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Monday, February 14, 2022

Tickled Pink This Week!

This week is the
Tickled Pink Blog Hop!


I invited a great group of Bloggers to
create something with the color pink in it somewhere.

Or if they wanted to make it about being tickled, who am I to stand in the way?
It's all about pink or being tickled.
It's the month of love so really anything will do that tickle's us pink.

What is a Blog Hop?

It's like a "show and tell" online.
Our blog hops feature sewing and quilting and are like joining a quilt guild without leaving home. 
Carol at Just Let Me Quilt, Joan at MooseStash Quilting, and I come up with a challenge
and invite bloggers to join.
We give everyone plenty of time to sew something, usually two months. 

We assign a date for the bloggers to post their projects during the hop
and
they inspire us with projects, tutorials, or patterns. 
Sometimes there are a few giveaways, too.

I'm sure this group will wow us!!


You can check out the Pinterest Board to stay up to date, too.

Have fun and have a very 
Happy Valentine's Day!




Saturday, February 5, 2022

Crayon Drawstring Bag for a Certain Little Valentine

I have a fun project to share today.

I'm over on the Thermoweb blog with a free pattern to craft a 
Crayon Drawstring Bag.

My little granddaughter loves to color so I made her a little bag of coloring books and crayons.



 This drawstring bag is the perfect size for a couple of coloring books and all the crayons too. 



 HeatnBond Medium Weight Non-Woven Fusible Interfacing keeps the bag in shape and you can add HeatnBond Liquid Vinyl Gel Coating to the lining to prevent stains and make cleaning a breeze.  Of course, the pattern calls for HeatnBond EZ Print Lite to make the applique crayon tops so much easier.

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

Happy Stitching!



Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Cackling Stitches Creepy Critters BOM

 Cackling Stitches is doing it again...another block of the month! This one is called "Creepy Critters" and today is the official start!

 February 1st. 

The first blocks have just been released on our Cackling Stitches Facebook page, so if you want to join in check it out HERE.

This is my version of "Creepy Critters" 


It's a block of the month, but there are 3 blocks being released today to get you started.

The first applique block is 
Rotary Rita
designed by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt
(this is my version)


The other 2 blocks released are to frame all of the applique blocks.
They are hourglass blocks and half-square triangle blocks.


Joan from Moosestash Quilting and Carol from Just Let Me Quilt are my wickedly creative friends who helped create this quilt for the BOM. 
Check out our Facebook page , Cackling Stitches, to see their quilts
and to download the February patterns.




Sunday, January 23, 2022

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


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!