Bona Lisa's Sweater Emporium - 2024 Block of the Month

It won't be long before a new

Cackling Stitches 

block of the month will begin and we're so excited! 

Halloween should be all year, right?

It's our 4th year for the Cackling Stitches Facebook group 

and

 it's so fun to be part of the design team. 

Joan, Carol, and I have been working away and we are ready to share 

a peek at the quilt for next year.

Bona Lisa's Sweater Emporium

50" x 74"

This is my version of Bona Lisa's Sweater Emporium.

I used solid and Halloween fabrics from my stash

with a background of Kona solids.

And of course, Aurifill Thread.

Check out Moosestash Quilting's version HERE.

Check out Just Let Me Quilt's version HERE.

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

The 2024 "Bona Lisa's Sweater Emporium" BOM runs from January through September. 

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

We even give you the fabric requirements early to help you conjure/gather your fabrics.

You can find it HERE.

How our Bona Lisa's Sweater Emporium BOM works...

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 those who can't wait for each month's block(s), 

the whole pattern will be available in January for purchase.

We have some fun things planned with this quilt so be sure to join us!

Which Way to Witchville - Blocks of the Month 2023

 It is almost time for the 

Cackling Stitches 

block of the month to begin and we're so excited! 

Halloween should be all year, right?

It's our 3rd year for the Cackling Stitches Facebook group 

and

 it's so fun to be part of the design team. 

Joan, Carol, and I have been working away and we are ready to share 

a peek at the quilt.

Which Way to Witchville

48" x 64"

This is my version of Which Way to Witchville.

I used "Sugar" by Sarah Watts for Ruby Star Society for my fabric applique and borders

with a background of Kona solids.

And of course, Aurifill Thread.

Check out Moosestash Quilting's version HERE.

Check out Just Let Me Quilt's version 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. 

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

We even give you the fabric requirements early to help you conjure/gather your fabrics.

You can find it HERE.

How our Which Way to Witchville BOM works...

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.

 So, what is "NEW" and has never been done by us? 

Beginning January 1st, 

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

We've had so many people ask us if they can buy the whole thing at once, 

so we decided to go for it.

If you can't wait for each block release 

or 

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

We hope you appreciate the time we put into creating this BOM and understand that we keep

 the costs to a minimum for you. 

We ask that you respect our copyrights and do not share the 

pattern with others. 

You're welcome to direct your friends to our Cackling Stitches Group 

Facebook or any of our ETSY shops so they can get their own patterns starting January 1st.

Creatin' in the Sticks Etsy Store HERE.

Just Let Me Quilt Etsy Store HERE.

Moosestash Quilting Etsy Store HERE.

It's going to be a great new year for sure.  

Have a great holiday 

and

 I'll see ya on January 1st for the first block!

One Scary Pumpkin - Gremlins, Goblins, and Ghouls Oh My! Blog Hop

 Welcome

to the Sticks

and

 the second day of the

Gremlins, Goblins, and Ghouls Oh My! Blog Hop.

I've created One Scary Pumpkin

or 2 or 3...

Joan at MooseStash Quilting invited bloggers to dust off their brooms and come out and "fly"!

Or share some great Halloween-inspired projects.

Thanks, Joan, for inviting me!

I have way too many Halloween scraps - I tend to purchase more every year.

So, I broke out all the Halloween Fabrics and put together twenty 10" blocks

with random-sized scraps.

Then I stitched and flipped the four corners of the pumpkin, added some borders, and appliqued a stem and a leaf.

I had planned to make this quilt larger, but as usual, my time ran out.

I had made more blocks than I used in the quilt, so I cut some pumpkin sections out of the blocks.

I don't want any more orphan blocks than are necessary...

Now I have 2 spooky accent pumpkins to go with the quilt.

And a whole lot fewer Halloween fabric scraps.

Check out the others that are breaking out their brooms today:

Tuesday, Oct 18

Creatin’ in the Sticks (ME)

Quilted Delights

Karrins Crazy World

Quilt Schmilt

Selina Quilts

Joan has the rest of the schedule HERE

and

a Pinterest Page HERE.

We have 2 more blog hops to go this year:

I am hosting the Music Blog Hop next month

and Carol is hosting her annual

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange in December.

Email Carol if you would like to join:

 About those blog hops Carol, Joan, and I host...we're changing it up a bit!

We've decided to call it Sew It - Show It.

We've been challenging our blogger friends each month and they never disappoint.

With a new name, Sew It-Show It, we'll be looking for twenty bloggers each month

who want to meet our challenges and share their creations. 

It won't be much different than our previous blog hops, but we've found that it's hard

for some people to visit so many blogs in one day. So...it will be just four days with five

bloggers each day. That means (sadly) that we won't have unlimited openings anymore.

But, we may have a few more surprises.

It all begins in January and I will be hosting the first Sew It-Show It in 2023.

If you are reading this, think of shades of blue for January.

I'll be posting about it after the

Gremlins, Goblins, and Ghouls Oh My! Blog Hop

 is over so watch for it here at Creatin' in the Sticks.

Did you know that Carol, Joan, and I host a block of the month every year on Facebook?

We are seriously working our fingers to the bone right now

and

we couldn't be more excited!!!!

We'd love to have you join us on our Cackling Stitches Facebook page!

The group shares Halloween Love all year long.

Whew!

That is a lot of information!

I'll just be on my way now...

have a Happy Halloween!

I'm Watching You over at Thermoweb and more Halloween Goodies

 Don't ya just love decorating for Halloween?  

I've been having so much fun.

 Just imagine an eyeball door hanger on every knob in the house. 

 Wouldn't that be a hoot?  

I'm on the Thermoweb blog today to show you how to make an eyeball or two.

The sheen in the eye is so easy to do with HeatnBond Liquid Vinyl. 

 You will think someone is watching you everywhere you go...

The pattern is free over on the Thermoweb blog.

Next week there will be lots of Halloween inspiration as we hop around in the

Gremlins, Goblins, and Ghouls Oh My Blog Hop.

Joan has the full schedule over at MooseStashQuilting.

Don't ya just love this time of year?

Ghastly Ghouls - A Pterodactyl Halloween

   Welcome to the first day of the

Gastly Ghouls Blog Hop!

I'm happy to kick things off with

A Pterodactyl Halloween

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt presented bloggers with the challenge to make something spooky, kooky, or anything wickedly Halloween.  Of course, I was in.  This is right up my alley.

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

I'm keeping up with my tradition with this one.

I have 1 very special girl (my daughter) that loves Halloween

and her daughter loves it too!  

So I started a tradition to make a little doll to look like

my Granddaughter in her Halloween costume every year.

She has the last 3 years of Halloween Friends and loves them.

When I texted my daughter to ask what my Granddaughter was dressing up as this year for Halloween,

this is the picture I received:

Well, that was a surprise, but I put on my Grammie panties and got to work. lol

I designed it by tweaking an original doll design.

You can get the original free doll pattern HERE.

Lizzy put on her costume for a little Boo at the Zoo action.

Perfect timing for the hop!

So I gave her the new Halloween Friend.

I think she likes it!

I have yet to make a bag to keep all of the Halloween Friends.

That has to be a priority for next year, but for now, she plays with them year-round.

Want some more Ghastly Ghouls stitching inspiration?

Here is the complete schedule:

OCTOBER 18
 
Creatin' in the Sticks - You are here!
Inflorescence
Samelia's Mum
Songbird Designs
Ink Torrents
 
OCTOBER 19

Moosestash Quilting
Just Sew Quilter
Quilted Delights
Websterquilt
Patchouli Moon Studio
 
OCTOBER 20
 
Scrapdash
Homespun Hannah's Blog
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Karrin’s Crazy World
 
OCTOBER 21
 
Kathy's Kwilts and More
For The Love Of Geese
Quilt Schmilt
Words & Stitches
Home Sewn By Us
 
OCTOBER 22
 
Just Let Me Quilt
Quilt Fabrication
Selina Quilts
Ms P Designs USA

It's so fun to get inspiration from Blog Hops.

This is my favorite time of year for stitching.

I think Lizzy likes it too!

Scary Cat - Digital Embroidery Pattern

 There's another Scary Cat in town.

That's right, Scary Cat has a digital twin.

photo by Chantell Creations

Chantell of Chantell's Creations has digitized 

Scary Cat

for all embroidery enthusiasts.

Chantell has 2 versions,

Applique or Free Standing 5" x 7" and/or 8" x 8".

photo by Chantell Creations

Chantell offers many formats and has an

 introductory special right now

for the Scary Cat patterns.

Just in time for you to have Scary Cat for Halloween.

It's been a lot of fun working with Chantell 

and

 I see a few of her digital quilting patterns in my future.

You can find the original Scary Cat

mini quilt post and pattern information by clicking HERE.

If you want digital, click HERE.

SCARY CAT 

is perfect

in my

Halloween infested home.

Don't you want him in yours too?

Vintage Inspired SCARY CAT Mini Wall Quilt

 Halloween is one of my favorite reasons to decorate the house and porch.

I love stitching Halloween too!

Today I have a free tutorial and pattern to share.

SCARY CAT is a feature over at

Thermoweb

today.

I've been so inspired by the vintage Halloween decor I've been seeing

and

wanted to stitch my own.

Scary Cat is 9" x 14" 

and 

is appliqued with

 HeatnBond EZ Print Lite 

No tracing, the pattern is ready to print.

SCARY CAT

is the perfect complement to the witch stuffy I made last month.

Get the free pattern and tutorial

on the 

Thermoweb blog.

UPDATE:

photo by Chantell Creations

Chantell of Chantell's Creations has digitized 

Scary Cat

for all embroidery enthusiasts.

Chantell has 2 versions,

Applique or Free Standing 5" x 7" and/or 8" x 8".

SCARY CAT is comfy in my 

Halloween infested home.

Don't you want him in yours too?