Quitville Mystery Clue 4

Happy Monday!!!
Our weekend was Oh So Cold!!! and we headed out to watch my son play basketball.

Down in Denver they got way more snow than we did, but most of the roads were plowed well enough to drive - until you got to the one right by the school .  ( in the snow plow drivers defense - we were WAY early in the morning)

As we are turning onto the road - I scream (to my little car)  Don't get stuck - and Wrangler man yells at me to gun it.... and we made it - who knew you would need to go 4 wheelin' in town - ha ha!!!

On to the Mystery!!!

This is Clue #3 .... and I am going to be the first to tell you - I made a new Design Element with these - and my fingers are crossed they will be ok!!  I didn't read well - and I didn't read that you were supposed to use a light and a dark (Purple is my Navy)   and so!! They are all dark.....

We will see what happens????

and because it makes me happy - Clue 1-3

And then...... Clue 4

Remember the basketball thing?

Yep - it was ALL day

and when we got home - we had chores to do, and then it was bedtime

since I am sure you want to see my kid?

He is the one in White ;-)

( and I took that photo - I am just so happy!!!)

Alright!! The deets!!

The Quiltville Mystery can be found here:

EnProvence Mystery

and you can find my buddy in crime ( and quilts)

also doing his patriotic here

Kevin the Quilter

Happy Quilting!!!!

Linking to:

Quiltville

Love Laugh Quilt

PatchWork Times

Cooking Up quilts

Em's Scrap Bag

Last Retreat Day

The last day of the Quilt retreat was a short but sweet morning - I stitched till 9 am then headed down the mountain.


BUT!!! If you know me well, it was not a straight shot down for me... there were so very many trails to discover and , well, take a photo or three......

This block is now finished and was a test - 

Mama Sparks is going to host a Quilt A long for 2017 and I wanted to see if I could use this as a leader ender project. So it was my Leader ender for the retreat - and I finished enough to make one whole block..... so it is feasible

And then.... My Outdoor Photos!!

This mountain was right outside

I saw it every day in the windows 

my Quilting pals love me - they set me at a table facing this!!!!

And there were mountain streams to explore

And pretty trails to walk up.....

All in all - not a bad place to rejuvenate!!

The Betty D - the QOV mystery Quilt

Good Morning!!!

I would like to introduce you to....

The Betty D

The Betty D is the latest Mystery Quilt

that we just finished over at Mystery Quilts 4 Military

( a yahoo group)

This is the 4th Mystery that I have created for the group 

and we have a lot of fun!

Why is it called the Betty D you wonder?

Betty D is the wife of a WWII Veteran who recieved a Quilt of Valor,

and she decided to start stitching for us

She is a mass producer of 9 patches!

This quilt is now in pattern form for you!

It included full instructions for both the

Scrappy Version ( above)

and the Two Color Version

(below)

you can Find this pattern at both my 

Etsy Shop

and my 

Craftsy Store

All three of these are Quilts of Valor

The top one was pieced and quilted by me

The Green and White one Sharon Tested and I quilted

and the Tan one Marilyn Tested and I quilted

Linking to:
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
TGIFF hosted by Sparrow in Flight
Ft Worth Fabric Studio
Finished or Not Finished at Busy Hands

Life on the Ranch - Fences

This is my East Pasture

We are working on a new project

and a new plan for it - that required some fencing on the west side

(below)
Directly from here ( where I am standing)

To there - (the end of the horizon)

It's not asking too much is it?

So my sons

( My wonderful awesome sons)

Pitched in, along with their Dad and we set posts

and strung a guide wire

and got our H Posts all set

( this adds structure and stability on long long long fences)

Plus - since I am the one that planned it - 

there may have been a crook or two in it

Apparently I can't walk straight....

but well ---- 

See that red pickup?

That is my sons

and he is just so kind to let me load all of the T posts

and wood posts in it

( well and , he didn't know it till he came home, but he was nice about it!)

(below)

I'm not sure what we were doing right here - 

but I liked the horizon

and the fact that all of them are in Sweatshirts!

In Winter!!

Up to here we have the H posts, a few Wood posts and a wire strung

You string the wire first - so that you can pound the T posts in along it,

and hopefully make a straight fenceline

Remember Hopefully - cuz - well - I helped ( A lot!!)

Mystery Clue 3 and Retreat!

Happy Monday Morning - hope you survived your weekend.... I'm thinking I barely did.......  ha ha

BUT!!  I finished all of Clue 2 and got started on Clue 3 of the EnProvence Mystery!!!
It's over at Quiltville  just in case you didn't know - I think it might be all over the quilting internet ;-)

So there is all of Clue #2 in it's glory!!

and Clue #3  - Hot off the presses!!!!

And look - 50 of them all bundled up!!!

( yes - I still have more to go, but that is what keeps me going all week!)

I'm Linking to

KEVIN THE QUILTER  

too - he is also doing his in patriotics!!

and to

Quiltvilles Link up

And on to Retreat Day 3

I am home now - but this is what I did for Day 3 of my Quilting Retreat

Here it is growing on the design wall

where I found a repeater!!  I moved him!!

And ta da!!!

The finish!

It is called Tortilla Strips

It is an Atkinson Design Pattern

Her stuff is so crazy easy to follow and work on!

I think this finished at 60 ish by 80 ish 

(it's already in my quilting queue!! so its downstairs!)

Linking to:

Patchwork Times

Cooking Up Quilts

Love Laugh Quilts

Ems ScrapBag

FreeMotion by the river

Retreat Day 2 Continued

So!!!  After finishing my Quilt in a Bag and my Nine Patch - I decided on a more Geometric Quilt!!

A Spiderweb Quilt!!

(Free pattern found here: http://www.maryquilts.com/spiderweb-quilt/  )

I made all my stippie blocks

( And drank more water)

And then I diagonaled them

( And drank more water)

Then I made them into fun blocks

( and drank more water)

and finally I started sashing them!!!

and you couldn't stop there 

I rowed them

( and drank more water)

And added a cool scrappy Blue border

( and drank more water)

And then it was night time

and I kept my roommates awake all night

making trips to the bathroom

( and drinking more water)

linking to: NTT Thrusday
COnfessions of Fabric Addict
Anja Quilts ( TGIFF)
Fort Worth Fabric Studio
Busy Hands Quilts
SCraptastic Tuesday

Quilts of Valor December.....

Happy December!!!  

I know it's holiday time and  a lot of folks are getting Christmas Gifts ready - but I hope you will still find a little inspirations, and Ideas for a Quilt of Valor!!

Below

Made by Paula D

Especially for a VietNam Veteran

Another made by Paula D

Below

Field of Stars
Made and quilted by Alycia

(pattern can be found here:

https://www.craftsy.com/profile/quiltygirl    )

I believe these were made by the Mollahan girls

 And pillowcases!!

Everything is just so beautiful

and so appreciated!

Have a Quilty Day!!

Retreat Day 2

Are you ready to  see my Day Two projects?  I was told to take at least one project for each day..... so I obliged!!!

Julie over at http://quiltdivajulie.blogspot.com/  

sent me this precut Quilt in a Bag .... and I started in!!

Prepping the squares

and stitching along!!

We were up at high elevations - so we had an official "Drink" person

It was so cute - every so often she would yell Drink!

And we would all take big glugs of our water.

No one wanted to get altitude sickness - and staying hydrated was the best way to counteract it

I might have drank enough water though - that I was swimming!!

After all the blocks were sewn this was the layout I decided on

and by adding border

it is 64 x 64

But!!! I wasn't finished yet!!! 

This took me through Day 1 and a little of Day 2 - so I started another project......   

You'll have to come back to see it.....

Linking to:
FreeMotion by the River

Mystery Monday and Retreat!!!

Oh Boy!! We are on Clue #2 of the

  EnProvence Mystery from Bonnie over at Quiltville!!!

After a couple of upside Down blocks - I am on a roll!!!

I am doing it in Patriotic along with 

Kevin the Quilter

Which is really good - cuz when I ask him what color my magenta was supposed to be, 

he doesn't even laugh at me!!!!!!

We need 100 - I have 10 perfectly done!

But I have a good excuse - 

The Men kicked me out of the house for a while!!

And I got to go up to the mountains for a

QUILT RETREAT!!!

and I might have got a few things done!!

Here is one!

I was gifted these 9 patches

and sew - I put them into a quilt top

Here is a better image

( I didn't realize how dark that was!)

And - a little image from one of my latest photoshoots ;-)

This is my pasture - wierd right???

( there are a few more here:

http://alyciaclicks.blogspot.com/   )

Linking to:

Quiltville Mystery Link Up

Love Laugh Quilt

Cooking Up Quilts

PatchworkTimes

Ems Scrapbag

Finishing UFO's

Yay!! This is now a top - with a back, ready for a quilter to get to work on it!!

Remember Ty Pennington? Remember that he got into fabrics? Well - all but the teal are a part of his fabric line - I am not sure how long ago that was - but I am glad to have found a way to use them

( this was the March Free Scrappy Pattern on my Craftsy Site:   https://www.craftsy.com/profile/quiltygirl   )