Jelly Roll Sew Day Rail Fence idea....

 In September our QOV group is going to do a Jelly Roll Sew day - you know September is the month of the Jelly Roll.... so This is what I have come up with so far....

From One Jelly Roll I can get 32 - 10 1/2 inch blocks - and use all of them this way.  I am going to measure my setting triangles and then will write up a quick pattern to get it to 60 x 80 . If your interested I will share here when I'm done - but I think this will make a great QOV quilt - and it uses the WHOLE jelly roll.

THE PATTERN CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE ( whoo Hoo)

Also - I saw a video about preparing Freezer meals in the raw - and I thought - Hmmm.... that sounds cool. I don't want any of my veggies to go to waste. The first thing I made was:

Pan Oven Fajitas. I had too many bell peppers and onions and I didn't want them to go bad - so I put sliced them and added some mushrooms, a little celery and Beef Strips.  I piled it all in a ziploc bag, put some soy sauce and some Lime juice on it and froze it!

Two weeks later (last night)- we had this!! I just added sour cream and guac. I think I like how it turned out. I didn't waste veggies and I didn't have to really cook. 

Have you ever done this? Prepped all your meals in freezer bags? I'm not sure I'd do it for every meal - but it might be nice to do it with my extras - and not waste any food.

They recommended these bag holders :

have you ever tried them? I don't know that you'd need them - but then again - I spill  - A LOT - maybe it would help me not be so messy?

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The first week of a Month about me ;-)

I think this might be a good idea!! Maybe I will have to incorporate this *Month of Me* every year!!! 

I am having too much fun with no stress. The first day I had  QOV zoom meeting, and it was one with no questions - they were just detailing some of the things we need to know and introducing us to the new Director. Did you know there is a QOV backlog?

Sunset after smoke from the the fires are moved out a bit

There are a few states that have more requests than Quilts. So QOV is asking us to share any extras - so!! If you are one that has wanted to make a Quilt of Valor - you can email them on the website (QOVF.org) - they have places for it to go.

 My Dog Trainer came!!! I have decided I am not equipped to make these dogs love each other - and I am missing something. So She came over!! Yes!!  a traveling Dog trainer - I love it. We learned that Daisy needs more personal space than Bella does, so she gave me a lot of things to work on.

I know they are *This Close* to loving each other. I just don't know the next proper steps. 

So Daisy (left) is less trained that we thought - so we are going back to basics with her... but she does have a lot of basics. 

She also has the desire to run like the wind and ignore you... not so good when she finds a bunny!!!

Saturday - we competed on our Horses again - and lawsy mercy people!! We must have walked 7 miles, getting to and from the competition rings. My feet hurt, and on the last walk - My horse Vapor locked haha. It was 100 degrees and no shade.  We park our trailers at angles to make shade for them. 

She got to a part of the hill and just stopped. She was done! we convinced her - but man was she happy when we took the saddle off and pulled out the hay and cool water.

I got a little bit of quilting in. There was a tag on this quilt with the year it was made ( and I don't think I made it)  - But lets just say - it was TIME!!!! I will show you it when I finally have the binding on..... Fun to quilt one of them in my *to be done someday * pile.

I got to see sunrises from the ground. Lately we have been horseback when the sun comes up - so this was a nice little change to see... and the smoke from the three fires to the east of us sure adds color.

I have a lot of other things on my To do list now - I wrote them all down. That is sometimes good and sometimes bad . Often I write them down - then consider them done and start new things.... oops

This time... man I am going to give it a try!! I think I am off to a good start!

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June's Blue Lightning Streak Quilt is DONE!!! and!! Finished ( or not) Friday!!

I actually got this done on the 31st - pretty late at night... so I did get it under the wire... but !! I have no proof - so you'll just have to trust me !!

Ta da!!!! It has a wide variety of blues in it - anything that was in my 5 inch square box was fair game. And of course I like white with Blue - its so crisp and clean.  I quilted it up with wavy things ( I need to remember to write down the pantos I use, but its too much work)

I bound it with Light Blue - it kind of looks like a denim ..

And this is the backing I used - Isn't it fun? Its all stripey and Blue and White and Crisp.

I am so happy to have it done. Its my own pressure, and my own goals - but I am glad when I get to meet one haha!!  Now onto the Teal/Aqua one  - lets hope it gets done before Sept!!

This month is going to be a bit different for me! I am taking a little Customer Quilting Sabbatical. All my customers are taken care of, ( well except the two that I will get done) but this month is  going to be:

I have a PILE of tops that I have made, and a few that I have purchased, and some wedding quilts I want to get done ----- So K and I decided that August looked like a good month for me to make it all about me!! PLUS its my Birthday month - so that fits - right???

I can't guarantee I'll be blogging more ( your happy about that aren't you?? ) but I am going to give it my best shot to get MORE done.

  Now it is YOUR TURN!!! BRAG away - what's up this week?

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Buckets of Binding and now Piles of Quilts!!!

 Yesterday was our BINDING Day at our Quilts of Valor Sew day..

This is the Pre Pile (above) ☝

Please ignore the messes behind it - I am still sorting my parents things on top of my things, on top of adding labels to more to be bound,  on top of fabric on top of... well - I am just a mess!!!!

Stack #1 NOW BOUND ☝

I get a lot of the credit for all the Amazing Quilt of Valor presentations we make - but that’s just because I talk the loudest ( and maybe the most) and get to be the front woman ….

Today the amazing quilters who are a part of my group - worked their tails off in very warm room to finish off these quilts . This is pile number 1 .

Pile 2 is already being washed for upcoming presentations and ! More quilts went home with these awesome quilters to bind !

A super shout out to these amazing quilters!

Now we also do a little show and tell before we stitch!!

Ms Jeri - she lead one of our Sew Days and had us make these cool friendship stars - she taught us a new way ( to me) to make them - and I think this is the 3rd quilt she has finished from the blocks

in 2022 She led a day and taught us this hatchet block - she made 2 quilts from them and then had some blocks leftover - so!! Whats a quilter to do? She make more and completed another top!!

Ms Lorna Turned in this top!! You may remember it? Long May She Wave? I think it was a mystery last year. She said she had worked on it, then put it away, then realized her Elves weren't getting it done - so she had to take over!!

And she liked making the stars the way Jeri taught us so much.... She made another!!!

Today I am washing quilts, unloading the car and getting everything back in place !!! Oh - And did I mention these quilters bound in a hot room? Instead of Hot Yoga - we did Hot Quilting!!!   

The AC went out - so by the time we left it was 80deg in there... oh boy.....

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A Seafaring Finish... and ! Finished ( or not) Friday!!!

A friend of mine handed me a bag of fabrics and said - I want a queen sized quilt made please.

Oh boy!! So I had fun pulling out the fabrics and figuring out a great way to use them all - and how big of a quilt to make.

We finally decided on 84 x 96 and... I dug in

Because these were such cool prints - and I really wanted to show them off  - I went with the Turning Twenty pattern.

and to make it bigger - I added the small inner border and a larger outer border.

She had also given me fleece for the backing - Don't you just love this print?

And I quilted it with a more open design - let the fluffiness shine thru!

The good news - she wanted it before November - I BEAT THE DEADLINE

The bad news - I will miss it - its so pretty!!!

But!! There you go - another finish.... whoo hoo!!! I will need to check my stats - but I think I have finished a few quilts so far this year ;-)

How about you? Hows it going? Are you having fun?  You know that is all the really counts right!!

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Horses

This summer has just been a great summer of horse activity!!!

My Baby Reno is Growing and he is starting to shed his little yellow. We think he is going to be a Blue Roan/Gruella color - but he looks so awkward right now haha!

We aren't the prettiest when we are working him, but - aren't you impressed with his halter wearing ability? He is a pretty good horse, and we are having fun training him. But its usually after we have worked the other horses, so we are dirty....

( PS see how dry it is? Send rain please - its pretty bad this year)

See his black spots? His Palomino is starting to come off - and its like molting - its kind of humorous looking. 

We also do Cowboy Mounted Shooting - and its quite a blast!! ( haha - pun intended) 

So we have been at practices and competitions a lot this summer. I am not a fan of the super high heats ( like the 100's we have been having) So Poor K has to get up really early with me, or stay up late an night so I can get some cool rides in. 

Each run you have 10 targets - the goal is to hit the 10 targets in the fastest time you can.  I am going to brag a bit... The last two competitions I hit ALL my targets!! (its called Shooting clean)  and man I was stoked - its not as easy as you think it is... Okay - as easy as I thought is should be!

This is my newest Mare - her name is Rowdy. I haven't purchased to many horses as I had a stud and mares so kinda had enough horses. My mine are aging out, so I found her and fell in love. K thought she was alright - but not really what he was looking for.  And then he started riding her  - and now.... I think she has been stolen ha ha!!

I did steal her back though - to do some Ranch Sorting. That!!! Is a lot of fun!! Rojo ( the horse I'm on above) likes this too, but a while ago he injured his hip (like 10 years ago) and I don't want to aggravate it. Sorting and penning require you to turn the horse a bit faster and do a little spinning. I prefer to have Rojo for my running events, so!! I stole my mare back haha!!

Have you ever done sorting? Its pretty cool, there's a lot more than this - but! You have two pens - cattle are in one, and you have to move the cattle to the other pen - IN ORDER!!  The announcer yells a number as you cross the line - Say 9  - then you ride into the pen and sort 9 out and into the other pen..... but!!

You are not done - now you have to get back in there and get the cattle sorted in order - so your next number is 0, then 1, then 2 all the way to 8 

They have to go in order, and only the cow you are sorting can break the line - its challenging!! and fun - and Oh my Gosh - my legs hurt! 

And this is why... I am slow on my RSC this year - but!! I'm okay with it!! I'm having too much fun... and this is how we look at the end of our days:

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Aqua / Teal Rainbow scrap challenge Lightning Streak Top is DONE

 I buckled down, I ignored these crazy kids.... and I got my RSC Top done!!

I did not have 5 inch squares cut of any Aqua's and Teals - But I did find some 5 inch strips. In the interest of time - I just cut the strips - so more  like a rail fence - but since it fits in the theme with my Lightning Streaks... that is what I am going to refer to it as!!!

I took it walking with me and my Puppies - and tried to find an artsy sport to take its photo...but with dogs. weeds and a little wind - nothing spoke to me .

Here it just looks crumpled!! But!! There you go - an artsy photo haha!

Bella was my hard worker - NO TV allowed Mom!!

Stop it!! Stop looking up - Work harder mom!!!

PS - I thought I would watch the Bachelorette. Bella wasn't having it - she wanted DOG shows!!

Seriously!! she is a drill sergeant!

See that look!!!!  

She means Business!

I made the deadline - the July RSC top is done!! Now to my self imposed deadline - the jury is still out if the JUNE RSC will get quilted and bound in time....

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Goofy Geese - the Finish!!! and!!! Finished (or not) Friday!!

Gosh  you guys!! We are kicking it!!! We are finishing so many things!!! Consistently we have 25 plus link ups each week - you all should feel great about your progress!!

Today - My Brag is ....drumroll please.... my GOOFY GEESE!!!

I really thought about some custom quilting and making the cream/whites different... but when I got down to it - I really didn't want to - so I Went with some Graffiti Quilting....

And I had fun with it....

and now!! 

IT IS DONE!!!! Its a cute little thing.... I have it draped over one of my couches - Lightens up the place ;-)  I think it is fun to see what things can be done using the Leader/Ender idea - so many of you do that .. It just feels like I'm getting two things done at once. 

I took this quilt to my Guild for Show and Tell - and during our presentation our speaker started the discussion of what pens to use to write your labels.  This is the one I use :

The Pilot Laundry Pen   I have cloth labels that I designed for our Quilts of Valor - and there are three places to write names - so this is What I use, and Knock on Wood - they haven't washed out...

What do you use? Do they survive washing?

Now it is your turn!!!

Brag away - Link up those fabulous Finishes ( or not)

Share the link up - maybe we can encourage more people to finish things.

Oh!! A funny - we had a new member at our Guild meeting. Our President said "How are you coming on our UFO challenge?" and the new member asked me what a UFO was... oh the innocence ;-)

I answered - and she says - I don't have those!  in my mind I said - Stick around friend. haha!  

Its so cool to have new members for real - its fun to relive their excitement of learning new things!!

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Shopping, Quilting and more

 You know I am always looking for ways to support my QOV group here - we have been rolling for TWENTY YEARS - Oh my stars... But I still feel like a kid!!

One of the ways is commissions on sales... and you MUST know by now that its Amazon Prime days today and tomorrow

So if you are going to buy anything - click thru these links - and send a little Commission $ this way  - we will need Wide Backings soon ;-)

Are you ready? These are some of the things I buy regularly or use often- 

Waterpik Dog Wand - Now - I spoiled myself and I have two - one for the Bathroom and one for outside. Right now in the summer - the outside one is worth its weight in gold!!! ( tos 24% off today and tomorros)

Remember I now have TWO dogs - so that is twice the bathing, and Twice the paw cleaning and this thing... its awesome!

I also use this - Melatonin. I don't take it daily, but I do use it 3-4 times per week. I think it just helps settle my brain and off to dreamland I go....

Now this next one  - I use daily!!

When I wash my Quilts of Valor , I start with 1 TBSP of Dawn dishsoap and mix it in the water. Then I put my Quilt in and if there is a lot of Deep Blue and Red - I will use 2 or 3 sheets  of the SHOUT Color Catchers.

After I use the sheets once for quilts, if they aren't too colored - I put them in our clothing loads - so I usually get 2 washes out of them - that's not recommended I know... but.....

This ones a little more personal - but! We ride a lot, mostly every day - and I love these jeans - They are a high rise, which I didn't know if I would like - but!!! There is no gapping, or pulling, and when I am in the saddle - no pinching.... thats a win.

Ariat Bessie Jeans

There are a lot more things that I use - but if you click on one of those links, and then purchase something different - I have been told I should still get the commission.

Come on Wide Backs haha!!!

Happy Shopping!!