The Weekend... I need the week to recover!

We are still on baby watch - as of the moment of this post - Merry mare is still pregnant. I am not sure she is happy about it - but!! That is her condition .... I am truly hoping it comes soon - she is starting to make me feel miserable for her.

Maybe you know this - but horses are pregnant for 11 months - can you imagine???

We had storms....lawsy mercy we had storms - this was looking west from my house and it went south - so we just got the wind and the sprinkles of this one - but my friends got a river thru their place...

crazy!

We worked cows - So much fun with some of the greatest people around - but a long day. The weather held out - we had high 70's and a breeze - it was such a great day. 

And guess what??? My husband helped me move things in my sewing area. It was awesome. We have been sorting thru my parents things, I have been donating and giving to family and I had a few piles of things I wanted to keep - but it was all in my sewing room.

So!! he used his muscles - and helped me move the things I wanted to keep and get them all organized and my sewing space looks SO nice!! I wanted to make something right away - so!!

Three more hearts have been added to my Glowing Hearts Collection ( QAL FROM MMMQuilts)

My deadline is June 15th so I can join her link up - maybe now I can GET THAT DONE!!

The weekend was so much fun but used all sorts of muscles that I forgot about.... haha!

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The Not Finished week!! and! Finished ( or not) Friday

This is a total Not Finish week - and you know what - it sort of put me into a tailspin. I don't like that feeling of having so many things up in the air! I finished the bills - but does that really count? They always come back again,,,,

I have a lot of client quilts as fair is coming - so I did finish the ones that were supposed to be done - I should be happy with that... but heck fire - its weird!

In the meantime - enjoy my storm photo - you see these build up and then - ka Blam - they drop some rain. This is looking east from my arena

And enjoy my cute puppy photos!  Daisy and Bella are still being lazy - sort of - they chased the cows in, and the chase each other, but then they come in and plop on their cots.... 

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Oh and if you are in Colorado - NOCO Shop hop starts Thursday!!! Who is going to Hop!!!!

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May Favorite Finish

 I rarely get to link up to Favorite Finish Link up as most my finishes are shown on Fridays with my own link up.... but look at me - getting in on the game this month.!

This is my favorite Finish for May.

Also - My only personal Finish for May...I am slacking! 

Welcome to my Batik Spools!!!

This is a MaryQuilts Pattern : maryquilts.com/spools/ and was super fun to make. 

It surprised me that it has taken me this long to finish it. We ( four of us) went on a mini shop hop. One of the ladies bought a lot of fabric and I vaguely remember challenging her to use in by the end of the year..... and , well, um, I sort of remember me thinking - I bought a Jelly toll and background fabric - how long can this take me.

Goofs on me - Apparently the top needed to marinade until I found the right quilting pattern?  ( do you buy that??? or do I need to come up with another reason 😅😆😆)

There were a couple of comments left thinking this would be a great pattern for a QOV:

Heck ya - here is ours:

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RSC- Green!!! Buckeye Beauty ( jewel box) ( Diamond Chain) Update

 Green is our Rainbow scrap color - and!! I love Green ... but apparently - May doesn't have enough days in it for me to finish this top. That's okay!! I will keep stitching... but you will want to read on as to what might have delayed me a bit.

Here's where I find myself on the Green RSC quilt top:

I need 80 blocks as I want this one to be bigger than couch size. It actually has a recipient in mind at this moment! So I need to keep stitching some blocks and get it the right size.

But look what distracted me!

A cute new baby!!! And check out my Bella - laying all nice and calm by her. Puppy belongs to my son - he works in the field ( archaeologist) so he got himself a companion. She did come home about a month ago to meet us - and it was a little chaotic - but he was only here 3 days - so we made do.

This time the weather made him stay for a week - oh! and a wedding! My girls did SO good with her. Daisy - well - Daisy - she lets you know when she is done with the puppy , so we made sure to remove her from the situation. Bella - she was so curious - and just couldn't figure out how to play and run when that puppy was on a leash.  Puppy is a 7 1/2 ish month old Pound puppy. She is learning how to follow rules;-)

And check out my Reno baby!! So Reno's mommy is pregnant again - and we have a bet going on here as to when she is going to actually deliver the baby.... the bet keeps changing - as so far - I have been winning them all. I say June 3 - K says last Saturday, Last Monday and Last night....  no baby yet.

Puppy left last night - My Pups are all worn out - I see a catch up day in my future!

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Batik Spools and!! Finished!! ( or not) Friday!!!

 I am finishing this one at the VERY LAST minute - but you know what!! it still counts!!!

As I was binding it ( yes - do not pass out - I bound) I was telling my son about the mini shop hop three of my friends and I did - and I was thinking it was maybe a year ago.

It was not. Because!! I started this quilt in October 2022. oops.... 

I don't think I meant to let it marinate that long?

As of Today - It is done!! and hanging on my Quilt ladder in the front room!

Ta Da!!!!

Sorry for the indoor photos  - By the time I had it finished ..it was time to do chores, and!! windy!! and Cloudy - so! it became an indoor moment!

I backed it with flannel - of course - SHARKS!! what fun right? I was sort of thinking this looked like a winter quilt with those batiks - but maybe it is an ocean quilt with the Sharks? 

The block is called a Spool Block - and maybe the pattern was at Mary Quilts!!? Its a jelly roll pattern and super easy to do....

And just because:

My Goofy girls  - posing in front of a few of my horses.

NOW!!!

It is your turn!!

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My Favorite People and Quilts of Valor

 I have been working ( although is it really working????) with this Veteran organization for 6 years so far - and last night!!! 

We awarded 12 more Quilts of Valor to some of their Veterans. 

This was such a fun group - we always have a great time. We do the Quilts, We eat a meal, I pick on them, they give me grief - and most times - there is a thunderstorm that pops up... and last night - was no Different!!!

I always love how the right Quilts go to the Right Veterans. The one with the Eagle - his shirt  was the same color as the fabric. But When I said I hope you love Eagles, his eye misted over. 

Afterwards - he told me that he has a collection of Eagle photos, and couldn't believe we knew that he liked them.  (Go Connie -she made his quilt)

The Blue with Stars - turns out that's his most favorite color in the world, and he loves to star gaze....

I just love how that works out.

Oh  - and did you see my RSC Red from 2024 in there?   ( center) and the Churn Dash - That's the one my Laura and I did - Laura from Cali and me from Colorado - I just love that.... oh and the far right - I did that one with an army Jelly roll - and He LOVED it - I am so happy!!!  

Far left is the Not so Top Secret Project quilt from the beginning of time - she made it bigger ( thankfully - he was tall) but heck fire did my heart get happy!

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Jelly Roll Rail Finish and FINISHED !! (or not) Friday!

Happy Friday!!!

Sew... Last Jelly Roll Day our QOV sew Group made these Jelly Roll Rail Quilts.

 JELLY ROLL RAIL PATTERN HERE ( as in CLICK)

I thought ( that will get me every time) I had quilted all of them - but a straggler came in!!! And its all good - because it spreads the Quilt love out a bit!!

This one is NOW ready for binding!

PS- its a pretty photo heavy post because. oh yes! my Girls!!!

This one was made by Mary M . She even made binding for it - so the next person who touches it can get that binding right on it!! Look at my Girls!!!  I laid the quilt out on our fake grass and they came and laid right by it.  

They didn't even try to walk on it or anything. I tell you what - am I a Dog trainer?  ( Don't answer that - we don't need to get that real today!!)

The quilting is stars and waving flags - it was a pretty dense pattern and I love how it turned out. But since the quilt is so dark - and the sun was so bright the quilting pattern had a hard time appearing - hence....The back!!!

Daisy ( on the right) wants to know... What have you been up to this week?

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PS - did you see we have 37 FINISHED (or not) Posts last week!! Whew!!! thats a lot of quilty LOVE!!

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its a BLOCK Party!!!

 I want to try all the patterns.. and all the colors.... and its making me have piles of Blocks!!

They are having a PARTY!!!

First up - Sandra at MMM Quilts is doing a Glowing Hearts QAL. And I pulled all my fabrics and they just sat there... until! it rained!!  ( YAY for rain)

NOW !! I have three hearts done and have more ready to go. I really did follow her instructions except I didn't. I struggle with certain things( like an accurate 1/4 inch sometimes) - so I decided to make it easier on me - and created pinwheels in the process - They will be used in something!!

I am still working on the Lo and Behold Art Deco Quilt - I got all of Block 2 done - 27 of them!!

They are not hard.... just time consuming - and there are 27 of them - so there is that! 

I got all the rest of my scraps prepped to make my Teal Not RSC bigger ( no photo - but I want to feel the accomplishment!)

and!!

I got started on my Green RSC Quilt blocks - 

Only one!! but !! I have dug thru the scraps and pulled enough greens for a Whole Quilt top! Oh ya!!!

Chantal asked if I was going to make a whole quilt in every RSC color this year ... Yes? Maybe? If I have enough fabric? well... if that is the criteria - Yes?   haha!!

Oh!! I could pretend to shake the magic 8 ball and see what it says " Time will tell"  Yep!! there you have it!!

Ohhh back to the sewing room!!! Lets see if I can put my *get it done* hat on instead of my *get it started* hat!!

I have decided to try to do a Photo A Day thing again - but I am posting them on my Photo blog - if your interested... alyciaclicks.blogspot.com/

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Ranchin' around

 I am trying so hard to remember to take my phone ( aka Camera) with me  - things change so rapidly here in the spring - and I love it!

The Colors - the Weeds  - the horses ... Lots of changes

Above - May - Below March... see how fast the changes happen - it seems like the Green just pops up overnight - and we rush to get all the cows to the right pastures to eat it up!!

We like to ride in the afternoons on the horses that we are training, or just getting back into shape - but one afternoon.... holee cow - the clouds came in and they were whirling and Twirling. we decided to head back - good plan!! Got everything unsaddles and the rain let loose and the storms moved east. 

The Front Range from my East pasture. My girls need lots of walking time, so we headed out from our house - coming back - the mountains just shone. I think the rain had cleared the air, and the mountains had fresh snow.  the tall one is Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park...

Sunrise - I was trying to be artsy while pretending to work...... 

and a Visitor!!!  My dogs were in the house with me and all of a sudden they were barking like crazy - I was looking for an animal out, or a car coming up the lane, or something.... then I decided to follow Bella's Eye line - an Whoa!! There he was - On my power pole!!

And there you go - a Little Glimpse of my world in Spring - and yes- I am still rotating between sweatshirt, winter jackets and t shirts.... Me and Mother Nature - experiencing those flashes haha!!

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