Something Smells Fishy Day Four

    It's the last day to sail the seas for "Something Smells Fishy"!

The challenge was: 

Fish or creatures from the ocean in fabrics, appliques, quilts, stuffies, or bags.

If it looks fishy, it meets the challenge.

It must be something new you've sewn for this hop.

Check out my fishy friends projects:

JULY 22
Just Let Me Quilt
Karrin’s Crazy World
Scrapdash
Quilted Delights
 
JULY 23
Patchouli Moon Studio
Words & Stitches
Quilted Snail
Quilting Between The Rails
Sew Many Yarns
Hazel’s Daughter
 
JULY 24
A Quiltery
Beaquilter
Quilting Gail
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
That Fabric Feeling
 
JULY 25
MooseStashQuilting
Ms P Designs USA
Quilt and Color
Selina Quilts

Two more blog hops ready for sign-ups!

It's A Jungle

Contact Joan if you want to play along in "It's A Jungle."

Challenge: Animals, plants, trees…what’s in your jungle?

For some of us, it might even be our sewing rooms.

LOL!!

Something Wicked

I'm hosting this one...the challenge is self-explanatory.

Something Smells Fish Day Three

 It's Day Three of "Something Smells Fishy".

The challenge was: 

Fish or creatures from the ocean in fabrics, appliques, quilts, stuffies, or bags.

If it looks fishy, it meets the challenge.

It must be something new you've sewn for this hop.

Check out my fishy friends projects:

JULY 22
Just Let Me Quilt
Karrin’s Crazy World
Scrapdash
Quilted Delights
 
JULY 23
Patchouli Moon Studio
Words & Stitches
Quilted Snail
Quilting Between The Rails
Sew Many Yarns
Hazel’s Daughter
 
JULY 24
A Quiltery
Beaquilter
Quilting Gail
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
That Fabric Feeling
 
JULY 25
MooseStashQuilting
Ms P Designs USA
Quilt and Color
Selina Quilts

Two more blog hops ready for sign-ups!

It's A Jungle

Contact Joan if you want to play along in "It's A Jungle."

Challenge: Animals, plants, trees…what’s in your jungle?

For some of us, it might even be our sewing rooms.

LOL!!

Something Wicked

I'm hosting this one...the challenge is self-explanatory.

Something Smells Fishy Day Two

 It's Day One of "Something Smells Fishy".

I'm ready to see what my incredible friends make to meet the challenge!

The challenge was: 

Fish or creatures from the ocean in fabrics, appliques, quilts, stuffies, or bags.

If it looks fishy, it meets the challenge.

It must be something new you've sewn for this hop.

Check out my fishy friends projects:

JULY 22
Just Let Me Quilt
Karrin’s Crazy World
Scrapdash
Quilted Delights
 
JULY 23
Patchouli Moon Studio
Words & Stitches
Quilted Snail
Quilting Between The Rails
Sew Many Yarns
Hazel’s Daughter
 
JULY 24
A Quiltery
Beaquilter
Quilting Gail
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
That Fabric Feeling
 
JULY 25
MooseStashQuilting
Ms P Designs USA
Quilt and Color
Selina Quilts

Two more blog hops ready for sign-ups!

It's A Jungle

Contact Joan if you want to play along in "It's A Jungle."

Challenge: Animals, plants, trees…what’s in your jungle?

For some of us, it might even be our sewing rooms.

LOL!!

Something Wicked

I'm hosting this one...the challenge is self-explanatory.

Something Smells Fishy

It's Day One of "Something Smells Fishy".

I'm ready to see what my incredible friends make to meet the challenge!

The challenge was: 

Fish or creatures from the ocean in fabrics, appliques, quilts, stuffies, or bags.

If it looks fishy, it meets the challenge.

It must be something new you've sewn for this hop.

I went all the way to the Artic to find the fish fabric for this challenge.

Chillin' Before Lunch

(Fabrics: Benartex Arctic Friends by Kanvas Studios)

It was at least 200 degrees outside when I took my photos and there were bees and wasps

flying around trying to get a taste of me. Sometimes quilt photo taking is a dangerous task!

Fast and furious was the way to take pics.

I didn't get this Steampunk fishy flimsy quilted yet. Soon I hope!

I'm seriously crazy about these characters, even the scary fish one!

Having flowering plants and fruit trees is nice until those nasty things try to get me.

These Donut Peaches and Paradise Apples were worth the danger!

This free pattern can be found HERE.

Check out my fishy friends projects:

JULY 22
Just Let Me Quilt
Karrin’s Crazy World
Scrapdash
Quilted Delights
 
JULY 23
Patchouli Moon Studio
Words & Stitches
Quilted Snail
Quilting Between The Rails
Sew Many Yarns
Hazel’s Daughter
 
JULY 24
A Quiltery
Beaquilter
Quilting Gail
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
That Fabric Feeling
 
JULY 25
MooseStashQuilting
Ms P Designs USA
Quilt and Color
Selina Quilts

Two more blog hops ready for sign-ups!

It's A Jungle

Contact Joan if you want to play along in "It's A Jungle."

Challenge: Animals, plants, trees…what’s in your jungle?

For some of us, it might even be our sewing rooms.

LOL!!

Something Wicked

I'm hosting this one...the challenge is self-explanatory.

Something Smells Fishy Starts Monday

My sewing room has had something fishy going on all month.

The July blog hop, "Something Smells Fishy", starts Monday!

This challenge had me swimming through my stash for fish fabrics.

I had more aquatic fabric than I thought!

I can't wait to see what my fishy friends have made. 

Come back on Monday, July 22nd, to dive for inspiration in our blog hop!

JULY 22

Just Let Me Quilt

Karrin’s Crazy World

Scrapdash

Quilted Delights

JULY 23

Patchouli Moon Studio

Words & Stitches

Quilted Snail

Quilting Between The Rails

Sew Many Yarns

Hazel’s Daughter

 

JULY 24

A Quiltery

Beaquilter

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

That Fabric Feeling

 

JULY 25

MooseStashQuilting

Ms P Designs USA

Quilt and Color

Selina Quilts

Joan at Moosestash Quilting will host the August blog hop,

It's A Jungle!

The link to what, when, and where can be found HERE.

My next blog hop is in October, "Something Wicked."

I think it doesn't take much imagination to know the challenge on this one.

Let me know if you want to howl, screech, or sew along on this one.

Scared Silly Boo-Along Coming Soon

 "Scared Silly" Boo-Along begins August 1st! 

I had so much fun creating Halloween quilt rows.

I hope you'll love them like I do!

FYI: A "Boo-Along" is like a row-along, but it's just for quilters who are crazy about Halloween.

We have a Facebook page called "Cackling Stitches" that shares Halloween projects.

"Scared Silly" rows will be shared on my blog and on FB so be sure to follow one to get updates.

Just Let Me Quilt

Cackling Stitches

Starting August 1st, one or two rows will be shared each month.

There will be 12 rows of applique and/or piecing.

They will be a mystery until they get released on the first of each month.

The row(s) will be free the month they are released and then they will

mysteriously disappear and magically appear in my Etsy store for a small fee.

Here's a heads up on the fabric requirements for the whole quilt:

(The rows are great for those Halloween scraps of fabric hiding in your stash.)

The fabric requirements and patterns are written and designed using solids. They can be replaced with Halloween fabrics or solids in those colors. I used a combo of both. Start gathering your fabrics!

I hope you'll join me in this Boo-Along adventure!

Cackling Stitches Prowling Pumpkins Mini Quilt

We have a Facebook page for Halloween lovers, Cackling Stitches, where we share

free patterns, sew alongs, and block of the month patterns.

We'd love to have you join in!

Check it out HERE!

This week I added a free pattern to the Cackling Stitches page:

"Prowling Pumpkins" is a 12" x 14" mini quilt with three interesting characters:

PETRIFIED PETE

FREAKY FANNIE

GHOSTLY GRAYSON

You can find the "Prowling Pumpkins" free pattern HERE.