THE RIBBON - Quilt a Long - The Layout!!

 if you have been following our little Quilt a Long - it is time for the Layout!!!  

Its a fast and quick one - but today - you will be laying all the blocks out and making the inner top!!

Link to the PDF is RIGHT HERE: The layout

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Heart QOV and Finished ( or not) Friday!!!

 Happy Friday!!

 If you are doing *The Ribbon * QAL I hope you had a lot of time to get the steps done! The next one comes out Wednesday - it s a fast and easy quilt.

Did you notice last week how many of the Heart Quilts were in our fonf?  I feel like I was in good company - look what I finished this week!!

Busy Hands , Little Penguin, and MMM Quilts !!And now ME!!!

This was  a Quilt a Long called GLOWING HEARTS by MMMQuilts - and I just fell in love with the blocks. I used a Jelly Roll - and just decided that they would look great with this panel. And so! I made more and Ta Da!!

I got it all Quilted and it will now go to my friend to bind!! adds a little extra love for our Veterans!!

and just because... here is a photo of my Husband ( top) and I ( bottom) are our Shoot  - we both won our classes and had a great day. Mine was great as I used a new horse to shoot off of , and I didn't fall off!!!

Now it is your turn!! What did you finish or not? 

Share with us and let us ohh and ahh

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QOV Quilt a long - aka The Ribbon Part 2

 Hope you had a great week and got your Step 1 finished!!! 

Today we are moving on to Part 2 ... 

The Hourglass!!

here is the Link to the PDF - Print it out and get to stitching!! The Ribbon Part 2

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Purple RSC Blocks

As we are almost to the end of the month - I am just really getting started on my purples!!

That timing thing is really throwing me off this month haha!!

Here are the purples blocks that I have finished:

These are really fun to make. I had scraps, and then I picked some up at a guild meeting. So much fun to combine the purples and patterns  and... you know!! the plaids!!!

I got one purples had done - its sort of a dusty purple - but! it finished the yard ball!!

I finished the two green ones from last month ;-)

so my hat pile is growing. We need them by October to fill the Operation Christmas Child boxes.

At least I am not behind on that deadline ( yet)

ms Crazy Bella - she was helping to pick out which purple scrap to use next ;-) she is such a helper 😇😇

And us!!

we were heading out to a shoot ( mounted shooting competition off our horses) early in the morning. I thought we better get a good before photo - as the afters...

We are tired, and dirty, and the hair.... well the hair is not so pretty after a 100deg day and the humidity we have been having haha

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Finished ( or not) Friday

 Friday came WAY to fast this week!! I made lists, I had plans... I did not finish... I did not even get to the "or not" phase... ah well!!

I did get these blocks done for my Quilt Guild Bee... 

Aren't they cute? I also made some wonky stars with the cut offs of the houses - so super cute!!

I got  a lot of quilting done.... this was my Friend Deb's quilt - 

and the garden. If you know.... I am not usually allowed in the garden - that is all K's territory. I have a tendency to kill plants. Two years ago I was given the task of watering the trees - K has about 20 planted. And I succeeded !

So I was allowed to plant strawberries this year in a raised garden bed. ( far away from his main garden) and look!!!  

A strawberry!! i have had 2 so far - at this rate - Strawberry Shortcake is not happening soon!

And storms - Holee Buckets - have we had storms come in. I love the colors and the contrast. We have had a lot of rain - We are dryland pasture people - so that we LOVE!!

Today is turn in for the Weld County Fair - so I have to take a quilt in for the Quilt show - and then!!! I shall get back to my list and FINISH Something - even if it is just the laundry!! 😊😂

Its your turn to brag!!

Did you all see this quilt from FONF last week:

Scrapbox Quilt Help Challenge Quilt - man if you didn't... you should go now - the quilting... wowo!!

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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!!

Visit all the cool blogs and leave a sweet comment

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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