Finished ( or not) Friday!!!

I hope you all have a bunch of things to brag about!! this week... It just blew away from me!

It is been crazy around here - we got a night with a torrential rain shower - like 3 inches in 3 hours - and the next day it was so humid - how do you people in the south ( or any humid spot) deal??? 

When we start things - we seem to start big - I have two construction projects going on - of course, I will do more blog posts about them - I just know you all want to see haha!!

I have been quilting like crazy for clients ( YAY) so my stuff has taken a little bit of a back burner - but its all good right?

So!! I did finish step 2 of the QOV 20 stars for 20 years QAL .. I am pretty sure step 3 has already been released - but!! who is counting!

In the instructions - the hourglasses are supposed to be All red or All Blue - but I wanted to change things up a bit... Make mine look a little more like me ( Jumbled!!!)

The best thing about our impending summer:

Sunsets!!!

So now - Inspire me!!! Show me what you have been up to!! Brag away - and you know - sometimes its okay to take the little brag... makes us all love you more!!

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Trying a Photo shoot with Cattle

is not as easy as you would think - especially when they want you in the photos as well... but you are the one taking the photos....

We do a cool feeding program for our beef - in that we have contracted with some local breweries to use their spent grains.

When they brew their beer they are using Barley, Wheat, Rye, and sometimes Corn ( one of the breweries does a low gluten beer) ... but when they are done getting all the good stuff for beer out of it:  

The grain remains. It is still really good to use as a feed, and has a great protein content. It also makes our cows happy....

But!! Trying to get photos of them eating it - with us in the same photo, when you are the one operating the camera - is a challenge!!

Especially since Milkshake thinks she should get neck rubs and does not herd like cattle... she likes to follow you 

And then they won't look at you when you want them too

Kittie wanted to help - and he kept thinking he could push the camera button, but he was just a little to small!!

So you do what all good Photographers would do.... you make a collage... and that way no one laughs at all your outtakes.... including the one where the cow tries to eat your hair.....

And now they ( the brewery) has a photo they can use for an Ad ( You hope!!!)- well the top photo - I added Pig just for me!!!  

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The Purple Hawaiian aka Number 5

 I think this quilt has finally made me run out of my Hawaiian 5 inch squares....

I still have some yardage - but I was saving that for the backs.

Ta da!!! Kinda wish I had enough to make circles all the way down - but! I think it looks pretty good with the leftovers!!

We might have made a quick trip to Hawaii in all of this craziness. We have a Marine friend who was stationed on Oahu, and we got to stay with him and explore the island a bit before he got re-stationed.

I had already made Dash To Hawaii ( the quilt) but when we got to Oahu... we saw Shirts!!!! And I just knew that I would be making more things with my Hawaii Squares... I would NOT put them away!

On one of our hikes.... I do have to tell you... Humidity is not a friend of someone with really ( really) Curly hair.... I would straighten it in the morning ( easier to put it in a ponytail) and by the time I got to the car.... oh boy!! 

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oops I did it again.... and Finished ( or not) Friday

Oh boy - this last week got away from me - but!! I now have a LOT of stories to tell you!!

My only thing I got finished in the sewing room is...

ANOTHER PURSE/BAG....

You all told me you couldn't make just one!!

My Friend T loved my other - so you know she had to have one too!!

I just love these prints!!! and I had fun making it!

So the boo boo I made on last weeks purse - when you box the bottom of the purse - you should also box the bottom of the lining... which I did not do, so the lining had to be creatively folded to fit in the bottom of the purse... not a big deal..... but!

I did it correctly on this one!! and its so cute!

now to cut out the images... I did it on my Iphone!!! I just clicked the photo and drew out the part I wanted to be highlight - then shared it as a new image to me - and SO MUCH EASIER than Photoshop... PS is still probably superior - but!! It looks good on these photos.

Alright - I really have to get back to work today - I need to get stuff finished!!!

( someone might have started WAY to many new things, because she has a problem....)

so it is your turn!!!

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Corn Hole boards

Last year about this time we turfed our lawn area and this year we decided it was time to add games !!

Thanks to the awesome Dave D we got just what we wanted !!!!

He makes these super cool corn hole boards -but !!! I didn’t know if he’d be able to depict our favorite sports … and look at that !!!

He rocked it !!

We got a pop pop bang bang and a roper !!

We got them set up on our new turf and I have already proven how skilled I am....Sort of haha!!

They are super fun and a great way to wind down in the evening...

After my Husband has made me work 47 hours each day ;-)

If you are in Colorado and interested in custom boards - let me know - I'll send you to Dave!!!

Squirrel!!! A Bag!!! and !!............... Finished( or not) Friday

 I got sidetracked... and it is all Melvas Fault.... yep ... we are blaming her haha!!

I was innocently reading blogs, and adding to my bucket list and along came Melvas blog post about her bags.......: and I followed her link... and the next thing I knew!!

I ( me!!) was making a bag.  and it worked!!! and I only made one boo boo that no one will ever see and I know how to fix on the next one!!

And then my son showed me a new trick in photos - that I haven't quite mastered either... but I am getting there.....

You can cut your *items* out and have them float.... Except that cutting mat part... I'll have to get better at that.

But what a fun little squirrel trail - and now I want to make another one!!

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Quilt of Valor Presentation and some changes....

Sometimes you have to get up super early to catch these amazing Veterans.... But man are the smiles worth it!!

I think all of the groups are fun, but this one.... Man were we on a roll - there was a lot of joking, laughter, and many many giggles!  They even picked on me!! of all people haha!

Sometimes being the MC is easy, other times you slip up on your words, and as you know names are hard to pronounce... and  did they give me grief!! it was hilarious!!

Then When I explained that if I can't say the names I give nicknames... they all wanted a nickname - oh boy!! 

This gentleman - he was a Navy Pilot - so we presented him with this quilt - and I told him that since I knew he was a pilot I thought he might need a quilt that gave him accurate directions... so he didn't fly into enemy territory - oh man... did the whole place pick on him ;-)

As you may know I have been a Part of Quilts of Valor since the very beginning. I credit the whole success to me ( snark snark!!)   just kidding... But I have loved every part of it... I have been the coordinator of Colorado for forever ( with maybe a 1  year break)... but... in February I made the hard decision to resign as Coordinator of Colorado and Assistant of Wyoming... to  be just a Group leader.

I was hoping a Praying someone amazing would step up, as I would hate to leave our success in our state to flounder... and this amazing Woman Sandy L stepped into the role - and took off with blazing success... I am excited to see how our state grows under her leadership!!

I remain as a group leader out of Kersey, and we have such a great group -that *leading* it is not as hard as it sounds. My fellow Quilters are amazing and work so hard, and probably don't need me... but you know - its good to feel needed !

Puppy

My Puppy ( who is over 13 yo) has been seeing declining health. He had a tooth abscess that we soon realized was much more complicate than that - and there was no cure...

Puppy was a good help with knitting... see how well he holds the yarn? I'd like to say he detangled it well... but I am not sure that was his objective!!!

He had lung problems, but since he loved to do chores with me, I got him his own wheelbarrow. ( Its one of those with two wheels on the front so super stable)

that way he could see his Pigs and his Cows - he still did not really care about those horses... they made his eyes boggle ;-)

He had the Best ears ever.... and any time you thought you were going to sneak a snack,  you were totally WRONG!!

He was a good cattle dog.... as long as he rode with me... in the saddle!!! He told us you could see better from up there and he could herd his cows better....

But he was also good at fence patrol.... making sure they stayed in the right pasture

We adopted Puppy from the pound a long time ago.... Actually he was supposed to be Little Bits dog, but you know... Little bit had to go to school during the day..... and then he left for college... so Puppy adopted me

RIP Puppy... you are very much missed

The Orange Spinning Goose

 I bet you think I didn't have any Orange plaid right?

Well - I surprised even myself and found something close to it!!

Ta da!!!! My Orange RSC Spinning Goose!!! 

This is a pattern I designed and you can find the block pattern here:

Spinning Goose Block Pattern

And look at that - I ( me!!) am Keeping up!!!

One of you asked how I get so much done in a day... and truthfully I do not think I do - but!

I do sleep well at night.... I started taking this:

Melatonin - Have you ever tried it?  I do one gummy... usually go lock the doors, brush my teeth... and in about 20 minutes I am dozing off.

Have you ever tired it?

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A new roof always leads to more.....

 Good Morning to you!!! Just so you know -  Morning is getting awful early around here... But!

That was the best time to get to planning, and prepping to get up on the roof! The lean to/tack shed needed a new roof - after all this rain - we learned how badly it needed a new roof!!

So the kid!!  And yes! Those of you wondering - that is Little Bit... all 6'7" of him!!  - He certainly outgrew his name!!

Once the guys got up there they also saw where some of the headers had rotted, so we re cut those and replaced them as well.....

We may have decided - a lot to late - that it was faster to build this thing ... than it was to repair - but!! It is getting there.

While the guys worked outside taking the roof off - I worked inside removing everything. We knew it would take more than a day, and with the way the weather has been lately - it was going to rain at some time!!

I love getting left alone with my camera... As I was removing things... I also saw where the roof had leaked onto the floor ( you can see it in the bottom right ) and so!!

A floor removal was added to the Fix it list!

Roof being replaced... floor being torn out.... all this so my piggie feed stays dry!  Okay just kidding - there is a lot that goes in here.

Before we lived in our big house , we lived in a mobile home. Oh how I loved that little place... you had to keep things whittled down. One of us got pregnant, and realized that you should probably have a room for that baby - and apparently we just boxed up what we had and moved it out here.

I claim pregnancy brain as I do NOT recall haha! But as I was pulling things out I pulled boxes out - and we sorted thru those as well... I found all my college papers, my books, business cards of the people I had met my last year at college... it was kind of fun to remember those things!!  AND!! prove to my kids I was smart!

I was an Ag Business/Animal Science Major - I helped develop new software for ranches - for tracking their finances - but also their cow calf info. That was pretty cool to read my programming notes - way before we knew what real programmers were!

Trying to be artsy again!!!

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