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Hocus Pocus Quilt

I gave up blogging because I could not figure out how to get my photos to show up within the post.  But now I'm ready to try a different way to access and post photos....

In the meantime I've recorded and posted my sewing and paper crafting makes on my Instagram (annies_musings).

My most recent quilt finish is this Hocus Pocus pattern designed by Margot Languedoc Designs.

I changed some details of the pattern to reflect my own style for this quilt.

For me, I wanted the pumpkins to look more real and more patchy.  I first added some subtle pinwheels to some of the pumpkins.  I then added small pieces of fabrics over the top of the original piecing and raw edge appliqued them to the pumpkins.

I also changed the small star blocks into sunflowers and gave them stems.  I think the sunflowers each need a leaf, but they aren't getting one.  Maybe in the future at some point, but for now I just needed to be finished with this quilt.  (I do not have UFOs)

Lets talk about the BIRD!  I stitched that pumpkin first to see how the bird would work out.  I'm so not disappointed.  He's my favorite part of this quilt.  

You probably can't see it, but his little eye is a stitched heart.

This is my only quilt that I did not quilt myself.  I only enjoy straight line quilting and I was at a loss for how I would quilt this design.  

The quilting was done by Mickey in her shop, Sew Many Pieces, Hubertus, WI.  She stitched a pumpkin design using monofilament thread.

I had the quilt finished before Thanksgiving, but you have to get in line for longarm quilting by an outside source.  I'm okay with that.  I'm all ready for Fall of 2025!

Printed Fabric Scrap Quilt

After beginning this text fabric art quilt in 2012,

You can read about it’s making here

and finishing it in 2018, 

I’ve had lots of ink jet printed text fabric pieces still lingering in a small storage drawer. 

It is time to make them more useful.

I scanned scrapbook papers and purchased printed works from the internet then printed them onto fabric with my ink jet printer.

Inspiration for this project came from a birthday gift magazine titled “UPPERCASE”. Paper crafted projects are often my inspiration for fabric projects. 

I cut the printed fabrics into squares.

I stitched a 1/4” sashing between the squares. 

This small quilt measures 39” X 51”

Just the right size for a car quilt.

The border and binding fabrics are purchased (not ink jet printed).

Yes, of course there are still scraps of these printed fabric pieces.

I decided a car quilt needs a car pillow.

I cut squares at 1-1/2” and tacked them to a foundation fabric and just quilted the piece with raw edges. 

I used a 14” pillow form. 

A piece of Tim Holtz fabric on the back. 

If you’re riding with me and you get tired, you’re all set for a comfy snooze.

Baby Twister Quilt

My stash held this lonely “Totally Tropical” charm squares pack. It has been quite some time since I’ve made a Twister Tool project.  I had in mind a baby quilt.  (Maybe someday my friend will be a Grandmother).

So I laid out the squares and stitched them together.

And added the borders.

Then cut and twisted the little squares.  The piece started out measuring 35” X 32”. After sewing the twisted pieces together, it then measured 25” X 22”.  (I cut my borders larger than was necessary, so those are approximate measurements). The layout is always a surprise…it never looks the same after the squares are all twisted together.  

The quilt top still needed to be larger, so I then made border twister strips and corner blocks. 

All the fabrics for this quilt came from my stash.  Including the batting. Yay, another stash buster!

This quilt finishes at 39” X 42”

Now we wait for a baby.

April AlphaTable Scraps Challenge

The Alpha Challenge letters for April are

Y and/or N

This year long challenge is hosted by The Joyful Quilter

My postcard for the letter N is everyone’s favorite Neighbor, Nosey Nellie. 

Next I took advantage of the letter Y to make a couple more Yule postcards to send out come Christmas time.

I used current favorite patterns for postcard making by Bloomin’ Minds. As usual, I have reduced the pattern designs to fit a 4” X 6” postcard size. 

Happy mail day!

March Alpha Table Scraps Challenge

The Alpha Table Scraps Challenge letters for March are 

B and/or U

This challenge is hosted by

The Joyful Quilter

Well, the letter B was an easy one for my postcards.

Bird

Bee

(the bee is from the pattern but the flower is from my imagination)

Bunny

U took a bit of thought to avoid an umbrella.

This is Uncle Floyd and he is an Uber driver.

As always, I’ve reduced the Bloomin’ Minds patterns to fit a postcard size (except for the bee, he happened to be the perfect size right off the pattern).