Pink Ribbons Quilt - Tickled Pink Blog Hop

   Welcome to Creatin' in the Sticks

and
my day - the final day for the Tickled Pink Blog Hop.

To all that participated or commented -

Thank you so much!

My head is swimming with all kinds of love

and I can't wait to try some new pink projects.

But first, it's my day to show my

Pink Ribbons Quilt.

When the idea for this hop came along, my first thought was that I needed to use up some of the pink scraps in my ever-growing stash. 

 With a Granddaughter, it seems I've accumulated a lot of pink fabric.

Trouble is, she really would rather have blue now that she is a little older.

My daughter brought her over and we had a great time making her first Valentine box.

It was all made by her with a purchased heart box and stickers.

Grampy cut the hole in the top

 and

her mommy wrote her name in glue.

 Elizabeth was all about adding the glitter to the glue!

My daughter and granddaughter showed off the masterpiece Valentine box.

My kitchen is in the middle of a remodel - what a mess!

But we had fun!

You could say we were

"Tickled Pink"

I needed a simple project as you can see - with my house in a crazy mess.

It started with simple blocks and the idea was to have ribbons of pink,

but I hated it once I started stitching the ribbons together.

So I pieced a heart together with pink fabrics and bordered it with the pink ribbon blocks

and now

I love it.

I enjoy hosting blog hop events so much!

Joan from Moosestash Quilting, Carol from Just Let Me Quilt, 

and I, Carla from Creatin' in the Sticks

take turns hosting the blog hops and themes/challenges.

This month was my turn to host the

Tickled Pink blog hop!

I'm sharing my day with these bloggers:

Thursday, February 17th

Creatin' in the Sticks "Me"

Beaquilter

Stitchin at Home

Happy Cottage Quilter

Patchouli Moon Studio

Words & Stitches

Inflorescence

Quilted Delights 

You can find the rest of the schedule HERE.

This blog hop is for everyone!

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.

I'm Tickled Pink you stopped by!

 

Scrappy Teddy Bear Quilt - Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop

 Welcome to 

Creatin' in the Sticks!

Today is the first day of the first blog hop of 2022!

I'm excited to kick off the

Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop

where bloggers are sharing favorite "chilly" projects.

To get the blog hop started,

I present my

Scrappy Teddy Bear Quilt

Joan at MooseStash Quilting presented bloggers with the challenge to make something 

inspired by 

bears, blue, or anything cold.

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

The timing of this blog hop couldn't be better.

My Scrappy Teddy Bear Quilt is for my new grandson 

and 

his room is all bears.

I took advantage of the hop and made him a minky backed throw

(perfect for tummy time)

and

used up a bunch of 2 1/2 inch squares from my stash, too!

win-win!

I went old-school to design the quilt and drew it out on graph paper.

(my favorite way to design!)

I added another border and quilted it fast with meandering.

It's about 38" x 48"

Get inspired by all the blogs posting for the Polar Bear Plunge this week:

Monday Jan 24

Creatin' in the Sticks - You are HERE!

Samelias Mum

Purring Cottage

Patchouli Moon Studio

Scrapdash

Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

 

Tuesday Jan 25

Just Let Me Quilt

Beaquilter

Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel

 Days Filled With Joy

That Fabric Feeling

Den syende Himmel

VroomansQuilts

 

Wednesday Jan 26

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Hazel’s Daughter 

Words & Stitches

Kathleen McMusing

Quilting & Learning - What a Combo!

Quilted Delights

 

Thursday Jan 27

Songbird Designs

Selena Quilts

Ms P Designs USA

Quilting Gail

Karrin's Crazy World

Food for Thought

Bumbleberry Stitches

 

Friday Jan 28

Sew Many Yarns

Inflorescence 

Lianne Makes Stuff

Stitchin at Home

Quilt Schmilt

Lynns Beauty

MooseStashQuilting

Have fun hopping!

Don't forget to leave all the bloggers a little "comment love!"

See you here next month for 

Tickled Pink

and 

there is still time to sign up for March

Time in a Bottle

(Click here for details)

Stay warm!!!

We just finished watching the Chiefs win and my daughter sent me a picture of my grandbabies.

I thought I would share, even though he isn't on the quilt, he sure is cute in his 

Chiefs!

Hello Buttercup - 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, Hello Buttercup.

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

Here is my lovely:

Quilts, Quilts, and More Quilts by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes

copyright 1993

To be honest, I don't know how I came about owning this book, but it was in a stack and it just called to me.  Especially this page:

I decided to change the layout of the blocks and make it my own by using up as many scraps as I could to make a baby quilt.

It's about 42" x 52" and has a fun fleece tie-dye design backing.

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

MONDAY 3/1

Words and Stitches

 Samelia’s Mum

High Road Quilter

TUESDAY 3/2

  Karin’s Crazy World

Lemon Tree Snippets

 Anjaquilts

WEDNESDAY 3/3

Beaquilter

   Cynthia’s Creating Ark

  A Quilting Readers Garden

THURSDAY 3/4

Kathy’s Kwilts and More

Quilting Patchwork Applique

 The Darling Dogwood

 Creatin’ in the Sticks You are here!

FRIDAY 3/5

Beaquilter

Quilting at the farm

 Kathleen McMusing

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

There are some fun old books to see.

I really do need to use my books more often.

Thanks, Bea, this was fun!

Valentine Snuggle Quilt

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today, I’m happy to be back over on the 

Thermoweb blog

 to share my 

Valentine Snuggle Quilt

created with the Thermoweb Valentine Sew Along Quilt Blocks

Combining patchwork with applique is one of my favorite ways to make quilts. 

When it came time to put the blocks together, I took advantage of the bright colors of the 

Michael Miller Fabrics Garden Pindot collection and made framed blocks.

Did you enjoy the

Thermoweb Valentine Sew-along?

Nothing makes fusible applique easier than
HeatNBond EZ Print Sheets

Check out all the details of the finished projects today at Thermoweb.

Have a loving day.

AccuQuilt Ready. Set. GO! Challenge Baby Quilt - Chunky Twists

The April challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors is

AccuQuilt

Ready. Set. GO!

Baby Quilt.
Today is my day to show

Chunky Twists

As Island Batik Ambassadors,

this month is our first industry partner spotlight challenge.

The challenge is to use AccuQuilt dies to create a 40" - 48" baby quilt

using any pattern.

AccuQuilt generously provided the Island Batik Ambassodors with an

Accuquilt - Ready Set Go! Ultimate Fabric Cutting System.

I chose a mixture of Island Batik stash builder fabrics and yardage.

The stash builder strips are 5" wide and perfect for the AccuQuilt dies.

I chose to use the Two by Two quilt block in the

Quilt in a Day GO! Qube book by Eleanor Burns.

The AccuQuilt was so much fun to use to cut the rectangles.

I even made a video to show how fast the rectangles were cut.

If you want, you can see it by clicking HERE

Baby quilts don't have to be pastel, I chose the colors of the rainbow.

I only used one die, the 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" rectangle, #8 in the 
GO! Qube Mix and Match 8" Block.

This quilt was so quick to make and the top was ready in one afternoon.

The cutting was so accurate, the seams met perfectly and everything was so perfectly square.

Hobbs Heirloom Premium cotton batting really makes the straight and diagonal lined quilting pop.

Chunky Twists is finished with an Island Batik foundation Basic fabric - Vino for the binding
and finishes at 40" square.

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

AccuQuilt

Ready. Set. GO!

Baby Quilt challenge 

by clicking HERE.

It's amazing how modern tools can help us to create.

This is the beginning of lots of fun and accurate cutting.

Revisits for Unbelievable Cuteness

How life can change in one year.

I posted this tutorial last year

over on the Thermoweb Blog

before I knew I was going to be a Grammy.

Yesterday, my sweet Grandbaby modeled the outfit for the first time...

She just makes the outfit so much cuter and I'm so glad I kept it for her.

This is her first photo sitting up on her own, too.

She is sitting on a blanket my mom (Great Grammy) made for her.

I just can't believe this could be any cuter.

This was another tutorial from this year over on the 

Thermoweb Blog.

I usually practice on one before I make the full tutorial.

She makes my practice perfect.

And one more...

This one was back in April this year for 

Thermoweb.

She was able to wear this one once before 

the dress was shipped away to be used for a background piece

for a top-secret project...  (shhh)

LOL

I don't think she was happy with me that day,

but maybe when the dress comes back it will fit her better and she will smile.

I've learned to make things a bit larger so she can wear them longer.

I learned my lesson with these.

She only wore them once...

This is truly one of life's blessings,

this grandparent thing.