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A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all of my wonderful customers. Please enjoy this FREE HALLOWEEN PAPER PIECED PATTERN!

You will find the download for these patterns at the end of this post. You might also enjoy my series of WITCH BLOCKS. These are all sold separately on Etsy…

Here are links to all the witches:

GLINDA THE WITCH

BEWITCHED

HAPPY WITCH

TOOTHY WITCH

GOOFY WITCH

WANDA THE WITCH

Wouldn’t these witches make a stinkin’ cute table runner for October?

This is my favorite new Halloween Quilt pattern: GNOME ...

Leaves are changing color, days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting just a little more mysterious… Halloween is nearly here!

We’ve gathered seven of our favorite Halloween-themed cross stitch patterns, so treat yourself to a little All Hallows Eve magic with these spooky charts.

1. Halloween Town

This Autumn, take a spooky stroll through town with us and stitch the Halloween Town PDF Cross Stitch Pattern. Be sure to pick up everything you need, including the Halloween Town AuriFloss Thread box or the Halloween Town DMC Thread box and the Spooky Cobweb 14 Count Aida by Fabric ...

Leaves are falling, and Autumn is calling! We’re heading to the pumpkin patch this October, stalking through corn mazes, and crossing our stitches. Join me for the annual Stitch-Tober Stitch Along as we spend 45 days stitching up fall or Halloween-themed designs with Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet! You can join us by stitching a new pattern every day, a new pattern each week, or spend your October working on one big piece.

Stitch-tober begins October 1 and will carry on until November 15! I am monogamously stitching up Lori Holt’s new Autumn Love pattern and ...

When I saw this absolutely adorable Halloween Candy Corn Cat wall quilt from Annie’s Craft Store I laughed out loud.  It is so charming and perfect for Halloween.

Anyone who has ever put a clothing item on a cat knows this look.  Can you imagine taking this sweet candy corn cat trick or treating?!

The wall quilt measures 21″ x 16″ when finished.  If you look closely you can see a spider and web in the upper left corner.

Listed as an “Easy” skill level, you can purchase this electronic download pattern over at Annies.  Note that fabric and ...

Who doesn’t love a quilt along?  I know I do.  The best part about this festive one from Create with Claudia is that it is free of charge and, for those who are eligible, there is a giveaway at the end of the event!  The Hobbs Holiday quilt along runs from September 1, 2022 through October 26, 2022.

Both of the free patterns can be found in the blog post.  There is also a link to a video tutorial for both of them so makers should have no problem assembly either of them.  Shout out to all of you ...

This quilt is a first for me. I have never backed a quilt with fleece. As I was making this little Halloween quilt, it seemed like a fun thing to try. I was hoping for a soft, cuddly quilt and wow – backing it with fleece did the trick. Early in the summer, I browsed an estate sale of a quilter. I restrained myself and bought only some Halloween fabric plus a few books. The fabric was from an older line designed by Debbie Mumm.

Using fleece made the quilt feel substantial enough that I decided not to put batting between ...

Halloween will be here before you know it so you want to get started on your festive quilting now.  Why not make this absolutely charming Witchy Hats pattern that can be purchased over on Annie’s Craft Store.

Measuring about 61″ x 61″, this pattern is a perfect lap quilt designed by The Pattern Basket.  It is a great way to show off various Halloween focal fabrics and it’s loads of fun to make.

The pattern is ideal for fat quarters and is a paper version.

Around here the weather gets a lot cooler at Halloween, so this is ...

We are so excited to share the wrap-up of the Boo Crew Mystery Halloween Quilt and Stitch Along with all the finishing details! We’ve even included an alternate finishing idea for cross stitch. We hope you’ll read on and find them as boo-tiful as we do.

Boo Crew Halloween Mystery Quilt

If you’ve been with us for all of the Boo Crew Quilt Along, then you’ll be familiar with us using Bella Solids Sugar Plum by Moda Fabrics for the Mystery Boo Crew Quilt background. You’ll need a little more of it or the background ...

Halloween is one of those holidays when it is really fun to decorate.  Everyone’s imagination starts to go wild with spooky thoughts.  Quilt designs are no exception.  Annie’s Craft Store has a number of spooky quilt patterns that you can purchase to bring out your spooky side during Halloween.  I’ll let you in on a little secret, they are not really all that scary.  Some of the patterns are paper, some are digital, and some are either.

1. Pumpkins surrounded by squares are what this pattern is all about.
2. I’d rather see these bats during the day ...

While Chris was in Canada, my friend lost power at her place.  She decided to bring her dog and come stay with me.  We set up my whole downstairs as a sewing camp!  We ended up making Quicksmart, Midi bags.  We made them as Trick-Or-Treat bags.  We pooled our Halloween fabrics to give us no duplicates.I love this girl so much!I cut out enough to make a few more too.Cole was helping me.Finn too!

Well, last weekend didn't go according to plan and I didn't make it to Christchurch after all.  I was caught up in Air New Zealand's worst weekend of 2022.  It was the start of the school holidays, the All Blacks were playing Ireland in Dunedin (so a lot of people were travelling), the weather was awful in parts of NZ, and the second wave of COVID-19 is affecting airline staffing levels. 

My Friday morning flight was cancelled, and then my Saturday afternoon flight was cancelled too!   The next available flight down was on Tuesday.  So, I had ...

This is a super fun week, with Day #2 of my FAbric tour, remember to enter for prizes! Boo Crew Week #2, check out my video, and Secret lives #47

...so Let's get to it!

• FREE Boo Crew week #2
• Bird Song Fabric Tour Day #2
• Secret Lives of Color #47
• Sloan Zone Tshirts Sizing!
• My Daily video  
• AccuQuilt Deal of the day Link, check it out!
• Share your photos of your Sew along blocks at the end!

Have you helped me yet? My goal is to reach my goal of 100,000 followers at Youtube and I'll ...

Are you a quilter who likes to order fabric online?  Do you love to get a steady supply of holiday fabrics?  Then this Holiday fabrics club from Fat Quarter Shop is for you!

When you sign up you will begin getting a fat quarter bundle of various holiday fabrics every month.  Each bundle has 12 fat quarters in it.  Wow! That is a lot of fabric.  It will be perfect for all of those various holiday projects you like to work on.  If you sell your crafts it is ideal because you will always have  steady stream of fabric coming ...

At long last, we’re ready for our next Halloween Mystery quilt along and stitch along! Beginning July 5, we’ll release a FREE Boo Crew quilt and cross stitch pattern each week for four weeks. Kimberly will guide you in sewing this quilt, so if you’re new to quilting (or want some company while you sew), this is a great place to start!

Each Tuesday from July 5-26, we will release a video tutorial on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel with a FREE quilt block pattern and cross stitch pattern. Join Kimberly as she guides you through ...

BOO! It’s almost time for our next Halloween Mystery quilt along and stitch along! We’re bringing you another FREE quilt and cross stitch pattern and video series, this time called the Boo Crew Mystery Quilt and Stitch Along, to celebrate Halloween. It’s a good time to start something for the holidays. And… it’s a MYSTERY!

The quilt finishes at 33.5″ x 35.5″ and we are sewing ours using Too Cute to Spook by Me and My Sister for Moda Fabrics. If you want to sew a spooky version like ours, you can reserve your ...

Thanks for all the comments from yesterday. I'm rushed this morning, and my priority is to get the blog written before I leave! Someone suggested I do it last night, but after I finished packing up everything, there just wasn't time. 

I'm taking five machines. All of them but one will come home with me, and I hope to juggle the machines so I will always have one available to me for sewing at the retreat. I have to work three days that I'm at the retreat. Anyway -- you'll see this week. 

But here's ...

Family time is the best time, and it’s only better when delicious food and snacks are added! The Doans love family get togethers and there’s nothing more special than dusting off those old family recipe cards and sharing a taste of generations past. If you’re looking for some holiday inspiration this year, try out one our own family recipes and start your own traditions today!

Pumpkin Rolls

Perfect for the fall season, Pumpkin Rolls are a delicious treat that can be served anytime between Halloween and Thanksgiving (really any time of the year is fine, they’re ...