October was a BUSY Month!

Welcome if you are visiting for the first time from Lily's Quilts and the Fresh Sewing Day and Small Blog Meet, a fun way to visit new blogs... here's a run down of my busy October.  First off, I worked on finishing my "They're All Dalmatians" cow quilt, a 72nd birthday present for my Mom!

 

Also worked on my FMQ with this old project.

Started a new project (or two) as usual!

and slowly working on a Hexie's.

And the biggest news of all, my Granddaughter Nadin arrived in the states from the Philippines on October 10th!

Welcome to 'Merica Nadin!

Here's the links to the other blogs in the big Link Up!

Phew, hope I copied and pasted all that correctly!

Have a great Sunday.

Cow Quilt Finish!!

They're All Dalmations is finished!  WOOHOO!  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

FMQ

My old stand-by, straight lines.

If you'd like to see more quilting pictures of the cow quilt, click here.

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Hope you had a great Monday.

Stitching with a morning cup!

Up early and stitching with my morning cup, the herd is coming right along...

Started Here

Added flowers for the green background.

A corner of an ear peeking out.

Outside Border

Outlining

I'm about 2/3 done, and aiming to finish the herd by tomorrow. 

Speaking of herds, my daughter's volleyball team travelled to another local high school for a match and look what was munching on the turf in front of the school, wild horses!  About 6 of them right there with lots of people just going about their business, I snapped this out the car window.  There was also 20 or so wild horses up on the hillside behind the school.  The school mascot you ask?   Mustangs, of course.

Intimidation Factor

The Cow Quilt is ready, and waiting!

What now?

After pinning the Cow Quilt together,

I spent most of the day practicing my FMQ on a Christmas Quilt that was partly quilted a couple of years ago.  Also, found this fabric over the weekend.

Hippos are my fav!


And BIG news, my new Granddaugher Nadin, (and her Mom and Dad) arrive tomorrow evening from the Philippines.  I cannot wait to meet her!  They are in the air as I write this.  Nadin has a quilt waiting... Click on her name to see it.

  It's late in these parts, I'm off to sleep.

They're All Dalmations

The cow quilt top is finished!  So, here's the quilt's story involving my Mom and my son Andrew, then about 4 years old.  Mom's Grandfather had a dairy and Mom, always fond of cows pointed them out to us as we drove.  Mom, while driving along a country road, pointed the cows out to Andrew and he exclaimed in awe, "Grandma, they're all dalmations!"  My son Andrew will turn 24 next month.

I went with the pink border, thanks to Mary Lou's suggestion!


I had made a couple of sections of red fence, and it just did not have that pop I was searching for.  Pink was a great idea. 

Originally, I planned to put "They're All Dalmations" in the border, but it just wasn't working, so I have decided to quilt it into the green background, maybe with a couple of moos.  The final top measures 64ish" x 64ish".  Remember it's a liberated quilt :)

Now onto quilting.... yikes.  And don't tell Mom, it's her 72nd birthday gift.  It might be a lil' late Mom.  XXoo

Fall Sunshine!

The cow quilt border is just about finished, phew, that took awhile!  I tore out of the house to a football game this afternoon, and came home to this, it sure made me smile.  The border is sewn on two sides...finishing the other two sides this evening.  Can't wait to show you the finished top.

Can you believe it's October, already?

Cow Quilt Update

The main part of the Cow Quilt is finished and it is G-R-E-E-N.  Now I'm adding appliques and thinking about the border.  I'm somewhat stuck, I have a bunch of ideas, but cannot find the color combination to make it pop.  I'll keep it hanging there on the wall until something just right works.

a closer look:

Look closely, I snuck in a peace sign.

I remember reading in one of Mary Lou's books to make the border/frame first...

oops!

Hi Y'all

More cows...  I have a herd now!

Here's the newest girls to join up...

And a close up.

All from Mary Lou Weidman's new "Out of the Box" quilt book.

To see the finished top click here:  http://kellygirlquilts.blogspot.com/2011/10/theyre-all-dalmations.html

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