Cackling Stitches Blocks of the Month - May

It's the beginning of May
 and time
 for new Cackling Stitches 
Blocks of the Month,
for our
"Which Way to Witchville"
quilt.

There are 2 new blocks this month:

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt has the pattern for

Beware of Witchville.

And Joan at Mooosestash Quilting has the pattern for

The Village Cobbler.

These are my versions of the blocks.

Click on the links to their blogs for the free patterns (Free the month of May).

OR

The details and pattern links can also be found on our

Cackling Stitches Facebook Page.

If you have missed any of the previous blocks you can click

HERE

for a page that has all the previous blocks listed and is up to date

with links to find the patterns.

The whole quilt pattern is available for purchase HERE.

How do we run our BOM's? We try to keep them easy!

The 2023 "Which Way to Witchville" BOM runs from January 1st through September 30th.

Your quilt will be ready for Halloween! 

All block releases happen on our Cackling Stitches Facebook page HERE.

You can find fabric requirements  HERE.

On the first day of each month, we release a block pattern 

(sometimes it's more than one)

 that is free for the entire calendar month

in our Cackling Stitches Facebook Group. 

After that, those blocks go into our individual 

ETSY shops where you can purchase them for $2 each. 

New and free block(s) then appear for the new month...and so on, and so on.

Come join our witchy community!

Today is My Day - Say What?

Welcome
to the Sticks
and
 the second day of the
"Say What?" Challenge

Here is my finish:  Today Is My Day

Joan at MooseStashQuilting invited a great group of Bloggers to

create something inspired by something they have to say.

Thanks, Joan, for inviting me!

I listened to a motivational speaker once and he said that we should tell ourselves

every morning that "this is my day".

So when I found this project in the book "Sew Illustrated" by Minki Kim and Kristin Esser

I tweaked it from "This is the Day" to "This is MY Day.

I've been trying to use my books.

I bought them because they "spoke" to me.

Why do they sit and not get used?

So with my goal to dust my crafty and quilting books,

this is the one that "spoke" the loudest for the challenge.

From the reinforced corners to the quick zipper pocket inside,

the project was super fun and used techniques I hadn't done before.

And a few I had a little experience with.

Plus, I used some of my favorite Tula Pink fabric to make my new tote

perfect for me.

It's the perfect size for taking my lunch and more.

Check out the others that are saying "Today is My Day" today:

Tuesday April 18

Creatin' in the Sticks (YOU ARE HERE)
Inflorescence
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Just Because Quilts
BeaQuilter
Joyful Quilter

Joan has the rest of the schedule HERE

Have a great week
and make today yours!

Cackling Stitches BlockS of the Month - April

  It's the beginning of April and time for new 

Cackling Stitches Blocks of the Month, for our "Which Way to Witchville" quilt.

I have the pattern for The Magic Wand Salon

Witchville's very own salon is here.  Even a witch needs pampering once in a while.

Click Here to download the pattern - free until the end of April.

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt has the pattern for

Winona Grimm.

Joan at Moosestash Quilting has the pattern for

Cauldron Cafe.

These are my versions of the blocks.

Click on the links for the free patterns (Free for the month of April).

OR

The details and pattern links can also be found on our

Cackling Stitches Facebook Page.

If you have missed any of the previous blocks you can click

HERE

for a page that has all the previous blocks listed and is up to date

with links to find the patterns.

The whole quilt pattern is available for purchase HERE.

How do we run our BOM's? We try to keep them easy!

The 2023 "Which Way to Witchville" BOM runs from January 1st through September 30th.

Your quilt will be ready for Halloween! 

All block releases happen on our Cackling Stitches Facebook page HERE.

You can find fabric requirements  HERE.

On the first day of each month, we release a block pattern 

(sometimes it's more than one)

 that is free for the entire calendar month

in our Cackling Stitches Facebook Group. 

After that, those blocks go into our individual 

ETSY shops where you can purchase them for $2 each. 

New and free block(s) then appear for the new month...and so on, and so on.

Come join our witchy community for some tricks and treats all year!

Green Apple Blocks Quilt - Little Green Apples Challenge

Welcome
to the Sticks
and
 the second day of the
"Little Green Apples Challenge"

Here is my finished

Green Apple Blocks Quilt.

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt invited a great group of Bloggers to

create something with green or apple fabric (or a combo of both!)

Thanks, Carol, for inviting me!

I have so many green scraps and I've always wanted to make a 

blocks quilt, so this was the perfect chance.

I cut 5 1/2" equilateral triangles out of green fabrics (light, medium, and dark shades)

to design my blocks. 

There are actually green apples in one of the fabrics.

I quilted it with a shamrock design.

But the best part of this quilt is the day we took pictures.

I had a pro to hold my quilt.

The hostess with the most!!!!

Our very own Carol from Just Let Me Quilt.

We went to Vegas a couple of weeks ago (again)...

Carol and her husband, Ron, took us out to the Colorado river for kayaking, 

picture taking and they even packed us a picnic lunch.

Thank you, Carol!

It was such a fun day!!!  Memories made for sure!

The water is an emerald color - perfect for the green theme.

And then there was this guy with a green shirt...

I love that through this community we can build the best friendships.

Here are other friends posting today:

MARCH 21

Creatin’ in the Sticks (You're here!)

Quilted Delights

Karrin’s Crazy World

For The Love Of Geese

Vroomans Quilts

Quilted Snail

Homespun Hannah's Blog

The Joyful Quilter

Carol has the rest of the schedule HERE

and

a Pinterest page HERE

Great friends will hold your quilt for you!

Have a happy week!

Contemporary Crazy Border Quilt - Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop

  Today is my stop in the 

Dust Off a Quilt Book

Blog Hop

Hosted by Bea at Beaquilter.

So, here is my Contemporary Crazy Border Quilt.

The idea for the hop is to find an old quilt book on your shelf and make something from it.

Here is my book:

The Quilting Bible from the Singer Sewing Reference Library

copyright 1997

This book has been sitting in my sewing room because I was intrigued by this project:

I have had this piece of fabric forever.

It was time to use it.

My Contemporary Crazy Border Quilt was fun and totally took me away from my own

design style.  I guess that is the point of a challenge such as this.

Here is the schedule of those showing off their old quilt book projects:

March 6th

Quilting at the Farm

Lemon Tree Snippets

Creatin in the sticks You are here

Natalie (on Beaquilter)

March 7th

Quilting Gail

Thrift Shop Commando

High Road Quilter

Moosestashquilting

March 8th

Kathleen McMusing

Words & Stitches

Isabella's Whimsy

DesertSky Quilting

 

March 9th

LC's Cottage

Cynthia's Ark

Ms P Designs USA

Just Let Me Quilt

 

March 10th

Beaquilter

Karrin's Crazy World

Quilting Patchwork Applique

Julie's Quilts and Costumes

Please check them out and leave some warm and fuzzy comments.

There are some fun old books to see.

I really do need to use my books more often.

I have so many that are from the 90's but not many older than that.

Now, magazines, I have waaaaaaay too many old ones.  

It may be time to do some spring cleaning...

Thanks, Bea, this was fun!