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...

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 and Gathering Leaves patterns.

At Midnight eastern time on November 1st, 2019 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.

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

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

Child's Play challenge

by clicking HERE.

Now, Let's go fishing.

Winner - My Favorite Quilt Block

Just Let me Quilt 

and

Creatin' in the Sticks

have partnered

to bring fun blog hops each month.

Blog hops are a great way to show

new quilting methods, patterns, fabrics, projects,

and

products you may not have seen before.

Last week we had so much fun with the

My Favorite Quilt Block Blog Hop.

There were so many awesome projects and comments.
Thank you to all who either posted or commented.
YOU make it happen!

Now it's time to announce the winner of the

Giveaway!!

One of my favorite fabric shops is the 

Fat Quarter Shop

and

Susan A. is receiving

 a

$25.00 Gift Card to go

SHOPPING!!!

Our random draw winner follows Creatin' in the Sticks on Instagram.

Congratulations, Susan.

I am emailing you right now!

Don't forget that sign-ups for the new hop has started and spots are filling fast.

Click here for the details.

Stitch It and Gift It Blog Hop Announcement

Let's start the season of giving with a blog hop

celebrating the art of sewing and quilting.

We have had so much fun hopping!

It's like old times, like a reunion, seeing old friends and being blown away by the stitching.

We are trying to keep the blog hops simple and easy to participate

which makes it nice for everyone...

us included.

I can't believe how creative these blog hops have been and can't wait to see where everyone takes this one.

Today I am happy to announce a blog hop with the spirit of giving.

Stitch It and Gift It blog hop.

I am always moved by the giving hearts of so many quilters
and
love reading the stories behind the gifts.

SO

Stitch a gift for someone and tell us the story.

Maybe it's a donation quilt, a quilt of valor for a veteran, a mug rug for a friend, a kennel quilt for a pet, a doll for a granddaughter (wink), a trash basket for a family member (another wink), or maybe it's the gift of teaching someone to sew.

Anything will do.  It's your interpretation of 
Stitch It and Give It.

The blog hop rules:  

sorry, there has to be a little organization...

Post your project on your assigned day.

Have a giveaway or don't have a giveaway. It's totally optional!

Visit everyone's blog on the list and leave a sweet comment.

Are you in?

Send me an email with the following information:
Your first name
Your email address
Your blog name

Your blog URL

Subject Line:  Stitch It

PLEASE, email me the info.

I know most of you, but if you don't send the info, I have to look all your information up.

If you have emailed me and don't hear from me within a few days, please email me again or contact me on Facebook.  Sometimes Hotmail eats my homework...lol

Remember, this is for fun.
Let's play.