Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl: Family Sized Potato Chip Quilt
August color for the Rainbow Scrap challenge was Teal - or that is what I decided it was.... and I started this potato chip quilt - with 3 ...| alyciaquilts.blogspot.com
Did you know it is almost Halloween? and that means fall is in the air!!!I love pumpkins - they are so cute - so imagine my dismay when I didn't have any in quilt form! It was time to remedy that...Aren't they so cute!!! Its little string Pumpkins!! the pumpkins are in one of Bonnie Hunters books - and I wanted to make them - so!! I did!! I don't expect you to remember, but when Green| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
I was lucky enough to spend some time with some of my FAVORITE Veterans this weekend... 205 of them to be exact!!!and we were able to award 10 Quilts to some amazing Folks!!This was a super fun bunch!! the Two that are sitting - One is a Brigadier General, and one was in the Korean war. So the Gentleman that was in Korea - he is a HOOT!!!He is a huge country music fan, but he not only| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Last year one of my Quilting groups wanted to make these little scrappy Stars - and I fell in love after making one... so I trimmed up some scraps and made a pile, and figured as soon as I finished my current leader ender I would start on these...I decided it was time to lay them out and see how many I had... and what colors I should keep making - Imagine my surprise when I was pretty even| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Happy Friday!!!Today my finish is all about the ice cream!!! I love those little buckets of ice cream, but I do not like how cold my hands get. At one of our Guild meeting Ms Deb demo'ed how to make these... and I had to come home and try!!Is that not cute!!!! I need to get better at them - but at least now I have ONE!! I have an excuse to eat ice cream!!!My son got sent on a high security| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale...A tale of a Happy girl ( Sung to the tune of Gilligans Island)I love this time of year - to be honest - I kind of love all times of the year... but this one... might be my favoritei'm not 100% sure where I am in my pasture - I'm thinking the south end - but heck fire - what a clear view of the mountains!! ( that's Longs Peak if you want to| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
August color for the Rainbow Scrap challenge was Teal - or that is what I decided it was.... and I started this potato chip quilt - with 3 ...| alyciaquilts.blogspot.com
Happy Friday !!!!I always think that things should slow down about now, but I always forget - Colorado harvest is a little later than where I grew up.... We harvested K's Garden - and Lawsy Mercy - I have diced, and shredded, and canned and ran out of jars, and froze.... and I think we should get thru the next 7 years on this stuff haha!! ( maybe not - but it feels that way)He added| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Earlier this year we stitched on *The Ribbon*That was a fun Quilt a long for me - I assumed I would have mine quilted by now... but I don't - so I have something to look forward too!!!But I finally did get the pattern into one compiled single design.I know most of you should have all the steps - but if you are showing your off and they want the pattern - you can now send them to my ETSY| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Back in April I started working on this KING sized Quilt!!! I had a goal of getting it done by September, but I was afraid to voice it - what happened if I failed??? ( I mean, we know the track record of meeting deadlines) I DID IT!!!And I quilted HORSE SHOES!!! I love it!!So this Quilt is for a friend - it will be being gifted as this is posting. So I hope she Likes it.| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Saturday Night We were privileged to attend the Northern Colorado Veterans resource Center *Battle Buddies* Gala. It was a great event! I was invited to come to present 3 Quilts of Valor. It was quite the night. We learned all about the resource center. In the course of presenting QOV’s I run into a lot of Veterans who have obstacles that make getting services more difficult. A lot of them| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
This year in my guild ( Pieceable Friends) I hosted a Block Robin - Sort of a Round robin, but you chose a block you wanted Quilters to make, and we sent the boxes around. At the end - you have a box of Blocks.I chose Scrappy ones - because I am on a mission to use Them All!!!!Our Original boxes came back to us last Tuesday - and here is what was in my box!! * Squeeee***'The ones in| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
I got the second of the Three Disappearing 4 patch Quilts quilted up!! and off to the pile for the binders!!My dogs were eating dinner, so they couldn't be bothered to pose... but the quilt is just as good - I promise!!The quilting is a meandering star - I really like it, and its fun and fast!! I also got all the blocks finished for the Star and Crown QOV - Now to get them rowed. They will| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
I was Nominated from Terry TerryKnott To Participate in a few questions about me!! This started from Melva melva loves scraps And I wil...| alyciaquilts.blogspot.com
Which is September 20th!!And our QOV Sew day... so!! Each year for that past couple of years we have done some kind of Jelly Roll Quilt. Its fun, its a race, and we really don't care if we finish in a day.... at some time - they all get finished!!This Year - we are doing what I am Calling the Jelly Roll Plus quilt - because! You need 60 strips... so 3 Jelly Rolls will make 2 - 60 x 80 inch| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Meet Stars and Rails!!!At our August Sew day - we made these Rail blocks .A lot of them got put into a Red Rails/Blue Rails top ( that I can not find the photo of!)and then the leftover rails went home with Vickie.She returned them to me in Top form, and I added the Blue and Red Row and!!The Ohio Stars. I was just going to add Stars to the top or the Bottom, but K didn't like the Symmetry of| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
It's weaning time ...Time for the Babies to leave the Mommas alone.... and man are they vocal about it!!!Meet!! The Crooners!These are the Four Steers that are staying with us, and Josh - he has a VERY deep Moo, and likes to get loud... he wants you to know what he is saying. George, well George can get down with Josh and they make Moosic together... 🎤🎵🎶Toby is still rather shy, but when he| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Back in January - Pat Speth talked at our guild ( via zoom) We were inspired by her Star and Crown blocks - and at our late January sew day -we started making blocks.This is where we were at the end of our sew day:I put the blocks in a container to marinate - and then last week - the bucket magically appeared on my sewing table .... so I went to work.....Got all the Blue Blocks| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
A few weeks ago I had you all place a vote on which layout you preferred on our Jelly Roll 18 and HHS#3 blocks.... I also told you I had already started one...I had already started in on Version 3 ( A lot of you NAILED my personality haha)You can see the other layouts here: Quilt top Voting . I might have also posted it on my Quiltygirl FB page and now I have tallied the| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
This is Luke Luke has been riding with the Realities for Children ride for over 20 years . He served in the Army for over 20 years and was...| alyciaquilts.blogspot.com
I hope you all have a lot of Finishes (or not) to show me, because - I totally Did NOT Finish a thing!! What happened to this week? Where did it go? I had intentions.....I had this top topped - but it needs borders - and so I was going to audition borders, attach them and!!! Quilt it... Audition 1 -- Vickie and I decided nope - wrong shade of blueSo I tried #2 and yep!!! I liked it!!Ta| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
We had a horse event up in the mountains of Estes Park - It was a two day event, so!! we decided to try something new for us. I pulled the horses and the girls - K pulled the camper and off we went.You start at 5000 feet and go up to 8000 + feet - so its quite a climb with two horses in the back, and all the winding roads - I couldn't go faster than 40mph, and truthfully, didn't want to. I| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Remember those two D4P's I got topped? I had the chance to get one quilted!!!Whoot Whoot!!!It was VERY HOT outside - so we only ventured out under the shade of the back patio.... We decided that you loved us anyways for not heading out into the hot sun!!WE are working on getting the third top put together too - so you will see #2 and!! #3 sometime!!These are All QOV's!!And now!!! It| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
In June I went down a Rabbit Hole and followed the link to a Jelly Roll 18 Pattern... it was awesome, and then!! I wanted stars - so I looked at my Own Happy Half Square Blocks page and I made a Quilt.And then!! I started dreaming it in Patriotic Fabrics... and then!! I realized we had a Sew Day coming up, and my Quilting Friends are the Absolute best - and they love to create things that I| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Sunday was a pretty special day !! We had our Quilts of Valor Sew in and then got to award 6 QOVs This group was pretty cool : 5 of them ar...| alyciaquilts.blogspot.com
A little while back a few bloggers issued a Color Palette Challenge QAL and I joined in. It was a lot of fun to create a quilt with a palette of colors - even if you weren't sure where you were going.I had the inner part of this top done and I thought it lacked a little pizazz - so another blogger suggested an Orange border... and you know what? It worked!!Fast forward to this week -| Alycia Quilts - Quiltygirl
Hold on to your hats quilters.... I have my MAY project done!! Heck ya - I am not as far behind as I think I am, or, well, maybe I am , bu...| alyciaquilts.blogspot.com
I finished my July Purple Diamond Chain Rainbow Scrap Challenge top just under the wire!!! - Go me! And of course, you will see it again - ...| alyciaquilts.blogspot.com
(Go) Go Green Lightnin', you're burning up the quarter-mile (Green Lightnin', go Green Lightnin') Ear worm right?? and yes - I changed the...| alyciaquilts.blogspot.com
