Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a very blessed Christmas.

Holiday break time...

Have you been following Marians 

12 Days of ...

over at "Seams to Be Sew"

She's been delighting us with her adorable designs for a very long time.

I just had to take a break from the holiday preparations, to put this one together.

Is he just the cutest?

Thanks Marian...you are one special lady.

Now it's back to getting ready for Christmas.

I've had the tree up for 3 days with no ornaments, just to see

how the kitties would do. It's not been too bad,

 so today it finally gets decorated.

While I'd love to think that Elf on the Shelf here, 

was really a threat to those kitties...

They aren't even scared of me most days.

LOL!!!!

til next time...

Keep on Stitchin'

Whimsical and Wonky Challenge with Island Batik

Whimsical and wonky...

There's nothing more fun to piece.

After all, what's better than not having to match seams for a change?

On a non-sewing "Quilt Club" day, we made a little road trip

 and I stumbled on a pattern that was perfect...

A little bit wonky and a whole lotta retro!

:-)

This funky fun pattern is  "Mod TV"  from "Colourwerx".

You can find it

HERE for paper patterns

HERE for a downloadable PDF patterns

This gorgeous "Paisley Dot" stack, offered up just the right amount color!

And you can get 1, TV and antenna from a 10" square piece of fabric.

Whoop whoop!

As I was putting this together, I couldn't help but think, what a fun photo quilt this would make.

The TV screens are 4"x6", a perfect photo size.

Can you see it now? 

What a hoot, that would be!

It's been a great year, being an "Island Batik" ambassador.

I love the fabrics they have provided us and 

 hope I've inspired you, with the monthly challenges.

Next month is our final blog hop for 2018, where we will be sharing,

 the new lines of fabric headed to your favorite quilt shops!

It'll definitely be a "must see" hop.

;-)

til next time...

Keep on Stitchin'

Holiday Hanging and Linky Party

I love this time of the year.

Out comes the Christmas quilts.

"Merry and Bright"

This pattern is from "Red Boot Quilt Company". 

I finished this quilt in 2015, but it welcomes me into my sewing room every Christmas.

The stockings actually hang from the buttons sewn on the mantle!

Here are some of my other favorites...

"I Believe", an "Art to Heart" design.

"Snowman Soup" from "Angies Bits and Pieces"

Now I showed you mine...you show me yours!

Disclaimer: By submitting a link to this party, you are allowing authorization for your projects to be shared and/or featured on social media and my blog. All features will be linked directly back to the original site. Any links shared will link directly to your post.

Have fun and thanks for playing along!

December wild life

Can you believe there are only 25 more days till Christmas!

I do hope your ready for it, cause I'm not at all.

I'm still trying to figure out where the year went in such a hurry.

About the only thing I am caught up on is my "Wild Life" BOM.

LOL!!

Amy really knocked it out of the ball park with this block.

This little bandit eating a chocolate chip cookie just makes me laugh.

I added an additional birdie from Carla's March block, 

flying in the opposite direction, just because! 

Finally, we get to start stitching things together!  

Happy dance, happy dance.

Are you just loving it?

I braved the cold to get photos outside in good light, to show how these

 batiks really make things sing!

Lighting makes all the difference in the world, doesn't it?

Some of you may have noticed that I changed up my leaves and bear paw block.

Once I layed out everything, I decided to change out some colors on those blocks.

I was so excited to get this stitched together, that I completely forgot to take 

photos of the new blocks. 

LOL!!

As you can see, there is just 1 more row to be added to the bottom next month.

That will wrap up this year of "Wild" fun.

A big thank you to "Island Batik" for providing me

 with these gorgeous fabrics for this hop.

They are from their Basic and Blenders collections, and are available all the time!

Have you missed anything?
It's not too late...
For a small fee you can still get these blocks!

February-"Sew Incredibly Crazy"

Pattern can be found

HERE

March-"Creatin' in the Sticks"

Pattern can be found

HERE

April-"Just Let Me Quilt"

Pattern can be found

HERE

May-"MooseStashQuilting"

Pattern can be found

HERE

June-"Life in the Scrapatch"

Pattern can be found

HERE

July-"Creatin' in the Sticks"

Pattern can be found

HERE

August-"Sew Incredibly Crazy"

Pattern can be found

HERE

September-"Just Let Me Quilt"

Pattern can be found

HERE

October-"MooseStashQuilting"

Pattern can be found

HERE

November-"Just Let Me Quilt"

Pattern can be found

HERE

December-"Sew Incredibly Crazy"

Pattern can be found

HERE

January-"Sew Incredibly Crazy"

Thanks, to all of you, who inspire all of us designers every day!

Amy at "Sew Incredibly Crazy"

Carol at "Just Let Me Quilt"

Carla at "Creatin' in the Sticks"

Pat at "Life in the Scrapatch"

Joan at "MooseStashQuilting"

Make sure you post your finished block in our Facebook group for a chance to win

a wonderful prize from one of our sponsors!

HERE

While you have been stitching along the past couple of months,
we have had our heads together working on next years BOM.
No, I can't  "spill the beans" just yet...
...but I do believe you are going to love 2019!
(winky winky)

til next time...

Keep on Stitchin'