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 Get ready to brew some quilting magic this Stitch-tober with our Quilted Witch Quilt and Stitch Along as well as a few other magical projects! We’re getting ready to start the Quilted Witch Quilt and Stitch Alongs in October and have the details for you today. Be sure to read to the end to find out what else Kimberly is stitching for Stitch-tober 2023!

You still have plenty of time to gather your supplies to sew this wonderfully witchy 76.5″ x 89.5″ quilt along with us! Kimberly is sewing Lori Holt’s colorful The Quilted Witch Quilt ...

 Nine months out of the year I am an intervention RTI teacher but in the summer months I am a full time quilter.  I sew as much as I can in between being a wife and a mother/grandmother.  I haven't shown my summertime finishes in a while and I wanted to share some of the things I have made.  Not everyone would like for me to share their t-shirt/memory quilts so I will just tell you how many I made since June 1st.

I've made 12 T-shirt quilts!  (If you'd like more info on getting ...

Halloween Season has started here on my blog!

And with this season’s opening and the first day of school for me, it also the start of a new series of Free Motion Quilting patterns. I loved creating new and original designs and I can’t wait to share them with you.

Today August 30th, is Frankenstein Day where we celebrate the author Mary Shelley’s birthday.
Have you ever read her book Frankenstein? In my day job as a high school art teacher I have done lessons on the book and the films but I have never applied Frankenstein ...

Calling all magical quilters and stitchers, mark your calendars! It’s time to get ready because we’ve brewed up another Sew and Stitch Along with new patterns from Lori Holt. The Quilted Witch is about to cast its spell on you. Keep reading for all the fun details.

Join our favorite witch as she flies through the night waving her magic needle wand and turns her world into quilts! The Quilted Witch Quilt Pattern is designed in Bee Dots by Lori Holt and measures 76.5″ x 89.5″.

• The Quilted Witch Downloadable PDF Quilt Pattern by Lori Holt ...

Happy Howl-oween! It’s almost time for this year’s Halloween Mystery quilt along and stitch along! We’re bringing you another FREE quilt and cross stitch pattern and video series. This one is called the Haunted Halloween Mystery Quilt and Stitch Along, and we can’t wait to celebrate it with you. It’s a good time to start stitching something for the spooky season. Join us in sewing along to uncover this mystery!

Here’s a peek at the first block, but the rest is a mystery…. The Haunted Halloween Quilt would make a cute banner or tabletopper ...

This year I was tasked with making a very, very spooky costume for my grand daughter’s Halloween. A wanted to be a ghost, a spooky, spooky ghost. She was quite specific about this. When asked what a spooky ghost does, she pursed her lips into a tiny ‘O’ and said oooohhhh. That was the extent of it. She is so dang funny.

I asked my daughter in law what she thought would be a good spooky ghost outfit and she sent me a link from The Frugal Navy Wife. It looked adorable and ...

We have stayed in NC and happily celebrated Halloween with Avery and company.Avery was a "Diny" (Dinosaur)I found this hoodie and they added the tail.PERFECT!Avery got to meet Pikachu.I don't think he was really wild about the Kit Kat he got to eat.Most of it ended up on his face and in his hands, LOL.It was a great night and we were so happy to be able to spend it with Avery and his

 Autumn turned this maple tree into quite the marvel. 

Happy Halloween!  It's been a while since Grad Girl did the dress up and trick or treat. I miss those activities now. She used to carve a pumpkin with My Guy, but she's too far away this year. She organized a pumpkin carving party with the other graduate students. She did well with her carving. 

My Guy will carve his pumpkin this after noon.  We are prepared to hand out candy tonight, we'll enjoy seeing the neighborhood kids all dressed up. 

I did spend some quality time in the sewing room on Sunday.  I finished the last ...

 A couple of months ago our younger grandson put in a very specific request for his next granny sewn outfit. He wanted a vampire outfit for Halloween, well how could a granny refuse? I came across a couple of paper patterns for sale on a Facebook group that were exactly what I needed. An online fabric shop later and I was ready to start stitching. 

There were so many new to me's involved in the making of this, it was a real labour of love! Attaching the stand-up collar to the cape definitely taxed my poor brain and there ...

If you’ve been quilting for a while, you may have heard tragic tales of sewing gone wrong. Late night sewing and last-minute projects are two big causes of quilting mistakes, and we’ve sure had our share of them! Can you relate? Today on the blog, Kimberly and the Fat Quarter Shop crew are sharing their tales of sewing slip-ups. Check out the stories and a special giveaway at the end!

Some Boos For You From Our Quilty Crew

So Many Squares!

Newsletter designer Kat shares, “I made the quilt sample for the 8th Grade quilt from the Precut ...

Calling all scrap quilters!  This project is for you.  Gather up all of your white, black and orange scraps and make this easy pixelated Witch’s Hat throw pillow.  It comes to us from Create with Claudia.

In the tutorial you will find a complete list of the supplies you will need.  In addition, there is a chart showing the layout of all of the 2 1/2″ squares.  Lastly, there are instructions on turning the top into a throw pillow with an envelope backing.  What a fun Halloween decoration for your house!

Because of the size of the squares ...

As Halloween is approaching, you might be looking for some cute and spooky patterns. Here are some of my faves….

BOO COLLECTION, a pattern with 6 blocks including these…

This collection of 6 Halloween paper pieced block patterns is so clever! Included with the blocks are patterns for a table runner and potholders. These 8″x 8″ blocks can be used in so many fun ways. Be creative and construct an entire Halloween quilt! Here is a quilt put together by Donna for her daughter, using some of these blocks….

The WITCH HAT pattern is very easy and would be ...

Happy Thursday friends! The season is moving forward with news of snow flurries north of us. Here we are comfortably still in autumn with all the little things in nature changing, some faster than others as my photo captured here.

 Don't ya just love decorating for Halloween?  

I've been having so much fun.

 Just imagine an eyeball door hanger on every knob in the house. 

 Wouldn't that be a hoot?  

I'm on the Thermoweb blog today to show you how to make an eyeball or two.

The sheen in the eye is so easy to do with HeatnBond Liquid Vinyl.