Creatin' in the Sticks

Friday, October 11, 2019

Witchy Stitchy - Last Day to Party

Today is the last day for the

Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop.

There has been so many spooky and fun Halloween projects.

It's the last day to party with this great group of bloggers.

October 7

Creatin' in the Sticks

Songbird Designs

For The Love Of Geese

Janie G. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 8

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Life in the Scrapatch

Just Because Quilts

Brenda's Quilt Blog

October 9

Home Sewn By Us

Kathleen - Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

October 10

Homespun Hannah's Blog

MooseStashQuilting

Cynthia's Creating Ark

It’s A T-Sweet Day!

Count it *all* JOY!

Bethni L. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 11 - TODAY

Just Let Me Quilt

Quilt Fabrication

Melva Loves Scraps
Patchouli Moon Studio

Ms P Designs USA

Karrin’s Crazy World

Patchwork Breeze

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt

is the best hostess

and

there is still time to enter her giveaway.

Yesterday I finished the pattern for

Stitchy Witchy.

These witches are having such fun
with their Quilting Bee.

For the next few days, for my readers,

I am offering a 20% discount on the new pattern

If you would like the Stitchy Witchy pattern, it is available in my Etsy Shop.

Click HERE for the pattern.

Halloween will be here before we know it.

I better get busy...

Sunday, October 6, 2019

Top it Off with Witchy Stitchy

Welcome
to

the first day of the

Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop.

I'm happy to kick things off with

little

Witchy Stitchy Witchy.

I love Halloween, but no one does Halloween projects like Carol at Just Let Me Quilt.

She is perfect to lead us on this spooky journey.

Thank you, Carol, for inviting me to join this super fun blog hop!

My stitching for the hop is pulling double duty.

You see,

I am an Island Batik Ambassador for 2019

and every month there is an ambassador challenge.

The Island Batik Ambassador Challenge

this month is

"Top it Off"

with

either a holiday table topper or runner that includes applique.

So I combined the hop and challenge and today I present to you,

Stitchy Witchy

my Halloween table runner.

Look at all the little helpers I had to stitch up my

12" x 42" table runner.

I created the pattern with Electric Quilt.

Next, I pieced the pumpkin blocks with

Island Batik Foundation fabrics.

Then the stitching witches were

appliqued with Island Batik stash fabrics

and

my favorite fabric adhesive,

HeatnBond EZ Print Lite

(no tracing!)

I stitched around my little witches with Aurifil 50 wt thread #4225 with a blanket stitch and the quilting is meandering leaves. The rest is a meandering stitch with Aurifil 50 wt #2150.

Hobbs provided the Ambassadors with batting

and I chose to use the Heirloom Natural Cotton Batting for the Witchy Stitchy table runner.

I had so much fun choosing the

Witchy Stitchy outfits

with the bright and colorful

Island Batik fabrics.

Each witch is colored differently and each one is stitching with a line of thread

that was triple stitched by machine.

Be sure to visit the other bloggers posting

for the Witchy Stitchy

Blog Hop today.

October 7

Creatin' in the Sticks You are HERE!

Songbird Designs

For The Love Of Geese

Janie G. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

You can find the complete schedule over at Just Let Me Quilt

You can find the full list of Island Batik ambassadors posting for the

Top it Off Challenge by clicking HERE.

If you would like the Stitchy Witchy pattern, it is available in my Etsy Shop.

Click HERE for the pattern.

Have a little Stitchy Witchy magic

and

Have a happy Halloween!

Midweek Makers

A pageant of finishes

Friday, October 4, 2019

Black Cat Trick or Treat Bag

There is a certain little girl who will be sporting a black cat costume for Halloween.

She has the "meow" down pat for sure.

The only thing missing is her trick or treat bag.

This is when Grammie steps up and finds a great pattern for a super sweet

Black Cat Trick or Treat bag.

It's the cutest pattern by Kim at Crafting Cheerfully

and

HeatnBond Soft Stretch™ LITE pairs perfectly with the little felt bag.

Moreover, it's the perfect size for a toddler and will be a cute little purse even after Halloween.

I'm on the Thermoweb blog today with all the details.

Halloween projects are too much fun.

I have more Halloween to come this month...

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Happy Jack and Gathering Leaves - A Time For All Seasons Block of the Month - October

Today is the first day of October

and time for new blocks

for

A Time For All Seasons

Block of the Month.

Our team of designers is so excited about this

Block of the Month

and

love showing new blocks each month.

We have 2 new blocks for October and I am the designer this month.

Happy Jack

to applique a Jack-O-Lantern

and

Gathering Leaves

for the pieced block of the month.

Click HERE for the Happy Jack pattern

Click HERE for the Gathering Leaves pattern.

These blocks are only FREE through October.

At Midnight eastern time on November 1st they are available in my Etsy store for a small fee.

I hope you enjoy the blocks as much as I enjoyed designing and writing the patterns. I appreciate all of you for your super sweet comments and your support. Happy stitching.

You can find a list of the fabric requirements and more information about the

Block of the Month

by clicking HERE.

I love printing the applique patterns right on the fusible adhesive with

HeatnBond EZ Print Lite

(no tracing!)

Join us for this fun Block of the Month.

There are over 3000 friends on the Facebook group and we are having a blast.

Everyone is so encouraging.

Make the blocks and share them and win prizes.

Come have some fun with us
and
follow along with the designer blogs.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Child's Play - Paw vs Pole

The September Challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors is

Child's Play

and

today I'm excited to share

Paw vs Pole.

As Island Batik Ambassadors,

we were to create a juvenile-inspired project quilt

using the Accuquilt GO! Block on Board® (BOB®) Dies

that were included in the ambassador boxes we received in July.

My Block on Board® was the Accuquilt GO! Bear's Paw - 14" Finished Die

The challenge, for me, was to make the blocks into a child's quilt.

That's when I sat down with Electric Quilt to play with the design.

I chose to add a quilt block I designed called

"Lunchtime"

and

with the

Bear's Paw blocks from the Accuquilt die

Paw vs Pole was born.

Would it be easier for a bear to catch a fish if he had a pole?

What I love most about using the Accuquilt GO! Bear's Paw block die was the ease of cutting the pieces and especially the triangles for the half-square triangles. I was even able to cut the background squares and triangles for the "Lunchtime" applique block. The piecing was so fast.

I just chain pieced all of the half-square triangles at once

and

then chain pressed with my pink Oliso Pro iron.

The Bear's Paws were made with an Island Batik fabric from the "French Blue" collection by Kathy Engle. The background and borders are all Island Batik Foundations.

The applique bear was made with my Island Batik stash fabrics

and

my favorite fabric adhesive with no tracing, HeatnBond EZ Print Lite.

The appliques were stitched with Aurifil 50 wt. thread # 2784

I quilted Paw vs Pole on my Handyquilter with Glide thread in white.

I think this quilt is perfect for a little fisherman.

I really enjoyed trying a different border effect with this quilt

and

certainly loved the ease of the cutting with the

Accuquilt GO! Bear's Paw block die