Joy is Stitching a Santa Gnome Mini

 It's Joy season!

 I'm over on the Thermoweb blog with a free pattern to craft a 

Santa Gnome Mini Quilt - with instructions to make it a pillow too.

You asked for it

and

after designing the Happy Spring and the Hello Fall gnome minis,

I just had to make a Santa Gnome, too.

Pick up these Thermoweb products:

HeatnBond Fusible Fleece  

HeatnBond EZ Print Lite 

SpraynBond basting adhesive

A few fabrics and of course, Aurifil thread, and you are set.

Click here to get the free tutorial and pattern over at Thermoweb!

I hope this little Santa Gnome makes you smile today

and

brings you Christmas Joy!

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange - Bits of Christmas and Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

 Welcome to 

Creatin' in the Sticks!

I'm excited to kick off the

Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop

where bloggers are sharing Christmas cookies recipes, traditions, 

and/or 

sewing projects.

Thank you, Carol, for including me!

Merry Christmas!

It's time to make Christmas happen here in the Sticks

and

my friend Carol at Just Let Me Quilt

has a way of pushing me (this blog hop)

 to get my projects finished on time.

I have committed to using only mostly scraps for my projects this year.

I had a bunch of small Christmas bits and decided to use them for this quilt.

Even the white bits are from my scrap bins (they aren't all "white")

I didn't even make a dent in the scraps.

This is tiny piecing and I loved every moment.

The Bits of Christmas Quilt Recipe

Finished quilt size: 52" square

I3 blocks across and 13 blocks down.

All seams stitched 1/4"

Red Block

Unfinished size 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Finished size:  4" x 4"

Cut 4 rectangles - 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" - white

Cut 4 squares - 1 1/2"  - red

Cut 1 square -  2 1/2"  - red

Make 85 Red Blocks

Green Block

Unfinished size 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Finished size:  4" x 4"

Cut 2 rectangles 1 1/2" x 2" - white

Cut 1 square 1 1/2" - green

Cut 2 rectangles 2" x 4 1/2" - white

Make 84 Blocks

I would love to make another

Bits of Christmas Quilt

I have enough little bits to make one for a king-sized bed.

(better start now for next year...)

I've been working on another project I thought I would share.

My first Ombre Puff Quilt

It's a sew-along on Instagram with Brittany over at Lo and Behold Stitchery (Pattern Here)

I'm so in love with this quilt and I've really enjoyed the process.

You're saying, "But Carla, what does that have to do with Christmas?"

I made a Christmas Puff Pillow with 5" charms for a practice run before I quilt the big one.

It's full of cushy goodness!

But you are here not only for Christmas inspiration but for some virtual cookies.

I made Brownies - Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies.

Yep, I bought a brownie mix and used the recipe on the side of the box.

I did change it a bit by adding pecans to the top.

You can get the recipe HERE - they are amazing!!!

If you want more cookie recipes, you are in luck:

December 5

Creatin' in the Sticks (You are HERE!)
DesertSky Quilting
Karrin’s Crazy World
Days Filled With Joy
Just Because Quilts
That Fabric Feeling
For The Love Of Geese
Words & Stitches
 
December 6

MooseStashQuilting
Just Sew Quilter
Ms P Designs USA
Beaquilter
Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
Stitchin At Home
 
December 7

Inflorescence
Crazy'boutquilts
Patchouli Moon Studio
Texas Quilt Gal
Pinker n' Punkin Quilting & Stitching
Needled Mom
Quilted Delights
 
December 8

Just Let Me Quilt
Quiltscapes
Songbird Designs
Patchwork Breeze
Quilt Schmilt
Homespun Hannah's Blog
Happy Cottage Quilter

Please leave each one a sweet comment.

Spread some Christmas cheer.

Thank you for stopping by

and

thank you, Carol, for hosting this annual event!

It's hard to believe we've been doing this since 2013.

Have the best holiday season!

Have a Warm and Cozy Christmas

 It's going to be a warm and cozy Christmas
with this new quilt and pillow.

Warm Letter Quilt

and

Cozy Pillow Cover

 It's getting colder and colder.

My newest patterns over at Thermoweb will help you to stay cozy this Christmas.

They make great gifts too!

The fabrics are one of my favorite color combinations in
Art Gallery Fabrics “Merry & Bright” collective by AGF Studio.

These products really made it easy to piece this quilt and applique the scarf:

StitchnSew EZ Print Quilt Block Sheets 

iCraft purple tape

HeatnBond EZ Print Lite  iron-on adhesive 

Check out my post over at Thermoweb for all the details.

The quilt is a great size for gifting:  40" x 60".

Have a warm and cozy Christmas!

Get Cozy Over at Thermoweb

 It's getting colder and colder.

My newest pattern over at Thermoweb will help you to stay cozy. 

I was so happy to play with one of my favorite color combinations in

Art Gallery Fabrics “Merry & Bright” collective by AGF Studio.

To make Cozy you'll need these products from Thermoweb:

HeatnBond EZ Print Lite  iron-on adhesive – no tracing, the pattern is ready to print

StitchnSew Sew-In fleece, High Loft – for a super cushiony pillow

SpraynBond basting adhesive - no pinning 

The free pattern can be found HERE.

I have a quilt pattern coming next week.
 It's the perfect complement to the Cozy pillow.

The Warm quilt pattern will be available for free over at Thermoweb too.

Next week we'll be Cozy and Warm!

Christmas in July Then and Now - Christmas Ornaments Pillow and Giveaway

Welcome
to

the first day of the

Christmas in July Then and Now Blog Hop.

.

I'm happy to kick things off with

 my

Christmas Ornaments Pillow.

Carol of Just Let Me Quilt invited bloggers to show an 

older Christmas project from "back then" 

or

show something new...anything Christmas related.

That was it, just make or show something Christmas.

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

This pillow is my "now" but I've made these blocks before.

It's theThermoweb Holiday Quilt Block Series from 2017

and

this is the table runner I made with the blocks with

O' Christmas Tree by Whistler Studios for Windham Fabrics

.

I teamed with 3 other Thermoweb designers to create ornament inspired 

quilt block patterns. 

 Our hostess, Carol, was part of the design team, too.

The FREE quilt block patterns can be found on the following Thermoweb links:

Carla - Christmas Bell Ornament

Carol - Vintage Christmas Ornament

Amanda - Holiday Retro Ornament

Amy - Joy Ornament

Click HERE to see the way other designers put the blocks together.

But wait, I used these awesome patterns again to make another table runner last year

with different fabrics, I received from my local quilt shop.

With permission from the designers and Thermoweb, I taught a class at my local shop,

Birds of a Feather Quilt Shop.  

It was my first teaching gig and it was too much fun.

I pre-printed all the patterns for the class on 

 HeatnBond EZ Print Lite 

(no tracing)

so the class could start right in with fabric selection and sewing 

to finish the blocks in the class.

Which brings me back to my Ornament Pillow.

For the class, I didn't know how much time I would have to stitch, so I made the blocks 1/2 size so I could still have time to teach. 

 I only managed to finish one block even with the smaller size.

So, thanks to this hop, I finished the blocks and made them into a pillow cover.

Be sure to check out all the Christmas projects over at these blogs today:

July 27

Creatin' in the Sticks

Just Because Quilts

Words & Stitches

Quilt In A Not-Shell

Ms P Designs USA

 Scrapdash

Selina Quilts

Days Filled With Joy

  

Here is the rest of the schedule:

July 28

Life in the Scrapatch

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Karrin’s Crazy World

Vroomans Quilts

Quilted Delights

Songbird Designs

Websterquilt

 Karen's Korner

  

July 29

MooseStashQuilting

Beaquilter

Day Brook Designs

Seams To Be Sew

Little Penguin Quilts

Bumbleberry Stitches

Samelia's Mum

Canyon Rim Quilting

  

July 30

Quiltscapes

Mary Mack Made Mine

DesertSky Quilting

For The Love Of Geese

Quilt Schmilt

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel

Quilting Gail

  

July 31

Just Let Me Quilt

Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Den Syende Himmel

Quilt Fabrication

Sew Many Yarns

Just Sew Quilter

Shirley C.

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Get all that inspiration to start your holiday stitching now 

so it's done in time for you to enjoy the holidays.

(Every year I say I'm going to start my Christmas stitching early and every year I wait till the last minute.)

At least I have a pillow cover ready...

I want you to have a chance to try 

Thermoweb's HeatnBond EZ Print Lite 

so I'm giving away one package.

I'm covering the postage so this giveaway is limited to U.S. only.  (sorry)

Entries are open until August 2nd

I'll announce the winner by August 4th.

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