Oh Look - More Flowers!

Cookies are made of butter and love.  

~Norwegian Proverb 



I've been enjoying the last couple of mornings with the temperatures down in the upper 30's.  It certainly makes for great sleeping weather.  But once again we are to shoot back up with our highs nearing 80 degrees.  It's definitely the roller coaster of spring weather.  Yesterday was rather quiet and I was able to get some stitching in.  I like days when there is nothing much going on.  It's good for the soul, not to mention what you can get accomplished.  I'm looking forward to a good day today too.

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LITTLE FACT OF THE DAY

Girl Scout Cookies

It's that time of year when buying cookies is a necessity in our house.  We can never seem to pass up those Thin Mints.  My favorite are the Lemonades and my husband's are Peanut Butter Patties.  I was a Girl Scout growing up and sold many boxes of these sweet treats to neighbors and family members.  At the time (in the 60's, the cookies sold for 50 cents a box!  While you are munching on your favorite, here are some things I learned about Girl Scout Cookies:

* Girl Scout cookie sales began in 1917 in Muskogee, Okla., when the Mistletoe troop began baking and selling cookies in its high school cafeteria as a service project. 

* The first cookies were sold by troops for 25 or 30 cents per dozen. 

* In 1934, Greater Philadelphia became the first council to sell commercially baked cookies.

* In 1951, Girl Scout Cookies came in three varieties: Sandwich, Shortbread, and Chocolate Mints (now known as Thin Mints)

* All Girl Scout cookies are kosher

* In 1942, Girl Scouts sold calendars in lieu of cookies due to sugar, flour and butter shortages during World War II.

* Thin Mints are the biggest seller, making up 25 percent of all sales, followed by Samoas/Caramel deLites at 19 percent.

* Jennifer Sharpe, age 15, of Dearborn, Mich., holds the record for most cookies ever sold, with 17,328 boxes in 2008. Of the $21,000 her troop raised to go on a 10-day tour of Europe, $14,000 was due to Sharpe.

* Different types of cookies are sold in different regions at varying prices set by individual Girl Scout councils. And sometimes even the same cookies have different names.  For example, Do-Si-Dos, formerly called Gauchos, are also called Peanut Butter Sandwiches in other areas. Confusing, right? This is because there are two licensed bakers, ABC and Little Brownie, that get to propose and name the cookies that they bake. 

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WEDNESDAY AND THE CONTINUING FLOWER SAGA

It's time again to share hexie flowers that I made during the last week....

This flower is sort of hypnotizing.  DH says it reminds him of the painting "The Scream".  

Sing along with me....'One of these bugs is not like the other'.  LOL!  I didn't even notice the mistake until I was taking the picture.  Looks like one of the bugs is trying to make an escape.  Guess it's time to unsew that petal and straighten out that poor little bug.

Once again I didn't get any flowers added to my GFG quilt.  *Sigh*  Maybe I should just collect all my flowers together and give them to someone who would spend the time sewing them all together.  

To see more hexie flowers out in blogland, Karen (of Journey of a Quilter) has put together a linky page.  You can visit that page HERE.

The creator and hostess of The Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap was my swap partner for March.

Jane sent me two of the cutest flowers.  With Easter just around the corner, these are perfect.  Jane's fussy cutting is perfect and both flowers will be a wonderful addition to my GFG/Eye Spy quilt.  Jane also included a scrap of the hen fabric.  Thank you so very much, Jane!

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ANOTHER FEBRUARY BLOCK

I'm still behind on sharing blocks so here is my Block Swap Adventure block for February....

Linda B requested a log cabin block made with "cream on one side and either purples, blues or greens on the other".  I have a very limited supply of purple fabrics and just couldn't find the blues I wanted to work with so ended up working with greens.  Wouldn't this make a pretty quilt?  Linda B was pleased with the block and so was I.

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TODAY'S GOAL

Today I hope to start a new project

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GIVEAWAYS

Seriously..I think it needs stitches is having a giveaway.  You could win a 9 fat quarters of Pee Wee Parade.  This giveaway ends Friday, March 23.

Sew Bittersweet Designs is having a giveaway.  You could win a Fat Quarter Bundle of Desert Daydreams in Santa Fe Sky.  This giveaway ends Friday, March 23, at 9:00 pm PDT.


World Of Charity Stitching is having a giveaway.  You could win 30 6x9" sheets of Benzie Blend Felt.  This giveaway ends Sunday, March 25.


Annie's Ruby Slipperz is having a giveaway.  You could win a GO! Baby.  This giveaway ends Saturday, March 24, at midnight MT.


Quilty Pleasures is having a giveaway.  You could win a copy of EQ7.  This giveaway ends Monday, March 26.


Desertsky Quilting is having a giveaway.  You could win an e-pattern for a darling daffodil pincushion.  This giveaway ends Thursday, March 22.


Jaybird Quilts is having a sponsored giveaway.  You could win a Kona Classic Fat Quarter Bundle from Mad About Patchwork.  This giveaway ends Friday, March 23, at 9:00 pm PDT.


Contemporary Cloth is having a giveaway.  You could win a $17 gift certificate.  This giveaway ends Friday, March 23, at midnight.

Don't forget about my giveaway.  You can enter HERE.  And, of course, there's all those other wonderful giveaways at the Blog Hop Party With Giveaways.

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FINAL THOUGHT