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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Say What?!

Welcome to day 4 of the Say What?! Blog Hop!

I had so many ideas for this hop, but finishing a project for my DGD won out. :-)

I cut the appliques for this pillowcase using my Crafter's Edge Cutting System & dies.

She is 4 and her name begins with an 'M'...we often tease her that her name must be monkey. LOL So she needed a monkey pillow case. I added the letters because she loves letters and pointing them out to us. She also loves her smaller pillow.

I got carried away and cut out another~

And then I sewed a smaller one using up scraps~

I enclosed all the raw edges in all of them, and put an inside flap to hold the pillow in place. The flap depended on the WOF I had~ this one was a good 4.5".

Others were a bit shorter, but they all work.

And then I really got carried away and made a bunch of adult size pillowcases. Can you guess how many I made? :-)

I have really enjoyed this hop and all the interesting things other bloggers have made! I hope you have too. Be sure to visit today's bloggers!

And a special thank you to Joan @moosestashquilting for thinking up this fun topic!

Thursday April 20

Just Let Me Quilt

Karrins Crazy World

crazy'boutquilts

Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

Songbird Designs

Days Filled With Joy

Monday, April 17, 2023

Say What??

There is a new blog hop which promises to be full of fun and surprises!

I am sorry I am a little late in letting you know. I have been gone from home and forgot to take my password book with me, so my laptop was rather useless. Oops!

In this hop it can be words, ideas, something new you tried... almost anything goes! Please pop in and visit the bloggers on their day~ and comment!~ we all love comments!

And be sure to come back for my day on Thursday! See you then!! :-)

Monday April 17

MooseStashQuilting

Selina Quilts

Quilt Schmilt

Patchouli Moon Studio

That Fabric Feeling

Scrapdash

Tuesday April 18

Inflorescence

Creatin' in the Sticks

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Wednesday April 19

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Thursday April 20

Just Let Me Quilt

Karrins Crazy World

crazy'boutquilts

Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

Songbird Designs

Days Filled With Joy

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Little Green Apples Hop~~

Have you been doing the hop?

Hoppin' around the blogs? :-)

I just love hops! They inspire me to try new things. And Carol @Just Let Me Quilt thought up this fun idea! Thank you Carol!!

This challenge was to make something green or with apples or both! I chose both! I found this very cute apple core pattern at Sassafras Lane Designs.

Shayla & Kristy have so many fun FREE patterns!

I had to make it because my hubby is a green apple lover~ the sour ones! :-)

So I made this little mini to hang in our office. I strayed from the pattern ever so slightly by adding the seeds, and making smaller borders. Now I think I may have to go back and make all the fruit blocks! (did you go look?!) My fabrics for the core are a little light on the left~ I never realized I didn't own creamier neutrals! I don't have a lot of greens either so I had to repeat a couple. It is all good! Like in nature, all apples aren't perfect! :-)

Be sure to visit my fellow bloggers today~

MARCH 23

Have fun!!

Monday, March 20, 2023

Do The Hop!!

A new blog hop started today and promises to be lots of fun!!

MARCH 20

Just Let Me Quilt

Quilt Schmilt

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

DesertSky Quilting

Days Filled With Joy

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Sew Many Yarns

MARCH 21

Creatin’ in the Sticks

Quilted Delights

Karrin’s Crazy World

For The Love Of Geese

Vroomans Quilts

Quilted Snail

Homespun Hannah's Blog

MARCH 22

Pinker n' Punkin Quilting & Stitching

MARCH 23

Sunday, March 5, 2023

New Pattern Release

Joanne @canuckquilter has released a new pattern~

Leafy Pathways

I was lucky enough to pattern test this one for her and I immediately thought of all the piles of colorful leaves in the fall. I dug out scraps and cut and sewed. I just love how it turned out!

It is 61.5" x 78.5" and there is a tiny bit of paper piecing to get the sharp leaf points. Very easy to do. :-)

Joanne did hers in spring greens, so be sure to visit her blog to see it. And the other tester's top too.

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Sweet On You Hop~ Thursday :-)

Hello bloggers and hoppers!

The idea for this hop was Joan's @MooseStash Quilting and what a fun idea for February!! Thank you Joan!! I have enjoyed visiting all the blogs and 'sweet' ideas~ have you too?

I decided to make a project from the Fat Quarter Shop's exclusive free patterns, with a little twist. I wanted my wall hanging to be mini. :-) I did the math and made the Love Note Pattern half size.

It is approx 10.25" x 12" inches~

Ok, I love it, but what if I made it even smaller?

How about 5" x 6"?

It is really easy to reduce patterns and blocks and I had a blast making the mini-mini. ;-) Ok, I might be a math nerd, but honestly~ it is easy. :-)

In the evenings I worked on the accompanying free cross-stitch pattern. I got it stitched, but not fully finished.... it will be by next year! LOL I have a small cutting board that I plan to mount it on so I can hang it in my dining nook next year. :-)