Mystery Clues

Progress is happening on our Mystery Quilts 4 Military.... we are up to clue 3 ( I think)


Here is my new progress:

Come join in - I don't think you would be that far behind!!

Linking to:

Monday Making

Design Wall Monday

Main Crush Monday

Moving it Forward

Life on the Ranch.... My Super Stars

Every little girl dreams of being a model at some point in her life..... and this little girl is no different!

Just look at the way that Farrah here flaunts her hair, and stands in the wind.....

It's like she wants to make you jealous, you with your hat hair, and yoga pants... right??

The men on the Ranch would like to have their time in the sun too - Fabio here, he wants you to see him for his beauty.... he's not just another Ranch horse you know!

( he asks that you don't hate him because he is so Beuoooo tiful!)

and .....  the escapees.... we need our Fabio and Farrah for these dummies.... they are escape artists .... I swear - they find the hole in any fence, and sometimes there isn't even a hole - they just make one.....  Big Blackie there on the right... he will chase you down for grain though.....

As you can see our snow has melted, the ice has disappeared, and it was actually warm enough for the tank heaters to turn off, so you know that means a blizzard is just around the corner......

Rainbow Scrap Challenge Sea Green

My Sea Green Blocks Grew a little bit....

I think I am now out of the larger scraps

and we think a few of these will be put in the back

The two on the top left,

Those are a study in color - yah - thats it!

When I was laying the colors out, those pieces that make it look more like a circle?

They didn't really stand out that much, until they were in theblock!

I think this is my favorite for this week ;-)

And ps - all you Blog Friends that said you were recuperating from being sick?

I sure hope I gave you enough sympathy....  cuz you were contagious and I got it

and Bleck..... you all were right... not fun at all.

I'm going back to my couch now ;-)

Linkin up with

Scrap Happy RSC Challenge

Oh Scrap

monday Making

Dsign Wall monday

Main Crush Monday

moving it Forward

Quilts of Valor Colorado 2017

Happy Wednesday Morning!!

Boy have our quilters been busy!!

This first on is called

Starry Night for Josh

Patty Made it AND quilted it!!

She also made and quilted this one!

Those applique stars are way cool!

I made this one

from our Block Drive blocks

and it was quilted by Jean in Grand Junction

This next one is a great use of a panel!

It is from the Wabi Sabi Quilters of Colorado

Then my amazing my Sue E in Arizona

The pattern here is Blue Ridge Beauty by Bonnie Hunter

Pieced, Quilted and Bound by the Awesome Sue!!

Sue also did this awesome Crumb Quilt

It is Gorgeous!!

And a huge shout out to the

Pride City Quilt Guild

They supplied some amazing Pillowcases!!

just another quick reminder - 

MysteryQuilts 4 Military

has just started the next mystery - you can still join in and not

be too far behind....

Design Wall - Mystery Quilts 4 Military

Happy Monday Morning... Did you all survive the excitement that was the Super Bowl?   I did, I have the blocks to prove it ;-)    I made it through the middle of the 3rd quarter, watching and stitching away - yay  

Step 1 of the MQ4M is all done - 

its not too late to join in

Sign up

HERE

And LOOK what arrived for me!!

Soma - Over at http://www.whimsandfancies.com/

Hosted a Photo walk around each month

It was So cool to see what others would see around them 

and I won these!!!

 (PS Soma took this photo - I stole it cuz it is WAY cool)

We came home one night this week and the sunset was so cool

I wanted to capture the silhouette

I got close to what I wanted 

Happy Stitching!!

Linking to:

Love Laugh QUilt

Patchworktimes

Cooking Up Quilts

Ems Scrapbag

Rainbow Scrap Challenge - Sea Green

This Months Challenge - Issued by Angela at SoScrappy   was:


Sea Green will be the color for February.  Anything between blue and green will work.  From teal, to aqua to turquoise.  Try to find anything that isn't happy with blue or green but plays somewhere in between.  


That's a weird one - and my my first thought was - well I don't have that color.... I always trick myself that way.... and then I find stuff.... I'm talented that way!

Look what I found!!!

and we had a little bit of an Ice Storm

So one of us was stuck inside for a bit

We actually had a 2 hour school delay

Which in reality - for us ( at the edge of nowhere)

should have been all day.....

So Little Bit and I made the best of it

He snoozed....

I got a little bit done ;-)

Color Palette Challenge Finish ( Finally)

Way back in the Dark Ages  Vicki W and Judy L hosted a Color Palette Challenge....

Alright - it was really 2012.... but today - that seems like a Lonnnnng Looooong way aways ago.

Each Month they would present a photo that they had changed into a color palette , which you were to use to pull your fabrics and make something.

Here was the Palette for March - and boy Oh Boy did I struggle to find fabrics... But I persevered!

This is the little quilt that I made

It is 36 x 54 inches

and ( Katie Z sit Down!!)  I bound it this week!!

Yep - I did - for real

Here's a little close up of the quilting

And my Artsy Fartsy Shot

It should be in a magazine right?

I just crack myself up!

Oh!! And the back!

It is to the left of the Color Palette

So I included it too!

And... Another one Bites the dust!!

Linking to:
Fabric Frenzy Friday
TGI Friday at Summer Lee
Busy Hands

February's UFO / OMG

I finished this top in December, said I was going to make a back for it... and promptly put it away!

Who does things like that?

Well today - I have pulled it back out - it is now my

February One Monthly Goal and my February UFO

February's Mission : I have chosen to accept it is:

Make the backing 

Quilt it

Bind it

Put a Label on it 

February is a short month - I have a LOT of client quilts to get to .... but I can do it right????

PS  - this is a free pattern found at Quiltygirls Pattern Store

Linking to ( when available links will be hyperlinked)

Elm Street Quilts OMG post

Patchworktimes February UFO Post
Let's Be Social
MidWeek Makers

Rainbow Scrap Challenge - a Purple Finish!!!

If you stopped by yesterday, I am going to ask you to make sure you are sitting down, and you have no liquids in your hand.... seriously.....  ready???



I have another                        FINISH!!!



Is that just not the craziest thing you have heard in a long time from me????

At the beginning of the month - when Angela announced purple - I remembered my Purple blocks from the 2015 RSC challenge - and they said they wanted to be a quilt.... and when fabric talks....


You had better quit drinkin'   ... just saying!!!

The wind was blowing again when it came time to try to photograph this one

So I hid behind one of our fences.

Did you know that at times, even that doesn't stop the wind????

My Artsy Fartsy Shots

I quilted these spirally Feathers all over it

And I love the texture

And because you need to see it in its full glory again

Here you go

( plus I took 45 photos)

The deets

The block

Designed by Sew Me: Bee Blessed

All Purple 30's Repro prints

Border - Got that at Devils Lake, ND on a fishing trip

 (yep, you know where I went)

Size 60in x 60in

Linking with:

Rainbow Scrap Challenge

Chimney Sweep Quilt ( aka OMG and UFO) Finish!!

I rose to the challenge, and conquered the pile, I stitched until I could stitch no more.....

and Voila!!!

my January One Monthly Goal/ UFO is ......... Finished.......

And just to add a little statistics to your day... that makes 4  finishes... Lawsy Mercy, I do not know what Wrangler Man is feeding me, but he had better keep it up !!!!

I took it out to our new fence

I thought that would be such a pretty place to photograph it

and I was photobombed!!! By a cat

I sort of cropped her out

and the wind was blowing

and it was about 21 degrees

but I was warm 

I was jumping with joy and happiness

Before I even knew that Purple was the Rainbow Color of the Month I had already picked out purples to accentuate this - and I was so glad.... I used the cut offs of the backings for my churn dashes -

scrap management people!!!!  Bwahh haa haa

it is now listed in my Etsy Store ... if you know anyone looking for Green and purples - send them that way.....



Linking to:
Elm Street Quilts OMG Wrap Up

and to:
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Ft Worth Fabric Studio
Busy Hands Quilts