Design Wall 1/9/12

I have been working thru my bucket ( just one - I didn't want to overwhelm myself) so last night I finished up another top. This one both Little Bit and I were working on... he would rather watch football, so I sewed!!

And Ta Da..... here it is - a wonky rail fence ;-)

And then, I just couldn't stop myself - I cut into my layer cake that I got this weekend

 I got about all the sewing done on the blocks, now I need to iron and get sewing again.....

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Stash Report 1/8/12

Oh boy!! I missed last weeks Stash Report - because I was calendarally challenged... you understand right? I was waiting for the Rose Parade to start, who knew they don't do the Rose Parade on Sundays?  Totally threw my day off!!.... maybe even the WHOLE week!!!

This week found me all over our state and all over Wyoming. I am just retrieved my emails -I am scared... so if I am slow responding, love me anyways. Wrangler Mans Grandpa passed away this week, and we headed up to Thermopolis WY for a family funeral. Bob was 98!! 

But... they have quilt shops in that neck of the woods... so we had to see at least one!  and I found a few goodies to go home with me.

We stopped at Sheep Camp Quilt Supply - and found these. It was such a nice break. It is 7 hours from our house to Thermopolis. My car is large, but not that large for that time period... you all understand I am sure ;-)

Fabric in Last week:                     0 yards

Fabric in This week :                   6.5 yards

Fabric in YTD:                                6.5 yards

Fabric Used Last Week:             4.5 Yards   (  a litle but for Orca Bay, Binding, and a Backing)

Fabric Used This week:           14.055 (a giveaway, pulled for a QOV, & a backing for UFO #5)

Fabric Used YTD:                     18.55 Yards

Fabric BUSTED YTD:              12.055 yards

This is Grandma and the cousins. Bob was Grandmas dad.

And of course, I kinda have to brag. This in Wrangler Man. He told some of the stories about Bob. He was good. Grandpa Bob was a rancher, a business man ( he owned the Skelly Station for years) a Golfer, and a great Grandpa.

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A Quilt from Margaret in VA

This is a quilt from another Patchwork Times reader!! There sure are a lot of you! That's awesome. I love seeing what Judy is up to!! And what quilt she is making next. Some day I am even going to be able to cook like her.....

Anyways - From Margaret in VA comes:

Isn't this a neat quilt? I am drawn to the spinny ness ( is that a word?) of it!!! Thank you SO much!!

A Presentation

I love it when we get to see who gets our Quilts. Sue sent in a quilt that she said was very hard to part with. Well Sue - if you look close you will see your quilt.... and he is a special guy!! 

These four are some pretty incredible folks, and they were so surprised and so tickled to be presented with a Quilt of Valor. It was really neat!  I Love it when they let me share pictures!!

We had the most beautiful sunny day, and on the way home it went from total visibility to zero visibility. My poor dog - she could hardly see me....

I tried to take her picture in the fog, but it just made her look grey...

Embarrassing

So on the January first I started digging into one of the teeny little buckets I have up here in my pile projects. I finished this QOV and thought there might be a few things more I might could finish up..... and lawsy mercy - who knew that my teeny little bucket could hold SO much!!!

I found my 36 patch quilt a long from Crazymomquilts... I think I started this in the summer.... all the rows were pinned together, with little numbers on them so I knew which row was which ( oh the shame...)

And then I found these blocks.... again all piled in rows and ready to put together. I can NOT remember when the lime green challenge was for Heartstrings - but I am guessing.... February.... oh the shame.....

And then I kept going... this THIS!! was on the UFO  list for 2011. Probably good I never got to it - can you imagine the humilitation to realize I had piled others on top of it? So Little bit and I got to work... and this is where we got......

I know I have Quilt Startitis.... I just didn't know I always had can't finishitis as well *sigh*

From Jo in PA

I love Jo!! She is too cool! We go way back, but then she sent me a newspaper from her town! And I think I need to visit. She owns a grocery store.... and.... and.... there is a Chocolate factory there!!!!


This quilt and pillowcases came from her!

This specific quilt is called Hatch and Windows. It was a mystery quilt from the yahoo group called

MysteryQuilts4Military   its a Yahoo Group

You can search for it, Nancy makes some cool mysteries!!

This is the pillowcase to go with it.

Here are some more pillow cases Jo made. I don't know if you can tell, but the little flange piece? She doesn't close it all the way around, instead uses it to run a drawstring thru, making the pillowcases - kind of bag like!!  I am going to try it!!

Thanks Jo for all your hard work, and for the temptation!!

QOV Donation Winner

Judy over at http://www.patchworktimes.com/ asked her readers to help fill the QOV pantry. There were 49 quilts that came to me from this request....  and the name drawn was

Ila Migut

Ila has been contacted by Judy and will get her yummy prizes!!

Thank you ALL for helping out - I sure appreciate it

Here are the Quilts of Valor that Ila Made :

These colors are so striking together. And I Love the pattern!!

This is a great quilt too - check out the border fabric!! That really brings the whole quilt to stunning!!

Thank you Ila

Thank you all who helped to make sure our wounded warriors were shown the love this time of year. It is some of the hardest times in the barracks - and this was AWESOME!!

Again Thank you!!

( and keep watching - I have lots of pictures still!!)

Colorado Quilts of Valor

This is kind of a mixed post... I have been having a little trouble with my computer, so I am praying that it was just a bad day.... But I backed everything up, and saved all my pictures, but lost some emails... so I may be tracking those down... just wanted you to know that if I don't respond right away ... its not me ;-)   it my computer ;-(


Anyways let me show you some cool things that have been created in Colorado!!

This quilt was pieced by Jessica. She teaches a scrap class in Denver. I think.... that she knows what she is doing....

Heres a close up!

This strippy Jelly Roll quilt was made by Rubydell and quilted by Liz Taylor Davis

Kathy and Connie are gals that are totally awesome. They have joined our sew days, and I am so tickled. I said something about needing some pillowcases... and voila!!! Look what they made!

I am totally keeping them ( Connie and Kathy - not the pillowcases!!)

These next pillowcases were made by the Pride City Quilt Guild in Pueblo . I love them too!

Someday I am heading down there to take some chocolate to these Quilters.... they work hard!!

And the last quilt in our Colorado Show was made by Connie and Kathy and quilted by Sandy of Red Barn Quilting - right up here in Eaton!!

Thanks you all!! Happy New Year!

(PS these are still tagged QOV 2011 - because they came in in 2011... I didn't forget!)

Design Wall 1/2/12

Oh yay!! I have a design and a finish for this week!!!  It helps when all the boys are home, and so is dad - to do all the chores!  i think I need Christmas Vacation alot more than once a year!!


So my first design wall is a top that I finally finished!! I put it in  a tub back in July and I truly can NOT remember why. I wonder if I thought it was going to get hard? Or I was gonna have to think?  Anyways its done! It's out of my pile project, AND its my first of 12 QOV tops for the year!!!

When I pulled it out of its pile, I had three rows put together. I think I just got lazy... or one of the kids had a swim meet, or.... seriously - it was probably the lazy... *sigh*

AND!!! I got the binding put on this quilt!! It was from Judy's Color Challenge 2011 = the purple one... so its now out of my piles!! 

And last but not least - I finished these blocks from The Orca Bay mystery. I am joining the turtle group on this one... slow and steady...... 

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Quilt of Valor Pattern

This last July - I was the guest artist at 3 Creative Studios and designed this quilt pattern.  I thought I would try to get it to you again - just in case you all were looking for another pattern....

I issued a challenge to Quilt of Valor quilters to make 12 Quilt tops in the upcoming year, or to volunteer to quilt 12 Quilts of Valor in  2012.... Anyone want to take on the challenge with me?

Printable PDF File

In Full Disclosure here!!  .... I started mine in 2011, and it is in my piles .... (oops)

BUT I have decided I am starting to finish it now!! So it will be considered my top for January.... right???