ornies and a quilt

These are some of the things I've worked on in the past week.

I made some of the Frosty Flakes #5 from this week
 into Frosty ornaments!
They are designed by Dawn Hay of As Sweet as Cinnamon, her newest project a BOW(block of the week), she's only on week 5 plenty of time to catch up!!

and I finished the quilt below........... but I had to roust out Cami from her reading chair before I took quilt pictures......I painted the tree on the wall of my granddaughter's toy room the same day we painted the walls a different color other than construction "cream" that was 20 years old ( the former owners never painted the room just used it for storage.)

amazingly enough the tree is only one color of brown paint.  one brown.............what?  no I am not lying........... I drew on the wall with the big sidewalk chalk so I would basically know where to paint the base color.......but there was some sort of chemical reaction with the wet paint and the chalk and this is the result........Once I realized what was going on added some extra chalk on top of the wet paint figuring if it didn't look okay when dry, I could paint over it with more paint.  once it was dry looked  good enough for a toy room so I added the leaves in green.  Has not come off and that was 7-8 years ago.

the baby quilt my daughter needed for good friends of theirs.

here's the back

I have to go back to stitching now or I won't have any thing ready for tomorrow...............

first I need to go draw something and then stitch it out lol!!!!!

plus I still have to do my Daisy Do block from Jenny of Elefantz and Flowers of Love-Free BOM by Fiona from Mother's Cupboard..

until tomorrow.......or later tonight maybe............have a good one!

Mystery Monday HOW #4

Wow what a week last week at least 4 GO giveaways, nah, I didn't win.  But there are some lucky people out there who did.   Sweet Paulette can hardly drag herself away from the one she got!!!   And there's more chances this week..............keep on the lookout.  Word is that Ryan Walsh from I'm just a guy who quilts is going to have one to give away......................He said he had some exciting new to share on Monday!
After you've visted here GO! to Ryan's and chack it out.

I've been working on the baby quilt and Mystery Monday Hexagon Ornaments of the Week.
Notice on sidebar I made a blog button to grab for my blog.   Here are the ornaments for this week!

Hexie 4 A

Hexie 4B

Here are all of the "HOW's " so far........... If you want to learn how to make the custom twisted cord ornament hangers go back a couple of posts to twisted cord tutorial. CLICK

 At the end of the Frosty Flakes BOW, eventually will have your choice of blue OR red ornaments along with a set Dawn Hay's blue OR red Frosty Flakes Blocks (blocks only on these not whole quilt)  if you've entered my giveaway contest to win them............WHAT? you're not entered.................go read my

100th post and then enter there. 

BUT YOU HAVE TO GO HERE TO GET THE PDF TO DOWNLOAD IF YOU WANT THE ORNAMENT PATTERN.

CLICK ON WORDS UNDER THE PICTURE TO TAKE YOU TO GOOGLE DOCS

where you can download patterns for

 Hexie 4 a & b  HOW#4 enjoy!!!!!!

And don't forget about the GO! giveaway at Ryan's

my version of frosty flakes

These are Dawn  Hay's patterns,
 my examples.....................here's the one I did tonight.  Frosty Flake block # 4.

here's my version of #4............

here's all four

if you want to make these, her button link is on my side bar.

My Frosty Flake

Dawn Hay Frosty Flake #3

..............is done!! She was naughty and posted it late last night her time,  moring here I had to think about it all day t work, knowing I wouldn't be able to do it till late this evening.  Got home and still had to pick roma tomatoes, about 3/4 bushel.  I slipped the skins and froze them tonight in 8 cup batches.  I had excellent help... 3 yr old GD#2 peeled the cooled tomatoes.  She did a gallon all by herself.  So, about 8:00 I finally sat down, grabbed my file folder templates and fussy cut the red fabric I had pulled out of a red pile............check out the fabric.  I fussy cut the first too but wasn't as precise as I was tonight  The pattern on the fabric was more intricate tonight ..........can't wait to do another set out of this fabric becaise there's about 2 different elements to fussy cut around and by tuning could produce many different patterns.
her are all 3..............

are they going to be yours???????????? check out my previous post for a chance to win them!!!

100th post giveaway

Wait don' t file a missing persons report...................
Betty already did that when I missed a chicks meeting the other night, but things came up and the tomatoes called and they wouldn't wait, up till midnight canning tomatoes and salsa.
I am not missing, just incredibly busy, no "extra" time, no blog time, feel like I have been running a marathon here and there, doing this and that for the last 2 weeks..........for those who know me well, you will be shocked I fell asleep by 10:30, 2 different nights this weekend...........my body said "enough is enough" and with stitching in my lap, fell asleep...........missed most  all of the postings this weekend but did not stab myself with the needle or poke myself with the scissors, lol!!!  I did pop in to check email a couple of times during normal hours, but only for a few minutes. Tried to check on a few postings but time was very short, there was something always on stove, or grandkids needing something, most of the time a referee, lol!  I am going to have to go back to see what I missed that all of you are doing.  Bet I missed some real good things.

Well this is my 100th post, and I'm not off to a good start, but hopefully it will get better by the time I get to the bottom.  To start it off I'm having a Monday on a Tuesday, which will be Wednesday for some of you that are sleeping pretty shortly...............arrrrghhhhhh B-(

I just couldn't seem to get enough time this weekend to get it written, same for yesterday. Sorry!

So first, THANK YOU!!!!  Thank you for becoming my new internet friends, I have met lot of new friends far and wide. Laughed, giggled, shared stories, shared the heartache with some you who've lost those near and dear to you.  Worried when not every thing in your world was not right.  I have seen so many wonderful things. Blogland has offered me the opportunity to learn, share what I know and observe the most wonder array of design and art from all over the world,  I am in awe of the things that you do.

Lastly, Thank you to all who voted for my snowman quilt this past weekend.   I really appreciated it.  Congratulations to Terri who won with her Polka Dot Girls, a very nice quilt with such cute stitcheries. 

My posts get wordy enough, I'll try to keep it short!!(famous last words, lol)

Now on to my Monday Mystery Project HOW #2, a day late!

click for here link to google docs for the pattern.

and just to let you know that I wasn't just sitting around.............I worked on this Thursday

A Dawn Hay Frosty Flakes with no hexies, just stitching.

and on Saturday shopping for a blender sashing for below and groceries and cleaning,

  Sunday imbetween canning, cleaning and refereeing kids this.............

8.75 blocks of 16 for baby quilt for D #1 who wanted a non traditional baby quilt as a gift for a friend.

A BIG THANKS TO MY BLOG TWIN

 CYNDI from Ohio who is having a giveaway too, go see her here: http://bluebirdswing.blogspot.com/2010/08/time-for-my-august-give-away.html  tell her I said HI!!!!

for sending me some beautiful blues, greens and browns from her stash cleanout.  Several in that pile of goodies will help me complete this quilt.  Those pieces of fabric, plus some others I was using, a couple of bags and an unused computer keyboard also allowed the little girls to play "fabric store" spreading out bits of scraps on every available flat surface in the down stairs living room for an hour or two without any fighting, Thank you Cyndi for some peace and quiet (now they are refolded and back in one pile)!!!!!  Glad I didn't have to buy fabric at their store, she wanted 5.00 for one jelly roll size strips, $50.00 for a FQ, lol!!

and we did more, more, more of this...... picking, washing, slipping skins and canning tomatoes................ we have been up to our elbows in tomatoes since July.....

This shelf is a new addition to my daughter's storage closet.  Her garden exloded this year with tomatoes and peppers.  And this year she tried her hand at canning.  The top shelf is all pickled peppers, gypsies, salsa (what tag said-not sure what variety are, but they are mild, like green banana peppers, and no we did not pick them early.  They turn orangey, not yellow, if you leave them a long time), jalapenos, habaneros and jars of mixed peppers except for 6-7 quarts of pickles which have just started to produce now that summer is towards an end.  The 2 midddle shelves are all salsa, the rest is juice.  There are more tomatoes in the freezer.  Occasionally we didn't have time to can all that was ready, so we slipped the skins on the tomatoes, pureed and froze them to make salsa later. (they are salsa fanatics, but you can use it in taco soup or chili (it's spicy like rotel, without the chunks).  Last year they made 3 batches all summer.  But they liked it so well, her husband bought more plants this year!!!  Unfortunately he has been working in Oklahoma most of the summer and has missed out on the canning, but 2 weeks ago he was home and did all the salsa in the box (22 pints? I think) and 6 quarts of tomato juice by himself while we were at work.  He just left the mess to clean up...............  :-) ???  

Then there's this...................the ornaments I have been working on so far of mine and Dawn's.

oops, a couple are missing....don't worry, will find them, probably just out of picture range.

I am making 2 sets of my HOW ornaments. AND.........Because they are so much fun, I am making several sets of Dawn's Frosty Flakes blocks, half into ornaments, some sets with hexies, some sets without hexies  just the stitching.  Both in red and blue and maybe a few other colors????.   By the time I'm done there will be quite a few.

 So this is my 100th post giveaway gift. 

Drawing closes at midnight on the Saturday after Dawn posts her last Frosty flakes post with the completion directions and I will draw a name sometime that Sunday. Dawn's last post which should be about 6 weeks I think(9 weeks-2 already posted, and a new one will post tonight-oops she posted it already!!!!) I will draw the name of someone to receive a set of her blocks and all of the ornaments,both hers and my HOW ornaments.  You can watch the progress on my blog.  So this will be a long deadline, but ornaments are fun and the frosty flake blocks are just so cute, who wouldn't want to wait.  

 For those who don't stitch, an opportunity to have a set of Dawn's Frosty Flakes blocks (you can assemble them into what ever she is making and the ornaments, her patterns and mine.  For those who do stitch...........a really full tree, lol !! ( or GIFTS to pass along to someone else.  NO SELLING Them!!!!!)

On your comment, let me know if you prefer red or blue!!!

BUT YOU MUST HAVE A RETURN EMAIL ADDRESS, OR EMAIL ME YOUR ADDRESS!

If you leave a comment and don't get a return confimation later, then your comment came to me as a "no reply" comment, and will be thrown out. I don't have time to try to track down an email, some are impossible. If you don't get a confirmation within 24 hours, come back again and leave a message with an email or just email me.   buzzcyndi at yahoo dot com

For a second chance, become a follower and leave a second comment with an email address.  If you are already a follower send me a second comment stating so, and some of you need to leave an email address too!! 

For a third chance go to Dawn's blog to check her cute things and leave a comment on one of her Frosty Flakes posts saying what ever you feel like telling her but include somewhere in your comment "I came here from Cyndi's".  Then come back here and post a third comment. 

Remember giveaway drawing closes at midnight the Saturday after Dawn's LAST FROSTY FLAKES post with the directions on how to complete the blocks and I will draw on that Sunday.  Good Luck, I'll be stitching away. 

This giveaway has ended and comments closed, winner was Paulette D of "Sweet P Quilting"

It's been fun these last few months...................here's to a 10000 more, read ya later!!!!! Cyndi

Frosty Flake #2

got it done, it's sooooo cute!!  If you haven't joined in yet, you need hop over to dawn hay's blog(see the frosty flake button on my side bar) and download these fun patterns. 

Here's my version of her frosty flakes block 2.

I even found some beads this week .  Last week I used small buttons and french knots.  I think it's a little "overflashed" the color appears to be kind of orangey but I assure it's red.  If you missed last week here are both of them.

She does such cute stuff I can't wait for the rest!!!!

This is post #99.........................good things come to those who wait!

I've decided what I'm going to giveaway for my 100th post.   Follow along so you don't miss the 100th post giveaway it will happen between now and Monday!!!  And don't forget the newest Monday Mystery project started yesterday and it is hexagon ornaments/gift tags.

And for those who've been here before, if you're wondering why I changed my header.  It's because I was told by someone that people want to know who they are blogging with.  I hate having my picture taken and do my best to avoid it.  But my quiltin' chick buddy, Anna Marie, will not let us hide behind our show and tell projects at our chicks meetings.  I really try to do that, but she'll wait forever until you come out.  So, there I am with my 2nd kaleidescope quilt called "I had a wild hair".  My kids were horrified that I would put those colors together, but as a half-baked artist, I thought,why not ?

Talk to you later, I am going to be stitching some more Dawn Hay things and some of my things and maybe some of Vikki's things if she has them ready for me to try.

Hugs, Cyndi

Tonight I submitted my sister in-law's (Snowmwn for Claudia) quilt in a Embroidery Quilt photo contest  over at Quilting Gallery bloggers.  Go by there Friday and vote if you like it the best!!!

here's what it looks like there's a button on my sidebar.

here's one of the blocks up close

JoJo's Quilt and Gift shop is the sponsor of the Quilting Bloggers Theme Contest this week, after you vote for your favorite embroidery quilt, hopefully mine, hop over to JoJo's and see what they've got for you!

Thanks for giving me a chance to win some cool embroidery stuff!!

click to go to the Quilting Gallery voting place