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This sounds really healthy....right?      

First ingredient....Whole Grain

But, what it DOESN'T tell you...

Second ingredient....sugar     hahahahaha

But, it is my choice of snack these days.....and they ARE magically delicious.

hahahahahahahaha

butterfly puzzle

It's good to try a different kind of puzzle once in a while. i do a lot of jigsaw puzzles and thought i would give this americana butterfly a try.

Nowhere on the box does it give you the size...should have been my first clue.  it has 1000 pieces.

That baby was HUGE....40" wide and 24" tall.  took me 4 days to get it done.

It is pretty cool .... the only 'problem' is that the sides are identical so sometimes it is difficult to figure out which side a piece belongs on. now it is my sister's turn to try it.

Garden Happenings

This has marinated long enough....since December, 2013.  and it has languished on the frame for a week...sheesh....i am such a procrastinator.  but, done is good. I used boards from RS Design for the quilting...called circuitry. easy pattern, goes quickly.

It was a panel of little garden blocks with bunnies, butterflies, frogs and birds. i cut those into pieces of 4 and then put a couple borders of brown selvages around them. 

The border is brown selvages, too.

The backing is two pieces of fabric i had in my stash that were a similar print, one a bit darker than the other.

I used the part of the backing that i cut off after quilting for the binding. 

It is 70x88.....used Glide gold for the top  and a Bottom Line reddish orange for the bobbin.

Adding details to the Lower 48 Map

I decided the Lower 48 Map needed something besides quilting.....so i am adding some details with my embroidery machine. i remembered i had the 50 states CD and am taking some things from the states to add here.  so far, i have done today..

Texas

New Mexico....as i was almost finished with New Mexico, i panicked for a moment....i was thinking....my god...is this really new mexico?  is it arizona?  i hope this is right. then i took a breath and realized i had it correct. i am going to have to really watch these. haha

Arizona

I know the smaller states won't get so much but i hope i can get something in them.

Lower 48 states map

This has been hanging on my design wall way too long. i started cutting out the pieces on May 14, 2015....and it has all been hanging on my design wall since then.

I did have a special piece of fabric i was going to use for the background .... but i guess i put it in a 'safe' place...because i can't find the darn thing...and i searched for 2 days.

It was quite the chore to get those all pinned down so i could fuse them in place. in some places they didn't meet up exactly but i don't think it will be too noticeable.

I am kind of excited about it now, though, and will probably quilt it next. 

I am going to find things to put in the states....like oil wells for oklahoma.  that might take a while to find them. but i am thinking, i can use my 50 states embroidery CD for that. we'll see.

At least now my design wall is empty and waiting for something new.

Well, there are 2 rows of hexies up there. haha

Halloween Town top is pieced

I think these are the coolest Halloween blocks i have seen in a while. they are done on the embroidery machine....and have applique.  even the sashings and cornerstones are done on the embroidery machine.

The top is 50" square

I started the embroidery on February 17, 2016

And finished the piecing on May 5, 2016.  

All pieces have batting in them already...which should make it interesting to quilt.  i might not add batting again

I loved all the sashing choices, so i used them all. 

I wanted a scarier backing, but it was already past Halloween, and the fabric store only had a few choices...so this will be the backing. unless, of course, it doesn't get quilted before Halloween this year....then perhaps i will find something else. haha

This is why i don't get any quilting done....i keep making more tops.  sigh!!

A couple of finishes...a start...and some continued...at the Duck

Got a few nice days at the Duck and got a few things accomplished.

I finished up the bedroom graffiti wall quilt....and, most importantly, got the scaffolding down. 

Here it is, in all its glory haha  135" x 60"

In relation to the couch....about 2 foot above the couch

And a couple close ups of the last 2 blocks

Got the first 3 pieces up on the graffiti surround on the living room wall. this doorway leads into the bedroom with the graffiti wall quilt. it will be all black and white and gray...with some silver and a touch of red.

And a few closeups of pics that weren't all blurry. my picture taking sucks. haha

Another finish was the lego wall in the hall off the kitchen. 

I added a little shelf for fun. this part is not glued down...just stuck on the legos.

It is 3 legos wide

And the laundry room door got a little attention, too.

I also painted the last coat on the pocket doors. but i am thinking once the second door gets hung, they will get another coat over all. 

That pretty much wrapped up my fun for this time. my ddil did give me a much needed haircut. and my son put mud flaps on my new truck. it was cool to drive a big girl truck....people got out of my way. hahahaha  that is some heady stuff.