"31"

Have you ever noticed 

that occasionally the same number just keeps reoccurring

in your daily life?

This past week it seems my
persistent number has been ...

If I think of the number 31,

I think of this.

Do you remember the first time

you went to a Baskin Robbins and

had 31 different choices of ice cream?

Well, this week the number 31

has mysteriously appeared in every one 

of my current quilt projects.

Kind of weird, huh.

It started with discovering I have 31

more stars to stitch.

That will take me to 120 and to my goal.

#17 on my "17 in 2017" list

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Then I counted and found out I

needed to make 31 more sets of 

flying geese for the borders of the

Halo Medallion which I'm also currently working on.

You can tell I'm using the Flying Geese X4 method.

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Then the ultimate coincidence,

31 more sets of broken dishes

 from my Leaders 

and Enders project that I've been working
on forever.
Did I say forever!?!

  #13 on the "17 in 2017" list

And could it also be strange that today
is August 31?

Well, what's wonderful is that
there was over 31 followers  who
commented in my giveaway.

Thank you to everyone who took the time
to leave a comment.

Now for the fun part.
 Drum Roll, Please

Thank you, Elvis!

Prize #1
Jeanna- Slammin' the Screen Door
Prize #2
Chantal- Ramblings of a Quilter
Prize #3
Connie- Craft Home Cottage

Prize #4
Jeanne- Luv 2 Stitch

Prize #5
Barb- Fun with Barb

Congratulations 

I hope we all have 31 fabulous
things happen this week.

Until Next Time-

Kyle

Blog Anniversary and a Giveaway

Another blog anniversary

has rolled around.

 It was in August, 2009

 Me, 1954

that I sat down at the computer and began 

sharing stories, quilty things, and 

other thoughts that fluttered through my mind.

Looking back,

blogging has been a way for me to 

document my journey and I've been

so happy that so many of you,

who I refer to as my blogging friends, have

 

taken the time to ride along with me.

It's been a lovely way for 

me to connect with other quilters

of like mind and, more so,

quilters who have challenged me to look beyond

my own comfort zone. 

Now it's time

 to thank everyone with 

with 5 different opportunities to win!

a yummy charm pack                                   a new mini cutting mat

or

star pins for keeping track of blocks or rows, etc....

or

how about a little snap bag with goodies

 or maybe this

another cute bag with FQ's.

In order to win

 leave a comment 

and be sure to become a "follower".

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Are you a charm pack

collector or do you actually use them?

Running Man will draw 

the names of 5 lucky winners at the end of the day,

August 30th. 

(If you are a nonreply commentor,

please be sure to  leave an email:0)

Life is short.

Enjoy each and every day!

Until Next Time-

Kyle

Remaining Neutral

Using colors from nature

 can be a way to help remain neutral

when choosing a color palette.

But when there's a rainbow of colors

surrounding us, it can be a challenge.

Last January I began working on the

BOM found on The Quilt Show

designed by the late Sue Garman.

I looked to the colors of the southwest,

the desert tones.

Starting with the center medallion

and adding each new border
month to month.

The most challenging
has been what I've called

 "geese flying in circles"

It was paper pieced and seemed
to take forever.
Wait, it did take forever!

On a recent trip to Santa Fe
I took my quilt top and
found a lovely adobe room
in which to photograph it.

It's not finished yet.
But the colors are definitely what I was striving for.

Last week I worked on the next border, pinwheels.

All those half square triangles were
trimmed and perfectly sized and
the borders  went together lickety split,
or as fast as you can sew a pinwheel border,
which isn't really very fast.

Two floater borders had to be figured out,
 sewn on and
then finally,
 those spinning pinwheels.

This is where I am today.

Next up,
more flying geese.
Not Running Man's favorite visiting yard bird!#@!

 I'll remain neutral
and continue on.

Until Next Time-

Kyle