A Little Stitching and a Winner

Have you seen the cute little cross-stitch along over at

Little Miss Shabby?  

I fell in love with the little

quilty blocks.

So, why not join in right?

 

Here is January's Block

 

And February's Block

 



You get to pick your own colors,

just like making your own mini quilt.

 

With this project,

I tested out my Q-Snap frame that

I picked up a month ago.

 

Let's just say,

I will not be using the round frames

anymore. 

These Q-Snap frames are definitely worth the money.

They hold your work so perfectly.

 

 





 

This one is the 6x6. 

Just perfect for this project.

 

So, I am a bit late to announce the

winner of the Grow Your Blog Party Surprise.

Thanks again to all my new and oldie (but goodie) followers.

The winner is

 

 

I will be sending you an email.  What will

she be getting?  Well, it just wouldn't be a surprise then

would it.

 

Don't forget the Ruffle hop is coming very soon,

(ohhh, what to sew)

and sign-up for the Wave You Flag Hop

Lots of fun things are going on!!

 

 

 

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Lace Floor

Every great project needs a supervisor, right?

Well, here was mine while I worked away.

Let's just say this little cutie had a hard

time staying out

while I was working in the room.

I am surprised that we didn't have

painted little kitten tracks
throughout the room.

This is what I started with. 

I had some great helpers
that assisted in the carpet rolling and removal. 
After, I cleaned up all the tools
my hubby rented a box sander and sanded the whole
floor.  It was quite messy and I stuck a towel under the door to prevent
any dust from entering the rest of the house.

After the sanding, I did a lot of dust clean up.
Then,  I used TSP and followed the directions
and cleaned all of the floor.
Which, then brings us to painting. 
We had a pine floor.
 I know a lot of you would scream
to here that we are going to
paint the floor. 

Yes, I said paint.


I used Valspar bare wood primer.
During all this, I also painted the walls a lovely
 grey and fluorescent lime.

I did two coats of the primer on the floor. 
Next, bring on the color.
Once again, Valspar. 
This time it was the floor and porch paint.
Don't you just love a fresh can of paint.

I put on two coats of the floor paint.

After that was completely dry,

I picked up these pretty

little stencils at my

local craft store.

I saw that you can pick them

up at several retailers.

And then got busy stenciling

I decided to use grey floor paint

for the stenciling color.

I measured around the room

and found the exact center. 

I used chalk to mark the floor.

(Works great and you don't have to worry about marks)

I started in the middle of one side.

And then I worked to corner

Laying blue painters tape made it
perfect.  I could set my stencil against it
and I didn't have to worry about making the
pretty lace edge crooked.
You can also use the floor boards as
a guide, if they are relatively straight.

I then added the pretty lace doilies
scattered throughout
the floor.
No, measuring here. 
Just fun laying them down.

I could not have been happier with how it turned out.
It is now my favorite room in the
house.
So, bright and cheery.
No, polyurethane to add to it either.
Just sit back and
enjoy!!
It was quite cost effect too, we
spent a little under $100 for a
brand new floor.  Way cheaper than carpet
and so much prettier!!

And I had to add a little
quiltiness.   The room actually
matches my Hexie quilt I did a few months back.



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Chicken Enchilada Soup

 

On a cold winter day

 

 

 

      nothing is better than

a little soup.  (At least, that is what I think.)

 I generally don't share many recipes,

but I tried this super yummy soup

 that was easy, delicious

and the kids loved it

 

 

 

 

5  (5 oz) chicken breasts– cooked, shredded

1 (15 ounce) can  diced tomatoes, mashed

1 (10 ounce) can enchilada sauce

1 medium onion, chopped

1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chili peppers

2 cloves garlic, minced

4 cups water

1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 bay leaf

1 (10 ounce) package frozen corn

 

 

  1. Place all the ingredients into a crock pot.  

(I put mine in a oven safe pot and cooked it for about 5 hours at  350 degrees.)
 

2.  Cover, and cook on low setting for 6-8 hours or on high setting for 3 to 4 hours.
 

3.  Remove and discard the bay leaf from the pot.

4. Serve and add a little shredded cheese, sour cream
and maybe a couple tortilla chips

 

It was delicious.

The recipe is adapted from the Tervis blog,
which I changed up a bit to our own tastes. 
You can check out their version. 
Plus, I LOVE
their products that are made in the USA
and have a lifetime guarantee.
Let's just say I have several.
 

 

 

 

P.S. Don't forget to check out the Don't Let the Door Hit You and
the Sew She Sews hop that continues through this week.
You can find the schedule Here!
 

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For the Sewing Room

Thanks to Carla of Creatin' in the Sticks who did

 an absolutely amazing job as cheerleader

and to Madame Samm of Sew We Quilt 

for all of her hard work as the head cheerleader.

I don't have a "Sewing Room."  I would
say it is more of a sewing wall. 
I don't have very much room to keep a lot
of extra things in this area, but
the kids do join me quite often at my space.
They do some ironing or visit so
I made them a quilt to sit
on the bench and warm up if need be
while they visit.


 



 

 

I decided to practice my Ruffles

since we have a little

Ruffle hop coming up.

I heard someone say that

everything looks better with a Ruffle. 

 Hmmm... I wonder who that was?
 

 



 

 Let's

just say after all the practice I had on this

I should be good to go.  Right?

 

 

I did a little thread painting on the center
corset.  I have never been more nervous doing
it on a project before.  If I messed it up it would
have been a little disastrous.
 I also used Aurifil 12wt. #1147 in that coordinating

color in my sewing machine again for the thread

coming out of the giant needle.

 I love how it turns out and will continue to

play with it a lot more.

 
 



 

 

Go and check out these other amazing Sewing room artists

  

January 29th
 

Why-Knot-Kwilt

 BumbleberryStitches

  Quilt Doodle Designs

 Sew Incredibly Crazy - you are here

 Thimblemouse and Spouse

 Words & Stitches

 The Cosmic Quilter

 

"Sew" glad you stopped by to visit.
P.S.  If you are interested I am having a
little giveaway over here.



 

 

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Sign Up For THINK Ruffles!!!!

If you are looking for the Grow your Blog Post

it is HERE. 

Are you ready to get a little
Ruffled?

Let's say I haven't done a
whole lot of ruffles in my sewing career. 
A couple over the past
years and I mean years!!!

So what better time to try it out,
Right?

So, I am the cheerleader for the
THINK RUFFLES

All you have to do is drop me an
email @ amywarner at rocketmail dot com
with the subject

THINK RUFFLES
and all the important details
like

Your Name
Your E-mail
Blog Name
Blog URL

Blog Hop Guidelines

1) create something with ruffles
you can show past projects too...but you have to have at least 1 NEW project

2. take great photos  - a good thing if you are aiming for

our POST Of FAME each day!

 BEST in Wow and Creativity .

3. have your blog post ready at midnight EST 

so the world can pop in and cheer you on too.

4. turn off your word verification - you really do not want to 

miss that chance of hearing how GREAT YOU ARE!

5. place button ( on side bar, copy code ) 

 on your blog once you hear you are IN,

YOU want your Friends to cheer YOU !

6. most important on your day, 

Add the list of fellow hoppers on your day to your

 post so everyone can find them as easy as they found you

( and please leave your blog link on too) 

 

7. and most most important….

Be a CHEERLEADER! 

YOU will be surprised who is WATCHING!

JOIN US in OUR UNIVERSAL QUILTING BEE

- we can all use more CHEERS! 

I can't wait to cheer you all along!!!

 



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Grow Your Blog - Giveaway Closed

Hi, My name Amy.  This is my very first year to participate

 in the Grow Your Blog Hop at
2 Bags Full

 

 

Well, I thought I would tell you a bit about
myself. 

I started blogging almost two years ago
after a little contest I entered,
before that I really didn't even have a clue
what a blog was! 
This was also the time I started quilting.
Since then, I haven't stopped.
I love meeting new people and
some great friends along the way.

Here is just a few things that I blog about....

 

 

I love to do just about anything crafty and
share it with all of you. 
I also love to join hops
over with Mdm Samm at Sew We Quilt.
It is a great way to challenge yourself
and meet some great artists.



I am having a little
Giveaway,
But it is a surprise...

I LOVE surprises..

Do You trust me??
Maybe a little fabric
or some great thread?

Here are the rules!!

1) It's open to anyone and all you have to do is leave a
comment telling me what your favorite hobby is. 

2) If you are a already follower, new or old,

you can leave a second comment saying you follow.

That is 2 chances to win.

The giveaway is open until February 15th

when the winner will be announced.

 

Good luck!

Congratulations to Vicki!

 

Thank you to my  friends new and old for visiting.

 

 

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