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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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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Decorating for Halloween

 is DONE!

And I have a vampire dog

I'm done!!!

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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!!

( You can read how I acquired her here : Double Wedding Ring)

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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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Patriotic Diamond Chain / Buckeye Beauty Blocks

You saw our last State QOV block  - the little log cabin. Those quilts are going to be great!

Our next block drive block we will be doing is the Buckeye Beauty / Diamond Chain Block.

I have been taken over!!! I started one of these with some of my Plaid squares, and then we saw Cynthias similar block and then... I got to thinking... wouldn't it look great in Patriotics ....

So I dug into my trusty 5 inch square bin. I got a little wild hair - I wonder if I can piece enough blocks to make one in all Plaids????

I am digging it - and by using it as leader/enders on my other projects - look what I came up with so far!!

I'm loving it!!! 

You use all 5 inch squares - so easy - here is the tute:

Diamond Chain/ Buckeye Tutorial

What is the Over/Under on if I can piece a WHOLE quilt out of plaids? ( with a few eagles for good measure thrown in?)  

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The Purple Hawaiian and!! Finished ( or not) Friday

This is the quilt that made me think I had used up all of my 5 inch Hawaiian squares... I'll have you know.... it was ... until!   I made more!! Whaaatttt???

Anyways I made this one with the leftovers of my 5 Hawaiian themed Quilts back in June 0f 2023. ( thank goodness for blogs) and this week!!! I got it Quilted and bound!!

Its small - it was fast.

Isn't that back great? So Colorful!!!! ( I always get asked about my Quilt clips - they can be found here... and yep - I make a little commission that goes right to QOV purchases for my group_)

It was great to have a small quick finish!! Made me feel productive! 

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Ranchin Around

 I got a notification from my apple watch that my activities had decreased in the last few days.... I went from 15,000 steps a day to 5000... ugh...

But I am feeling better! Instead of the boot ( that beautiful blue boot) I have my foot vet wrapped and am wearing my Hightop boots - much easier to navigate in...

Now for some random Ranch photos :

Ms Bella Bean has the art of posing with the sunrise perfected!

Mr Reno - well he is just adorable!!! He and his Momma get to be out in the pastures 1/2 the day, and the others go out the other half. But we have been integrating them. Mr Reno got to get out with my gelding the other day and Oh my gosh did we laugh.

My Gelding is 26 ( or 27) and he can still be rather stubborn, but Reno wanted to run and jump and play and Rojo just looked at him like he was a nuisance - it was hilarious.

Cows....  ( oh and my arena) but!! COWS!!!

This is what you call a Dog Slide. Bella goes up to the top of the pile and just slides down. She does it like 5 times in a row, and then runs like a crazy dog. This one Definitely entertains me. 

We had rain one night and the next morning it was cool - like 50 degrees and foggy - so wierd - but as I was in one of the pastured - I saw this!  a Fog Rainbow...

Have you ever seen one of these?

You will note - there are no pictures of Daisy. She won't sit still. I have however, started training her to herd the cats... so there may be photos in the future.

Today she got Yellow all the way back to the barn.  And she does not rush them or chase them - she is literally herding them - its awesome!

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Scrappy Log Cabin QOV top

 My QOV group has ben doing a little block drive with these scrappy 8 1/2 inch Log Cabin blocks. I figured it might be fun to put tops together before the drive was over.

Ta da!!! The First Top!!!! So far I think we have enough blocks for 2 tops. I sorta forgot that they take 80 blocks to make a 64 x 80 quilt top.... sometimes Math eludes me.

But I really like how this one turned out. I will get the backing ready and get it quilted soon.

In the meantime, Thursday I sprained my ankle. I did it good.. because - if you are going to sprain something you might as well get some sympathy out of it right? I am supposed to be in a boot - but man those things could kill you. and they make your hips hurt.... 

I made my husband Vet Wrap it instead. I am so NOT good at sitting still!

Also - I can now use my sewing machine with my left foot haha

My Baby has sympathy ... but she REALLY wants to play and run and jump and attack me haha!!

We are working really hard on all our behaviors and being good, so we thought it was time to start training on some fun tricks to intersperse with the behavior.... she is learning to sit pretty ;-)

Its so cute!!

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A Green Finish and !! Finished ! ( or not) Friday

 Hope your week has been amazing - I am just not sure how it got to Friday already!!! Last time I looked - it was last Friday!! Oh boy!!

This is my finish for the week!

I am not 100% in love with it, but I am in Like with it . I had these Churns left over from one of the RSC years - and the panel of Eagles - and so this is where I went with it.

I put textury quilting on it, and used a camo back. Green is not one I have a lot of in my stash...

My Apple Trees went nuts!! ( or Apples!!!) this year - this is 1/2 of what I got off of one tree. 

I learned something about picking apples!

You should start on the top branches and work your way down. Because when you start on the bottom branches and work your way up, the tree keeps getting taller and taller and taller as you remove the weight of the apples

My other trees were not so tall - but this one kept getting taller and taller..... oh boy!!

How did your week go?

What did you work on?

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