A Wicked Blog Hop!

It's time to have a wicked good time! A huge Thank you to Madame Samm for another awesome hop and to Wendy at Why Knot Kwilt!  I worked on a few original designs. The first one being a haunted house!  Imagine the little ghouls and goblins that go trick or treating here! I enjoy to embroider and this was a fun project to work on in front of the TV.
After I got the center embroidered then I decided to make a no-waste flying geese border all the way around it.... so here's how I did it.... it's not a new technique, and I certainly can't take credit for it.  But it sure made making tiny flying geese blocks easy and accurate to do! I used 3 fat quarters from Thimbleberries to do my block.

I began by cutting 32  ~  1  7/8" black squares and 8 ~ 3  1/4" orange squares

Lay two black squares on one orange square right sides together and draw a diagonal line from corner to corner, you will sew a 1/4" scant seam on each side of the diagonal line.  (I have the diagonal marked here)

Sewing on the lines....

Then cut apart....

Iron... to the dark side....

Then lay a black square on your triangle section, again mark 1/4" seam on each side of the diagonal.

I have a stack of them to do to make a border!

Sew on the 1/4" seam line....

Cut apart....

iron... iron to the dark side....this will make 1" x 2" flying geese (1  1/2" x 2  1/2")

Then I trim my embroidery piece down ....

8 flying geese blocks will form the border on each side....

I fussy cut the corner blocks for the border.



Border is all pieced and the block is now ready to quilt.

All quilted

Sewing on the binding....

It's time to welcome the Trick or Treaters!!!



I didn't just stop there, I also made this cute mug rug. 'Frankie'

I also made a skeleton mug rug. I call this fellow 'Mr. Bones'.  I love his candy corn nose. I love candy corn!

I was planning on giving a  copy of Halloween house as a prize, but I'm still trying to write it! But I do have directions for both 'Mr. Bones' and 'Frankie'. So Wilson and I will pick two lucky winners for both patterns. To win... leave me a comment on your favorite Halloween treat. I love candy corn mixed with peanuts. For a second chance to win, be a happy follower and let me know that you are. Wilson and I will draw our lucky winners on Halloween! Yep Halloween! We have all sorts of treats to give away on Halloween!

I get to share today with these talented quilters!

The Quilting Alleycat

Words & Stitches

Geema's Wonderings

Quilt Doodle Doodles (You are here!)

Bacon Then Eggs

Inga

Briarside Lane

Quilts And Smily Faces

Why Knot?

Quilt Matters

Mad Quilter's Disease

Susie's World

Sew Paint Create

Happy Halloween!
Cindy

Christmas Bowls

Stacking bowls is soooo much fun!  I had such a good time with Regina's pattern.  Thank you Regina for the pattern! I also want to thank Carol at Just Let Me Quilt and Madame Samm for organizing this wonderful blog hop.  Today is my day to show you what I made... when I saw this pattern it reminded me of my grandma, and when I think of grandma, I think of Christmas.  So here is how I made a Christmas themed Bowls with Borders.

Christmas fabric from Marcus Brothers would be perfect for this project.
(Spirit of Christmas)

Here's the first bowl done.... now it's time to stack!

It's so much fun stacking bowls!!

All ready for quilting... I  put a strip border around my pieced block.

Quilting in the cream space...

Sewing on my binding....

Stacked Bowls with Borders
Finished size 8" x 19"

Now, time for the giveaway!  Two lucky winners will win a PDF version of a pattern of their choice from my Etsy Store. Hummmmm .... leave me a comment on what your favorite cookie recipe is.  One of my favorites is Chocolate Crinkles.  For a second chance to win, let me know that you are a follower.  Wilson and I will announce our lucky winners August 30th using random.org.

Hope you have fun hopping around, I'm having a blast seeing everyone's bowls.  Here's a listing of today's bowl bloggers...

Binks

Robin S.

Trish

Quilting Along Life's Way

Sew Me Something Good

Quilt Doodle Doodles (You are here!)

Happier Than A Bird Quilts

Dizzy Daze

Bee Tree Designs

Daisy Days

A Quilting Sheep

A complete listing of the particiapants can be found HERE.

Happy quilting and perfect stitches to you!