Free Pattern Friday ~ Sewing & Stitching & Crocheting

 

Tilda Fabrics Has a New Collection!

It is "Pie in the Sky" ... :) 

and that means many new  ... 

Free "Pie in the Sky" Quilt Patterns!

 

This Fan Bird Pie in the Sky Quilt

is my favorite.

It is all pieced. Templates in the pattern. 

I do love all the new colors and prints patterns.

 

I love the new "Cloudpie" Blenders, too.

These beautiful fabrics are available now in many shops, including 

Pie in the Sky @ Fat Quarter Shop

I am trying not to buy fabrics, but these may prove too irresistible.

I am saving all the patterns and continuing to work on my current WIPs.

~~~~~ 

Last year at this time I made a few of the pretty 

Free February  Neighborhood is Twittering Embroidery Blocks

from 

Crabapple Hill Studio

This year's theme is "Time To Stitch" 

Time To Stitch 2023 ~ Free Pattern Download Here

The colors needed for each block are in the 

Daily Posts Here On the Crabapple Hill Studio FB Page

I am not stitching at this time because I am busy with other projects but I have saved the pattern and am enjoying all the beautiful stitching from the sidelines.

~~~

 Added: a Free Crochet Along!

This fabulous free crochet along is happening now! 

The Macaw Wings Shawl TCAL Steps are Free Here

@ 

Yarn Andy

I cannot start this project until I finish my current crochet WIP.

but this beautiful  pattern is now at the top of my list. 

Full Information on this Crochet Along Here

You can also purchase a the .pdf of the full pattern,

which I have done so as I wish to support this wonderfully generous creator whose free patterns I have enjoyed in the past.  It is extra large printable charts which are easy on my limited eyesight.

I love this pattern.

May you have a happy month of stitching and sewing and crocheting!  

The Neighborhood Is Twittering

The day 12 block for

The Neighborhood SAL @ Crabapple Hill Studio

was simple and easy and fun. 

Now I have five blocks done and all the ones to date are sketched.

Auditioning Finishing Fabrics Plan B

I pulled out some more fabrics from my stash to see what might be best for a quilt made with these blocks and think this is the winner!

These fabrics are 

Bluebird on Roses by Elea Lutz

The colors and small prints and florals are perfect

 with the embroidery threads that I have used so far. 

I found a charm pack, a jelly roll and a half yard of the red focus print.

Since I am only planning a small quilt this should be more than enough.

However, I think I have more of these fabrics with which I started a project,

which needs to be found.  Not today though.

Finishing Fabrics Plan A 

This was my first thoughts on fabrics to make a quilt with these blocks.

Which would you choose? 

A or B?

I am going to try to get another couple of blocks done today.

It is over 50 degrees F outside in the scrapatch today.

I opened two of the back windows for awhile.

We will have to close them up tight tonight as the forecast is for temperatures to drop over 30 degrees.

Today, though,

 The Neighborhood Is Twittering @ Crabapple Hill Studio 

and in our backyard with happy birdies.

May you have a happy weekend of stitching and sewing!

Coloring and Stitching and Thinking

 

I have four blocks done for 

The Neighborhood SAL ~ Started Here

This is my block for today.

I am finding this new to me color and stitch project fun.

I think that I want to make a small wall quilt for spring with these blocks.

The fabric in the background I have had in my stash for some time and I pulled it a year or so ago for another project.

I actually did not finish the stitching on the other project.  

Now I am thinking that maybe I might combine all of these into one quilt.

 I will have to complete the bird house blocks

 and then see what my quilty muse envisions. 

Do you ever work on projects just with no clear plan for how you want to finish them?

I Like Thursday #123 ~ Celebrating Mistakes

And Then There Were Three

I have three of this little blocks done for the 

The Neighborhood ~ Free Downloadable Here

There is a free Embroidery Stitch Booklet on the other stuff page 

@ Crabapple Hill Studio

to help with learning the stitches. 

I discovered that I have been doing a common stitch

 in a "different way" all these years. 

This stitching is very small and my eyes can only manage about one a day

and my stitching is my stitching.

The sketched image is less than 2" by 3."

I could have enlarged them but I like the challenge of the little blocks. 

I am very happy with the how these blocks are working up. 

I am thinking to search my stash soon for fabrics to go with these blocks to make a small wall quilt.

Because I am focusing on these blocks this month, I have been trying to resist all the other wonderful quilt-alongs I have been seeing online. I have been following along and enjoying the eye candy. 

One of them is the Riley Blake 2022 Block Challenge

 Click Here for Riley Blake 2022 Block Patterns 

You can see all the amazing blocks in the making in the

Riley Blake 2022 Block Challenge FB Group

~~~

Another quilt-along that I will be following is this one:

The Beautiful Day Mystery BOM by Corey Yoder

There is a sneak peek at a block in this link:  Coriander Quilts on FB

I love this fabric line but have resisted purchase as my stash overfloweth with fabrics that I love.

My quilty reading of the week ahs been this book off my shelves.

I have no idea when I acquired this book but I vaguely recall it was on a sale table and may be used. It looks like new though.

The Improv Hanbook For Modern Quilters

 by Sherri Lynn Wood

It is a wonderful book! 

One of the many words of wisdom in this book is this favorite gem.

I need to remind myself every once in awhile 

that there are really no mistakes in quilting.

It is all in the eye of the beholder.

 I choose to have a forgiving eye. 

To all my readers and my friends @

I Like Thursday @ Not Afraid of Color

Happy Thursday! 

The Neighborhood SAL ~ Block 8 Done!

 

My block for Day 8 of this stitch along is done! 

I am following this stitch along on Facebook 

Crabapple Hill Studio ~ Facebook

The free pattern download for all the blocks may be found here:

The Neighborhood ~ Free Downloadable Here

I have been sketching the new block each day but have not had time to color and stitch as I have been busy with other projects. 

 Today's block was so cute, I had to start coloring.

I have started setting my sketched block onto a sheet of sandpaper for the coloring part of the process.  I think it helps to hold the fabric more securely

while I color and it also seems to make the crayon coloring a little denser.

Then I added the embroidery.

I am using what I have and following my own muse in some places.

Now I have two blocks completed!

This is a fun new adventure! 

The Neighborhood SAL ~ Progress

 

Sunday has been a family day, 

so I have not had much time to play with the fabrics or threads.

I was able to do the outline sketch for today's 

Neighborhood Block 6 @ Crabapple Hill Studio

I have all of the daily SAL blocks outlined, 

but only the first one is colored and embroidered.

I have a plan to try to catch up with these blocks by:

1) doing the daily sketch everyday, 

2) then coloring a few at a time,  

then

3) picking one and doing the embroidery. 

Some of the embroidery stitches, like the bullion stitch rose on today's block is going to take me awhile to do. I knew it was unlikely that I could keep up with one block per day, but I do want to complete these cute little blocks in my own time.

Linking up today with

Slow Sunday Stitching @ Kathy's Quilts

I hope you and yours have had a nice weekend.

Thanks for reading. 

Stitching and Snowing in the Scrapatch

 

The Neighborhood ~ Block 1 done for my ... 

Neighborhood SAL ~ Started Here

is embroidered and done!

This is a free stitch along pattern @ Crabapple Hill Studio

Nutmeg has been her usually helpful self. 

When she curled up for her afternoon nap on our fleece covered ottoman,

I sat and worked on the fourth stripe in my 

Christmas Candy Striped Afghan

I definitely needed the instruction video for this stitch as the written instructions and diagram had me confused.  After the how-to video de-mystified the process, I could see that is just what they said.  My brain just would not comprehend.

I love the look of the star stitch stripe and the lovely pink yarn.

On to stripe five and this pretty Christmas green yarn! 

Today was a bread baking day.

If you missed my post for this wonderful, go to my earlier post:

Peasant Bread ~ Recipe Link Here

Mmmm ... so good!

It has been a day of ice and sleet and snow here and precipitation is still falling.

Mr. Scrapatch went off to work. The plows pushed a few feet of into the end of our driveway.  The temperature is dropping.  This stuff is not shovelable.

 Time for ice melt to help him get into the driveway. 

Hope you have a safe and warm and happy weekend.

I Like Thursday # 122 ~ Trying Something New

 

Welcome to I Like Thursday with my friends at 

I Like Thursday @ Not Afraid of Color

I like to try new things, so I have set aside my insecurities about my artistic abilities and am trying this

Crayon Tinting Coloring Technique Video Here 

@ Crabapple Hill Studio

I have seen crayon tinting of quilt blocks before but was afraid to try it. 

For my first attempt at this technique,

I am working on the the block for Day 1.

The free pattern download may be found here:

The Neighborhood ~ Free Downloadable Here

It seems to be working.

I decided to use Bella Off-White by Moda for the background

for my first attempt at this. 

I am getting ready to start the embroidery part.

I am not sure where I am going with this or if I will do all of the blocks,

but so far so good.

I have also been working on my 

 Sampler Squares Crochet Afghan

Here is Block 5, the first of the third pattern stitch in the crochet sampler.

This pattern can be found in this link: 

 3rd Pattern Stitch Here @ The Inspired Wren

My kitties and I have been staying in whenever we can so we can stitch and such.

Today is a cold gray drizzly day with ice and snow in the forecast for later today and tomorrow. 

I hope you are safe and well.

May you have a Happy Thursday!