A Perfect Picnic blog hop WINNERS and my vege dip recipe

Welcome back and congratulations to the winners of my giveaways!

 

 

The bottle of wine goes to #65 BONNIE from MAQUOKETA, IOWA who said:

Love your quilt (both sides). I live outside of Maquoketa (fun to hear people try to pronounce this one, too), Iowa. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.

 

And this charm pack goes to #69 KATHY from ONTARIO, CANADA who said:

What a great picnic! Fantastic idea to bring kites... so fun!
Looks like you had a great time!
I'm in Ontario, Canada and am enjoying the blog hop so much!

 

You can visit Kathy at her blog: http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/ she has some amazing projects she's worked on!

 

Emails have been sent and I am waiting for them to respond with their addresses.

 

I loved this blog hop and hope that you did too, as I've told a number of people it's so wonderful to be able to share projects and ideas and be able to inspire each other on such a grand scale.  Why, even Carla has a virtual bridal shower going on for her daughter (who is getting married in October) where we can share recipes with her, how awesome is that?!  I just love our quilting community!  And now here's my recipe:

 

 

Vegetable Dip

 

1 C sour cream

1 C mayonnaise

1 tsp Beau Monde seasoning

1 tsp dill weed

1 tsp chopped parsley

1 T finely chopped onion (or 1/2 tsp onion powder)

~1 tsp garlic salt

 

Just mix it all together, refrigerate for ~1 hour for better flavor but can also be used right away.  My husband uses it for chicken, tacquitos, burritos, etc. as well as the veges.  I like it best with carrots myself.  This recipe came to us from my Great Grandma Pawlik, and I've been eating it most of my life, so it's been around for at least 25 years (I'm 28).  I hope you like it!

 

Thank you for visiting, hope you have a wonderful day!

~Brandy

A Super Saturday

My package from Fort Worth Fabric Studios arrived the other day, and here's some pictures of the gorgeous Riley Blake Designs Union Jack and coordinates:

I love the different color combos, my favorite is actually the red/black one, I'm not sure why but it's speaking to me the loudest right now.

All the polka dots, and my first Riley Blake chevron :)  The gray on the left is a cross-hatch print which I'm loving right now too.

I thought this was so funny, what an inventive way to show your colors!

 

 

 

I am also happy because my sister's roommate Amanda came over today to work on her disappearing nine-patch (it's only been on hold for 3 months, that's all...) and we made some good progress.  My Bernina gave us fits though, and after wrangling with it for over an hour we switched to my BabyLock, which fortunately was a good girl.  And the other roommate, Alecia, finished her table runner last weekend, here it is:

 

She quilted a 1/4 inch inside the inner squares and it looks really nice.  I feel like she did a very good job for her first sewing project since middle school.  And she's hoping to be able to sew with her mom now, this whole thing is going to be a surprise for her!

 

 

And we had a visit from the Easter Bunny earlier this week!

 

He helped me set up for the day, we almost never decorate for holidays, but I'm trying to change that so I took it upon myself to clean the china cabinet and make a pretty area:

 

The smiley face eggs on the left are from my husband a few years ago, them make me laugh.  And the eggs on a stick in the green basket on the right are actual egg shells that I decorated about 7 years ago.  I'm impressed they have survived this long!



And this concludes my happy Saturday thus far, now I believe we're off to watch a semi-pro football team in Waitsburg, WA and enjoy the sunny afternoon.  Have a great day!

 

~Brandy

Yeah, I'm a winner!

So there I am, following the Riley Blake Designs Union Jack Blog Tour, and low and behold I win a kit!  I'll be sure to post a picture of it when it arrives.

 

Thank you so much Fort Worth Fabric Studio for the kit!

Paula at The Sassy Quilter showed us how to make this sewing machine cover, which I think would also make a great fabric basket.  And then Jina made a project bag that I'm loving and completely plan to make a couple.  I'm really looking forward to seeing what Mdm Samm comes up with... :)  Follow along, the blog tour is going until May 1st, and maybe you can be a winner too!

Schedule:

Tuesday 4/1 – Paula at The Sassy Quilter

 

Thursday 4/3 – Jina at Jina Barney Designz

 

Tuesday 4/8 – Karin at Leigh Laurel Studios

 

Thursday 4/10 – Marni at Haberdashery Fun

 

Tuesday 4/15 – Julia at My Fabric Obession

 

Thursday 4/17 – Molly at Rose and Odin

 

Tuesday 4/22 – Amanda at Jedi Craft Girl

 

Thursday 4/24 – Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt

 

Tuesday 4/29 – Julia at Riley Blake Designs

Thursday 5/1 – Ginny at Darling Adventures