Online Quilters Meet and Greet

Good Morning!!!
I am Sew Excited to be participating in the VQD Online Quilters Meet and Greet

I have been around for a while - so you may already know stuff about me - but Maybe.... just maybe you will learn something interesting????  ( about me ha ha)

This is me and my Wrangler Man - we have been married a lot of years now - he almost has me trained.... okay - maybe it is me that is training him?

I started blogging in April 2006 - after I started a pretty cool project - then called Quilts for Soldiers - you may know it as Quilts of Valor.   I had been working with 5th graders in our town for 2 years and was looking for a public way to share our project - and I studied Blogging..... and was hooked.

Some of the kids I taught and their Quilt of Valor

I learned to quilt by accident! And have been teaching kids ever since ....  ha ha!

I am a long arm/machine quilter  - that is my full time job - and I love it. My official quilting website is Quiltygirl.com 

I also write patterns - especially Mystery Patterns for Quilts of Valor, and uses with other Military.   Most of those I post here, and then have them in my Etsy or Craftsy sites for easy download.  Isn't technology great? ( PS BIG PLUG - A New MYSTERY STARTS SEPT 5th!! COME BACK!!)


This would be one of my most favorite quilts - It is called the Betty Quilt.  My Great Aunt Betty's family made the original - in the late 1800's -  and it is in the Michigan State Quilt Museum.  I saw it and I was so drawn to it - and truly - this quilt may have been the start of my love of plaids and homespuns... that has totally gotten out of control ha ha

If you click on the photo - it will take you to all the Betty Quilt posts if you are interested in reading about it

This is another of my favorite quilts - We made these Wonky Stars for  a QOV block drive in 2015 - and a few stars just didn't turn out the right size- so I started playing with them - and this is what I came up with.

When I told the veteran about how my math skills failed me but this was my final design - he laughed so hard and told me math wasn't his friend either.... He LOVED the Quilt tho! So it was all good.

The star pattern is still on my blog - up at the top - there are tabs - click on the Free Patterns!!

What else about me? I am a lover of Hiking, and fly Fishing - I try to get my kids and husband out and about as often as we can.  I also LOVE photography - Sometimes I share my trips here - and try to get a good photo or two....   and We love to ride horses, we have a small little ranch in Northern Colorado - so getting up and chasing cows is a fun morning to us.

My tribe - My Loves

You can also find me on Facebook :  https://www.facebook.com/QuiltyGirl
or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alyciaquilts/
or here: https://www.instagram.com/quiltygirlquilts/

I hope you have time to poke around my blog - before heading back to the Blog hop - and one last thing!!

My Horse - she is always making fun of me

Don't forget: September 5th - We are starting a New Mystery Quilt - It is called Mosaic - and the Fabric Requirements will be posted on my blog - we would love for you to join in!!

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