Stash Report Sunday (times 2)

Since last Sunday was Easter Sunday and it found us up at my parent's church, and then their house, eating ALL of their food, and taking home what we didn't eat... I forgot to do a Fabric Stash Report.... cuz I was too busy stashing food in my mouth!!

I am going to combine the two weeks, so that it looks like I did something!

Fabric Used:     -7.25 yards
Fabric Added:    0 Yards

Fabric Used YTD:   -238.669 Yards ( i need that 9 to round things UP!)
Fabric Added YTD:   164.4 yards

Total Fabric BUSTED:   74.27 yards

So where is the dent? How come I don't have more shelf space? Or maybe fabric expands when it has room?  Yep - thats it - it must be!

To see what others have done go to:
http://www.patchworktimes.com/

Aprils UFO #4

I have to Thank Judy for hosting this UFO challenge. I did not ( okay I really did, but I don't want to admit it) realize how competitive I am.... sometimes.... and it is all with myself!! My dear sweet family kept saying - Mom - give it up, its okay if it's not done. Well! Fine! I showed them!!

Sort of - the binding is not done, but because it is a Quilt of Valor I have this group of lovely lovely ladies who bind QOV's... and well - what is one more right?

Heres the full quilt picture.

Here's a closer up one. And I think I know (remember)why this became a UFO! I think these were the reject blocks that didn't come out perfect. Or at least square enough that I didn't have to majorly trim them. and of course I kind of forgot that until I was sewing them into rows.

And the back - just a solid piece of a plaid fabric. I like it!

And there you go - UFO #4

4 UFO's in 4 months - that deserves some kind of treat right?

A Judge!

I have been asked to be a Celebrity Judge for the Annual Firehouse Quilts Quilt show..... so get your quilts in to this show. I was asked to judge it last year too, and oh my , that was the toughest job ever!!!

And they had real quilt judges do the placings - but choosing my quilt was a big job.

Go To http://www.firehousequilts.org/ and look at the requirements and the easy way they have set up to enter the show.

Then send in the eye candy!!! And if you are in this area - mark your calendars and come to the show!! 

It is the 15th and 16th of July this year!

It's Official

I am *that* mom!!

Years ago when my oldest was 5, we started playing basketball. We made friends with a great family that had 4 kids, their youngest was the same age as my oldest. She was/is a wealth of information, but I started noticing that she missed a lot of practices, and that sometimes she dropped her kiddo off at practice and didn't come in, and then a few times she called for us to pick her son up.

She explained that she was in that phase known as *bus driver* and she would drop kids at different locations, maybe have time to check out 10 minutes of a practice/event, and then start the pick up process.

And I kind of hoped that would never happen to me, apparently hope, is all it was!!!

Last night I had to call in the reinforcements! I had one child at the east end of one town, and 2 children at the west end of a second town ( as in as FAR apart as they could be) and all three of them needed to be picked up/dropped off at 5:30. 

I called Mom and Dad.... bless them!! They picked up one child... FED him, and brought him to where the other 2 children were. And then we all got home at 9pm. Which brings me to the most important point..... they took over my sewing time!!! ALL of it!!!

High School swim season winds down at the end of May, so right now we are in the thick of it, and even though I am not swimming, I am the driver. We have to swim at a school in Greeley, as our school doesn't have a swim team.....

So if I have nothing exciting to show on the quilty front - will you still love me?

Quilts of Valor Eye Candy

You might have seen this quilt in a few places. Mary at http://blog.maryquilts.com/ made it, and she has the pattern on her website - http://www.maryquilts.com/   But I have to be honest - its better in person!! Thanks Mary!

These next 4 quilts come from the Northwest Suburban quilt guild in Illinois.

I just love the variations of Quilts of Valor that this groups makes. I think this Star quilt is awesome!

But then I pulled the flag quilt out and - be still my heart - This one is beautiful!!

But then - there was this one. I LOVE scrap quilts!! Isn't this cool?

Thank you all for these beautiful quilts!

My designs are on the table.

Hope everyone had a Great Easter Weekend! We got to spend Easter with my parents and it snowed!!! and I was wearing Flip Flops.... go figure. It was fun to have a roaring fire and watch it come down!

I am at the stage of the year where I am wishing that it is over... sort of... the kids and all their events are taking all of our time! So little sewing is being done, but I do have a few things on the sewing table.

I am hoping I will get some sewing time in this week to finish my orange project before April is Over!!!!  Wish me luck!

Go to http://www.patchworktimes.com/ to see other design walls!

Wildlife Experience

Yesterday as a field trip day... to the Wildlife Experience in Parker CO. It is a pretty cool place, and in addition to seeing all the cool animals, there was a science fair. Some of these experiments were pretty cool.

Did you know that Sonar used by humans in the ocean harms Whales? Well the cutest little 7 year old girl taught us all about it!

Did you know you could hook your bike up to an alternator type thing and figure out how to make your bike riding power your wii?  The sweetest 11 year old boy showed us his invention. Although I have a feeling his mom is really the winner on this deal!

The Wildlife experience has a lot of different Biomes ( thats scientific words there LOL) and you get to go thru them all.... hence the Polar Bear - who was HUGE by the way!

Do they look like they are chasing the wagon train in the 1800's?

This is the front of the building. Pretty cool day.... and then we headed up to Longmont, via a short stop at The Quilt Store in Broomfield, and went to the oldest brothers swim meet.

He did quite awesome and we let him ride home in the car with us, rather than run home!!

Good Morning! It is still morning right?

My schedule is all messed up, and my days are backwards.... My oldest son was at the FBLA State convention and we had to have him at the bus on Sunday at 6am, and he got back yesterday. Just in time for me to speed him to the pool to compete in a swim meet. And since we are all off schedule, none of us are sure what day it is !! Don't you love weeks like that?

It is a good thing I set some goals, or I might have been drifting all week....well I might have been drifting anyways - but I have pictures!!!

First on my list was to start my Orange Quilt.... and here is some of the oranges all cut.

Some stitching was even done.....

Second was to Quilt a few Quilts. This is a customer quilt, Her Mother in Law made the top and it was sent to me to quilt. I had fun checking out all the fabrics she used in the fan blades.

I also had time to work on a Top Secret project, got the top put together and got it quilted yesterday and you will just have to wait until it is given to see it. But I like how it turned out!

An unmentioned that was on my list was to start getting things cleaned out! We signed up for a Yard Sale over in Loveland on May 7th. It's purpose was to force us to get rid of the stuff we don't use anymore, and take back our basement. We have a lot of stuff.... its sad!

But I found this magazine and It is a complete quilt pattern - So I thought I would do a giveaway!

If you would like this leave me a comment saying you do -

And on Friday at 3pm we will draw a winner!!

Oh ya! My list for next week.

1. Still make the purple binding, I have chosen the fabric and that is as far as I got.

2. Bind the Top Secret Quilt ( ugh - gag - need chocolate)

3. Go to Mom and Dads for Easter and eat all of their food.

4. Work on Orange Quilt

Oh! And my son won in his category at FBLA and gets to go to the National Convention in Florida.... the younger kids and I are thinking Disney world!!

To see what others are up to:

http://crossroadsquilts.wordpress.com/

Wow!

A while ago ( like 2 years) I quilted a quilt for a friend and I copied it exactly as I could - and today I recieved a comment from the person I copied - How cool is that?

Here is the comment:

I just ran across your blog and the entry regarding the wedding quilt. You sell your talent short! Your feathers are beautiful! I am honored that you mentioned me. You did a fabulous job replicating the original designs. I always enjoy knowing that I was able to influence a fellow quilter. High praise indeed.


Mary Nordeng

And here is the link to the post:

http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2009/05/blue-wedding-quilt.html

I am tickled!! Plus - I just found out that the person that the quilt was made for is getting married soon - so her gift is all ready!!

Stash Report Sunday

This week my oldest son had a swim meet ( okay he has them a lot but....) and I had to get him to the bus by 1:15 pm, but the meet didn't start till 4pm, and it only took 45 minutes to get there..... so we had some time to kill..... but a gal just can't sit around doing nothing right? And this desire for bright springy things came to mind... and..... well..........I just couldn't help myself!

Aren't these bright? And Springy? And Girly? And too girly for men to steal?

And I have NO idea what I want to make with them.... I just wanted them.

And since Wrangler Man came home with a CASE - a CASE - not just one bag of peanut butter M&M's I needed fabric to keep me away from the candy... that I made him hide, and closed my eyes while he walked to his office with that case of Peanut Butter Chocolate M&M's

( not that I could find them in his office, but seriously - could he not have found a better place?)

Oh Ya - and I got this cool black swirly fabric to add to my black and white collection that will be a quilt someday ..pile

Fabric Used This Week:                              9.5 yards

Fabric Used YTD:                                        231.49 Yards

Fabric Added this week:                             5 yards

Fabric Added YTD:                                   164.4 yards

Total Fabrics BUSTED:                             67.01 yards

Now off to sew!

To see other reports go to:

http://www.patchworktimes.com/