Thursday, September 30, 2021

Restless Raven's Room Mini Halloween Quilt

It's almost October 1st which means it's time to get the Halloween decorations out! Woohoo...I love this time of year! This was a fun mini quilt I created for Wicked Wednesday on our Facebook Cackling Stitches group page. Joan, Carla, and I like to surprise the group with a free/paid pattern every once in a while. 

12" x 14"


You can find "Restless Raven's Room" in my Etsy store HERE.


Check out Cackling Stitches for fun Halloween projects and BOM's. 
It's an amazing group to be a part of!

There's a Halloween blog hop coming soon, too!


Friday, September 24, 2021

Christmas Is Coming Table Runner At Sew Yeah

I know, I know, it isn't even Halloween yet and I'm posting a Christmas project. It's only because it's for another class I'll be teaching at Sew Yeah Quilting in November. The runner is updated from one I made a while ago. New fabrics always change things a bit, don't they!


The truck is there to carry the present


The trailer carries the tree


The star reminds people to not bump into the tree while driving


And the little blue bird supervises the whole production!


I wish you could come to my class, but if not, you can find
"Christmas is Coming" in my Etsy store HERE.

Monday, September 20, 2021

Falling For You Blog Hop And My Day

The summer has been hotter than normal (or maybe it is just me) and I can't wait to feel some cooler breezes. Fall and that sweet cool weather is just around the corner, so Joan from Moosestash Quilting had a fun idea for a blog hop to get us all in the cooler weather spirit. 

The "Falling For You" blog hop is just what we needed! Thanks, Joan!

Fall means family and Thanksgiving to me, so "Gnome for Thanksgiving" seemed like the perfect "falling for you" project to share.

Gnome for Thanksgiving
50" x 50"


Fabrics are Benartex Blushed Houndstooth...so many beautiful colors in 100 percent cotton!
By Cheryl Haynes of Prairie Grove Peddler

Benartex Blushed Houndstooth used in quilt: 
Lt. Turquoise, Leaf, Sage. Aquamarine, Honey, Yellow, Buttercup, Salmon, Almond, Biscotti 


Benartex Superior Solids used in quilt:

Fern, White, Vanilla, Gold, Black 



This gnome is ready with his pumpkin to make some pie.



The fabric colors are really soft looking and almost look like flannel.


A little bird is hitching a ride to Thanksgiving dinner. 
Luckily, he's not big enough to be on the menu.


Turquoise is the background fabric in the center block and Sage is the border.


I love the Blushed Houndstooth Yellow in the flower center!


The Sage looks lovely in the modified hourglass block.


The star in this folded quilt is beautiful in Salmon and Almond.


That pumpkin he's tightly gripping is in Superior Solids Gold.



I did a little digging for an older Thanksgiving photo of my family and found this one from 2009. It only has two Monkey Boys (there will be seven monkeys in February) and we all look a lot younger. Fun memories!


You can find "Gnome for Thanksgiving" in my Etsy store HERE.


Using the Crafter's Edge Crossover II and triangle die cuts made those stars a breeze!


No dog ears to cut off...nice!


They easily sew into half square triangles!


So many sizes to choose from.


Of course, I used my favorite iron-on adhesive for the applique, Heat n Bond Lite EZ Print Sheets. Easy printing with no tracing!


It's time to go visit some other "I'm Falling for You" projects...so many fun ones!


Monday September 20

Garden Of Quilts And Falling For You Blog Hop

Last week was full of inspiration, beauty, and friends at the "Garden of Quilts' and I loved it! I'd never been to it so this was really exciting. The biggest treat was that I got to hang out with LV quilt friends and my partner in quilting fun, Joan from Moosestash Quilting, who brought along her friends. 

My hubby and I arrived at the hotel on Thursday night. It was fun to see that they were ready to welcome all the quilters for the "Garden of Quilts." Those balloons were their idea of a quilt.


Friday was hot but still beautiful at the Garden of Quilts. It was my day to hangout with LV quilt friends.


Thanks for the laughs Brenda, Susan, Nancy, Vicki, and Letty!


The flowers and plants were gorgeous along all the pathways. It was breathtaking no matter what direction we looked!




It was a pleasure to finally meet Julia Frazier from Riley Blake who keeps all us project designers in fabric and on schedule. Talk about a talented and nice lady...she rocks them both!


I was on my own looking for water to drink when I found a shady spot overlooking this beautiful waterfall. Incredible...I could have sat there all day!


The LV group and I went to a cute quilt store in Draper, The Quilter's Lodge, where I was compelled to purchase some fabric. This little pink bundle was perfect for the recent info I had received just the day before.


There's a new monkey on the way and it's a girl! With six brother's she will be so spoiled, I'm sure. I know I'll be spoiling her!


Joan was planning on arriving Friday evening at the same hotel as me along with her friends, so I texted her a photo of where her room was compared to mine. I'm terrible about using the marker on my phone, but I did the best I could.


Saturday was our day to hangout and I was really excited to see her! Funny thing happened about this staying-at-the-same-hotel thing. We decided to meet downstairs for breakfast on Saturday so we could leave for the Garden of Quilts right afterwards. This was our text messages for the breakfast meet. At 6:51 a.m. the texting began:



We both had waited for the other one for about a half hour. Our breakfast was free and so we went ahead and ate without them because they were slow coming down. They thought I'd gone back to bed or something because I wasn't showing up. Different hotels but we had a good laugh over it!

Her friends, Deb and Joi, were hilarious and I went hoarse from laughing and talking. So fun! It was a rainy day and a little cool. A nice change from the day before. All the quilts had been moved under tents instead of flying freely in the outdoors.


Joan and I look like twins in our almost matching shirts. No, we didn't plan for it. It was hard to give a normal smile around Joan because I wanted to laugh the whole time. Neither of us wanted our pics taken, but that Joi was a pushy photographer! I'm glad she was, though, because it's worth it.


We were in the right place at the right time to see Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilts. She is hilarious, inspiring, and so worth listening to.



I took Joan's group to the same quilt store and enjoyed some time with them just sitting on the porch attached to the shop. After that, Joan took us on a wild ride to find a place to eat. Everywhere was busy and we were starving! So starving that we accidently locked Deb in the car and she couldn't get out when we were checking out a restaurant. Wish we'd taken a picture of her pitiful face begging to be let out of the car.

Thankfully, Chuck-A-Rama had a table for us. Afterwards we met Deonn Stott from Quiltscapes to give her a quilt to do magic on. I love that lady! We had extra time with her because she lost her keys among the class materials in her car. She had taught EIGHT quilt classes at two different events so her car was packed full. What an amazing lady she is! No photo with her, though...dang!

Sunday morning had us on the road to Vegas. So sad to leave! That skeleton was in a gift bag from Joan. She had given me one of her java jackets in Ghastlie fabrics. Check all of them out HERE...so cute!


Now that I'm home and caught up with almost all my emails, it's time to visit blogs for the "Falling For You" blog hop hosted by that lady I just hung out with...Joan. Blog hops always inspire me and I'm sure they will you, too. Joan and Carla always keep me motivated with their blog hop challenges. Thanks ladies!

Check out who's hopping this week!


Monday September 20

Just Saying...You Inspire Me

In case I haven't mentioned it lately, you inspire me. I'm grateful for that! Your blog posts have kept me going through good times ...