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Saturday, April 13, 2024

1 Week till Aprils Blog Hop


Well, so far there have been no showers this month, where I live, but my spring flowers are making their beautiful appearance.



My daughter-in-law, gave me these beautiful tulips for Easter. Strangely enough, they are actually that beautiful purple color, just like the paper wrapped around the pot, but they look pink in the photograph?????
Needless to say they are gorgeous and the bulbs will go out in my yard, once they have finished blooming, so we can enjoy them every year.

We are just 1 week away from the "April Showers" blog hop and my fellow bloggers are putting the finishing touches on their projects, to share with us all.

Here is the schedule.

Monday April 22


Have a great week, and we will see you soon!

 til next time...

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Monday, April 1, 2024

April - Bona Lisa's Sweater Emporium BOM


April 1st and we are no fools here today!
We are all about the sweets.

This is "Trick or Treat" every good witches delight!
You can download this pattern free this month only 
HERE
Then be a good witch and share your trick or treat blocks on our Facebook group page!
I'm waiting. HEHEHEHEHE 
You do hear my witchy-ness don't you?



How does our Bona Lisa's Sweater Emporium BOM work? 
It runs from January 1st through August 31st. 
All block releases happen on the first day of each month. They can be conveniently found on our Cackling Stitches Facebook page HERE.
 They will be pinned under the "Featured" tab to make them easy to locate.

On the first day of each month, we release a block pattern (sometimes it's more than one)
 that is free for the entire calendar month. After that, those blocks go into our individual 
ETSY shops where you can purchase them for $2 each. 
If you just can't wait, the entire pattern can be purchased in my ETSY shop for $15.

We hope you appreciate the time we put into creating this BOM and understand that we keep
 the costs to a minimum for you. We ask that you respect our copyrights and do not share the 
pattern with others. You're welcome to direct your friends to our Cackling Stitches Group 
Facebook or any of our ETSY shops so they can get their own patterns.

January Blocks
"Bona Lisa" by MooseStashQuilting

"In Vest" by "Creatin' in the Sticks"

"Repulsive Ruffled Sweater by "Just Let Me Quilt"
February Blocks
"Ye Ole Homestead" by "MooseStashQuilting"

"Bona's Kickin' it up Boots" by "Just Let Me Quilt"
March Block
"Take no Bull" by "Creatin in the Sticks"

You can choose to make the entire quilt, or just a wall hanging, the choice is yours! Either way, you will be able to collect many different "Sweaters" throughout the BOM, for your sweet skeleton.  If you are making your sweaters like paper doll clothes, just fuse the sweaters onto a piece of felt. If you have ever wanted to become a designer, give it a try and design and share a sweater with us. We can't wait to see what you dream up. 


 til next time...
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Saturday, March 30, 2024

Wishing You a Happy Easter

With Easter rapidly approaching, I put together this sweet little
 36"x39" quiltie, last week.


This is "Easter Delivery" by Angie Padilla.
The top left block will be me after eating all the chocolate bunnies I can get my hands on tomorrow.

I am still having a love affair with my embroidery machine and found the cutest designs at


If you are a machine embroiderer, you better shake your bunny tail and hop on over to her website and take advantage of her anniversary sale. There are only a few days left.


Everything but her "in the hoop" and  "edge to edge" designs are included.
Yesssss... I may have shopped more than once and found way more than 12 things I just had to have.
LOL!!


This little guy is one of her, not on sale "in the hoop" designs.
Is he just the cutest? He even comes with 3 options of things he can hold.


Greeting cards are my jam...and I love hers, that are stitched on cardstock. 
I like to applique them on a fabric mini quilt.

Wishing you all, a very blessed Easter!

 til next time...

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

It's My Day...Give it a Whirl Blog Hop


The winds of March have blown in and we are spinning here. In fact a storm blew through last week that dumped over 2 feet of snow in some parts of the city. Thankfully were I live, we only saw about a foot and that melted almost as fast as it come down.

My twirly-whirly project was finished, but getting a decent pictures was a challenge.

You can see our "stick to the ground", snow total after 2 days. LOL!!
I am definitely not complaining, although I am one of those crazy people who actually love to shovel snow.


This picture was taken the day after the big storm
The winds were a blowing...but I  managed to a decent shot, thanks to my quilt holder and his wife, taking a moment from a 40th birthday party and a nice sunny day.
Egads...my baby is 40??? That makes me ancient. Maybe them asking me all the time, if I was the one who invented the wheel isn't so far off track!


This project was inspired by something I saw online and was a great place to use my hand dye fabrics, that I have hoarded for years.
Eye roll here!


 The pinwheels on the border, are from clipart that I enlarged.


Lastly, this little "whirlwind" loves getting into my fabric. We take turns making quilts on each other.
You gotta get em hooked when they are young. 
LOL!!

So there you have what was whirling in my head this month.
Check out my fellow bloggers and see what they have come up with...

MARCH 21

MooseStashQuilting (you're here)

Ms P Designs USA

Songbird Designs

Beaquilter

High Road Quilter

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Homespun Hannah's Blog


You can find a list of all the bloggers participating in this hop

HERE

Please visit and leave them all a little love with a sweet comment.  Hearing from our fellow quilters, really makes our day.
Speaking of love, we would love for you to join in on the hops. 
All skill levels are welcome and you don't even have to have a blog to participate.
If you have a Facebook page or Instagram, you can play along with us.

Next month I am hosting 
CHALLENGE: Late snow showers, rain showers, baby showers, wedding showers. What do you like to shower everyone with?

As with all our hops, it is subject to a wide interpretation. How about showering us with your creativity and joining in. It's easy as 1, 2, 3.  Drop me am email with the following...



There are plenty of hops left for the year. 


 You can download a list HERE for yourself and start planning those projects.

 til next time...

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Give it a Whirl Blog Hop


Monday starts the "Give it a Whirl" blog hop, hosted by our sweet Carol this month. Myself and my  fellow bloggers have been spinning around getting our projects done to share with all of you.
Check it out, I'm sure your head will be spinning from all the fun!
I will see you on Thursday the 21st!

MARCH 18

 til next time...

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