The Fire, The Web, And The Row-A-Long

There are lots of fires happening around the country, but luckily we hadn't had one close to us.

 But, now we do and it's not a fun sight. God bless those firemen working on it!

It's not close enough to be a danger to our home, but close enough that we can see it out our window.

We took a drive up the hill for a better view...so sad to see all the smoke and flames!

It's a little smoky outside, but not enough to stop me from exploring my yard while it was still cool.

There's still some straggler tomatoes hanging on...and yucky tomato worms, too.

I caught my Bruster playing with a huge one. No pics because it was disgusting!

I'm always intrigued by spider webs and this one was no exception.
It was woven tight enough that it was holding water from the morning sprinklers.
I have no idea what spider created this (and I don't WANT to know.)

As for quilty things, I've been sewing everyday to get ready for the EQ7 Seasons Row-A-Long, the
Dog Gone Cute and Halloween Haunts blog hops. Whew...busy but fun!

Terrible pics, but these are some of the rows I created from the designs from the RAL.
Those ladies are amazing with these creations...love them!
My ants are taking food TO the basket. They are so kind and generous!
Gotta laugh at my silly sewing mistakes (just so you know, I make MANY mistakes so I laugh a lot.)

This is one I've started working on. Very patriotic and so, so summer.

You should join in the fun!

You pick and choose which rows you like and then you create your own quilt or whatever.

Each blog will have PDF's and tutorials, so be sure to check them out! 
Lots and lots of giveaways at each blog, too!

These rows are on the blogs and ready for you to start sewing.

SEPTEMBER 1

Marlene – KISSED QUILTS – Spring

Lynn – THIMBLE & MOUSE - Winter

Doris – THE QUILTING QUEEN ONLINE - Summer

Janeen – QUILT ART DESIGNS - Fall

Bea – BE A QUILTER – Filler Row

Anneka – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

SEPTEMBER 8

Lorna – SEW FRESH QUILTS - Fall

Carol – FUN THREADS - Spring

Amy H. – COUNTRY JUNKTION - Summer

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW - Winter

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

More rows are coming!

SEPTEMBER 15

Reeze – MORNING GLORY – Summer

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW - Winter

Jennifer – SEW HOOKED - Spring

Carol – JUST LET ME QUILT - Fall - ME!

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

SEPTEMBER 22

Carla – CREATIN IN THE STICKS – Summer

Patti – PATTI’S PATCHWORK – Winter

Nancy – PATCHWORK BREEZE – Spring

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW – Fall

Linda – LINDA FRANZ – Filler Row

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

SEPTEMBER 29

Amy W. – SEW INCREDIBLY CRAZY - Summer

Darlene – QUILT SHOP GAL – Winter

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW - Spring

Loreen – LOREEN’S SCHOOLHOUSE – Fall

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

EQ Blog Tutorial On Layouts

OCTOBER 6

SHOW ‘N TELL DAY

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW

Doris – THE QUILTING QUEEN ONLINE

Amy – SEW INCREDIBLY CRAZY

Carla – CREATIN IN THE STICKS

Carol – JUST LET ME QUILT - ME AGAIN!

Marian at SEAMS TO BE SEW has more details.

There's also a giveaway for those of us who create rows...

When you add a unique block/row to the Flickr Group that you’ve created from 

any of the patterns offered each week, you will get one entry into the drawing.

You can enter at any blog featuring the Flickr giveaway once each day of 

the Row-A-Long until October 13, 2015 when the giveaway closes.

Winners Announced October 14, 2015.

If you enter both giveaways, you need two unique blocks per each day you enter.

Duplicate Entries will be checked and if found you will be disqualified.

Filler Rows Do Not Count. These too will be disqualified if entered.

*Just a note...
This giveaway is for people who will be making and showing their rows.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

There's a row-a-long group Facebook page...go join the page to be part of the fun!

Rows, Rows, Rows, And More Rows Today

Last week's EQ7 Row-A-Long was a great show of rows that were created by amazing designers.

This week has even more! Each week until October 6th will be full of new rows to create.

You pick and choose which rows "WOW" you and then you create your own quilt or whatever.

Each blog will have PDF's and tutorials, so be sure to check them out! 

These were last weeks rows...loved them all!

SEPTEMBER 1

Marlene – KISSED QUILTS – Spring

Lynn – THIMBLE & MOUSE - Winter

Doris – THE QUILTING QUEEN ONLINE - Summer

Janeen – QUILT ART DESIGNS - Fall

Bea – BE A QUILTER – Filler Row

Anneka – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

Visit this week's blogs to see their rows and how to make them:

SEPTEMBER 8

Lorna – SEW FRESH QUILTS - Fall

Carol – FUN THREADS - Spring

Amy H. – COUNTRY JUNKTION - Summer

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW - Winter

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

Anticipation is growing for these rows...wait for them...

SEPTEMBER 15

Reeze – MORNING GLORY – Summer

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW - Winter

Jennifer – SEW HOOKED - Spring

Carol – JUST LET ME QUILT - Fall

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

SEPTEMBER 22

Carla – CREATIN IN THE STICKS – Summer

Patti – PATTI’S PATCHWORK – Winter

Nancy – PATCHWORK BREEZE – Spring

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW – Fall

Linda – LINDA FRANZ – Filler Row

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

SEPTEMBER 29

Amy W. – SEW INCREDIBLY CRAZY - Summer

Darlene – QUILT SHOP GAL – Winter

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW - Spring

Loreen – LOREEN’S SCHOOLHOUSE – Fall

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

EQ Blog Tutorial On Layouts

OCTOBER 6

SHOW ‘N TELL DAY

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW

Doris – THE QUILTING QUEEN ONLINE

Amy – SEW INCREDIBLY CRAZY

Carla – CREATIN IN THE STICKS

Carol – JUST LET ME QUILT

Each blog will be having giveaways...lots of them...so don't miss out on entering.
Marian at SEAMS TO BE SEW has more details.

There's also a giveaway for those of you who create rows...

When you add a unique block/row to the Flickr Group that you’ve created from 

any of the patterns offered each week, you will get one entry into the drawing.

You can enter at any blog featuring the Flickr giveaway once each day of 

the Row-A-Long until October 13, 2015 when the giveaway closes.

Winners Announced October 14, 2015.

If you enter both giveaways, you need two unique blocks per each day you enter.

Duplicate Entries will be checked and if found you will be disqualified.

Filler Rows Do Not Count. These too will be disqualified if entered.

*Just a note...
This giveaway is for people who will be making and showing their rows.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

There's a row-a-long group Facebook page...go join the page to be part of the fun!

Have A Heart Quilt All Done

My "Have A Heart Quilt" is all done being quilted and the binding is on.

I love the quilting on it...feathers and flowers!

I really enjoy making these heart quilts and have another one cut out and ready to sew.

The "Let Us Count The Ways We Love You" quilt is in the hands of my sweet family member.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, to those who have offered prayers and hugs...much appreciated!

He's still very, very sick, but hopefully things will turn around for him. During a treatment 

he sent me a text saying that he just wanted to go home to his quilt and some coffee. 

Such a sweet guy...love him bunches and bunches!

Have a safe and peaceful weekend!

EQ7 Row-A-Long Plus A Giveaway

It's finally happening... 

The EQ7 Row-A-Long begins today!

Not only are there lots of rows to make and EQ7 tips and tutorials being shared, 
there's also some amazing giveaways by incredible sponsors.

Marian at Seams To Be Sew has all the info 
HERE.

As An Incentive To Participate By Making Blocks and Rows,
there are two giveaways going on for Craftsy and Nancy's Notions:

Craftsy 

Class of your Choice

 Value $40.00 based on average cost of Quilting classes,

But the value goes up if you choose a sewing class.

3 individual winners

AND

Nancy’s Notions

2 individual winners

$10.00 gift certificate

When you add a unique block/row to the Flickr Group that you’ve created from 

any of the patterns offered each week, you will get one entry into the drawing.

You can enter at any blog featuring the Flickr giveaway once each day of 

the Row-A-Long until October 13, 2015 when the giveaway closes.

Winners Announced October 14, 2015.

If you enter both giveaways, you need two unique blocks per each day you enter.

Duplicate Entries will be checked and if found you will be disqualified.

Filler Rows Do Not Count. These too will be disqualified if entered.

*Just a note...
This giveaway is for people who will be making and showing their rows.
Check the blogs below who are posting this week to see their special giveaways.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Each of the following blogs will have tutorials and giveaways on their days, too!

SEPTEMBER 1

Marlene – KISSED QUILTS – Spring

Lynn – THIMBLE & MOUSE - Winter

Doris – THE QUILTING QUEEN ONLINE - Summer

Janeen – QUILT ART DESIGNS - Fall

Bea – BE A QUILTER – Filler Row

Anneka – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

SEPTEMBER 8

Lorna – SEW FRESH QUILTS - Fall

Carol – FUN THREADS - Spring

Amy H. – COUNTRY JUNKTION - Summer

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW - Winter

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

SEPTEMBER 15

Reeze – MORNING GLORY – Summer

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW - Winter

Jennifer – SEW HOOKED - Spring

Carol – JUST LET ME QUILT - Fall

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

SEPTEMBER 22

Carla – CREATIN IN THE STICKS – Summer

Patti – PATTI’S PATCHWORK – Winter

Nancy – PATCHWORK BREEZE – Spring

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW – Fall

Linda – LINDA FRANZ – Filler Row

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

SEPTEMBER 29

Amy W. – SEW INCREDIBLY CRAZY - Summer

Darlene – QUILT SHOP GAL – Winter

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW - Spring

Loreen – LOREEN’S SCHOOLHOUSE – Fall

Anneke – STOF GENOEG – Filler Row

EQ Blog Tutorial On Layouts

OCTOBER 6

SHOW ‘N TELL DAY

Marian – SEAMS TO BE SEW

Doris – THE QUILTING QUEEN ONLINE

Amy – SEW INCREDIBLY CRAZY

Carla – CREATIN IN THE STICKS

Carol – JUST LET ME QUILT

Sponsors for the EQ7 Seasons Row-A-Long are:

Electric Quilt

Northcott

Fat Quarter Shop

Klic-N-Kut

Craftsy

Hobbs Quilt Batting

Sulky

DreamWorthy Quilts
Sew Fresh Quilts

Quilt Art Designs

Kissed Quilts

Cherry Blossoms

Connecting Threads

Aurifil

Inklingo

Nancy Notions

Therm-o-web

Sew Hooked

I Think I'm Still Here Or There

I'm not sure where I've been lately, but...

I have been doing some sewing and hanging out with family and friends.

Seeing the Monkey Boys on their first day of school was a real treat.

Gotta love the excitement of being a kindergartner!

I was a kindergartner once, too!

I've sewn more puppy blocks...love them and can't wait to put them all together.

I have to stop showing them or I won't have anything to show for the blog hop!

I'm ALMOST ready for the EQ7 Seasons Row-A-Long that starts in a few days.

There will be seasonal rows for you to choose from to make your own quilts or whatever you 
want. I can't wait to show my row on September 15th and then on October 6th I'll show you
 the two quilts I made with some of the rows. It was so much fun putting rows together!

Many have asked if you have to have the EQ7 software to participate.

Nope!

Each of the seasonal row patterns and filler rows were created in EQ7, but instructions will be 

available on each designer's blog with printouts available for you to download. 

To follow along on Facebook, there's a page that you can join:

EQ7 Seasons Row-A-Long public group

You can see all the sponsors and giveaways HERE at Seams To Be Sew.

I'll have a couple of my own giveaways, too!
Fat Quarter Shop - $25 gift certificate
Ribbon Candy Quilt Company - 3 patterns

 There will be even more giveaways everyday on all the blogs participating.
Looks like a fun time in September!

This Really Is Dog Gone Cute

After I got all the pieces sewn together for my first block, I had to agree with Lorna...

it really is a dog gone cute pattern! 

Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts has a sew along and a blog hop using several styles of these pups.

I can't wait to see what everyone does with their doggies!

The EQ7 Seasons Row-A-Long is quickly approaching and since my quilt was all bound, it was time
to take photos. I can't show the quilt until October 6th, but I can show where I went to take the pics.

It was about 88 degrees in the desert, but my trusty helper and I headed out to find the perfect spot.
It was really hot, but it looked pretty good here...

With a slight turn to the left, this was the other view...

Of course, we came across the usual mystery holes that I carefully avoided!

The hubby turned into a little boy again when he saw the hole. Bravely wearing his flip-flops,

he used a stick to poke and dig to see what was in there. Luckily, nothing jumped out to bite his toes!

Time to make more dog gone cute puppies!

Summer Is Going And EQ7 Row-A-Long Is Coming

Seriously! Where did the Summer go?
I had such big sewing plans for this Summer, but I didn't quite get it all done.

It wasn't that I didn't do anything, I just overloaded my brain with ideas I wanted to make.

Maybe it was the pretty flowers in my yard that distracted me...

Or the stormy skies that just begged me to watch the rain fall from their clouds...

It could have been my son's pups that have faces only a mother/father could love...

Pretty faces and puppy breath also make me want to stop whatever I'm doing to watch...

Attack of the bull dogs!

I did take time to do some sewing for the EQ7 Seasons Row-A-Long that starts September 1st.

There will be seasonal rows for you to choose from to make your own quilts, runners, or whatever.
You don't have to have EQ7 to participate!
The patterns were created in EQ7, but instructions will be available on each designer's blog.

To follow along on Facebook, there's a page just for us that you can join:
EQ7 Seasons Row-A-Long public group

Wowzers! You can see all the sponsors and giveaways (there are lots of them) HERE.

I hope your Summer has been all you'd hoped it would be!

Hearts All Quilted And Ready To Go

I finished the "Let Us Count The Ways We Love You" Quilt and it is now ready to go wrap up

a special person with all the love we have. The quilting is straight lines and the binding is blue.

The total size of the quilt is 54" x 68" and I added a little corner pocket on the back for love notes.

It was a beautiful day for taking pictures, even at 91 degrees!

The bad part was all the critter holes I had to avoid to get the quilt pic.

Yikes! Snakes, lizards, rats, or who-knows-what was living in those holes.

Luckily, the red rocks were especially beautiful so dodging creepy things was worth it!