A Teal Strings Finish...... and !! Finished (or not) Friday

My Teal Strings quilt is now Complete!!!

and I just had to show you my Green grass with the cute shoes ;-)

I found a really fun Hawaiian print for the back

And of course - because it had a Hawaiian theme going... I found a Hibiscus Flower panto:

You may not remember ( because really - why would you?) but just over a year ago we redid our kitchen and added Teal accents ( quilt ladder, seat cushions and trim)   and now!!

I have a teal quilt for each couch... for when it is NOT 100deg out side !!!

If I ever get the laundry put away enough - I will take a living room photo ;-)

And now!!! It is your turn!!

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Teal Basketweave .. the finish!!! AND!!! Finished ( or not) Friday!

 Da da da DAAA da da!!!

I believe the last time we saw this Basketweave quilt was on the design wall!!!.. and now look at it!! It has grown ( just like our children)

This was my Squirrel project for the February Rainbow Scrap Challenge and its all Jan's Fault!!

She posted a pattern here   and it said... you have a jelly roll - what is stopping you!!!! and so....

I didn't get stopped!!!

As I was putting these blocks together - we made a surprise trip to Joshua Tree National Park - and I fell in love with the Cactus and the Joshua Trees!

So!!!!

When we got back I was inspired to find a Quilting pattern with Cactus on it!!!

And I did!!!

It has Coyotes, cactus and Yucca on it - so I think it fit the bill!

We have had a plethora of wind lately.... and its not my Favorite.. I prefer Nice cool breezes!

I show you this one - because my Husband almost took flight... but!! if you look close - you can see the Cheeseburgers in Paradise fabric on the back!!!

Alright - I am finished!! Its your turn haha!

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My Rainbow Scrap Challenge block how to

 You may have noticed that for 2022 I chose a specific block and have been making whole quilts with that block. 

The block is based on my pattern called Zig Zag Rails. I taught zig zag rails to a million 5th graders ( okay maybe 100 - but it felt like a million) as they were participating in making Quilts of Valor.  We also taught it to the College Softball Team - they ROCKED this Block!!

Then Liz showed this block... and I loved it!

This block actually goes together a little faster....Which makes it perfect for my Lack of Patience!!

its a fairly versatile block

but these are mine so far.....

So the Block is 9 1/2 inches Unfinished... You know before it is put into the quilt.

I do it by using Strips - again - super impatient 

But you can also do bricks - make it even scrappier!

Alright - cut your fabrics to 3 1/2 inch wide.

I am doing mine scrappy - so I am not caring how long the strips are - but they have to be at least 6 1/2 inches long. 

Most of mine seem to be about 20 inches.

If you are not going to use strips - 

Cut your Bricks 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches

Stitch them together.

Once my strips are sent together - I press the seams - I haven't really paid attention to which direction... sorry...

Then if you are using strips - cut your set to 6 1/2 inchs

You should now have a unit that measures 6 1/2 x 9 1/2

6 1/2 x 9 1/2

then you will cut a 3 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch strip.

As you can see in my red ones - I used white,

In the Teal quilt - I actually used a darker Teal

and in the Yellow one - I used Black

In these pink ones - I am going to use a darker pink 

Stitch that 3 1/2 x 9 1/2 onto the side of your brick set.

Again - since I am doing scrappy - I am not caring which side it is on, as I will be able to play with the arrangement when all the blocks are made.... and this will give me variety.

TA DA!!!

Your finished blocks

Just to prove I did the math right

( more for me than you!!)

It is 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches square

I am pretty sure that none of the Quilts I have made so far have the same amount of blocks.

But - with a 9 1/2 block its pretty easy to do the math to figure out how many you want for the size quilt you want to make ;-)

Just because you all know me....

Plaid!!

There you go!! Have fun!!

Under the wire... Steppin on Up!!! and Finished ( or not) Friday!!

 Did you know that yesterday was the last day of March?

Did you know that my Yellow RSC quilt was not finished....  

Did you hear the panic, the desperation, the whirring of the sewing machine????

That was me... sorry about that disturbance....

But Now!!! after all that Panic - I can now say!!

YELLOW is finished!!!

It is super bright and FULL of bees!! I hope that all the bees stay on the quilt, and don't swarm me... I am allergic - but!! they are just so cute!!!

When I was building it - it just seemed unfinished.  

Jan at https://thecolorfulfabriholic.blogspot.com/ said I should add a row at just the bottom.

And she was right ! Finished it just the way I wanted it to look!!

Then I quilted really fun circles - in my thoughts - maybe how a bee flies as it goes around the flower before landing? 

Oh!! and for the back!! I found a Black with Bees Print!! I am thinking I might have carried the theme a little too far - but! Its all a Buzz now!!!

And for the final Count of Hats for the Month of March - EIGHT!!

The Maize color I had really got 7 hats  and that top right one is all the leftovers of the maize, Green and blue. So there you go - I am up to 25 hats for M to use for her Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes.

And now I am ready to move on to Pink for April!! This is what I found... we will see what works!!

AND NOW!!

Welcome to Finished!! ( or not) Friday!!!

Hopefully you had a great week and you have a finish to show off!! to let us Ohh and Ahh over!!

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March Yellow RSC Steppers quilt

 Last week was Spring Break.

I like Spring Break.... but.. it messed up my time schedule, and no - I am not back to organized. but its all good... I got to see kids, my uncle and aunt visited, I cooked... A LOT.  My fridge is was full now.... anyone need leftovers??

I don't like leftovers... good thing my husband does, he is cooked for .... for the whole week.

Oh ya - we went Hiking, Jeeping, and Wine Tasting... I have photos.... beware ;-)

I Started working on my Yellow RSC Steppers quilt. and the yellows were SO bright, I thought the black would tone them down. 

In my opinion , it did not... its all super busy.

But you know what?

I Like it... and that is all that matters ( okay not really, but sorta)

I stopped here and kept looking at it. It seemed unfinished...

So.............

I added a row. I like it better now... It seems finished.

Off to row it!!

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Teal Steppers Finish.... and Finished (or not) Friday

 February Rainbow Scrap Challenge Was Teal....  You know I had to make a Teal Stepper quilt.... and!

now!! It is finished!! Quilted and Bound!!

I gave my husband a hard time.... if you remember my Red Steppers... I took their photos on the Blue Trailer... but the Blue just didn't highlight this quilt. So how fortunate is it that I have a Cream color Trailer too????? I mean... who says Ranchers don't support quilters haha!

I thought these bright colors needed happy quilting - so Circles.... Lots of Circles.....  

And how bout that crazy leopard print backing!!!   It was green and I thought it just looked perfect!!

I hope you all had a great week... Our Mystery finished up Wednesday. So its off to plan a new one.... 

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 Ta Da!!

I used EVERY strip in the bag..... and this is what it turned out to be!

In my Teal RSC wrap up post - I showed you where I was and that i was Determined to leave no strip behind... 

I am proud to say... SUCCESS!!!

Now to play with the layout a little to move the colors around and get it stitched into a top!!!

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Yellow for March - Rainbow Scrap Challenge

 I don't have a lot to show yet.... but

I have fabrics:

and I found yarn that is kinda yellow... its called Maize....

As you know... I have learned how to make stripes while knitting my little hats... what colors do you think would make a good stripe with a color like this?

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Red RSC Quilts are FINISHED!!..... and Finished ( or not ) Friday

I had such fun playing in the Reds for January RSC!!

I got 4 tops made - but then!! I buckled down in February and got them quilted...

Then the Cold wind must have swept across the plain, or maybe the pressure changed .. because I buckled down and got them ALL Bound!!! SO they are FINISHED ... as in done, completely done!!!

Here we Go:

The Little Buffalo Plaid /Gingham Quilt  

TWO Red Steppers Quilts.... My Barn Kitties thought they needed to get into the action - so I was super glad that they let me take a photo without them... They are not so easy to work around  ;-)

I am sure you need a close up of each Stepper right?  I quilted hearts all over this one:

And stacked circles on this one:

Then with all the leftovers - I made a string quilt. I think I might have jumped the gun tho - I now have 9 more red string blocks sitting in my string block bin... they could have gone in this one... but!

I like how this one turned out....

A close up of the quilting ( you know us Machine quilters like to brag about that part!)

There we go!! All of my Red RSC's are done!!!

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