A few more Cool Quilts of Valor

This first

Quilt of Valor was made by Beryl over at http://berylthepearl.blogspot.com/ She says it was a Mystery Quilt from Leann at Persimmon Quilts. Beautiful!! I love the border on this!

This Second Quilt Camr from Curtis and Barb in Loveland. She has done a wonderful job. Look at all those Flying Geese!!

This Last Quilt of Valor comes from Melinda and the Quilters With Heart group. What an awesome group - they quilt together and make lots of quilts for many people. I love all the plaids on this one. Melinda is over at http://quiltninwilton.blogspot.com/

Thank you ALL So much!!!

Quilters Accountability

I think... I hope.... this is the week to get back to some of my to do lists. I find that listing them does help me get them done, but I also find that sometimes - I am a scatterbrain!

There has been a lot of activity around here this week, and I am ready for these people to move on to greener pastures, and leave mine alone.  Monday, I was quilting away and had a strange feeling that someone was watching me. Considering I live with animals - I knew that meant some gate hadn;t been closed and ... well... I was going to have to get to work.

But it wasn;t animals.... it was....

These fellas - but they were a lot closer. Needless to say I went out and talked with them, and 'splained very nicely, that they needed to GO AWAY!

Granted - their company - did have permission to be there, it was just that my personal living area was supposed to be bubbled out. Apparently communication is not a strong point !!

Then these things showed up yesterday. What are they? Seismic readers. We have cables going across our land and they drive between the cable and can pick up the sound waves. There is a crew in another truck taking readings, and apparently they can map our land underneath, to see where there is oil, gas and water.

Oh, and when these trucks do there little pounding jig - it feels like an earthquake, except not as scary, cuz they pound every 10 minutes.

And now - they should leave so I can get back to my quilting!

So for next week  - my to do list:
1. Orange Monochromatic Challenge. - I need to decide on a quilt to make and get started.
2. Quilt - A lot - I have a few customer quilts that have deadlines looming....
3. Make Purple Binding for my Purple Mono Quilt and think about putting it on.

To see what others are up to, or to join in go to
http://crossroadsquilts.wordpress.com/

Only this week - wait till Thursday - her computer is not being nice to her!

NorthWest Surburban Quilt guild

This quilt guild has been awesome!! They have sure helped cover a lot of Soldiers with Quilts of Valor, and this week is no exception!  The first 4 quilts were made by the NSQG in Illinois and quilted by Sue DiVarco of Suzie Q Quilts. 

The last one - the Log Cabin was made by one of Sue's customers. Thanks Sue for all you hard work too!

Now sit back and drool......

Hope you enjoyed them!!

Design Floor Monday

I have a feeling that I am just making it under the wire for Judy's Design Wall post (http://www.patchworktimes.com/) but today - that is probably just as well!

This is what was on my table this morning: This is UFO #4 - the number drawn for April. And I can tell you I now REMEMBER WHY it became a UFO!  Apparently these were like my sample blocks or something - I don't think ANY of them were the same size!!!

So - this was this morning....

And I thought - you know - if you don't finish this top today, I may NEVER do it - so get to work!. In between meeting with oil guys, then after swim practice, dog training, and the other swim practice... I came home.. fed the kids.... and Told Them to CLEAN UP....

And voila -

The top is now finished, it measures 56 x 66 - and I will hope to get a spurt of energy to get it quilted. But I have a couple of customer quilts I had better get to before they pick on me.

Go see what others have been working on at http://www.patchworktimes.com/

Stash Report and... some finishes!

Fabric Used this week :     .55 yard - I cut the binding for a jelly roll quilt, then pinned it to it so someone ( preferably NOT me) can bind it!!

Fabric Used YTD:      221.9 yards

Fabrics in this week:   0 Yards
Fabrics Added  YTD:   159.4 yards

Fabrics BUSTED:   62.51 yards

Altho not a lot of fabric was used this week, a lot of quilting got done, which made me happy!

This is a comfort quilt for our quilt guild. It was done as a block of the month - where a lot of people made the same block then turned them in, another gal put them into a top, and I quilted it, and cut the binding strips.... for the *next* person to bind..tee hee 

Here's a close up of the quilting.

I got the Red Jelly Roll Quilt quilted, and binding cut for it. I will be taking it to our May sew day, and letting some sweet quilter bind it.... 

I also got this Jelly roll Quilt quilted, I did lots of waves so it kind of looks like a waving flag.

 
And last but not least, I got the binding on Wrangler Mans quilt done. He is taking a leadership class this weekend for Shooting Sports in 4-H, and its pretty long, so I layed the quilt across the couch for him to see. He said - Wow I would love a quilt like that. Is it going to a soldier?  

I said - nope its for you... and he smiled, and then he did NOT offer me chocolate. He said NO ONE is to eat around *MY* quilt.

So I guess he liked it, he may keep me around *grin*

Too see other stash reports go to
http://www.patchworktimes.com/

A little Quilting done

I snuck in a little quilting so far.... This is a Quilt of Valor that is a string quilt. I took the blocks to some quilt shows, and to the American Legion, and had people sign them.

A gal in my guild put the top together. And now it is ready to be bound.

Then I snuck another one in there to quilt.... its for Wrangler Man, so I hope I get it bound before he sees it in my pile and puts the pressure on me... he is horrible at with holding chocolate from me... pure torture - it is!

Quilts of Valor Eye Candy

I loved being snowed in the house, I got to open the packages that came this weekend, and be immersed in quilts!! This first (above) Quilt of Valor was pieced by Rosemary, and quilted by Lois in Broomfield Colorado.

This Quilt of Valor was made by Jody and the Bingham Ladies fellowship in Nebraska! Beautiful ladies!!!

The quilt above and the three below were all made by Meredith in California, and Quilted by Ron in New Mexico.

Don't you just love the colors in this string Quilt?

One soldier in Denver chose one of Merediths quilts because he thought the colors would always keep him happy. I understand!

Sometimes I wonder where she shops for her fabrics?

Thank you all so much for continuing to support the soldiers!

Design Wall Monday

A lot got done this weekend, because - altho Saturday was gorgeous, the winds came up, and just so you know - riding horses with the sand blowing, is not as much fun as one mught think..... unless you were REALLY wishing for a sand facial....

And then Sunday - It snowed - awesome!!

So here is what's on my design floor. Just sewing the backings together now so I can quilt them!

 This is the Red Jelly Roll quilt from our sew day - I added two borders to it, and I have to say - I LOVE it!!!

It turned out to be 59 x 69 so I think that will defineatly work for a Quilt of Valor.

This was the one that was a little narrow - so I had some friendship star blocks left over from a quilt show - they are all signed, so I added those, and then,.....

I added those half string blocks - that were extras from another QOV project. It is now 58 x 68 ... perfect!


Alright - off to finish the backs and start a little quilting!!

To see others design walls go to
http://www.patchworktimes.com/

Stash report Sunday

 The fabric store started calling to my car again, and because a gal needs some exercise, I had to get out and walk a little.... can I help it if I walked right thru that fabric shop door???

Nope - It was totally NOT my fault!

So I found some flannels on sale!! And bought enough for 3 backings of the Jelly Roll Quilts that we made last weekend.

And then... becuase the color of the month is Orange, and I need to burn a few more calories, I had to wander over to see what oranges they might have.... and look!.... they did have some orange... surprise ( grin)


So my Stash report for this week:



Fabric Used this Week:                10.99 Yards  ( backings, borders,)
Fabric Used Year To Date:        221.36 Yards

Fabric Purchased this week:       11.9 Yards
Fabric Purchased YTD:               23.65 Yards
Fabric Donated:                         135.75 Yards

Total Fabrics BUSTED:               61.96  Yards ( whoo hoo still using more than what I bring in)

To check out what others are doing go to
Judys Stash report sunday

Quilts of Valor

First off the Stats for March:
Total Quilts of Valor presented for the month: 32 Quilts awarded

Now for some eye candy!!

This Red White and Blue one was made by Jan in my quilt guild, and she quilted it too!

This quilt was made by the late Al Lind, and quilted by Shar in Wiggins CO

This one, and the Three following it are made by Meredith in California.

She sends all her Quilts of Valor to Ron O in New Mexico to quilt.

Between the two of them - I wonder when they find time to eat !

Hope you enjoyed seeing some more Quilts of Valor! Thanks Quilters for all your hard work.I sure appreciate it, and I know the reciepients do. Sometimes more than words say!