Churning Away

My Churns are growing....

I think this is going to be my final layout - and now I will start filling in the blanks


I think.

It's hard to make decisions

Ps - on the tutorial I shared ... watch it - and watch the method - the math I gave you works out perfectly for THAT tutorial.... I promise - I have practiced  ;-) 



Linking to:
Design Wall Monday
Love Laugh Quilt
Main Crush Monday
Moving it Forward
Boms Away

Lyons Outdoor Quilt Show

Today was such a great day!!
I got to spend the morning with one of my favorite groups of Veterans - I met a 97 year old Veteran who was in WWII - He was part of the first daytime attack on Tokyo in a B29 Bomber ... and way more! He told us his story and I wished I had a tape recorder ( and no - I did not think of the video camera on my phone!! Ugh!)

Then we drove up the canyon to the Lyons Outdoor Quilt show - this is the second year they have hosted this.  Last year - I was transporting a kid to law school so I was forgiven for not attending.

but THIS YEAR - I was there!!

This was me being all artsy - capturing the collage quilt and the quilt store name ( after being on Facebook I was not the only one that thought this way ha ha)

This is from the road.

I was in the car heading to the gas station - so wasn't impeding traffic

I just loved this one

It just called me - 

but then so did the other 99 quilts

My husband sorta agreed with me

If we took all of them home

and displayed them a week or two at a time

then returned them - the owners would be okay with that right??

 Check out this jeep one

I may need to do a pattern search for it

It was too cool!

This was fun

A couple of the docents were talking about the speakers their guild was ( were) having

and they said Alycia Carmin is coming in November and I said - that's me

So she went and gathered more guild members

and I got to meet the NICEST quilters!!

And now I know some of the members for when I go speak

at the Longmont Quilt Guild in November

PS - that's me with my new friends

and then - we might have had to make a run up the mountain to the chocolate factory

Cuz who can live without chocolate??

Flags for Sue #5

Here is the 5th Quilt in our Flags for Sue series.... I really like the way this one turned out.

and I had fun coming up with a new idea. 

I am so tickled to keep watching these blocks come in
I have another stack of envelopes to take photos of - and I LOVE it!!

if you are interested in making a block
http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2018/07/flags-for-sue.html

Linking with:
Finished Friday at Confessions
TGIF Friday
Finished or Not Finished

Churn Dash blocks and a tutorial

Back when I showed you this top....

 along with all of my churn dashes - there were a few comments and a bunch of emails about writing a tutorial for making Churn Dashes with 5 inch squares....

Well - I did better than that!!  The tutorial is by Missouri Star Quilt Company - and here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9i0FndQsco

1 - They use layer cakes - I cut up scraps into 5 inch squares
2. they add a little 2 1/2 inch square in the corner - I have no patience for that  ( Grin)


My dear friend asked me to make some 8 1/2 inch Churns for her - and I thought - Oh! I'll use this method and *gasp* do math!!!   Just so you know... math was a little harder than I thought this time!!

But I figured out the 8 1/2 inch ( Unfinished) measurements

Along with a lot of other measurements -
So - because I want to impress you with my Mathical skills.....

and show you all my attempts ( 2 and 4, 1 and 3, and 2 and 4 are the original MSQC Tute blocks)
the others.... they match the math below:

Ta Da!!!

So if you use the square size on the left

you will end up with an unfinished block size at the right

and the ones that are empty

I got tired.... but I will get to them too

Just based on the arithmetic pattern - I would assume that 2 1/2 inch will be 6 inches

and that 2 inches would be 4 1/2 inches - but again people

MATH!

And now!! I have another Churn Dash quilt in progress... who knows how these things happen??

linking to:
Design Wall Monday
Main Crush Monday
Monday Making

BOMS away

More Flags for Sue.... and My One Monthly Goal

it is just so much fun to go to the mailbox these days... And yes there are still a few bills - but I can easily toss those aside to ohh and ahh over the blocks!!!  Whoot Whoot!!

Want to see the loot from this week... um I mean blocks????

So I Tried to write on each photo

Because some of you told me some cool things that I didn't want to forget

Like this one

AGE 11 

Totally Awesome!!!

And here is Top Number 4

Maybe

I kinda sorta think I should put a light blue border around it

Middle bit agrees, Little bit says - eh Maybe

I said  - I want to get it in this blog post so stand up and let me take a photo!!

What do you think?

and PS - some of you (not necessarily the one under this ) said - they are not perfect

but I hope you can use them

um!! Have you ever read my blog....

Perfection is not a worry!

I can use them - they way I have been setting them is pretty dang forgiving

and PPS

you do that measurements are just an estimate right???

Suzanne

I think I should come visit about now

Is it cool in Alaska in the summer????

Do you have an igloo I could sleep in?

So!!

This photo post represents 67 new flag blocks received

( and my husband just walked in with another package!!)

for a total of

drum roll please

and calculator please

Tada

192 Blocks!!!

And Oh Ya!! My One Monthly Goal for August.... Put together as many tops as I can with these awesome blocks....

Linking to:

August One Monthly Goal


Oh and PPS or PPSS or - well I forgot where I am
If you want to make some blocks - here is the link and I would love to have them before September 1st

http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2018/07/flags-for-sue.html

Becasue of the finished top:
linking to:Can I get a Whoop Whoop
Finished or not finished
TGIF Friday

its Wednesday.... so Time for Quilts of Valor!!

So....  funny thing happened this morning...

I had advance warning that the people who maintain our power lines would be here today - and needed the gates unlocked. My house is right at 1/2 mile away from the power lines, so imagine my surprise when at 6:00 am my dogs went nuts and a 4 Wheeler went by the house....

That's just not normal - so I go outside and he says - I can't get into the east pasture.... and I start laughing..... I said - because the gate you passed that was wide open didn't give you a clue?

He said - seriously - you were up before I got here and opened the gate for us?

I said - Yep - your foreman called last night so I was prepared

He hung his head and said... well I wasn't ......  That was a funny way to start the morning!!

At least he had a sense of humor - and promised he would go out the open gate, and lock it up for me ;-)


Onto the best part of the day!
Quilts!!


The Pride City Quilt Guild in Pueblo has been working SO hard again!!! Check out these lovely lovely Pillowcases!!

This lovely is called

The Patriot

( its still a free pattern in the free patterns tab on my blog)

It was made completely by Pat

of http://bellcreekquilts.blogspot.com/

and one day I posted - I have crumbs - anyone want them

and Pat said yes

I have always kinda worried about her that way ( ;-)  )

and lawsy mercy 

Look what she made!

I am pretty sure this one was made by Sharon D

But! I sent it out to be quilted, and the quilter - man did she have a rough month

We have all had those - and I felt for her 

But, she lost the tag that was on it

and my picture memory has failed me

This one was pieced by Loretta and quilted by Kathy and Sue

Its kind heartwarming to have pics of quilts quilted by Sue - when we are now doing 

Flags for Sue

( ps - you can still make a flag)

This one was also made by Loretta

and Quilted by Kathy and Sue

Sue B awarded this Quilt of Valor

( see how varied the Patriot can look)

and I just loved the smiles!

After all my excitement this morning

I guess I need to go feed my kids

Got the animals all taken care of - just forgot the tall ones ha ha!

Flags for Sue ...for this week

THIS!!! is a very picture heavy post!!! and ....its  SO AWESOME!!

Here is top number two in the Flags for Sue series - I added some red into the border - thinking it would give it a little pop - and Oh my Stars!! does it ever...... but ( and you will laugh) adding that red took longer than the whole rest of the quilt!!

And the blocks came rolling in!

Joan K  made 12!!

and Vickie made 4

and Kathy made this cool one

and from Cathy

( ps - check out her blog - its so cool!)

https://saneandcrazy.blogspot.com/

And from Nancy - a cool 4!!!

And from Deb and awesome 7!!

and Top Number 3

I wanted to try gold/cheddar and

wow!! What do you think???

and from Oregon!! Christine Y send this lovely!!

and then you all - plaid.... I swooned

These three ( with that plaid above)

came from Katie Mae

Check out her blog too!

https://www.katiemaequilts.com/blog/

and then my Holly from Indiana

she contributed 7

and Judy!!  I always say thornton and she says broomfield - or maybe its the opposite

have you ever had a brain freeze like that

anyways JUDY is AH-Mazing!!!

and she had time to make these 3

and Ms Diane M in washington

check out the red - that is a cool print!

And Ms Deb at Snowcatcher

she went all *scrappy*  LOVE it!!

oh and you have to check her blog out

her photography will make you drool!!!

https://www.snowcatcher.net/

And from Beryl in Utah!!

aren;t these great!!

She has a way cool blog too

( and she just finished up our last mystery - the Patriot - go check out the photos!!)

http://berylthepearl.blogspot.com/

and Betty in Co

I love that blue print - what a great way to use that!!

and then I went to the post office!!!

Check this out!!

I will get those posed for their time in the sun and be back!!

and I might even have another top to show you by then

but don't hold your breath

I have a horse to ride...........

Thank you all so much for you support and love

Kathy and her family are so appreciative

Oh!! PS this made 55 blocks received this week

plus the 70 from last week

that makes 125 total so far!!!

Plus I may have made a few - but those don't count they just go into the stack

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Oh Scrap

Monday Making
Main Crush Monday
design wall monday

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