Springville Quilt Show

A few weeks ago I was able to attend the Springville, UT Quilt show. I was going to enter a quilt of mine, but I didn't make it in time! Darn it! Next year.

There were tons of beautiful quilts, but not many that were my taste....but here are some that I thought deserved mentioning....

 This was a small beautiful quilt, although my camera didn't do a great job, in fact all my pictures are VERY lacking, but alas....no money to buy a better camera...but I am VERY tempted to save for a new one!

I love this, each block was about 2"! She used scraps from friends from all over. She also hand quilted, very pretty!

 I noticed a very popular theme, quilt art. Also stitching art. These were so pretty! I loved them and I think one of these will be in my future! I want to try one, just once. If you can do a close up on it, do it, you will see all the different fabric! The one of the temple, each tree had about 10+ pieces of fabric on it.

 I really liked this yin-yang look of this quilt. I also liked the colors. I think it would be awesome to make a more prominent pink and brown one. Does anyone know what this block is??

 Loved this quilt, it was probably a queen size with all of these different blocks, all scrap. I loved the cool colors! Right up my isle! Although how would one make this? Just make different size Dresden blocks? The middle is a yo-yo. Does anyone know what this block is??

 These are some cute one...the top left was made to put in her children's room. So cute! I think it would be awesome to do a quilt along and do each different block! Then the cats for my aunt who just loves them! Then the top right, I have a goal to make one of these one of these days, definitely need to get better first. Then the bottom right is from V&Co! Love the different pink in it!

 The top left was made in a quilt guild, each took a letter of the alphabet and made something featuring it, and had to use 3 different types of stitching, IE applique, patchwork and something else. I really liked this one. The then the bottom left, it was a large quilt, but this one block was all.LOVED it! I definitely want to make one some day. So pretty to just feature some colors. The top right used just two different leave pedals, it is so pretty! The the bottom right, thought it was an AWESOME modern quilt, and a GREAT idea to do in a modern quilt guild meeting.

Then every year there is Halloween quilts. These were the two different ones. I love the different blocks and jut the variety that it shows! Awesome quilts!

Next year I definitely want to enter at least one of my quilts, if not two....any suggestions???

Down to Business....

Wow I have neglected my blog for too long!! Sorry everyone....so down to business....

1. Ronny the Robot Winner:
Out of 18 people who entered, we have a winner....

Congratulations Caroline!!

Caroline said...
Okay, I'll be honest: I don't pay much attention to who writes the patterns for the quilts, and I was AMAZED to see that all of the quilts that I've bookmarked as "To-make someday" are yours. But I have to say this little robot one is quite cute. We love robots in this house (I was the finalist in the last Moda Bake Shop contest with the Robot Toothfairy pillow) so I know that this quilt will be on my SON'S "Mommy's needs to make for me" list. :)

I will be emailing you to get your address to send it to you!

Overall the favorite quilt from Moda (that I made) is #1 Robot Love, #2 American Pinwheel and #3 Hidden Stars.

 #1

 #2

#3

I wonder if people think my quilts are too hard, what do you all think?

2. Do to lack of interest there will be NO NFL square swap. WAHHHHHH!!! I was really excited to do this but only one person signed up! Oh well...if anyone gets interested in the future let me know!

My little scout...

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This summer I (with Nathan and Kimball) got to go with our ward's cub scouts to a cultural museum at BYU.

 Brandon was SUPER hyper in this small museum with about 50+ other cub scouts and parents....

 sometimes his fellow scouts have little patience with him, but for the most part they like him.

 We tried looking at all of the different facts about our state and the American Indians that were in Utah....but they just didn't hold their attention....

 So we spent a lot of time making crafts....

 Then we got to make hieroglyphics...Brandon made a REALLY cute saying....he was rather creative....(I couldn't find where I put it....somewhere around here...)

 In this picture...he looks like me...instead of just Travis...

 We then had an area were we could try to build a hut like the American Indians did (I forget who they were, thankfully I'm not a history teacher!)

 Nathan just made a teepee....

 Kimball and his friend just liked to dig...

After the museum we went to a duck pond over at BYU....it was all fun and games until the boys started throwing rocks at the turtles!! We put a stop to that right away....

For this activity Brandon earned a lot of different achievement awards and earned a badge too!

Robot Love on the Moda Bake Shop

 

Yeah another one is finished! Robot Love! The tutorial for this can be found on the Moda Bake Shop.

 I am just in love with this quilt! I have had this design in my head for it since FEBRUARY! And it has taken me well over 6 months to get it finished!

 I did make this one for Brandon, and he LOVES it. Although at first he told me he wanted a dinosaur quilt instead of a robot quilt, but once I told him that was fine I could find another boy who like robots, he said he wanted the robot quilt!

 For the quilting I did pebble stitching around the raw edge robot on the front, so on the back you would get this awesome outline, and then for the sashing I did just a 1/4" line.

 I am so happy this quilt is done and am VERY happy with it!

 When I was stewing on the idea in my head, I found this Robot guy pattern at Material Girls. I had to buy him!

I decided that I would have a giveaway for this little pattern, since this is my 7th Moda Bake Shop quilt!
This pattern makes this cute little guy, Randy the Robot, which goes GREAT with this quilt! He measures little over 20" tall.

Giveaway details: 

So if you want to win him, here is what you can do...

1. Leave a comment telling me what is your favorite of my Moda Bake Shop Quilts.
2. Giveaway ends Saturday September 10th at 10pm MST.

Easy isn't it? I you do like my blog, I would love to have more followers! I love to see that people like my different quilts and my babbling! Lets face it, I like being popular!

Moda Bake Shop Quilts:

 1. All Stars

 2. Field of Tulips

 3. American Pinwheel

 4. Framed

 4. Bird Love

 6. Hidden Stars

7. Robot Love ( I know I have such amazing quilt names! LOL)

Thanks for stopping by!

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A couple of weeks ago, we tried to go as a family to a mine (Trav has been promising the boys all summer). It started out GREAT!

 We had to run a few errands around town- but the boys and I took it well...we were just excited to experience what Daddy is always telling us about.

 I would have to say that the boys were a little bit WILD waiting to get there...

 Then we get halfway up the mountain and what happens....the transmission went out of Trav's bronco! Thankfully we were able to roll most of the way down the mountain....with only a few times where we had to get out and push....I ended up pushing it mostly since Trav was still battleing a head cold. (But it was okay....felt good to get a good leg workout in!)

 Then as we were waiting - calling to get help from family and friends- the boys got out and played on a nice dirt hill....

 Trav was really calm during the whole thing - didn't get down- which was good because I had to have some "moments" alone. (Okay so I had a small pity party)

 Man I love this guy - I will gladly take all the bad that goes along with the good just to be with him!

 Brandon did have some moments where he was getting mad - it was a hard thing for him to handle...I mean we had a BIG change!

 Nathan and Kimball didn't loose any time trying to find ANY rocks....

 We walked around alittle in the town of Stockton....until our rescuers came.

A nice little momument for Stockton (monument, or I don't know)...it is a mining town and I really liked how they reconized all the hard working miners who started this town and worked in the mines.

We didn't have to wait too long, expecially since the closest person was only an hour away. Trav' sister Rose and her husband, Derek came and picked us up. Too bad we had to break down to have some nice chat time with them!

If I would have had a straight head on - I would have taken a picture of us where we lost our transmission, us pushing the truck and then Rose and Derek coming rescuing us! But oh well....we have memories!! Now the hard part is saving the two grand to fix the bronco....Trav thinks it's worth fixing!