Mini Square in Square for MH&MH

 Ms Cynthia is hosting a block drive for her Many Hands and Many Hearts - I like this one - and! it looks like one I could do ... so!! 

I had some batiks right on top of the fabric pile - and made a few for her!

Check it out:

Mini Square in a Square

Too much fun right?

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Colorado QOV's Next scrappy Block

My Colorado QOV group does different blocks every so often and we share them between all the Quilt of Valor Groups here in Colorado -

Our last block drive ended up with enough blocks for 4 different groups to make a Quilt ( or two) ! It was great! And it helps keep our groups awards moving right along!

So the next block we are working on is a Double 4 patch!

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We are doing reds and blues in the place of the Blues shown

and scrappy Creams and whites 

Here are a couple of sample layouts of the quilts we can make:

These blocks are so great for a Leader/Ender project!

And In the instructions - I even show you how to use 5 inch squares as an option!

Interested in joining in?

Here is the link to the pattern instructions:

Double Four Patch pattern

We are doing this as our April, May and June Block

with hopefully all of them appearing in my mail box by then ;-)

QOV Block Drive Progress

Happy November - and Good Morning Quilters!!!

QOV Presentation
Connie was the "QOV Wrapper!!" ;-)

I went to the Post Office and the Postmaster said - It is about time you are here! Ha!! I had a few packages and boxes to pick up - YAY!!!

Thanks to Jan at The Colorful Fabriholic  for Designing this years block

and a Special shout out to WaterPik  for these Prizes:

and to ColorWays by Vicki  for these awesome Stash Packs of her Hand dyes!!

And now for the Blocks

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From Melody in IA!

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From Amanda in LA

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From Holly in IN

 She even sent a back and binding fabric - nice!!

(below)

From Bonnie in VA

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From Christy in KS

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From Cynthia in NC

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From Ann in MN

(below)

From Cathy in IA

(below)

From Verna in CO

( she lives in a Beautiful part of CO!!!)

and From Erin in VA

You will see some of the Name are Links -

I tried to link to their blogs - so go check them out - 

we have a ton of great fun bloggers!!

So!!! Remember the Block Drive Ends on Veterans Day

which in NEXT Friday on the 11th - 

so get all your blocks in before then to be eligible for the prizes

I will start kitting them and our group will start making tops in January - 

so you are welcome to send more in if you like ;-)

Send them to

Alycia Quilts

PO Box 233

Kersey CO 80644

Block Instructions are here:

http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2016/08/quilts-of-valor-block-drive-time.html

Linking to:
Mid Week Makers
Let's Be Social

Quilts of Valor Block Drive

Oh what fun it is to open my mail!!!   And what fun it is to see people posting their blocks!! Yay!!

First Off - this is a great presentation that Karol did and her Veteran was just so surprised!! I would be in shock too with a Quilt like this!!

Isn't that just amazing! Thank you Karol for honoring this Veteran for his service!! And Showing him the love!!

The Blocks - lets show you a few that have arrived!!
Huge shout out to Jan of The Colorful Fabriholic and author of Cut and Shuffle Quilts for the Block pattern

From Cindy C in NC!!

From Diann B in Co  

She blogs at Little Penguin Quilts

From C in WA

From Laura R in CA

From Lisa in KY

From Jan in CA

( check out the plaids!!! I'm snagging those to put in my QOV top!!!)

From Nancy in CO

From Yvonne in CA

She blogs at Quilting Jet Girl  and has some really cool patterns!

Now remember!! There are Prizes!!!

These are the latest Prizes to be added to our Block Drive!!

For every block sent in you are entered into the drawing - there is a chance to win one of these awesome shower heads from WaterPik  . WaterPik has been a wonderful supporter of our Block Drives so I love to support them,. Not only do they have these awesome, easy to install Showerheads - they carry a great line of Water Flossers.

 ( PS - this is me talking now- not their PR rep)  After having 3 boys in braces - two times each... YES people - that is why I have to quilt - stress relief!!  We have had only 1 cavity between the three boys - Can you imagine that?

I credit that to their daily water flossing!!   Anyways .... I digress......


PS - Don't forget the 5 Stash Pack from Vicki Welsh

You can find more of her fabrics at

Colorways by Vicki Welsh

PS - you can find the Block drive info here:
http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2016/08/quilts-of-valor-block-drive-time.html
and a pdf version here:
My Craftsy Site

Monday Monday - October Monday

Boy - did Monday sneak up on me!!!  We had the best weekend - Cross Country meet, Football game - the Border Wars!!  Which is a big deal in our house! We have one Graduate of University of Wyoming, one of Colorado State University, and one student at CSU..... so that's awesome!!!

We are a house divided - ha ha!

So here is my latest group of projects..... are you ready? My QDD has totally kicked in - but it's good - it's refreshing, and it's making me excited to get back to my Blue Crumb Blocks - that's a good sign!!



Project 1:
These are cut pieces and started Half Squares for our Log Cabin Block Drive Block ( block pattern courtesy of The Colorful Fabriholic    At our next sew day we are going to have some helpers that are new to stitching, so we thought that we would get prepared with the half squares and teach them the rest ;-)

Project 2:

These are going to be the Disappearing Star Block ( I don;t know the link-sorry) and I am making them for another QOV group - they are sort of addicting as a leader/ender!!

The cool thing is - I had a bucket of 5 inch squares and thought I could use those - and, um, well, when I opened it - it sort of exploded..... so now I have to make the blocks so that I can close the lid again!!

I have a lot of the parts made - hopefully some assemble starts this week so I can show you the blocks

I may end up with a whole quilt worth!!!

Project 3:

Oh!! and the first clue ( the Fabric Requirements) have been posted for our MysteryQuilts4Military Yahoo group - so go join in - its a fun, easy, scrap buster quilt - perfect for just before the holidays hit!!

And of course - even though I have made 3 of these so far - I will make another one, so that my 2 1/2 inch scrap bucket will close..... I sense a theme here.... you??

Linking to:
PatchworkTimes
Love Laugh Quilt
Cooking up Quilts
Ems Scrapbag

Quilts of Valor

This week is just zooming by.... can you believe it is already Wednesday??? I'm having fun - hopefully you too!!

Block Drive Update:
They are starting to roll in!!!  AND Sunday we had a sew day and made a huge stack of them - however.... I forgot to take photos and it's too dark in the house - so now! you have something to look forward too!!!

Check out this beauty that Cathy Made - and click on the photo to go to her blog and read about it!

And check out this Mystery Quilt that Mary made!!!

Click on the photo to go to the pattern

Here is my plug - are you ready?

I am co running a Mystery Yahoo group

called MysteryQuilts4Military

This was MQ4M 3 ( aka - Field of Stars)

MQ4M 4 will start Friday - you WANT to join in!!

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MysteryQuilts4Military/info

Ready for a little bit more inspiration??

Here you go!

Above

Left was made by Pam and Right by Marilyn

They are both ladies that sew with Jessica's Group 

They were quilted by Ingunn

On the left - made by Chaffee County QOV and on the Right made by Marti and Jordan AME. Quilted by Kathy and Sue

and below  From the Margaret P - and huge stack of Pillowcases

Hope you all have a Quilty Day

Remember the Block drive runs till November - 

Every block gets you entered into our drawings

and the prizes are growing

Be sure to check out Colorways By Vicki

she has graciously donated 5 Fabric Packs

Blocks can be mailed to:

Quilts of Valor

PO Box 233

Kersey CO 80644 

Go Forth and Quilt!!

Linking to:

Sew Fresh Quilts

quilt Fabrication

Quilts of Valor Sept.

Good Morning Quilters!!  It's later than usual for me... so it feels like some of the day is already gone!

Can you believe that some awesome quilters have already sent in blocks?? I love it!!

Above - the top two are from Madrene in MN

the bottom two are from Ruthann in MA

This pile here:

76 blocks from Julie S.  in TN

If you want to see other stuff that Julie does - you can check out her blog

and her BOOK blog  - yes that's right - Julie is a Quilt author!!  Love it!

http://quiltdivajulie.blogspot.com/   or   http://thefreepiecedbarnproject.blogspot.com/

You quilters are the best!! This is going to be fun to get to start topping with these blocks!!

Block drive instructions are here:   http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2016/08/quilts-of-valor-block-drive-time.html

and a pdf to print file is here:  http://www.craftsy.com/user/949071/pattern-store

Shew - that should take you through one cup of coffee this morning right?

Now on to breakfast!!

We were invited to a car show to surprise these three Combat Veterans

It was quite fun, I started talking about QOV and then said I had 3 QOV's for some amazing veterans

When I called their names - their faces totally gave them away !

This Quilt of Valor on the left was made by Kathy and Quitled by Connie

and the one on the right was made by Crystal and quilted by Anita

Both of these were pieced by Glenda and quilted by Lois

And this one was pieced by San and Quilted by Me

Hope your morning is off to a good one!!  It looks to be a great day here!!

Linking to
Quilt Fabrications
Sew Fresh Quilts

Quilts of Valor September!!!

Oh My Stars!!! Where did last month go?????   I so Love the fall and the crisper nights - so this is a great time of year for me!!!

If you have not yet read about our block drive  - Here is the link!!  It is a great and fun block -

http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2016/08/quilts-of-valor-block-drive-time.html

Hopefully you recognize a few of these quilts?  Oh my gosh you all - these were SO loved!! WE have a mix of Veterans here - from WWII to Iraq!! Can you believe it?  And there were not too many dry eyes in the house - These Veterans were just so appreciative.



Back to our Block Drive! Check out what Quilt Diva Julie  has made
I linked to her whole post and then stole a photo  ( THanks Julie!!)

Aren't those awesome!!

PS  - check this out - the top quilt is our Fields of Star Mystery Quilt!
(Pattern found here : http://www.craftsy.com/user/949071/pattern-store  )

Katy Quilts

Quilts of Valor - Block Drive time!!!!

Good Wednesday Morning my Quilters!! ( and non quilters - I love you too!!)

I am so excited to announce this years Block Drive Block!!! It was created by Jan O who blogs over at The Colorful Fabriholic  AND!!! She has an awesome book out - which I have loved making quilts from!!!


Here are the blocks we are going to make - there are two colorways -
1. A little bit of color,
2. A lot of color:

So here is the pattern:  ( and the details are at the end)


This is going to make TWO  9 inch ( 9 1/2 inch unfinished) Blocks - 1 Little color, and 1 lot of color

(ps - those are technical terms - ha ha!)


Materials and Cutting:
From left to right
1 - 2in x 9 1/2 inch strip
2 - 2 in x 8 inch strips
1 - 2 inch x 6 1/2 inch strip
1 - 7 inch square of Colored Fabric
1 - 7 inch square of Light Fabric
1 -2 in x 6 1/2 inch strip
2 - 2 inch x 8 in strip
1 - 2 inch x 9 1/2 inch

Step 1: Mark the light side with a diagonal line - and stitch 1/4 inch on each side of the diagonal

Slice open and press

This should measure 6 1/2 inches

Then take your 2 inch x 6 1/2 inch strips and add to the sides as shown

We build these sort of like a log cabin

Take one of your 2 inch x 8inch strips and add to the next side

press and add your second 2 inch x 8 inch Strip

 Now add your last strip - the 2 inch x 9 1/2 inch strip - and Voila - you have two finished blocks!!!

This quilt below is the mock up of the light colored block

I am still working on a stitched version of the dark colored block quilt 

but! I ran out of time - you all understand right???

Remember when I asked you about Craftsy? that was so I could upload the pdf file that Jan created for you - it is uploaded here:     QOV block drive pdf

The details!!

Please use patriotic fabrics - these are the most chosen and desired for our Veterans!

If you want to be entered for prizes ( which will be detailed later) 

you will need to send them to me ;-)

Alycia Carmin

PO Box 233

Kersey CO 80644

If you want to make a whole quilt for your local QOV chapter - PLEASE do so!! you can send me a picture ( email in profile) and I would LOVE to feature it here.  Or you can send me the link to your blog with it featured and I will post it on a Wednesday show!

This block drive will run from today through Friday November 4th 

Winners will be announced on Veterans Day - November 7th - 

But the real winners are the Veterans that we can show the love to - 

through our awesome Quilts of Valor

Happy Stitching!!!!