When Pigs Fly June Challenge Blog Hop - It's My Day!

Welcome to the June Sew it - Show it Challenge hop. This month we are busting open our hiding places and pulling out those projects that we just never quite got around to finishing.

Does this look familiar to any of you? Kits and projects you bagged up that you had full intentions of getting to? I'm not even going to show you the other totes full of them. LOL!!

The oldest one was from at least 20 years ago. I got to work "Sewing Weekend" at Nancy's Notions, for a few years. It was a "LOT" of work, but it was so much fun and the bargains were incredible.

This kit was on sale for $17.99 and you can see by the photo, it came with everything including batting, backing and bias tape for the binding. It's all batik fabrics and I had a ton of fabric left over. Almost a yard on one of the pieces. Now that was a bargain.

Here's the finished product. Great timing for "Little Man", who gets to enjoy it now!

Next up was a kit in my stash, that I do not remember purchasing.

 I can't remember if it was a gift or what...but shame on my for taking so long to put it together. It was a quick and easy one, to finish.

So quick, that it just might need to make an appearance with all the "Ghastly" fabrics, I've managed to collect. 

You might keep an eye out come "Monster Mash" Challenge time!

Just sayin'

Not that the photo background lends any kind of theme for a snowman quilt, but with all the rain we have had, the yard has never been so green. My pond Iris are in full bloom, at the ole car pond.

Last but not least...

I opened yet another tote and found a quilt that I started 13-14 years ago. The top was finished, it just needed quilted and the sides added. 

I have to admit, this behemoth 100" X 105" guy was a tough one to photograph, 

but it just might be my all time favorite quilt now!

The patterns were from "Willow Bend Creations" in Soldotna, Alaska. 

Unfortunately they are no longer in business. I started collecting them every time I went to visit my son, who was working in Soldotna. 

 Each block is 28" x 34". Laser cutting fabric was just coming out of the market, but I was way too cheap to "spring" for that.

So I traced and hand cut each and every one of these blocks. I still think laser cut kits are ridiculously expensive, but life lesson here...

 I would be much more likely to purchase them after working on this one!

I have a California King size bed and I like the quilts to hang over each side about 17". My longarm won't accommodate anything that wide, so I quilt them up separately and add them to the main quilt, using the QAYG (quilt as you go) method. 

And that's what has kept me out of trouble for a little bit here!

In the middle of it all, we had a wonderful wedding.

There was a lot of smoke, from the fires in Canada and we fought a massive miller moth infestation.

 The biggest one we have had in years here, but the rain stopped and our friends place, "Boen Ranch"  was a beautiful place to hold it. 

 The lake, horses and race cars, what more could you ask for?

Tributes were paid to those who's lives have been taken too soon.

My son lost his best friend a few years ago (his twin is on the right) and his new wife lost her brother in December last year.

The race car belonged to my husbands best friend and racing buddy, who passed away 25 year ago.

(His daughter and her husband own the ranch)

 It was bitter sweet, but we know they were looking down and smiling on us.

My older son and his wife, were in the wedding party.

"Little Man" and "Sweet Pea" were the ring bearer and flower girl.

We clean up pretty good from time to time!

(OK, almost never)

TEE HEE HEE

Enough about us...

Hop on over an visit my fellow bloggers today and see what they have to share.

Leave them a little love with a sweet comment or two, as well!

Monday June 19

MooseStashQuilting (your here)

Quilting Gail

Songbird Designs

Quilt Schmilt

Words & Stitches

Scrapdash

We will see you next month when Carol hosts, the "Picnic Party" challenge!

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til next time...

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