Machine Quilting, Tutorials, Quilts of Valor, and A Lot of Quilts!
Back in January when Green was the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color - I pulled out some 16 patches an threw them on the deigns wall.
In my head they had a lot of green in them... In reality... they did NOT!!
But! Since they were out, they were on the wall, and my goals is to not put anything away! I stitched them into a top and now
Said Top is Quilted!!!
Ta da!!! Finished!!!
And now it is your turn!!
Don't you just love all the acronyms in this world? It confuses me - but more on that later!
I was invited to do a presentation with a DAR ( Daughters of the American Revolution) last weekend. We awarded nine quilt - and it was awesome!!
But I joked on Saturday about accidentally calling the Scrap challenge colors, and then I went and did this presentation and I think it confirmed my Psychic abilities ( Snark snark)
I Had 5 Marines, 1 Marine/Army and 3 Army Veterans - from Vietnam to Iraq... one just returning from another Iraq deployment less that a year ago.. oh! one was a Full Bird Colonel - his dad was there to brag - I loved it!!
They were all amazing -
but Back to my abilities!!
So the guy on the far left - he had Cats on his pillowcase - and I said - I hope someone in your family likes cats - and his 7 year old daughter jumped up and said I do!!! and she was wearing cat ears on her headband... super cute!!
The guy Third from the left -
Ethel made his Quilt, She fussy cut Eagles and put them in the center of the blocks. So while I was explaining fussy cutting and this quilt to him , his eyes started leaking.... he was army - 101st airborne - aka * The Screaming Eagles*
The guy Third from the right - he was a little leery to come to the presentation. He was Vietnam and had some rough memories of coming back to the states. He wasn't sure what to expect. I told him the Story of his Quilt ( Flags for Sue) and Oh my gosh, the smile just kept getting bigger and bigger. His whole house is decorated with historical Flags....
You see how the universe is confirming my Goofy Assumptions haha!! Give me enough time and I think I can make anything all about me 🤣😂😍
So far - so good!!
I am keeping up with my one a day Churn Dashes - and!! My one a day declutter!!!
Oh!! and Happy Tax Day... blech!!!
And my Baby Bella is learning to garden.
One of my declutters this week was hangers!! How!! How in the world do we get so many hangers? I replaced all the wire ones with the wood ones that I wanted to keep. Threw the bad ones away ( recycled what we could) and then I still had 5 bags of hangers!! Good thing ARC actually wanted them and could use them ;-)
Oh!! and I got a new showerhead for one of the bathrooms - My Tax day splurge? Actually - my Son took the one I had in the guest bathroom - stinker - so I got this one:
Hopefully you all have your taxes done? This year was a crazy year for me with all the things you have to do with loss of a family person, being a trustee etc - so Friday Night my Brother and I were still working with our accountants to finish paperwork . I was not happy - since I had had everything to them by end of February - but! It is all working out...
Alright - I am feeling that Spring *Get er done* attitude kicking in - back to stitching!!!
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My Mid ( ish) Month check in with my Yellows for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!
All my Yellow 5 inch squares have been sewn into the twosies.... and now I am adding Light Blue...
In January Angela called for Green and I had already been working on Green. I paired my Green with Purple.... then! February was Red ... then!!! March was Purple.... but I had already paired Purple with my Greens ... so I decided to Pair Yellow with March's Purple - and guess what!!
She Called Yellow in April! Now that I am pairing Yellow with Light blue... what's chances she calls Blue for May???? Hmmmmmm
I was Perusing Blogs on my Finished ( or not) Fridays - at over at Donnalees she was making Crumb blocks and it made me want to make them - and so!!
I started some!!! I will trim them to 10 inches - as soon as my 10 inch ruler gets here!
I ordered one on Amazon -
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About a year ago - I had some leftover blocks from one of Cynthia's Block drives for her Hospice Quilts.... and they just had to be used!!!
I have been trying to adopt a "If you pull the fabric, You must use the fabric" Policy around here. Eh - I am 80/20 in the positive... so its sort of working!
Instead of putting those leftover crumby blocks into a scrap pile I built a quilt!
and now... that quilt got some quilting - and! Is bound!!
I did make a few boo boos along the way - and get a measurement or two wrong - but you know what? I had fun and I like how it looks!!! Oh - and it is a finish - so there is that going for me haha!!
I actually had a really good time quilting this and imagining that it would look like what I saw in my head ...
So how has your week been? Any progress or Finishes to report???
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A bit ago, My husband , youngest Son and I went on a snowshoe trek. It was a cold Blowy day - but Oh So Gorgeous!!!
Thanks for coming along! Spring is Coming and I am planning out hikes for this summer. I am thinking we will go to Wyoming and scope some new places maybe? Do you have an idea of a great hike?
Ps - I get asked a lot about my snowshoeing pants - theses are them Snowshoe Wind proof pants from amazon I don't even wear long johns under them as once you get moving - you are so totally warm... my feet now.... got to keep experimenting with just the right socks !!
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I have been inspired by Joyful and her 100 things decluttering.... but I twisted it my own way ;-)
Joyful has been making an effort to declutter one thing at a time - and it hit me... I should be doing that with my Parents stuff - I get so overwhelmed with what is left, and what to do with it - that if I touch just one thing at a time, maybe it would seem easier -
So I have - and 2 whole boxes are ready to donate ( again) and the pants... my Dad had gorgeous suit pants and apparently I just boxed some up when trying to move everything out of his house.... those are going to our church...
and look what I found:
They DO NOT go together as fast as my Churn Dashes - but I am liking them now.
And my Baby girl - this is why we LOVE her!!!
Back to One Thing at a Time... Anyone need cleaning supplies haha! I opened one of the boxes and its all the cleaning supplies... I think my Dad loved to buy them - I won't have to for about 5 years.... Oh boy....
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One of my goals this year was to try to keep up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I know every year I think that, and then about May I get bamboozled.... so I am trying to make it a priority!!!
My February Top was done right before the end of February - and!! I have it quilted and bound now! Everytime I sew with red - I sorta of Think Quilt of Valor - so that is what mine has become!
I got my Purple RSC blocks into a top!!! March 30th snuck up on me!!!
I am getting behind on getting them quilted!! I have all of Januarys done. Februarys is pinned and ready to go on the Longarm - and now I need to find a back for this one.... and then its on to Aprils color!! Oh boy!!
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This is the final quilt that I will be able to make with these Bee Sew Blessed blocks....
"The year was 2015... I was into my 30's Repro Prints, and 2 1/2 inch strips.....
Many blocks were made...
The year is 2023... I was so proud of my UFO-less status... until I moved a pile.....
I might have jinxed it... as this was the convo I had with myself:
Me : " I don't have UFO's"
Quilt Room : " Hold my thread"
I will conquer tho.... and I loaded all three of my RSC15 challenge quilts onto one piece of backing... that's thinking right??? But... alas - you can NOT bind all three at the same time... no matter how much wizardry you try...
However!!! "
The year is NOW 2024.... and sigh!!!!
After loading what I thought was my LAST THREE QUILTS - I found these Random blocks!!! Made of the Scraps of the Scraps!!
I used all of my 30's scraps and made quilts in every color, but when I had strips left over - I just randomly made very colorful bocks.... which REALLY needed to be put into somthing - and so!!
It is now!! and it is Quilted, and sit down for this... IT IS BOUND!! Bound with Mint Green and Cream!)
Whoo hoo - one more finish marked on my list!!! Now!! My Quiltygirl email is STILL down - so I am using my gmail instead - if any of you have sent me an email since Friday of LAST WEEK... they promise it is on the server - I just can't get to it yet... so I apologize... its been rough ;(
Did you have fun? Get some quilting in?
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