Saturday, November 09, 2024

Gratitude 9

 



"The Root of Joy is Gratefulness"


This is one of my most favorite places in No Colorado. We found it by accident, and now... I love to go back as often as I can.

Friday, November 08, 2024

Gratitude, A QOV, and !!! Finished !! ( or not) Friday

 I think I will start with Todays Gratitude Photo:


"There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, A quiet Joy" 

Do you notice that when you start your day focused on good things - the day is just better?


And now to the QOV - Connie made this one and I am SO in love with it!!!!  I even asked for the pattern!! ( I am not a pattern girl.... but wow!! love this one!)


I did simple quilting on it, but kind of watery looking - I thought that would make it look like the flags were in the wind... Isn't it awesome. And my Gratitude - I get to count this as a finish - and!!! I don't have to bind it!!!   ( my rules haha)


And now!! Finished ( or not) Friday!!

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Thursday, November 07, 2024

Gratitude 7

 



"When I started Counting my Blessings, my whole life turned around. " - Willie Nelson


This one resonated with me, as I am not a fan of the short days. And I know, that is not a phenomenon that can change, that's how the rotation around the sun works. But in those short days I sometimes struggle. And by remembering to count my blessings, sure changes my attitude.

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Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Gratitude Day 6

 



Another photo from Oahu. That is such a pretty island.

My other gratitude - we weaned Reno from his Momma - They recommend to do it between 4 and 6 months - he is 5 1/2 mos. I was expecting a lot of whinnys and calls to each other, but! It has gone well. We put Momma in her corral on one side of the barn, And Reno is on the other side with my gelding. Momma and Reno can't see each other and its almost out of sight , out of mind. Fingers crossed it stays this easy


Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Monday, November 04, 2024

A Very Quilt of Valor - y post

 The other thing I did on the week that I couldn't remember was!!

Quilts of Valor!!!

We hosted a presentation before our sew day, and it was a blast. But!! Then we got to talking to all the vets, and didn't sew.... I guess we will have to make up for it on our next sew day haha! ( or not)



10 happy Veterans!!
We had all branches of service there
we had Korean war, OIF, OEF, Desert Storm, a Linguist (that was cool to learn about), and Vietnam.

Then - I went home and put my feet up, and couldn't handle it - so I started playing with some more of the Log Cabins my State QOV group made . And I remembered I had a few Ohio Stars laying around - so!!
This is what I came up with!!




and then!!!
See - I really didn't want to do chores, or cook, or well, I guess anything other that Quilt and play with my dogs!

Laura and I made a bunch of churn Dashes - so I thought it was time to see if we had enough for a quilt top - and we did!!! 


These are now in rows, waiting to be topped ;-)


Photo taken by me on Oahu

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Sunday, November 03, 2024

Saturday, November 02, 2024

Gratitude

 it seems every November I start a Photo of the Day project, or a Thankful Project. This year - I am going to work on Gratitude. I decided I would take saying of Gratitude, either written by me, or some that I find that inspire me, and overlay them on some of my favorite photos.


Here is Day 1 : Its an old Barn ( still being used) that I saw in Ten Sleep Wyoming:



Day 2:
Hiking in Northern Colorado. I am not sure if this is still used or not, but it looked like it could be.
Its for loadin cattle into a truck. You put up a temporary gathering pen, gather the cattle from that pasture and then can load them in a trailer,



Friday, November 01, 2024

Blue Monday ( the BQ4) is finished and!!! FInished!!! (or not) Friday!!

Happy Friday!! Whaaaatttt? Its already Friday? Where did Monday thru Thursday go? Holee cow  - this week flew by. I love to blog so that I can remember what I did, and now I am not sure what I did that made this week go by so fast!!! 

Back in June, I got the BQ4 Quilt pattern and started playing with it in some beautiful Blues!!

Today!! that quilt is Quilted, and bound, and ( no laughing) draped over a dining room chair. But it looks so pretty there!!






I like how it turned out! and I really like that combination of Blues! That striped binding just makes the whole thing!!! I will tell you that this quilt pattern challenged my brain, caused me to think a little, and actually plan - so maybe it was a good thing to challenge me eh?

Hey- I do know what I did... remember a few weeks ago I sprained my ankle? well - Since I was almost recovered on my right foot, I let the doc talk me into moving my Big Toe surgery up - and I did that. I whined. it was on my left foot - I look goofy trying to walk and figure out which foot causes the least pain to do certain movements....  Just so you know, I think this is why I don't go to doctors... they hurt!

Heres to a restful weekend, and a Quilty one!!


What happened in your world? Are you still working on Finishes? 

are you moving on to Holiday things? Are you starting a new quilt? 

Fill us in!!! and here's to a great finishing week!


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Friday, October 25, 2024

Scrappy Log Cabin Finish !! and Finished ( or not) Friday!




I have shown you this one as a top but now... its quilted!! and I am all finished with it!!

 

My State QOV 'ers did this little log cabin block drive. This is the first top I have made with them. I quilted it and now it is heading down to the Springs for that group to Bind and Award it!!

Yay!!

Its fun to see what fabrics people have in their stashes!!!







Now on to Top Number 2 - to get it ready and quilted for one of our State groups!!!
Thursday was Awfully windy - and it seemed like everything that could blow... blew...


I gathered all the horses into their corrals and 3 hours later they were in a different pasture.... All the gates were closed, but!! the wind had hit so hard one of the panels moved, and revealed that a lock wasn't in place... stinkers... they had too much fun, and I got a sand facial!!!


I also chased a lot of barrels, bins and other flying objects 

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Septembers Squirrel and a new Binding tool

 You might remember that back in September a friend gave me some fabric and I dove right into it creating a new Squirrel!! Its okay if you don't remember, I had to go back and read my own blog to see how long ago it was... good thing for blogs.


Anyways - here I am on it!!

All of my Churns are done and I am out of the squares - so I decided to set it with White sashing and the hot pink as cornerstones - so this is it in progress...


Got a few more things to cut, then I can start assembling!!

My New Binding tool!!!

If you have followed me for a while, you will remember - Binding is just my least favorite thing. Its not that I don't like the binding ( okay it might be) but I think it is more that I am ready to move on to something else. Patience has never been a word to describe me!


So I thought if maybe I had a cool thing to hold my binding - you know - a NEW gadget it would make binding more fun for me. My goal is to make the binding for the quilt WHILE IT IS A TOP!! and that way one of the steps of Binding has been completed


So I told my son my idea, and gave him a little drawing and TA DA!! This is what he 3D printed for me!!!


Don't you love them? a little gadget to make things more fun, keep my binding organized, and!! I even have some PRE MADE binding for my QOV's - all ready to go now, so I could play with my little gadgets. 

He is selling them - check them out here: Binding Tools

I am kind of excited about them - Hopefully that keeps me going on actually starting to love binding... A girl can hope!!

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Monday, October 21, 2024

Decorating for Halloween

 is DONE!








And I have a vampire dog


I'm done!!!

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Wedding Ring Quilt and !! Finished!! ( or not) Friday

 I am showing off a Quilt today that I did not want to bind. But I did it, and I am happy I did it, and I need a reward now 😝😝



This was actually a fun quilt to quilt- I learned so much, even though I thought I already knew it all. It was a very busty girl - it had C and D cups, as well as waves and wiggles, and parts that weren't sewn... 


We also go from feedsacks and 30's fabrics to something else
Cotton to a Cotton Poly Blend..



But No Matter!! she is now ALL done, All Quilted, Somewhat flat, only off on one side now - and DONE!! Bound And ready to be shown off for a while!!


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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Treasure Quilting

I think Last months RSC color was Darks - but I was not inspired at the time. Then I had to find ways to entertain myself with my foot elevated. ( just so you know - my apple watch tells me I stand about 13-15 hours a day.. sitting is HARD)

So I dug thru a bin and found some browns, 


and then An idea came to me... make some 16 patches... and some crumb blocks


I made them and threw them on the wall - they were a MESS. I had to rearrange to see what I had!



I had the top 12 -  16 patch blocks made, but I started digging in another pile and found the bottom 16 patches. That is when my husband came in, admonished me, and then said - Oh - is that Treasure Quilting?  and it stuck!!! 

I kept staring at those 16 patches trying to figure out what to make out of them. The crumb blocks were already going to the *parts department* ( thanks Cathy for that term) but I didn't want them all to go there!



I started playing, and realized I needed a few more 16 patches to actually make this quilt - so I made 2 more!!! and Ta Da!!!  A buffalo plaid 16 patch haha!!!

A month Behind - but!! I am counting it for this years Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

And keeping my fingers crossed I will have it pieced and MAYBE even quilted by the end of the month.


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