Snow Day : Pattern Links: And did you see Snow day!!!!

Oh yay!!! We have a snow day...

I , well, sort of messed up the sleeping in part for my boys though. So far, they don't hate me!   I put my phone to silent except for my family numbers, and so.... I sort of missed the snow day call - and woke children up.  

In my defense, the first call was only a one hour delay - so that wasn't a bad deal, the second call.... that was for the whole day ... oops!!  Ah well - THEY can help their dad with chores, and I will make the hot chocolate!!

A LOT of you loved Julies yellow quilt - To give you grief ( cuz its a SNOW DAY) we have been making them for 2 years now ....  but a lot of you asked for the pattern.... because I love you all - here you go:

Blue and Yellow Pattern   I put it in my Craftsy store ( FOR FREE) and you can download it and it is always there!!!   Hope that helps you all.... You that emailed - I'll be emailing back today  ...cuz I have boys to do the chores!! Yippee!!

I am still working on this Basketball photo stuff!  That kid ( 44 Blue) is mine. Look at him just move in there and steal the ball!   We like that.

You all have a great day - I am off to quilt, and watch the snow come down, and torture my kids - not necessarily in that order!!  Oh ya, and have some hot chocolate!

The Mysteries ...Continued

The Mysteries are in full swing and a LOT of fun!!

So first, The Bonnie Mystery.... I am a little slower that I wanted to be, and am still on Clue 2 ... I just about had it finished, and then the boys needed shirts ironed before we headed out to church and!!!

To the Nutcracker!!!!   My cousin ( in law, by marriage - but I am totally claiming her) was in the Nutcracker in Fort Collins and we all went to watch her - HOW FANTASTIC!!!  She played 3 different characters and so so amazing!!

So - My ironing went from Mystery pieces to shirts!!

I wanted to show you my oops first!! I read the directions, re-read the directions and proceeded to cut my pieces all 1/2 inch short!!

Good thing I have a stash - 

I re-cut and got to stitching....

Today - I will finish Clue 2!!! That's my goal!

On to the Alycia Mystery!!

It is all done now!!

So - sadly I won't be accepting any new people into the Mystery group until January when we start prepping for the next one. So, mark your calendars to come join in then.

This is called

Stars a Waving!

And of course,

I had to do one in plaids as well 

Ha ha!!

The pattern can be found in my Craftsy store

The link is in the side bar too

Hope you all had a great weekend too 

and lots of Mystery Quilt progress!!

Linking to:

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2015/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-3.html

http://www.patchworktimes.com/2015/12/14/design-wall-december-14-2015/

http://www.cookingupquilts.com/mcm-47-progress-on-the-king-size-quilt/

http://www.conniekresin.com/2015/12/linky-tuesday_15.html

http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2015/12/sew-cute-tuesday-66/

http://quiltstory.blogspot.com/2015/12/fabric-tuesday-friends.html

Blue and Yellow from Julie

Julie, who blogs over at Quilts and Costumes , sent me a box of Quilts Of Valor tops with awesome Backings AND!! Pillowcases!!

I love her colors and quilts and I just couldn't wait to start quilting one of them.....

Here it is!

Isn't that cool!

Do you remember that we did this block as a block drive?

Well we did - maybe 2014 ish?  ( I really am not good with dates!)

Well - she made her whole own top - and Whoot Whoot

It is now quilted, and is in the To Be Bound Pile!!

( I believe this is 29 for me this year)

And this is my new eagle 

I have not seen him before, and now he is around all the time!

I took this through my front window - and he didn't even move!

Happy Friday you all!!

Linking to:

Link a Finish Friday

Confessions of a Fabric Addict

TGIFF

Fabric Frenzy Friday

Quilts of Valor 2015 - Another December Day

Welcome to the Evening Edition of the Quilts of Valor show.... Did you know today was Wednesday?  Ha ha - I love the holidays, but man I get to working and forget about what day it is....

So let's get to some Quilty Inspiration going on:

This one was put together by Kaje - a High Schooler and Quilted Ingunn in CO

the one below was put together Cowboy Bob and Quilted by Ingunn

This one was pieced by Connie and Kathy

and Quilted by Jimmie in CO

This lovely was pieced by Nancy Eaton and her group

and quilted by Jimmie

This one below was pieced by Elenna in Eastern CO

It is the Not So Top Secret project quilt in the free quilts tab above

Quilted by Sue S in CO

This is another one by Elenna

These blocks are really cool aren't they?

Quilted by Sue S in CO

a little close up of the quilting

These blocks are from the Machine Quilting Exposition Block Drive

they were all the fall prints and the Red Hat Group put them togheter

Kathy and Sue quilted it

This one was made by Candi

quilted by Kathy and Sue

Another lovely pieced by Candi E

Quilted by Kathy and Sue

 This is another one pieced from MQX blocks

Quilted by Sue and Kathy

Showing a little Love

This Veteran was very overwhelmed that he was honored.

This is a Quilt that Laura made and presented too!

Isn't it great!

Hope you all have a great evening - 

I have chili cooking,

the chores are almost done

( just waiting for the boys to finish)

and we are off to put our feet up!

The Quilter in Me

I am going to preface this post with - you do it too - and you know it - I am just crazy enough to admit it......




Ready....



I might take my camera to my kids practices and games - there's always a chance to practice photography - and I am watching my kid and I am not really paying as much attention to him....



as I am the wall behind him

Wouldn't that be a cool quilt?  Those muted colors? And the blocky chain?  and Oh the quilting that would show..... Mmm Mmm - Yep - that there is a quilt on my bucket list!!

oh - and I sort of caught my kid - he is 44.... 

Design Wall Monday - The Mysteries Continue

I had a lot of quilty-ness going on this week and I LOVED IT!!!!

The Alycia Mystery progressed...... and I ironed fabrics for the Bonnie Mystery... AND!!! I ironed the right colors!

Ready.... Here is the progress on the Bonnie Mystery.  I did not finish the whole step - which sits just right with me - Sunday - was our Quilt of Valor sew day and Holy Moly!!!  Our group bound 25 quilts, I trimmed a lot of them for them to bind.  We played, we cut, we ate..... it's all good!!!

You might have guessed... I am doing my mystery in plaids.... yep - Plaid number a gazillion ( ha ha)

I have 1/3 of the clue done 

The solid grey and the red plaid funky geese!

I'm ready to keep on moving this week

And now on to the Alycia Mystery..... This is Clue 4...

We are getting closer.

We also got  a little time outside...

Here is Ranch Kitty

Her real name is Two-Face

Linked to:
http://www.patchworktimes.com/2015/12/07/design-wall-december-7-2015/
Main Crush Monday
Quiltville

A finish for Friday!

I cant quite remember when I made this top , but I did. Then I put it in my To Be Quilted pile.

In January I made a silent goal - that I would like to empty my To Be Quilted pile - and this one came up next!!


And this morning - It is Finished!!! Yay me!

I think that I made it in 2012 - but Seeing as how I thought yesterday was still Wednesday - I am not sure I would trust myself on that one!

I quilted it with stars and swirls

And I remember thinking it used lots of scraps,..... 

But I know it didn't empty my scrap bins - I think they are never ending!

And just because you need an outdoor photo:

We found this when hiking west of Fort Collins

And I want to go back and take my family Christmas photos there!

Oh - and - I have another blog - I always thought it would be more of a business blog - however, I sort of ignored it. So I started a challenge to blog in it every day for December - so if you are bored - go check it out ;-)
http://quiltygirlquilts.blogspot.com/


Linking with:
http://blog.richardandtanyaquilts.com/2015/12/laff-196.html
http://quokkaquilts.com/oopsy/
http://www.confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2015/12/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-long-awaited.html

And another UFO bites the dust

As a part of our RSC color challenge - I really dug into the blues, and I started a LOT of stuff I didn't finish.... So in cleaning up my sewing area - I found really long strips of blue that are now:

A quilt top!!! It measures 40 x 50 - and I think I am going to leave it that size and just quilt it up!!

Yay Me

Quilts of Valor 2015 - December

Oh goodness - it is December already!!

I hope that doesn't mean resolution time is around the corner!

Let's just skip ahead to the quilts ok?   PS - so far this year I have sent over 150 Quilts of Valor out to be quilted.   That is Crazy!!!!


This one was made by Agnes in NJ and quilted by Stefani in CO

This one was made by Miracles in Denver

Quilted by Stefani in Denver

and this one was made by Dee from our Block Drive Blocsk

also quilted by Stefani!

The one below was made by Myself and Little Bit.  I made the blocks, he did the layout and stitched the top together.  I quilted it

Below

made by Nancy

Quilted by Kathy and Sue

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Made by Nancy

Quilted by Kathy and Sue

and a third one from Nancy ( she was a machine!)

Quilted by Kathy and Sue

Below

Made by Karen K in CO

quitled by Kathy and Sue

At one of our sew days we decided to try Kevin the Quilters Blocks

Mary made this one and Ingunn quilted in

Our last for today was made by a grandma/granddaughter team

Carole and Meg put it together

Ingunn Quilted it

hope you enjoyed today's Quilts of Valor!!

They are sure fun to see all the differences!!

UFO Catch up: Faux Flying Geese

Sunday it was so very cold in our area, so I convinced my family that it was game day - and set them up playing board games and folding laundry - and then I told them that my machine was neglected....

And I finished a UFO!!! YAY me!!

Remember this one? 

The Faux Flying Geese?

It was made with all the Cast offs on a Pineapple Blossom quilt 

that my oldest son has claimed.

It was only 52 ( or 53) by 53

and I wanted it just a tad bit bigger .

I stitched up some of the leftovers from this quilt 

and put them into the borders.

And Ta - Da!!

Here it is!!

It is now downstairs awaiting its turn to get a backing

Do you think I should use plaid? 

( Boy I really crack myself up!)

And just in case you missed a little fall

Here you go:

It is now snow covered

Linking to:

http://melsquiltingroom.blogspot.com/2015/11/fiber-tuesday-37.html

http://quiltstory.blogspot.com/2015/12/fabric-tuesday.html

http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2015/12/sew-cute-tuesday-christmas-gifts/

http://www.conniekresin.com/2015/12/linky-tuesday.html