Design Wall Monday

I finished sewing the first Scrappy Trips top that was on last weeks wall an decided to play a little.   There is a Lonnnnnng story behind these... but i won't bore you today...

Suffice it say - I have made a mess.....

And since it was a football weekend - 

No one noticed...

Especially when they had to go unload all the hay that was purchased...

before the football games

Early in the morning......

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I Purchased....

Tee hee... I have not purchased much fabric in the last year, and don't really need to... but ... this was so cute.

it came in a box Saturday and I brought it in... Wrangler man asked what it was and I prefaced it with.. I think we need another child. He blanched! 

But I just meant I needed another youngster for the fabric I purchased...

It's the LORAX!!!  The Fat Quarter Shop had these bundles all put together and I LOVE Dr. Suess!!!  So.... I purchased...

Wrangler Man told me we didn't need another young child  - he would use my Lorax quilt for me ;-)

Another Listing

I was asked why I decided to open an Etsy shop - so I thought I would sum it up into one word..

COLLEGE

My oldest son - I love him - but he has refused to stay home with me until he is 90 - or I am 90 - whichever comes first! It's quite disheartening I tell ya..... These young whippersnappers that won't do anything their parents tell them.... *sigh*

He has finally chosen the University he thinks he wants to attend... so we did some math... and well.... I like my bubble - its free and cheap in here!  But in the real world.. not so much.

So I thought I would try my talent at selling a few things - and some things that I will never get around to using... So there you go. 

I just posted this quilt to the shop:

And I will be adding some more patterns today... some fun ones ;-)

Link to Quilt

National Limousin Assn. Quilt

Whoo Hoo - Finally finished!!

This is the second year that we have put together a quilt for the National Limousin Association at the National Western Stock Show.... shew that's a lot of Nationals!!

I think I love it!!!

And I think I need a hanging wall now! There are 20 different cattlemens' brands- the bottom right is my neighbors brand.

This one was fun - it is an MJ - but! My father in laws brand is so very similar that we were tickled to see it!!

Is this text? Laying on Floor Laughing?

And the back. I kept it pretty simple so that the brands really stand out. Hopefully it will be loved.

I do have another finish - I hope you will go see it over here

Linking up to:
http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/
http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/
http://richardquilts.blogspot.com/

Today's Quilt of Valor Show

For some reason this week seems to be going slow - I kept thinking all day yesterday that I messed up and forgot to post the Quilt of Valor show - and then realized it was Tuesday.... so I may be off schedule for a bit!

This weeks beautiful Quilts of Valor are brought to you by Gina and PJ and their Longmont Quilt bee. I tell you - they are busy bees!!

The first four are all Bee Quilts - Gina and PJ kitted up the blocks and lots of members sewed them, then they put the bee put them together in the quilts. I think.... I love this block!!!

Same block  different layout  pretty cool huh??

 This one was made by PJ and quilted by Donna Smith. Donna is an awesome longarmer - and quilts a great deal of QOV"s!!

I believe that this next one was made by Marci R of Longmont (I think I need caffiene already!)

This one is from Wenda L of Longmont - Look close at those blocks!!!

They are LOG CABINS!!! it took me a while - so if you figured it out right away - pat yourself on the back!!

Thank you Gina, PJ and the Longmont quilt bee!! These are gorgeous Quilts of Valor - and thank you for showing me this block!!!

Design Wall Monday

Bummer... school is back is session.... I like vacations, and goofing off, and sleeping in until 7am ( my girl dog... she refuses to sleep past then *sigh*)

But on the bright side - I sure got a lot of sewing done....

Remember this block drive? Scrappy Trips ?  I used them as leader/enders while sewing some other things and now.... here you go:

The bottom rows are a little scrunched because I ran out of design wall space - I guess we should have made it a little taller.... oh well 

Did you see the Scrappy Trip Craze going on?  I think we QOV"ers started it with our block drive. I think they saw  how cool these blocks looked and dug in...  Check them out Here  and Here   

We have a new bird - Little Bit wants to name him George. We are pretty positive that he is a young bald eagle. When he opens his wings there is a ton of white. he ( or she) is not as big as Ricky and Fred - but so amazing to watch.

He dove down to the ground and picked up a frozen dead animal and carried it up to the pole - too cool - seriously!!

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An Etsy Shop

I have opened up an Etsy shop.... I am slowly learning, but in the meantime have posted so Quilting patterns and Fabrics for sale. I have also posted a few finished quilts.

Alycia Quilty Girl  Is the shop -

 that is a direct link, but I am not sure if you search for that if it will take you there as well.  I hope to be adding more things as time goes by....

Enjoy!

Finished Friday

I love the first week of the new year! We are still on vacation - it is freezing cold, and my boys love to let me sew!!!

Here is what I have finished this week :

This was stuffed in one of my boxes under my ironing board... and now... it is a top!! Whoo hoo.

Wrangler Man says it need a flannel backing... I say it needs to age a little.... 

I finally got this string quilt quilted!!! Yay!! It does need binding... AND I cut that and made it, but alas - I needed to take big bit on a little trip - and had to *sigh* just leave it to wait till we get back!

 Here is the full shot - I like it!!

AND... Drum roll please - I finished this top!!!  It is the pattern from Judy  and I am happy to say - I love it! I did mine a little more scrappy - but! I cleaned out a whole bucket of 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 inch strips.... 

I now have two!! Count em two!! empty buckets under my ironing board!!

I will be linking up to Confessions  

Have a great weekend!!

My Inner Ansel Adams

I have long been a fan of Ansel Adams' work. I grew up in the same state as Yosemite, and got to travel there. There are times that I still can not see HOW he took some of those pictures.

We had the chance to go snowshoeing in the back country this last week, so I thought I would try to channel my inner Ansel Adams.  Just so you know - my camera.... does not have an "Ansel" setting on it   *sigh*

Check out these old Internationals - both the tractor and the truck!! 

Remember Ansel's Half Dome Shot?

Well - this isn't it.

But it is the biggest rock I found on our excursion.

Wrangler Man says if you study it real close - you can see a goat head.

So maybe it is Goat Dome?

Trees

I was trying to find the contrast between the light and the dark. 

I love the way the sun shone through the trees.

And just so you know - it was 14 degrees.

But with all the work trying to keep up with my ultra fast oldest child

I was sweating!

Here is the same shot ( sort of) in color.

And because I am not like Ansel, and could carry more *plates*, I could take 4 batrillion pictures

He only carried 12 plates to make his photos of Half Dome.

And they were glass

and heavy

and expensive.

I like technology!

Sadly - there is a lot of beetle kill in the forest.

We decided that these were probably beetle kill trees

that had been blown over by wind.

Look! 

Another tree!

And the whole crew!

We had a blast and saw some gorgeous country.

but for the guys it was a 4 cheeseburger night.

They burned a lot of calories.

I did too - but I opted for a Cashew Caramel Bear from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

You can't say I don't know how to spend my calorie deficit wisely!!

Hope you enjoyed the photos.