MooseStash Quilting: machine embroidery

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Sunday, October 19, 2025

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

til next time...

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

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!

Sunday, April 21, 2024

It's My Day on the April Showers Blog Hop

Welcome to our April blog hop. This month's challenge is showers...

late snow showers, rain showers, baby showers, wedding showers.

What do you like to shower everyone with?

I love "By Annie" patterns. She designs the cutest and most usable bags on the planet!

(Watching her videos, makes putting them together so easy)

Definitely something you can shower anyone with, for any occasion.

It started with "A Place for Everything" a few years ago, with this bag I made for my traveling sewing supplies.

It's a super cool bag, that I learned a lot by making.

Then...when she updated and improved the pattern with "A Place for Everything 2.0", with new handles, a carrying strap, and new pockets, and I found this awesome "Minne Mouse" fabric, I knew just what I was going to do!

This is for my little "Sweet Pea". I've been saving it until she was old enough to enjoy it and next month it's going to her, on her 4th birthday! It will give her lots of room to bring her special toys back and forth to Nana's house.

Next came "Pack It In", that was originally designed as storage bags for your suitcase. But when I found these awesome designs at "Designs by JuJu", I had a different vision.
Instead of mesh fronts, I chose to make solid fronts and put pockets on them. I added mesh pockets on the inside. That's the fun part of the patterns. Everything is interchangeable and adjustable and she shares lots of tips for adapting pattern to each other.

I knew I was going to make all 3 sizes for project bags... and a some of my quilty friends had birthdays!

So, instead of quilting each piece individually, I loaded a few yards of fabric on my longarm with backing and a head liner fabric as a batting and quilted away. It worked like a dream and I was actually able to get more bags than I had expected out of it, with just enough left over, to cut a top and bottom for a "bonus" bag. I found a contrasting fabric for the sides and added a pocket with my favorite saying of all.

"A Fat Quarter is not a Body Part!!!