Row by Row Design Wall (ish)

I have been collecting these license plates - and purchasing some of the rows of the Quilt shops.  I really Liked the row from Sew Downtown - our local quilt shop.... so I have been trying to find a little time to work on it.....

The pieced are coming together.

I will tell you -  I have made a few pattern corrections to this one - 

Not enough of some squares cut... some not the right size...

Do you tell the shop?  Or just carry on?

And Look!!

My Mom and Dad are helping me out 

They took a little trip

and I might have texted them some of the shops along their route......

This was Utah ;-)

Linking up with
Love Laugh Quilt
Patchwork Times
Cooking Up Quilts

Champion

Fair is now over!  My son had two quilts entered in the fair - one through the 4-H and one through the Open classes... he cleaned up ;-)

So here is his open class quilt:

Its actually bigger than that - they folded it in half.

Which was quite humorous - the kids wanted to see the whole thing...

and kept pestering moms ;-)

And yes - that is a champion ribbon hanging in the corner

The quilt below is his 4H Quilt for this year.

They had it folded as well

And yes that is a champion ribbon as well

He was quite tickled!!

So we brought it home and hung it up

( and look - I switched ribbons!! I better go fix that)

It is fun to see people enter their quilts and learn about the feedback. 

He got some very helpful comments

One was about the matching of seams.

Glad they told him that - Mom doesn't know anything lol

Linked to:

Confessions of a Fabric Addict

TGIF

Ft Worth Fabric Studio

Treadmills

are for winter exercise.... but what to do with them in the summer?

Use it to air out Quilts!!

Tee hee hee!

QOV 2015 - August #1

Ohhh!! Happy Wednesday to you all!!

I have chores done, animals fed, kids fed.... its a great start to the day!!

And now on to some really Quilty Inspirations!!   We have a lot of yummy Quilts of Valor® to show you today - hope you get your Quilt on!!

Wrapped in Love

(Below)

Quilt made by Ronda and Crew in CO

Quilted by Alycia ( me - tee hee)

They hand pieced this quilt while at a fair - pretty cool!

The quilt below is one we made from our Block drive

We had over 4800 blocks - so we had quilts in many stages of the process

(PS - look for another block drive this fall)

(below)

A Wild and crazy quilt for sure.

Pieced by Jeannie and quilted by Sue

(below)

Pieced by Liz in the Springs

quilted by Stefanie in Denver

Liz has a fantastic Eye for color and placement!!

(below)

Pieced by Connie 

Quilted by Connie

She is wonder-woman!!

(below)

Pieced by Kathy

Quilted by Connie

(aka the dynamic Duo!!)

(below)

Pieced by Kathy - she used a cool panel

and some of the Block from the MQX QOV block drive

Quilted by Connie

(below)

Pieced by Else 

Quilted by Sally

of Adams County Quilters

(below)

Pieced by Glenda

Quilted by Lois

Presenting to a WWII vet

The smiles on his face

and the tears in his eyes

What a man!!

Go forth and Quilt!!!! Enjoy your day!

August A Lovely Year of Finishes Goal

I am back on the Finish Band Wagon....  last night I was dreaming about what quilts I had in what progression.... and I thought.... I had better make a committment!!

This quilt is my August ALYOF Goal.....   Cross your fingers, Start your engines.... lets get it done.....

* that's as far as my caffeine this morning will take me..... *

Linking up to:

http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/?p=5528

Quilt Story

Handmade Tuesdays

Show and Tell Tuesday

Natural Bridge

Many years ago this land was a part of my Husband's Family Ranch. His Great Grandpa deeded it to the state to be a park that all could enjoy.... and so.... we went to enjoy!!!

I tried to imagine what you might have seen years ago through the lens.... It was fun.

This one is my Son's..... he might have an eye for color eh????    He entered this photo in the fair and won third place. I was impressed.

This week may not be a very quilty week for us - who knew that just preparing for Fair week, could put everything else in a bind. The chore list Wrangler Man left us with, makes us want to put a pillow over our head...... so.... don't tell - we are watching Huckleberry Hound a little bit this morning.... to re-energize us.... ( Yep - that's my story!!)

Mi Familia

All dressed up..

All dressed down

More 4H

This is kinda an In Process Post...

My Middle son is in Quilting for 4H - This unit was to design your own quilt.... so he did.

He had fun, I think he enjoyed the drawing more than the actual piecing.... and LOVED the quilting. He likes my power tools.... ( R'oh, Owh, Rowh  _ think Tim the toolman taylor)

Even though the Accucut was out....

I made him learn the rotary way for the borders.

He used the Accu-cut for the Flying geese though

That is a fun Die!!

Then he put it on the Long Arm

Ignore the vacuum in the back - I was deep cleaning while he was working

And then we remembered he needed photos for the record book...

Oops

Below is his finished top

It is before quilting....

We will get to the fair a lot this week

So we will see how he did.....

And get a finished quilt photo.... we sort of forgot that as we ran to the interviews

QOV 2015 July #9

Happy Happy Wednesday!!!
You have made it to the half way mark....  Yay... ( Okay - I have never really understood that - because, well, It seems that no matter if it is Wednesday or Saturday - I still have to feed animals....)

Ready for some great Quilt of Valor ® Inspirations??

This one is the Allegiance Pattern that Vicki Welsh Designed - I LOVE these colors. It was sewn by Sara W of the Scrappy Ladies Quilt Guild- and Nancy S sent the tops the ladies made to me.  I quilted this one - It was fun ;-)

Here is a little close up ;-)

This is my 24th Quilted QOV for the year

This colorful quilt was pieced by Jeannie

and Quilted by Sue S.

The one below is a fun flannely Quilt

Pieced and Quilted by Sue S

This is a Quilt pieced by Sharon

Quilted By Donna S in Colorado

The Next two were pieced by Glenda.

She made a largish one

And a Smallish One

Both were quilted by Lois K in CO

The one below was made by Marjorie

Quilted by Lois K

Both of these quilts (above and below)

were pieced by Rosemary

Quilted by Lois K

The Great Patriotic one below

was pieced and quilted by Jan R of Atascadero CA

It went to the Womens Retreat that we covered

It was LOVED!!

I know that the photo below is not the best, 

but sometimes I forget to ask someone to take photos

At the last minute my husband grabbed the phone and took a photo 

of these two Combat Veterans as they received their Quilts of Valor ®

And Below 

My Dear Laura made this quilt

and she and her husband presented it to this awesome VietNam Vet

Cool huh!!

You all have a great Wednesday - 

Hope you are thinking of getting a little quilting in today!!

4H

It is that time of year again - getting ready for County Fair...

Little bit is raising these two yahoo's.... walking them, feeding them, brushing them, laughing at them.....


This is from a show that he practiced in.... the real one comes up soon....

The pig below - he is a crack up

He has an attitude like you can't believe ;-)