Our Day on the Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop

Lots of our friends have joined together to put some Witchy Stitchy treats together for you.  The blog hop started on Monday and runs the whole week with 37 bloggers participating.  The full list is below – I hope you can check them out!

Witchy Stitchy Fun

Technically, we didn’t make anything witchy.  But definitely stitchy as the quilt I’m sharing with you today was made by about 20 different stitching family and friends.  This is a first birthday quilt for Alice with a definite pumpkin theme. I’ll share all the stitchy details in a later post with a photo of the birthday girl with her quilt.  Here is the quilt without the baby cuteness, which is okay but definitely not as special.

Stitchy Witchy Details

An all-over leaves pattern was chosen to quilt this beautiful quilt that is all about LOVE.  Leaves with swirls to move between leaves worked very well cinching the three layers together.  First, a paper and pen test drive was taken – could I stitch this design as well I could picture it in my mind?

Not only could I transfer the design to needle and thread, but I imagined a whole gamut of different varieties of leaves.  Oak, Maple, and Ash leaves are represented along with some unnamed types that might be found throughout.  Also, a very special design was added just for Alice.

Alice Amelia Stitchy

I wrote Alice’s name with a water-soluble pen in one of the sashing strips.  I had to stitch this backward because of the way I had the piece in the sewing machine.  That’s trickier than it would seem – try and sew/trace over something written in cursive going from right to left.  It’s a bit difficult, don’t you think?  As soon as it was stitched, I ran and applied some water to remove the writing!  The last thing I wanted to have is blue-hued writing on this special quilt.  One last photo of the overall quilt with more to come soon.

Witchy Stitchy Free Pattern

Here’s a free giveaway from last year’s Harvest blog hop called Harvest Blessings Door Hanging.  It is hanging on our front door, welcoming friends and family into our home.

With lots of straight-line quilting, it looks nice plus I tried some free-motion quilting of leaves and tendrils.  Pumpkins and leaves really do go together, at least in my mind!

October 7

• Creatin’ in the Sticks
• Songbird Designs
• For The Love Of Geese
• Quilted Delights
• Kathleen McMusing
• Quilts By Joanne
• Whims And Fancies
• Janie G. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 8

• Selina Quilts
• Vroomans Quilts
• Days Filled With Joy
• Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
• Life in the Scrapatch
• Just Because Quilts
• Brenda’s Quilt Blog

October 9

• Home Sewn By Us – you are here!
• Kathleen – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt
• Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales
• Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting
• Websterquilt
• Seams To Be Sew
• Sew Many Yarns

October 10

• Beaquilter
• Homespun Hannah’s Blog
• MooseStashQuilting
• Cynthia’s Creating Ark
• It’s A T-Sweet Day!
• Count it *all* JOY!
• Bethni L. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 11

• Just Let Me Quilt
• Quilt Fabrication
• Melva Loves Scraps
  Patchouli Moon Studio
• Ms P Designs USA
• Karrin’s Crazy World
• Patchwork Breeze
• Words & Stitches

Many friends have giveaways ongoing – don’t miss the fun!

Our other Linky Parties can be found by clicking the link above or along the sidebar on our website for more quilting fun – check out what our friends are up to.  Like/follow us on our Facebook page and you can share your photos of what you’re working on.  We would love to see them!