QOV's are quilted

I have actually finished 4 - but I can't seem to find where the 4th quilt picture went... oh well. This one on the left is my Moms first quilt. And it is very square - I am proud of her.

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The string quilt is made by Audry. I gave her a bunch of my strings to see what she could come up with - and this was it - its great! On both of these quilts I quilted the Spin Panto - I think it is a Jodi Beamish one. I liked it!

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The next quilt was made by Julie, and her moms was the other one I got done. It is also a rail fence. They don't know this - but they are about to be introduced to the world of binding!!

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So 4 more down - Yay!! I can add them to the finished list.

Its Joyce Day!

Joyce is a machine quilter - and she made and quilted this quilt. I put a close up of the quilting - because it is wonderful!!

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One of the best things about getting finished quilts is that I get to check out the quilting. This is a talented bunch of people in this business! She is in PA.

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I also got a quilt from an anonymous donor here in Colorado. Actually there were two - but I just noticed I didn't get a picture of the second one... now I have a job for today *grin* Isn't this one pretty though? It is all Batiks.. so what do you think Male or Female quilt?

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From Marti

I go to a guild in Ft Collins. After going the first week in August - I got a phone call from Marti. She had two quilts that she would really like to go to a soldier(s).. could I help her out... well you bet! It worked out wonderfully - my parents live North of Ft C, I live east - so they were coming to visit me - and the met up with Marti , picked up the quilts , and brought them to me. Perfect!

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I think it was worth the visit!

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For those of you who saw the pics in the previous post - I thought that was so wierd the way blogger read the pic. It is taken over the couch, and my son was laying on the couch - I thought I got his feet out of the way ( he is 7 he should be shorter!).. hmmm

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Hope you all have a quilty day - I got a lot quilted this weekend - so I will have to get those pics and get them up - I am excited!!

4 more from Sue & Carol

These are some of the snugglist quilts! i hope that is a word, beacuse I like it! I have had quite a few questions as to the size of the squares - they are 3 inches. Which in my quilty mind tells me they are 3 1/2 unfinished. But - knowing me I could be off LOL
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They came with pillowcases - so these are all washed up, pillowcased, and ready to go.
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Yesterday we went to lunch with my mom. The boys each won a gift certificate to the Texas Roadhouse, for entering something in the fair. So we HAD to go use them! The best thing is - tonite we will be having Steak Leftovers - No cooking for me on this Labor Day!
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The boys loaded up and then had to unload in the barns 242 bales of hay. This year has been much nicer - last year my husband had a broken elbow and he wasn't able to bend it. Only about 350 more to go... they should be proud - and I will go hide!
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I just noticed - there is something wrong with the bottom right picture... can you tell what it is?

Quilts of Valor for today

Well I told you I'd be back with some Quilt of Valor eye candy. I have been quilting, washing QOV's, pillowcasing them - and Cleaning the kids rooms - so Its time to goof off a bit!

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This beauty came in from Vicki M in CA. It is all quilted and just needed binding - no problem. Mary (from my guild) is on it today!

~The next one in from Marilyn in WI. She works with a group at church making quilts - and this is one of them! Just wonderful - all the reds in there! Its almost like a shopping trip to see all the cool fabrics!

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Then.... All the way from Alaska - comes this beautiful Not So Top Secret Project. Amazing. It is all quilted and in a matching pillowcase! I put a picture of the quilting too - it is really neat! This QOV is from Cindy R in Kenai. Now - she said we could come visit up there, and my dad really really really really ( got it yet) loves Alaska - so if I tell I know someone....... well watch out Cindy - we may be there for dinner tomorrow! He likes fish ( tee hee).

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Anyways - there is your Quilt of Valor eye candy for today. Does it inspire you yet?

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Have a quilty Evening!

My Birthday

was Last week - and on the day of my birthday - school started. Truly not a great birthday present. I wanted to play! And instead we had to get up and get breakfast and actually move. So while the kids went to school - I went shopping....! And this is what I bought for my birthday. You can find it over at http://www.knotsandbolts.com/

~The fabrics are so cute. Suzanne really has an eye for coordinating things. Now I just need to start sewing!! But I really like just looking at the fabrics!

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Then on the weekend we loaded up the kids and took off to go hiking in Wyoming. It was way cool, both in location and temperature. Perfect for me - I hiked up to 70 degrees - nice!

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This is all of us on the trail. We needed a family moment you know. ( insert laughter). The trail was a 7 mile hike, and there was quite a bit of rock climbing. Good thing no one is afraid of heights.

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As we were going around some of the huge rocks we saw some guys(2) going up the rocks. It was amazing. And I think I liked going *around* once we saw how high the climbers had to go!

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We also had to go over two creeks. One of them just had a board - the other had these ,um, well, Sticks! to go over. Of course coming into the area wasn't so bad - you could just jump off the rock, it was going back up I was worried about. So my son held the sticks and my husband pushed me - and voila - we were all good to go again!

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It was a beautiful hike. I think I took 100 pictures. There were birds flying everywhere and beaver dams. Other than the 2 rock climbers we were the only people there... awesome!

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Well I am off to breakfast.. have a good day! I'll probably be back later with more Quilt of Valor goodies for you! I have been quilting and a few boxes appeared - you HAVE to see what was in them!!

From my Heartstrings Group

This one was made by the group and quilted by Anne in CANADA! This is the first Foreign ( if you call Canada foreign) country!! Isn't that cool. My kids were way impressed... boy can you tell I have been hanging out with *gulp* teenagers!!!

I really like the way that the string quilts come together. They are surprising in the way that the create designs!

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The next one was peiced by Barbara in Fl and quilted by Mary. ( http://maryquilts.blogspot.com/ ) We are both pretty sure it is also a Dissappearing 9 Patch.

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The next one is called a wonky rails. Mary made the pattern up and it is on her website as well - so if you are interested in making one... you can!

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If you want more info on the Heartstrings group - they are awesome! Go to http://www.heartstringsquiltproject.com/

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Can you tell I am trying to entice you with all this eye candy to get involved and make a Quilt of Valor? I really believe in this project and am always impressed with those who choose to get involved!

Amy in IL

Sent these 2 quilts in.

These got a lot of ohhs and ahhs from my guys! I thinkif you click on the picture you can see the quilting a little better.

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I have not seen a quilt similar to the khaki/olive quilt yet - and I have to say it is really striking. And it is so soft!! Ahh the priveledge of seeing and holding the quilts in person!

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These are from Amy and she has a website .. http://www.sisters2quilting.com so you can check out more stuff from her if you wish!

Thanks Amy!

Stars and Bars

I have been working on another Quilt of Valor pattern that can use 3 inch scraps. I have a lot of those and was trying to think of a way to use them... so Here it is!
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I did it in EQ and my sweet hubby converted it to a pdf file - so it is 4 pages long and pretty easy to print out. I cut out two of the tops and got them all ready to sew. I took them up to my Moms quilt group sew day to show them how to do the half square triangles. It was great. And one of her sweet friends took the kit home to finish. The second kit is ready for my mom. So.. it works! Yay!!
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Here is the link to the pdf file :

http://quiltygirl.com/QuiltPatterns/stars%20and%20bars.pdf

if you have questions feel free to email - but make sure you leave a return email. Some comments aren't enabled for me to return the emails and I feel so bad - like maybe you think I am ignoring you.... but I am not.
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Our count is growing for the 400 quilts. I am really excited to watch the progress and excited to see the enthusiasm in helping out our soldiers. I am also getting to be better at speaking in public. (scary) I talked with a group Sunday and am talking to another tomorrow.
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Have a quilty day!

Two Not So Top Secret Projects

Rolled in... When I first thought of putting this pattern on the blog I thought maybe one or two people might be interested in making one for us as well as make sure that I could teach it right. Well this is much cooler.... there are A LOT of them coming in. I could count - but that would not be as exciting as you finding them.... ( grin)

~This one on the right is Ethels. She is from my quilting guild in Greeley. She is also the one who entered her flower basket quilt in the county fair - that I had quilted for her. She one Reserve Grand Champion! We were tickled!!

The one here on the left is really cool colors - I like it too! It was made by Nancy L in Washington. I really enjoyed looking at it as it was hanging up, it kind of gave you different illusions!

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Hope you all are liking the variations. I know that a few groups that are sewing Quilts of Valor for their own goals have asked to use the pattern, so I hope they are getting even more inspiration from all the different colors!

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Off to feed the kids dinner. Today was a loooooong but fun day for all of us - and we are feeling it!