Positivity 2022

 Maybe you all have heard - but on the off chance you haven't....

Preeti is Hosting the Positivity 2022 QAL this year ( again?)  

This will benefit Mercyful Quilts, for Pallative/Hospice care in California . 

She has come up with a great schedule, and wonderful block tutorial and a due date

Due dates are VERY important... I hate being late to anything, therefore!  I need Due Dates.

She provided a REALLY cool block tutorial, and I, being one of NO patience, decided to jump right in.

Except....Sometimes I forget to read the instructions, and instead follow photos, and you know.... 

My first quilt will look just a little bit different... but its all good!

This is how it happened. I saw her instructions called for 2 1/2 strips and 5 inch squares. so I grabbed my 5 inch plaid square box. Because PLAID!! and I grabbed my 2 1/2 inch square bin and I got to making the blocks.

And I had a stack of them, and decided it was time to turn in... chores start at 5 around here ....

BUT!!! at 2:30 in the morning I sat upright and said - oops - I don't think I followed her instructions right... I can't cut and twist them..... So I pulled up her instructions, and read them... Oh!! 

Did you know if you READ you can learn something 🤣😂😅

But its all good - I like where this one is going, and after I finish it... I am really going to try her tutorial.  I think this will still be good for Positivity 2022 - and it will go there anyways ;-)

My Mom always told me I should learn patience.... here is proof ;-)

Head over to Preetis Blog and learn how you can participate

https://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/p/positivity-2022-quilt-along.html

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Plaid Stepper Progress

I started this one when I didn't know what the color for our RSC was going to be in May

and because Lois gave me a bag of plaids that just had to be dug into.....

and now!!!

Its a finish!!

When it was up on the design wall I thought it was kind of Muddy in color... you know - it all blended in - but now that it is quilted and hanging in the sun... I disagree with myself!! I think there is a good variety of Plaids in there!!

This is an up close for Judy - she asked about my flamingo clips - they are towel clips for pool chairs. I don't always have a pool - but! now I have my flamingos ( I also have margarita glasses haha)

A quick shot of the back. I found this Grey shirting in my stash and I think it just worked SO very well!

And you know... one more gratuitous shot - just in case you couldn't see the quilting ;-)

A couple of you asked how many blocks I make for each quilt - and the answer is - I don't know.

I just started sewing these strips together until I got tired, then I laid them up on the design wall - and Ta da!

I actually had one extra - that will go into my block bin....

again - here is the block tutorial Block Tutorial

Have a great one!!!

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Plaid Stop Tossing.... and ! Finished! ( or not) Friday

 Remember the Mystery quilt called Stop Tossing?

I did the Patriotic one, and then!

I really wanted to try one in Plaid... and so... with all the plaid that I possess.. what is to stop me ?

There it is!!! - I would like you to note... I bound it.. oh ya! that is what caused the disturbance in the atmosphere!

I think the plaid turned out so nice - and its so soft.

I quilted swirls and stars in it ( it is a pantograph but I don't know the name)

One more parting shot!

This was a super easy, fun and fast mystery - I designed it - so the link at the top has all of the steps if you decide to want  make it. The previous patterns are in my Etsy store ;-)

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Chandelier QOV's ... they are now tops!

 In April my QOV sew group met and made a BUNCH of the chandelier blocks!!

We had such fun ! We got all the blocks sewn, and then laid out the blocks - so when I cam home a LOT of the rows were rowed.... they just needed to be topped... 

and so!

They are now complete tops - and one is ready to quilt ( as in it has a back and has been pinned to my zippers.... its forward progress!)

I think I have enough blocks for maybe 3 more quilts? I'll keep working on them in between the other projects ... so you know you will see them again!

The pattern is the MSQC Chandelier block - its kind of addicting

Mays Book report

 I only got a few books read this month - but! you know I picked up one about knitting ....

The Yarn Balls caught my attention:

Lydia owns a Yarn shop and she starts a group called Knit to Quit. This book follows their story, at the same time that Lydia is fostering a young girl.  I really liked it - it was an easy read, but it was a feel good one!

I also liked this one - Its the story of Three cousins who spent summers together at Grandma Lucys house. They have since gone their own ways - but when Grandma Lucy passes - part of the requirements of getting their inheritance is to come back and live in her house for the summer.

Grandma Lucy was a quilter - and it is the Quilting that draws these three cousins back together. 

I liked this one too - 

its a family that creates the Quilting circle - and it draws them all together. They work hard to fix past hurts and past regrets.

These were all easy reads, and easy to get in to.

Enjoy!

May RSC - Forest Steppers and my Monthly String Blocks

I'm coming in just under the wire on this one!!!!

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month was Green - I read that as Forest or Dark greens...

and with all the wonderful challenges that took me out of my studio this month - I was so excited to get this one into TOP stage!!!

( which means you WILL see it again... as a finish!!)

I didn't realized I had that much Forest in my stash... but I did!!!

And then!!! Another under the wire!!!  My plan of making one string block a day almost got away from me. And yes - I take the *string* part pretty liberally ;-)

Here you go!! 31 Blocks for May!!

They make for a bright, crazy, eye straining design wall!!!

More Hospice Quilts ... and finished ( or not) Friday

As you know  Hands 2 Help ( hosted by Academic Quilter this year) has been going on - so my focus was to finish up quilts for this and hand them over to my local Hospice. The Same Hospice that helped us take care of my Mom at home.

So this is another one that I finished up. 

A few years ago Gypsy Quilter sent me a bunch of tops - and in the bunch was String quilts... but!! She did not use the size string block that I was taught to make - and it opened my eye!!!  I mean!! Who knew you could alter the size of blocks?? ( right??)

Then Lois sent me a box of fabrics and and at the bottom was (were?) a bunch of small strips and so!! I decided that I was going to make smaller string blocks.  and! Ta da!! 

it worked!! I think this is a pretty gender neutral quilt - so it would work for various Hospice patients?

I actually took 13 to them - but I wasn't able to remember to take a picture of the whole stack ;-)

Speaking of Hospice - Last year SewPreeti and Needle and Foot hosted a Positivity Quilt a long - for the Benefit of Mercy Quilts. I think it was pretty Successful... I sent one ;-)   

This year Preeti is Doing it again!!! So after you check out all of the finishes here - you should go check her blog - and see what is happening!!

You have seen all of these Hats before - but M was ready to collect so she could make a count of what she had so far... and how many more people she was going to have to beg into helping haha! I had 31 for her, and had already given her 18 - so I am one short of my 50 goal!

She is collecting these for the Operation Christmas Child boxes that our church packs up - she now has 183 of the 517 she needs - I may have to expand my goal and do at least a few more!

Shew I had a lot of words! Maybe because I have lost my voice so I had to get them out somehow!! haha!!  

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Our last Vacation day

The hotel that we stayed at was called the Hotel La Rose - and it is a Historic Hotel that was built in 1907. 

The walls are like 18 inches thick so it is SO quiet - which I think would be important when the trains came in.

But!! We started wandering around, we knew we were in the area that Charles Shultz lived (and has a museum) but what we didn't know was..... that there were Peanuts Statues in the area!

Of course, that made us go on a squirrel trail - we wanted to find a lot of them!!

are you ready to see what we found?

I know we didn't find them all - but! We had fun!

We had breakfast at the Omelette Express. And right outside our window was  Woodstock!!!!!! 

Just to prove we were there with him haha!

And Charlie Brown as the conductor

and the all time favorite character ( of mine)

Snoopy!

Then one night we were still hungry so we went for Nachos and margaritas

and look who we found!!

I think Woodstock likes to be near restaurants!

And Lucy!!!

I always wanted a Snoopy Dog House!

Puppy lives in my house tho - so does that make my whole house a dog house?

I found the perfect Doctor

I asked him where his $.05 kisses sign was!! 

Aren't those fun?   its a fun way to see the city too!   and then.... we had to go back to real life....

Did I ever mention how much I like Vacations? Even short ones?

Another one done... and another one done.....

 Middle Bit Graduated!!!!!

Whoop Whoop - We are so happy and excited for him ! He is allowing me to share a photo. ( maybe under duress but still!!!!)

This is us!!! We ( Colorado State University) grads now outnumber the other undergrads!!! Maybe short term - but still!!! We must assert our power!!!

me and my babies!!! 

And what would a celebration be without a family ( -2) photo!!!!  

He graduated with a degree in Computer Science and is an Awesome code maker and breaker..

What's next? Finding a job that pays him millions so he can take care of his mommy haha!!

(Know of a job like that - shoot me an email?)

A Crazy Quilt Finish!!! and.......... Finished ( or not) Friday

I am calling this MY finish... but!! Its really not all mine.

A long time ago I thought I wanted to learn how to Crazy quilt. You know all that embroidery and fun stuff?  and I thought it would be cool to have a canvas to try it all on.

Then my Quilt guild had a Rummage sale - and on one of the quilters tables - was a Crazy Quilt top!!

I jumped in and bought it!

I tried two little 5 inch rows of crazy quilting, and! I promptly put it in a bag.... a canvas bag!

One thing you should know about me... Patience is not a quality I possess.

But then!!! I was searching for Forest Fabrics for our RSC this month... and I found that canvas bag.

and of course I had to open it.... and then I decided I was NOT going to put it away!! I got it ready for quilting....

 and I got binding ready!!

And now!!!

It is Quilted, Bound, Washed... and I delivered it to Pathways Hospice yesterday!!

And now there is NO proof that I didn't finish the crazy quilting haha!!

Alright!!! 

( PS - do you like my green grass? We are trying a new thing.... Artificial grass!!!!)

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