My favorite finish for august

 Quilting Jet Girl hosts *My Favorite Finish* and you know what!!

I have one!! ( or two -but who is counting ) I am so excited!!

My Favorite Finish is my Pringles Quilt!!! I love it so much I already have it on my bed, just awaiting the fall weather....

This is Pringles - it started as a block swap between 7 of us - based on Lynn Dykstras quilt .

We each made 350 blocks to swap and then 150 of our own - so all of the ones that have a purple top are the ones I made just for me - it was supposed to make a really cool path - and mine is.... its just Hidden.... as Joy So nicely suggested - its the hidden path.

I used this and a purple check on the back...

Yay!! so excited to actually have a favorite Finish!!

And Happy September!!

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PRINGLES... and!! Finished ( or not) Friday!

 Oh la la = a Quilt started and finished within a year! That!! Deserves a Smile!!

This is kind of like my own I Spy quilt - There were 7 if us who participated in this - and we all used our own scraps - so Everytime I look at it - I see something new!!!

Theres a snowman and a mermaid - and I think I saw a dinosaur!!!

And of course - as soon as I am ready to take a photo - the wind comes up. But Check out the back.... Purple Plaid... I  leaned into the *Hidden Path * idea from Joy - and added the purples to the back and bound it in purple too!!

This was such a fun swap and fun idea for me!! I am glad that Jessica included me in the *group*

It finished at 72 x 90 I think - and I already have it on my bed - just waiting for the temps to cool off.....

This has been a fun month for me so far. My goal was to have a few finishes - and I think I might actually make it!!!

I also have a list of things I want to start too - whats up with that?????

What have you been up to??

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Pringles is a TOP!! and! Finished ( or not) Friday

 My Pringles is now a TOP!! Whoot Whoot!

I like it!! Joy Called my Purples the Hidden Path - and I have to say - that really appealed to me!! I love getting off the beaten path and finding the hidden path while hiking - so why not do that while quilting?  

As she said - the Secret path can be the most rewarding to follow! Wise words!  It turned out 72 x 90 inches. i think that is a perfect size!  Bella was protecting it from the wind!

You may know a LOT of Colorado has been on fire lately - It makes the sunsets crazy. I took the one above on my cell phone and with the smoke and the haze - it read the colors really off - but I loved how it turned out.  And then my cow photo - you won't believe this, but there are mountains behind them. That's how smoky it has been. I hope they get them out soon - so worried for all those folks. 

Monday we had a fire just to the east of us - I think every rancher is on edge, as my phone started ringing. The smoke made it look like it was on our place, it was about 8 miles east. 

Update on the foot: The doc gave me a new brace, and said if I could get my foot in a boot I could try to ride. He did not specify a pull on or lace up boot, and I did not clarify 😊So I wedged into my lace ups and!! I got to ride!!! That's even better news for me, my foot did get tired pretty quick - but heck fire - I am back!! 

 My mare hadn't been ridden since I did this in early May, so she was pretty tickled too. She just pranced and had a good ol' time. We've ridden every morning since the go ahead ( 3 days so far) and so far so good!

What have you been up to this week? Anything fun? Beating the heat?

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The Pringles are growing... cuz you know...

 You just can't stop !!

Oh - and!! My AC decided to not cool last week as well - and when you have techs in the house - you don't feel like you can leave - so!! I sat at the Machine and Stitched.

And listened to the techs tell me that my AC system is old. That made me so sad - I remember when we put those in as we were building the house - and it just doesn't seem THAT long ago (of course I only had 2 of the 3 kids at that time... ugh)

Another Shout out - Thank to Lemons Cooling and heating we were back to some AC!! And are making plans for replacements - who has done GeoThermal Heating and Cooling in their house?

BTW - I don't use the AC that much, but from about 3-6 pm - the house needs a little help....

I had two of the *Blocks* done ( each block I am referring too has 16 pringles in them) Is Started stitching  - and put a few up on the wall - and realized... they are directional - you have to pay attention.... Easy fix..

We were back in action!!

By the end of the repair time - this is where I was. not gonna say I am a fast stitcher ---- go the other way... as in the 1 hour fix took a lot longer than expected

I don't know if my purples are standing out the way I want them to - but I also know that the light in the house is weird at the end of the day - And maybe ---- I can make them pop more with what ever I chose to quilt??

Back to the Grind....

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Pringles... the Beginning

Earlier this year my friend got me into trouble with a block swap....

And we called them *Pringles* 

All of us swappers got our blocks done before the due date ( I might have been the snail in the mix) but!! We got them all in and so - she swapped and sent the mixes back out to us...

Isn't that a fun variety of blocks?  We needed to make some with the constant color too - so I chose this purple gingham... I love it....

I even got some of the blocks stitched together....

At the time we started this I didn't know that a wonderful person had already done a quilt like this - and!! she had a tutorial of sorts !!  Lynn D at Klein Meisje Quilts  I love that she used a bright constant - so I hope my purple does what her mint did....

This may be an ongoing project for a while - but if I did my math right mine will be about 72 x 90... ish!! don't forget the ISH!!

**UPDATE** A few of you asked the sizes we used - 2 x 3 1/2 inch

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Finished Pringles and!! Finished ( or not) Friday!

Happy Friday!!!

I have finished my 350 pringles for the swap!!! and I am 2/3 of the way finished with the other 150 we make to keep for ourselves. So! They are all in a bucket until the swap is swapped. 

I thought they were due Memorial Day - they are not, it is Labor day - so! I am ahead of the game. So proud of that!!

<<All the pretties.... Pringles - *Once you Pop, you can't stop* haha!!

But then!!! I had a pile of scraps out so I just kept cutting the scraps up - so now I have this whole cookie tray of pieces - and so!!

Any good quilter would start another project .... right???

So I started some Potato Chip blocks!!

We will see how many I can get out of this pile.  What happens if I just keep cutting scraps - How big do you think the piles would get????  

That is scary to think of!!

Also- We made Cabbage Pizza - You slice the head of cabbage into 1 inch thick rounds, and bake it for 15 minutes alone, then you put Pizza topping on and cook for another 15-20 minutes.

It was surprisingly good - and we will have it again.

Also : progress - I got taken out of the boot and now have an air cast. Jury is out on if it is easier or not, cuz I just got it. and I have to be in it for 6-8 weeks... Check up in 5 weeks....

At least I am level now haha. And maybe I can find a shoe to wear. He told me to stick with my 4wheeler Dog walking for a while  - just to keep it *rested* 

He ( the doctor) also told me no horse riding for at least 3 weeks. I think I might have cried over that. 

Your turn!!!  What did you Finish ( or not) this week?

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Pringles

I have a crazy friend - she gets me into things... This time she got me into a block swap - there are 7 of us - and we all have to make 350 blocks to swap, and then make another 150 to keep .

The idea was to use up your scraps - and I have used a lot, but I am not sure that i used them all - I kinda had fun cutting new stuff... I got them all cut and on my very very old baking sheet

and started stitching... I think I still have 90 to go - but!! that is not too bad right?

Oh wait!! Only 90 to go for the swap - I still need 150 for me to finish my quilt.... oops - but who's counting ???

Don't you just love the colors. A few of you mentioned a golf cart or a scooter to get around so I could still walk dogs - Brilliant ideas.... I live on gravel and dirt - so I took that idea... and told my husband - I want my 4 Wheeler!

He parked it at the door and off we went!! The dogs are getting pretty good running next to it. Bella - she is really interested in my boot, Last night I had it propped on the couch and she tried to chew it.  She was not impressed haha!

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