharf in Georgetown. We headed that way to go to dinner at Farmer Fisher Baker - and it was really good, it was also a very young vibe. Lots of partying in the bay - lots of Yachts that probably cost more than my whole house!  Fun to see tho

From there you can take a trail along the Potomac so we did and headed to the Monuments. I really wanted to hit the Women's Vietnam Memorial in the Dusk - I love the Look at night. So we did!

It never dawned on me that Women would not be seen as Veterans just because they were nurses... So cool to see something dedicated to just women. 

Of course - we had to take a photo op on the river too....It has been humid in Colorado, and surprisingly the Humidity in DC was LESS that it was here. Still made my hair frizz. I have come to accept it haha

After the Womans Memorial we headed to the Lincoln Memorial- only to see a super cool new monument going up. It opened the day we flew home - so we will have to go see it next time without the construction 

You can read more about it here: https://monument250.usaa360.com/

I think its going to be pretty cool - and it sits at the feet of Lincoln. 

I think it takes just as much work to get ready to travel as it does when we get home... sigh

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Farm Quilt and !! Finished!! ( or not) Friday!

What a fast week this has been!! Do some of your weeks go like that? You have plans and ideas, and then the next thing you know - the week is coming to an end?

I have been invited to a baby shower for someone who I have watched grow up, and they are some of my most favorite people. I started thinking of all the things I knew about them - and had fun choosing fabrics that represented them.

Also - I finished it !! In a short amount of time - I was quite driven...

We have pigs and chicken fabric. They helped us raise pigs when Little Bit was learning. There are tractors - as they farm, and my husband drove for them for a while. There is an Antique truck - they had one at their wedding, and cows - cuz - well - we all raise cattle - and teal paisley - that is his favorite color.

I hope they will like it - and USE it!!

I have also been organizing my *quilting Space*  and I have come to realize - I need to focus.... (famous last words right?)  

So I told myself to make a list, and then stick to that list for at least the month of August. Cross your fingers for me - that you see at LEAST 4 finishes for next month. Deal???

I need to make this FONF work for me - and inspire me to Get 'er DONE!

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Blocks, Blocks, and more Blocks ... and Finished (or not) Friday

Today is an *or not* Friday - but man did we have a fun week!

Started with our Regular QOV sew day - 

I had such fun making blocks for Cynthias Many Hands Many Hearts drive that we stole it!!! and !!

Made 94 blocks for our sew day . We need 80 per quilt, and I have 160 cut - can you believe it!!   ( ps Cynthia - the blocks I made for you will be winging out soon)

Then I was invited to be the speaker at my Home Guild - Pieceable Friends in Greeley - and before the program 10 of us got together and did a workshop.

I cut enough blocks for 4 quilts - we got all the blocks done, and even got a few rows assembled

But wait!! There is more!!

Remember my scrappy start to Popsicle Sticks?

Block components are made - and ready to assemble!!

No finishes - but lots of progress on the starts!!

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Pringles is a TOP!! and! Finished ( or not) Friday

 My Pringles is now a TOP!! Whoot Whoot!

I like it!! Joy Called my Purples the Hidden Path - and I have to say - that really appealed to me!! I love getting off the beaten path and finding the hidden path while hiking - so why not do that while quilting?  

As she said - the Secret path can be the most rewarding to follow! Wise words!  It turned out 72 x 90 inches. i think that is a perfect size!  Bella was protecting it from the wind!

You may know a LOT of Colorado has been on fire lately - It makes the sunsets crazy. I took the one above on my cell phone and with the smoke and the haze - it read the colors really off - but I loved how it turned out.  And then my cow photo - you won't believe this, but there are mountains behind them. That's how smoky it has been. I hope they get them out soon - so worried for all those folks. 

Monday we had a fire just to the east of us - I think every rancher is on edge, as my phone started ringing. The smoke made it look like it was on our place, it was about 8 miles east. 

Update on the foot: The doc gave me a new brace, and said if I could get my foot in a boot I could try to ride. He did not specify a pull on or lace up boot, and I did not clarify 😊So I wedged into my lace ups and!! I got to ride!!! That's even better news for me, my foot did get tired pretty quick - but heck fire - I am back!! 

 My mare hadn't been ridden since I did this in early May, so she was pretty tickled too. She just pranced and had a good ol' time. We've ridden every morning since the go ahead ( 3 days so far) and so far so good!

What have you been up to this week? Anything fun? Beating the heat?

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July Rainbow Scrap Challenge Blocks

 I finally found the pile of Teal/Aqua I had been saving for this month. Some people ( Nancy!!! I'm looking at you) already have some Quilts finished!! haha - I just had to tease her.

I found my fabrics, I pressed and!

I got Six blocks done for this color.  Because I think I want my quilt to be more rainbowy - I am going to stick with six blocks only - so Go me!! I am done for the month.

Also in my little bin - I had these sweet scraps - so I made them into 10 inch crumb blocks - who knows what they will be, but I added them to the pile of crumb blocks ... I may have to decide something soon, that pile is precariously balanced!

Here is the last photo of my threesome for a while - My son was able to come back and take his puppy with him on his project. The joy, the happy of the little pound puppy! she saw him loading up and was kind of going nuts until she realized she was being included!! made her day. I will miss her, but don't tell my kid okay??

It has been a bit sweltering here for a little black dog, and she hasn't correlated that playing hard heats her up.. so she loved her little ice bath haha!

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