A Little Quilting Buzz

 The past week was such fun with the
Shades of Blue Sew It Show It Challenge
and
I really enjoyed hosting.

If you missed it, be sure to click the link and check out all the wonderful blues!

As I was visiting the posts, new activities were presented

and

I decided to jump on board with a few.

I've never participated in a round-robin, have you?

This one is unique in that you do all the stitching.

It's a stay-at-home round-robin.

Quilting Gail has all the info HERE.

I missed the round where you show your center block.

This week is the first round and the prompt, Spool Block, is by

Home Sew By Us

I had an orphan block I reworked into a spool for my 

SAHRR (Stay at Home Round Robin) 6" center block.

Then I used the tutorial provided by Home Sew By Us to make the 3" spool blocks for the first border round.

I can't wait to do the next round.

I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm jumping in with both feet.  haha

Then over at Days Filled With Joy

there is a really neat challenge for the year.

There will be a prompt and a tutorial link every month

and

at the end of the year, we will have a full gift box.

During the Shades of Blue Challenge, 

Joy shared the fabric basket she made this month for

One Gift a Month

 and I just had to make one too.

I can't wait to see what gift we will be making next month!

Bea at BeaQuilter is hosting her annual 

Dust Off a Quilt Book

Blog Hop.

The idea is you look at your shelf of quilt books and find an old one or one you haven’t used in a while and “dust it off” and then make something from the book.

I need to use those books so I'm in.

My day to post is March 6th.

Bea has all the details HERE.

Maybe one of these things sounds like fun to you too!

Shades of Blue in a Sampler

 Welcome
to
the first day of the
Shades of Blue
Sew It Show It Challenge.

I'm happy to kick things off with my

Shades of Blue Sampler Quilt.

Skill builders like sampler quilts are so fun

and

I created this one just to play with some quilt block designs.

9 fat quarters of Kona Solids in shades of blue with some careful cutting,

became
31 quilt blocks and a 54" x 72" throw.

The plan was to offer the pattern now, but I'm planning a sew-along in the future for this one.

So, stay tuned for that.

In the meantime, it was so fun to take pictures in the snow...

After all, it's all about shades of blue this week

and what better background for blues than white?

I invited a great group of Bloggers to

create something with shades of blue.

Here is the line up:

Monday, January 23rd

Creatin' in the Sticks - You are HERE!

Desertsky Quilting

Selina Quilts

Just Because Quilts

Scrapdash

The Joyful Quilter

Tuesday, January 24th

MooseStashQuilting

Kathleen McMusing

Den syende himmel

Karrin’s Crazy World

Artes de Paula Louceiro

Days Filled With Joy

Beaquilter

Wednesday, January 25th

Just Let Me Quilt

Inflorescence

crazy'boutquilts

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Quilted Delights

Quilt Schmilt

VroomansQuilts

Thursday, January 26th

Ms P Designs USA

Lianne Makes Stuff

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Words & Stitches

Just Sew Quilter

Have fun visiting each blog and making new friends.

They have worked hard to show us some new ideas, so be sure to thank them with 

a sweet comment!

You can check out the

Pinterest Board

to stay up to date, too.

The week will definitely be blue skies ahead!

#ShadesofBlueSewitShowit

Shades of Blue

 The Shades of Blue
Sew It - Show It Challenge
starts tomorrow!

I invited a great group of Bloggers to

create something with shades of blue.

Let's see who is up to the challenge!

Here is the line up:

Monday, January 23rd

Creatin' in the Sticks

Desertsky Quilting

Selina Quilts

Just Because Quilts

Scrapdash

The Joyful Quilter

Tuesday, January 24th

MooseStashQuilting

Kathleen McMusing

Den syende himmel

Karrin’s Crazy World

Artes de Paula Louceiro

Days Filled With Joy

Beaquilter

Wednesday, January 25th

Just Let Me Quilt

Inflorescence

crazy'boutquilts

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Quilted Delights

Quilt Schmilt

VroomansQuilts

Thursday, January 26th

Ms P Designs USA

Lianne Makes Stuff

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Words & Stitches

Just Sew Quilter

Have fun visiting each blog and making new friends.

They have worked hard to show us some new ideas, so be sure to thank them with 

a sweet comment!

You can check out the

Pinterest Board

to stay up to date, too.

We are stitching the Blues!

#ShadesofBlueSewitShowit

Pink Pineapple - Project Quilting Season14, Challenge 2

   This is the second challenge of Season 14 of Project Quilting.

I'm excited to join in the challenge -  Pink Tint

My entry:

Pink Pineapple

Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting
and

this is the 10th year I'm participating.

Kim announces a challenge and you have one week to create something quilty.

Prizes can be won and it's a great way to meet new blogging friends.

The rule in this challenge is that some shade of pink must dominate this project.

It must include either applique, piecing, or have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

It's so funny that I chose to use color for the first challenge this year.

So I went in the same direction with the second challenge.

I made a paper piece pattern with Electric Quilt.

I fink that when I am using super tiny pieces, StitchnSew Quilt Block Sheets hold together so much better than paper.  You can print directly from an inkjet printer and see your fabrics so much better while you stitch.

I found the cutest tiny quilt block fabric in my stash for the center

and stitched 85 tiny pieces to make

Pink Pineapple

Project Quilting Season 14, Challenge 2 - Pink Tint

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

http://www.createinthesticks.blogspot.com/

Size: 5" x 5"

Foundation paper piecing, quilting on a domestic with Aurifil 50 wt thread #2437

and

stuffed with crushed walnut shells and fiberfill.

You can see all the other challenge projects

by clicking HERE.  

One Color, Nine Shades - Project Quilting Season14, Challenge 1

  This is the first challenge of Season 14 of Project Quilting.

I'm excited to join in the challenge -  The First One

My entry:

One Color, Nine Shades

Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting
and

this is the 10th year I'm participating.

Kim announces a challenge and you have one week to create something quilty.

Prizes can be won and it's a great way to meet new blogging friends.

The rules in this challenge are that the project must feature the number one.

It must include either applique, piecing, or have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

I decided to take the color route and use ONE color.

I made a paper piece pattern.

Chose 9 shades of green fabric.

Checked the values with a grey scale photo.

And stitched

One Color, Nine Shades

Project Quilting Season 14, Challenge 1 - The First One

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

http://www.createinthesticks.blogspot.com/

Size: 5" x 5"

Foundation paper piecing, quilting on a domestic with Aurifil 50 wt thread

and

stuffed with crushed walnut shells

You can see all the other challenge projects

by clicking HERE.  

Which Way to Witchville - TOWN SQUARE

Today is the day!

Cackling Stitches 

block of the month 2023 

begins and we're so excited! 

Joan, Carol, and I are ready to start sharing blocks

and

I am up first with the center block pattern!

Which Way to Witchville

48" x 64" 

This is my version of the quilt

 "Which Way to Witchville?" 

Here is the first block,

"Town Square"

Town Square is a place to greet all the witches in our community.

It's a big 16" block for the center of the quilt.

The quilt block pattern is available in my Etsy Shop.

Click HERE.

You can wait for each block and download it for free each month the blocks are released,

or

the whole pattern is available for purchase in my Etsy Shop 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.

New this year:

Beginning January 1st, 

the ENTIRE quilt pattern is available in each of our ETSY shops for $15.

If you can't wait for each block release 

or 

you don't have a Facebook page, this is for you!

You can choose one of our Etsy stores to purchase the entire pattern:

Creatin' in the Sticks Etsy Store HERE.

Just Let Me Quilt Etsy Store HERE.

Moosestash Quilting Etsy Store HERE.

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