Purple Diamond chain Top !! and Finished ( or not) Friday!

 I finished my July Purple Diamond Chain Rainbow Scrap Challenge top just under the wire!!! - Go me!

And of course, you will see it again - I mean I still needs to be Quilted ( and bound 😱)  

I think it turned out about 40 ish x 48 ish inches - so a nice little small lap quilt... and its Purple - Who knew I loved Purple so much! I did not, and Now I want it everywhere!!!

It was also our County Fair week - So I entered a Quilt... It was in the group Category as the blocks were all made by different people, I pieced it, Quilted it . and - oh ya! I bound it.

You can see the full quilt here : Starry Log Cabin  I wish there had been enough room to display the whole thing. But!! I did a write up about Quilts of Valor, and they printed that and had it next to the quilt.

We won First in our Class, and Champion in the category  - so Yay us!!!

This next quilt is not mine, but I quilted it. It was pretty exciting to see that this one Won Overall Reserve Grand!!! 

It's an amazing quilt and I really enjoyed Quilting it - so it made my heart happy that it did so well!!

hope you all had a great week too - and got some stitching in!

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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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May's Green Diamond Chain Top - aka Emerald Chain

 Mays Rainbow Scrap Challenge color was Green.. I did not make the May deadline. 

I finally did get the top finished tho!! so yay!! Now it is in the to be quilted pile, and it still has a deadline. this quilt has a destination!!!

Of course it had to be o the green green grass.... that I forget gets pretty hot when the sun shines on it. The girls were ready to pose, but Bella stepped on the grass on got right off.  I am glad she knew to do that!

I also finished some of these scrappy blocks: 

51 of them. I was going to make my wonky logs, but some of the pieces were so small - I went with these crumb blocks instead. What will the become? I have no idea as of this moment! they measure 4 1/2 inches.

I was quilting a T shirt quilt for a client - I think this was my favorite shirt in it haha!!

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RSC- Green!!! Buckeye Beauty ( jewel box) ( Diamond Chain) Update

 Green is our Rainbow scrap color - and!! I love Green ... but apparently - May doesn't have enough days in it for me to finish this top. That's okay!! I will keep stitching... but you will want to read on as to what might have delayed me a bit.

Here's where I find myself on the Green RSC quilt top:

I need 80 blocks as I want this one to be bigger than couch size. It actually has a recipient in mind at this moment! So I need to keep stitching some blocks and get it the right size.

But look what distracted me!

A cute new baby!!! And check out my Bella - laying all nice and calm by her. Puppy belongs to my son - he works in the field ( archaeologist) so he got himself a companion. She did come home about a month ago to meet us - and it was a little chaotic - but he was only here 3 days - so we made do.

This time the weather made him stay for a week - oh! and a wedding! My girls did SO good with her. Daisy - well - Daisy - she lets you know when she is done with the puppy , so we made sure to remove her from the situation. Bella - she was so curious - and just couldn't figure out how to play and run when that puppy was on a leash.  Puppy is a 7 1/2 ish month old Pound puppy. She is learning how to follow rules;-)

And check out my Reno baby!! So Reno's mommy is pregnant again - and we have a bet going on here as to when she is going to actually deliver the baby.... the bet keeps changing - as so far - I have been winning them all. I say June 3 - K says last Saturday, Last Monday and Last night....  no baby yet.

Puppy left last night - My Pups are all worn out - I see a catch up day in my future!

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its a BLOCK Party!!!

 I want to try all the patterns.. and all the colors.... and its making me have piles of Blocks!!

They are having a PARTY!!!

First up - Sandra at MMM Quilts is doing a Glowing Hearts QAL. And I pulled all my fabrics and they just sat there... until! it rained!!  ( YAY for rain)

NOW !! I have three hearts done and have more ready to go. I really did follow her instructions except I didn't. I struggle with certain things( like an accurate 1/4 inch sometimes) - so I decided to make it easier on me - and created pinwheels in the process - They will be used in something!!

I am still working on the Lo and Behold Art Deco Quilt - I got all of Block 2 done - 27 of them!!

They are not hard.... just time consuming - and there are 27 of them - so there is that! 

I got all the rest of my scraps prepped to make my Teal Not RSC bigger ( no photo - but I want to feel the accomplishment!)

and!!

I got started on my Green RSC Quilt blocks - 

Only one!! but !! I have dug thru the scraps and pulled enough greens for a Whole Quilt top! Oh ya!!!

Chantal asked if I was going to make a whole quilt in every RSC color this year ... Yes? Maybe? If I have enough fabric? well... if that is the criteria - Yes?   haha!!

Oh!! I could pretend to shake the magic 8 ball and see what it says " Time will tell"  Yep!! there you have it!!

Ohhh back to the sewing room!!! Lets see if I can put my *get it done* hat on instead of my *get it started* hat!!

I have decided to try to do a Photo A Day thing again - but I am posting them on my Photo blog - if your interested... alyciaclicks.blogspot.com/

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Teal ( the NOT RSC color) progress..

 As we all know now - Teal was not the RSC color for April - but that is okay - because - I Like it!! and it is fun and ... it is keeping me out of too much trouble... so my boo boo... is working out for me!

But first!!!

The Quilt Police DO exist.... this one though - EASILY Bribed - and do I mean easy!!!!

Here is where I am with the Teal Blocks - I think... I think.... I need to make more to make it wider - I was thinking I could use borders to do so, but I don't think I will like it - as it is I think it will be about 40 ish by 60 ish as a center - And I really think that will be too small - even if I add a lot of borders... so I am thinking that I will start digging for more teal scraps and just keep working on it.

Maybe if Teal is called - I will be so ahead of myself I will get it quilted in that month!

Look at my girls - Placing all pretty like. They did SO good - One of my cows was not behaving, then helped me move him and then they placed like this while I did my fencing work - but they kept a keen eye on that steer.... he was not allowed near me at all haha!

Just a view - we were out in one of the pastures and the clouds were just SOOO cool, I like the framing of it- so I snapped!! ( a photo, I saved the real snapping for when the chocolate runs out)

This is baby Reno - who is not such a baby any more - he will be a year old at the end of May - and his Momma - is due to have another baby in June.... Isn't he so cute tho!!!!

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Red Red winnnneeee ..... okay all the Red without the Wine

 While I know April is not completely over - I am completely over my Red Scraps as of today. If I pull more out - I will be stitching on them for another year....

So!!!

Here is where I ended up this Month:

Twenty Four Red 8 1/2 inch Crumb Blocks

I actually have enough of the RWB Buckeyes to make a WHOLE QOV - but I can't find the photo. Which! I may have deleted it - as my phone told me the memory was full and I panicked because I also take all the photos for our Guild, and of course, Guild was that night!!!

And I got 15 of these crazy Scrappy logs ish done - They will go in my pile with the yellow ones below 

And I sorted the Scraps that I received during my Scrapping - and am ready to use those!!!

This time - I am going to read what the REAL Rainbow Scrap color is before thinking I read it haha!!!  ( I read it  - It says GREEN... RIGHT???)

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Patriotic Buckeyes

 Because you don't know a quilter who can only work on one project at a time...

I had all my Teal Buckeyes up on the design wall - and I thought - I need to lay out my Patriotic ones and see how many more I need to make -

The teal ones are made with 3 1/2 inch squares - so each half square is 3 inches before going into the block... the Patriotic ones are made with 5 inch squares - so each half square is 4 1/2 before going into the block....

Its actually quite a size difference!!!!

There is a Winery in Eastern Colorado called Country Roads Wines and Vines ( or Vines and Wines)

We headed out there Saturday to meet up with one of my kids and have a picnic!!

Selfie for the wine!! ... oh wiat!! THE WIN!!! the WIN!!!

Avert your eye if you don't like scary wildlife..  We were hiking and starting to think about rattlers - but I didn't think they'd be out yet.

But guess what!!! We found one right by our ARENA!!! Do they not know they aren't allowed!! Do they not read the signs, listen to the rants and the screams????

SCARY PHOTO OVER

He has been dispatched - after I almost stepped on him!!!!

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Red Crumbs and Teal Diamonds / buckeyes

 My Teal Diamonds / Buckeyes Sea Quilt is growing!!

I am using 3 1/2 inch squares instead of the normal 5 inch ones I have used in the past - so its going faster and slower! The blocks go a little faster, but!!! They don't build on the wall as fast because they are smaller... what a conundrum!!!

I think my goal for the Teal Buckeyes is 96.... so I might make it by the time Teal is really called for the Rainbow Scrap challenge 😅😅

But then!! WE all know the REAL April color is RED - check out my crumb blocks!! I got 24 done!! and there is still more red - so I am going to play again in them next weekend and see what I can do!

Spring is such a crazy time - I do not garden, I have a brown thumb! But K does  and he is digging and tilling and planning and I might try strawberries again this year. I tried them last year ( or maybe 2 years ago) and the place we chose to try them flooded... badly - so I have a new area - I am only going to try 6 plants so you can't call me a murdered if they don't make it 🍓

Ohhhh Maybe I could make one of these blocks into a strawberry and then I would win!!! haha!

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The Confusion of Red and Teal

 Once upon a time - I read SoScrappys Blog post and saw the word Teal - so I assumed that meant that April was the month of teal. Imagine my surprise when I saw SewPreeti's IG post - that she was doing RED for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.... Therefore - I confused the colors - but!!

Its All GOOD!! I have a lot of both!!

Originally I had pulled teals out - I have a TON of 3 1/2 inch strips. We went to Belize - we saw lots of teal and aqua and green and it was all gorgeous together - so I envisioned a Sea themed quilt..

And I also wanted to stick with my diamond Chain/Buckeye Beauty blocks: But you know what??? Using 3 1/2 inch squares makes small blocks!! I am used to my 5 inch squares - but I persisted:

I tried one with grey - and I like it - but its too muddy for me, for the look I was aiming for. Then I tried navy and White - I have a lot of that already cute into 3 1/2 inch pieces too... so that is the direction I was going......

Until I went back and read Angela's blog and the color was RED!!!  I want to do red too!!!  I have red scraps!!!

The girls.... See the Fabric is downstairs, the sewing machine is upstairs - they were saying - PICK A FLOOR woman!!! 

I pulled out my red plate of Scraps - and got to work!! I got 2 crumb blocks finished!! Go me!!

One can never have too many projects in motion correct?  I can work on Teal and Red and More red, and maybe those two colors even go together??? hmmm - I'll have to think on that one While I do my Red color research for the month.

PS!!! I was glad I changed my rotary blade on the First ( NO FOOLIN') it has gotten a HUGE workout this week.... Cuz I may have started a few other projects......

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My Month of Yellow!!! and Finished ( or not) Friday!!

 The Month of Yellow is coming to a close.. that was a fun happy color to play with, and of course - I used a lot of bright yellow. I must have wanted to urge Spring along!!

Here is what I got done!!:

My Yellow Diamond Chain/Buckeye Beauty is now a top!  I think I found a back, but I am not sure that is the one I want to use, and I have  few client quilts scheduled first - so you know - sorta better do those first 😇

I got 11 Yellow Crumb Blocks completed- but!! 

I also started these wonky logs!! I just love them - 

There is actually 14, but one didn't get its photo taken because I forgot it was in process when I took the photo. 

Now my yellows are a lot lighter in the scrap bin, the lid could close if I wanted it to... but who wants to do that - Another color is going to be called soon - so you know - it needs to be open to the possibilities!!!

My helper - she supervises all projects, and gives her opinion. Its when she barks that I really worry I'm using the wrong color!!

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