It's My Day...Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange

I'm so excited that Carol brought back her holiday staple...

Her Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange.

You know how much we all love seeing what's happening in our friends kitchens.

There is always coming good to be found!

So grab a cuppa of your favorite and join me while I share some "cuppa's" myself!

This is Angie Padilla's "Holiday Mugs" design.

It spoke volumes to me. Let's face it, there is nothing better than a cuppa of your favorite holiday beverage. I did a little adjusting on the border and rather than piecing it, I chose to use assorted Christmas fabrics and made prairie points instead.

Full disclosure...there are no snowy photos here. November was a completely crazy month, so I knew I had to get my project done and the photos ready to go early, for this hop. As you can see fall was in full bloom. It really is my favorite time of the year. 

The festive cups do bring out those wonderful holiday "feels" still.

Now to go along with all our cuppa's, I have our newest, most favorite cookie recipe to share. I know some of you have peanut allergies, so these aren't for you unfortunately. But if you don't,  you won't find a better cookie around.

These are Snoop Dogg's "Rolls Royce Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip" cookies.

Even if you aren't a Snoop Dogg fan, you're going to love his cookies.

Unfortunately for my diet, they are a family favorite and seldom not in the cookie jar around here.

LOL!!

Diet??? What can I say...I have fallen off the wagon and right now, I'm not even sorry about it.

Thanks Snoop, I am blaming this on you!

Make sure you stop in and visit my fellow bloggers today. Leave them some sugar with a sweet comment, too

December 5

MooseStashQuilting (you're here)

Scrapdash

Sew Many Yarns

Happy Cottage Quilter

Days Filled With Joy

That Fabric Feeling

I want to thank all of you who participated and our readers for our 2 fall favorite hops. 

Carol and I sure felt the love.

Wishing you a  blessed and wonderful holiday season!

 

October 31...throwback Halloween

 Well, this is the day...

My favorite day of the year!

Today I am sharing the row by row that Carol designed for the "Cackling Stitches" facebook group last year.

I shared a lot of photos of my progress on the Facebook group page, but never on my blog.

The top has been done for awhile, but it's finally quilted.

Who knew a trampoline would be such a great place to hang a quilt for photos???? I have to admit, I am not a trampoline person. At my age, balance and a broken hip are first and foremost in my mind. LOL!!

The first step was tricky, but I survived.

Technology amazes me sometimes. It sure is fun to play with. I got a new Iphone with a clean up tool in the photos, that allows you to remove things you don't want in them. It's not perfect, but it's pretty cool to play with. I tried to remove the clothes pins holding the quilt up and it did actually take half of them off. You can still see part of them on the quilt itself, but the half that was in the sky is gone. 

HAHAHAHA

That even sounds like an old fogie comment to me!

The colors are starting to turn here and my clothes pins are actually all gone, in this photo.

TEE HEE HEE

Have a hauntingly fabulous Halloween!

Trick or Treat...I get all the Tootsie Rolls!

til next time...

Keep on Stitchin'

Out of the Dark Blog Hop

 

Welcome to our "Out of the Dark" blog hop, where we bring you the best of the Halloween goodies that anyone could ever hope to trick or treat for. We have a great lineup of friends, ready to share their projects with you. So sit back and enjoy 4 days of fun.

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Twas the night before Halloween and all thru the house

Not a creature was stirring, except for the spouse.

Who was down in the sewing room, so no one would hear

the roar of an embroidery and a sewing machine kicking into gear...

Yep, that pretty much how how it's been around here lately, since I just couldn't decide on what project to share. 

So, I have two for you!

First up is "Trick or Treat Smell My Feet" by Shabby Fabrics

It's been in my stash of to-do patterns and was a great reminder of why I love fusible applique.

These colorful little guys just make me smile. Who doesn't remember that saying? I am sure I tormented many with it! HAHAHA

 "The Adventures of Ms Stitch" was a block of the week by "Sweet Pea Machine Embroidery".

It was a mystery quilt with a twist. The blocks come with designs to make it a normal sewing theme, or a Halloween theme or a Christmas theme. They also had add-on border blocks in many different themes you could choose to use. I went with the sewing theme. 

There were so many fun photos posted on their facebook page, that I might just be making a Christmas one soon, too.

Check out the detail in the blocks...

I bet like me, you can identify with many of them.

LOL!!

They even offered an option for a dog instead of a cat.

There you have it...Halloween rocking my soul once again.

Please visit my fellow bloggers and see their creations.

Leave them a little love with a sweet comment, while you are there.

It means to world to us.

Monday Oct 20

MooseStashQuilting

Karrins Crazy World

Scrapdash

Just Sew Quilter

Quilt Schmilt

 

til next time...

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange-It's My Day

Our last blog hop and there are no cookies for me to share.

I am still trying to hang onto some of the weight loss I worked so hard on, but I did find something that I think you will get a kick out of. I heard this on the radio the other day and I couldn't stop laughing...

(throwback from our 2014 blog hop)

So grab your favorite cuppa, sit back and enjoy!

(OK...maybe I might be drinking and dreaming of this recipe HERE)

tee hee

It sure is and I know that I will likely be indulging in more than I should, soon.

LOL!! 

I've been busy with a couple of Christmas projects to share today.

First one...Merry and Bright

 My embroidery machine has been working overtime, lately. I absolutely went crazy when I saw this on Design's by JuJu. It's applique in the hoop and was so much fun to put together. All the little elements are just so darn cute. It's hard to see, but I used metallic thread in most of the blocks, so it really sparkles.

My second project is this years, "Red Boot Quilt Company"  Christmas Sew-Along.

Toni, never disappoints with her fun designs.

This 46" X 52" quilt packs the cutest gift tags ever. 

I was getting nervous about finishing this up, in time for the hop. My newest grandie's name was a secret until she was born, just two weeks ago now.

Each tag is 5 1/2" wide and 11 1/2" long. How fun would they be on a large Christmas package.

I may just have to make another set of these, soon.

You might want to check out the the Red Boot Quilt Company HERE and grab the patterns, while they are free! 

Now hop on over and see what's cookin' in my fellow bloggers kitchens this holiday season...

Don't forget to leave them a sweet comment telling them just how much you have enjoyed seeing their projects this year.

December 5

MooseStashQuilting (you're here)

Bumbleberry Stitches

Sew Many Yarns

Days Filled With Joy

I do have one last thing to share...

We had a craft day last week during Thanksgiving break. These guys made reindeer out of empty Dunkin Donut coffee containers. It was so much fun. We painted them with chalk paint and hit up the Dollar Tree for hats and antlers, then scrounged through Nana's craft supplies to finish them off. They look more like Bert from Sesame Street in a reindeer costume to me, but these two just love them. No fingers were burned by hot glue guns in the process, so it was a win all the way around!

 

That's it for me. I know it's our last hop together, but I am not saying goodbye to anyone. I will still be here blogging away and I just might jump in on a hop occasionally, or even host one. You just never know, so keep in touch!

To Carol and Carla (who retired awhile back)...thank you girls for inviting me in to share the hosting fun with you. I will miss  you both, but friends are friends and we will see what the next chapter in our lives bring. Hugs!

Have a very blessed holiday season!

Bee Kind Blog Hop...It's my Day!

I'm so excited about this hop. There is nothing more fun that sharing a little kindness with each other, especially in the times we are living in. So grab your fuzzy slippers and cuppa, kick back and enjoy the posts this week.

My project is Nancy Halvorsen's "Be Attitudes" quilt. I have had the book for a very long time. It was time to pull it off the shelf and blow the dust off of it.

Her quilt is done in dark colors and I have always loved it, but I had a bag of strips of leftover fabrics that was overflowing, so I decided to make it more of a grab, what I have and see where it takes me, kind of quilt. I did make an effort to try to keep like fabrics apart from each other and sort of co-ordinate the block fabrics, but it didn't always work out that way.

Here are the blocks and their special "Be" messages...

I have to be honest, when I was piecing the background blocks and putting them up on the design wall, it looked horrible. I came really close to throwing it all away, but...

I decided to take the leap and just see what happened when the appliques went on them.

I couldn't believe what a difference that made.

There were hiccups...I really need to learn to read first and not just jump in and start things. I thought I was so smart scanning the pages and reversing them on the printer. I traced, fused and cut out all the block pieces before I realized the pattern had already been reversed for me.

Eye roll here!  

That made a bit of a challenge for placing the words...but

...in the end, it really became a "Joyful" quilt.

Next up...

This is "Bee Grateful" designed by Lisa Capen Quilts

What a fun project to do and I finally put my favorite piece of snow dyed fabric to use.

Check out her YouTube video and link for the free pattern

Lastly...I've been working on kennel quilts the past couple of weeks.

The little quilt club I belong to, has been making these for years.

I'm doing the happy dance with 108 quilts, quilted and ready to deliver to animal shelters in need. In fact, 36 of those quilts went to California and Nevada to help with the animals that have been effected by the wild fires, already.

I went on a mission to clean up all the old fabric I have stashed in every corner of this place and make a few puppies and kitty's happy, too.

The paper pieced star quilt is a leftover block and probably the fanciest kennel quilt, this girl will ever make. LOL!!

Got scraps and want to warm a little furry friends heart?

Check out their Facebook page 
HERE

Enough from me...

Check out what my fellow bloggers have to share this month

and leave them a little kindness with a sweet comment!

Monday Sept 23

MooseStashQuilting (you're here)

Words & Stitches

Selina Qullts

Just  Sew  Quilter

Scrapdash

You can find the complete schedule  HERE

Our Pinterest board for this hop is updated daily  HERE

Remember be kind, it can make all the difference in someone's life!