QOV Quilt a long - aka - The Ribbon Step 1

 Good morning!!

I hope you have had a chance to grab some fabric and get it cut. I have heard that a few of you are doing in scrappy!! I Love that - and hope you will share your photos... either leave your blog link in the comments or email it to me ;-)

the first block we will be making is the 25 patch block - it will be 8 inches square,

this step took me right at 2 hours. I pressed everything to the dark, and ! I got to watch two The Marvelous Mrs. Maisels on prime haha!!

The full instructions can be Downloaded here : The Ribbon Step 1

OHHH I JUST SAW A TYPO - They will be 8 inches square unfinished

7 1/2 finished!! I am going to change that right now!!  ( the new instruction sheet has the word correction added to it ;-)  )  

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Wrapped in Love

 We had a chance to visit one of my favorite groups of Veterans and have a little breakfast... we might have wrapped a few in Quilts of Valor as well.

The three gentlemen sitting are Korean War Veterans, one also served in Vietnam .

Sometimes its hard to get a good photo for us, everyone of these Vets family and friends were taking photos. And that is OK!! I love that they get the attention, but I also at least want a photo for me haha!!

Two of them were Marines - they told me that they were friends - so we made sure to have a matching pillowcase for them. They got a huge kick out of that and it made their day. Their wives might have just grinned at me at the joke!

The next day I had a Shoot !

There is a Veteran that we ride with who is one of the most amazing people I know. I had been scheming for a while to figure out how to present him a Quilt of Valor.

It worked out at this shoot that my Quilt for him was ready, and!! a little special something else,

Its funny - I rarely get flustered any more - but for some reason, presenting this in front of all of our friends gave me a little jitter - and when I went to hold the quilt up - I just grabbed the two nearest cowboys and enlisted them 😀

He has a dog that is so in tune with him, He ran up as he felt the emotion - which was perfect.

we had a little quilt for him too!! It was a fun addition to the presentation!

Remember Wednesday is our QOV QAL *The Ribbon * - if you didn't know and want to join in - 

here is the link to the intro THE RIBBON INTRO  

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We are the Grapes of Wrath

 ♫♬🎜🎝We are the grapes of wrath......

We'll never take a bath
It is our style to seldom smile
And never laugh!
We are the grapes of wrath
So stay out of our path
There's no escape from cranky grapes
We are the grapes of wrath♫♬🎜🎝

I think I have a music problem.. Songs just keep popping up in my head...

Here is the video of this one: 

We are the grapes of wrath you tube

I pulled out the purples to see what I had - and started singing... which turned into these few blocks and fabric for a lot more - and!! Purple yarn.. I have been lax in showing my looming - and lax in looming a lot of hats... I have quite a few - but need to do more!!

I have pulled my Purple yarns to get back to it!

i think I am going to change directions tho - and use a solid purple for the squares in the next blocks - see what I think of that.... maybe...

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Playing with the Panel finish - and!! Finished ( or not) Friday

 Whoot Whoot!!!

I purchased this panel on my NoCoShopHop from the Fig Leaf in Ft Collins. Its sort of funny that we had watched Top Gun the night before and then this panel just popped into my vision...

Do you remember the song in Top Gun - "Playing with the boys" by Kenny Loggins? that is what I have been singing in my head - hence - the Playing with the Panel part 😁😁

Are you Ready?

I mean!! Is it even a quilt if the girls don't pose by it??? 

Seriously!

I quilted it with Stars and  Loops - and now it will go to one of our group people for its binding. You just have to add that extra love in it that way!'

My husband is home full time right now, he also went on the Shop Hop with me, and so - I bragged... I said - See - I don't just stash fabrics - I use it SOOO fast!!!

Do you think he bought it?

Alright folks - It is now your turn!!

Link up your Finish ( or not) for the week!!

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Maybe even add to your Bucket list!!

Oh!! and don't forget - we started a QOV QAL THE RIBBON on Wednesday!!!

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QOV Quilt a Long - aka - The Ribbon - Intro

 Happy Wednesday!!!

Welcome to the Quilt a long!! This quilt is called * The Ribbon* 

For some reason it reminds me of a woven ribbon - I hope you can see it too - and it doesn't make me look silly!

Here is the Quilt!!

It will measure 60 1/2 by 75 1/2 inches when finished - so a perfect size for  a Quilt of Valor 

You can find the Fabric Requirements and Cutting Instructions here :  The Ribbon Intro 

Get all your fabrics together, and next Wednesday we will start with the block construction!!

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the Rabbit hole... has found... the bottom

 I am DONE!! making blocks for my Jelly Roll 18 - aka *the Rabbit Hole*

I have them all laid out the way I want them - and they are now ready to row!!!

now it is 6 x 8 - and the are 12 inch blocks - so should be 72 x 96 ish ( I am not a perfect 1/4 inch stitcher sometimes) but I liked the idea of a bigger quilt...

Hope you all have recovered from your 4th of July Weekend - and were able to celebrate our Independence!! We went to a fireworks show- one of our sons friends is a firefighter with the Southeast Weld Fire - and they put on an awesome fireworks display. 

 

we sat in the back of the pick up and they were right over head - it was the best show I have ever seen, even if I did have to rccline 😃

We rode a little:

We dogged a lot ...I was trying to get them all poseable with the flowers - but there were too many distractions ( read K had snacks!! - human ones)

and we celebrated K's Birthday - We think it is becoming a tradition to let him skunk us on his birthday. ( okay - I always get skunked!)

Today - we go back to reality and work and No More Goofing OFF ... until the next time!!

See you WEDNESDAY for the kick off of our new Quilt a LONG!! its fun and eaaaasssssyyyyyy

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A new QOV Quilt a Long - and!! Finished!! ( or not) Friday

 Happy 4th of July!!!!

I hope you have some great things planned for today to celebrate our Independence!!

I have an announcement!!

I will be hosting a NEW QUILT OF VALOR Sew a long !! I am doing it this way, as I have heard that folks would really like to see what they are making before jumping in - and so!!

WEDNESDAY July 9th - you will see the quilt and the Fabric Requirements. oh! and the cutting instructions. 

Each Wednesday a new step will drop until we are finished. You have the option of stitching ahead if you think you know how to make the block ( which many of you totally will.... but I am pretending I have all the info at this moment haha) - or stitching along with the rest of us. 

You can also join in by my Groups. io - /MysteryQuilts4Military

It should be fun, it won't be long - and as always I would love for you to get it to a QOV group, use for your QOV awards, or award it yourself ;-)

I know its a holiday - but does our quilting take a holiday?? I don't think so!! I am obessessed!!

So hopefully you have a post for this week and want to link up what you finished ( or didn't) 

As you can see - I do not have a finish - its all customer quilts that got finished ... but I did do some piecing - so future finishes ;-)

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Playing with the Panel part 2

 Remember my panel? 

I am proud to say - it is now a top!!!

Just in case you don't remember - this is the panel I purchased at the Fig leaf in Ft Collins CO on the No Co Shop Hop. Go me!! I didn't put in in a pile!!

I have to say I really like this setting - so I have cut some more Flags for Sue to use as leader enders and brought out a few more panels that were marinating in my stash!!!

This ended up being 62 x 80 !! Perfect Quilt of Valor size!!

In Ranch news - our water almost tasted un chlorinated!! I also have most of the laundry done ( I figured I would use that chlorinated water for good) . And by done - I mean washed, and dried - didn't want you to be jealous and think it was folded and put away too 😆😆😆

The fourth of July is Friday - it is also our Finished ( or not) Friday. I hope you will come back and link up one post from this week:-) 

We don't have big plans , we might head to town to watch the parade, or we might go golfing in the morning. or... we might just do what we always do - ride the horses  haha!

What will you be doing?

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The Rabbit Hole - aka Jelly Roll 18

 Progress!!!

alright!! Truth time!!

I know this - but I never remember this - Jelly rolls - or Strip packs have 40 strips - NOT 42!!! So when I do my math - I am always wrong *ugh*

I can't quite make a 6 x 7 setting - with 40 strips - so I started thinking about stars - the ones from my happy half square project - specifically - Block 3 Block 3 pattern here

so I decided to make some and see what I think - here is where I am!!

Full disclosure - we also decided to do this Jelly Roll 18 block for our QOV sew day - and!! now!! we are going to add the stars - and it will be like Stars and Stripes!!!

my well has been fixed! thank you for the concern. When he fixed the well, he also chlorinated the well and the cistern. Safety precautions - but you know what? We don't like chlorinated water - it has a funny taste haha!! so we had to go buy some bottled water for us and the pups - until the chlorine runs its course. 

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Plaid Patriotic Buckeye Quilt and !! Finished ( or not) Friday!!!

Wednesday Morning we woke up - and I tried to turn the water on - to no avail! Our Well Pump had died. For some reason that just threw off my whole day , and seemed to get my morning off to a rough start - I had to brush my teeth without water...

Well not totally true - we do have a lot of bottled water that we save and refill quite often - just in case. When the power goes out we also have no water. 

I also still had 2 quilts of valor to wash for the next presentation... that flustered me..

So I went quilting!!

I made this Plaid Patriotic Diamond Chain quilt - ( or Buckeye Beauty) and I think it was time to quilt it up!!! I Love plaid.... its just awesome!

Now you knew - i was going to have to make the girls pose! They are really getting the hang of it, and I believe they think it is expected anymore haha

It has been cloudy and overcast - but when I went to take photos the sun was so bright - it got hard to see the quilting pattern.... But yay!! this will go off to the binder... and bam!! one more will be ready to roll!

Just for fun - this is the hay field - doesn't it look so cool? ahh maybe not as cool in a photo as it is  in person - but the circles, I thought that would be a cool quilting design. 

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