Life in the Scrapatch: MooseStash Quilting

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Do You Want Some Soup? ~ QQQs Making Us Laugh ~ My Day!

"Utinni!" says the Jawa.

This Jawa is not giving up this pillow ... not even to trade for The Egg.

This Jawa put together the free pattern for this pillow for you to make one for yourself.

May you enjoy some soup and sew a bowl of ...

"Bone Broth For The Little One"

My daughter, who is the Jawa, and I got together to make this design.

Yes, My Girl made her Jawa costume,
and several other Star Wars cosplay costumes.
My Girl is very creative.

My Girl did most of the designing and pattern writing.
I did the pattern testing and sewing
and added the fabric applique instruction details.

Our collaboration is called "Me & My Girl Designs"
and we are sharing this free applique block pattern with you.

We had so much fun designing and making that this is going to be the
first in a series of free patterns based on this character.
We are already working on Block 2 in the series.

My Girl and I designed this because we are fans of all things Star Wars.
When our kiddos were growing up it was family tradition to watch
the original Star Wars trilogy from the Gold VHS Boxed Edition
every New Years Eve,
while eating Dad's homemade pizza
and sipping non-alchoholic grape juice and sparkling cider.

When I visited her in Texas in November and December,
together we watched the first five episodes of
The Mandalorian on Disney +

Spoiler Alert ::: Spoiler Alert ::: Spoiler Alert!

~ ~ ~

This scene appeared in my favorite Episode Four.

The pattern name and soup quote are actual dialogue from this episode.

When I returned home I signed up for this streaming service
so I could see the rest of the series.

If you are staying in right now need some joy in your life,
consider catching the antics of this cute little one.
There is a lot of bad guys being bad guys, good guys being good guys
and battle violence in the scenes,
but this little "Baby Yoda" makes me laugh.
The animation that brings this puppet creature to life,
... to look and act like a human toddler ...
is a real work of art.

Neither I nor My Girl are associated in any way with Disney or Disney Plus.
We are just fans.

This is fan art in fabric.

This block is designed to make a 12" finished machine applique block.

Here are the fabrics I used for my pillow.
All are from my stash and only the woven sashiko fabrics
for the collar and robe were new to my stash.

Starting tomorrow, I will be posting a series of photo tutorials of how I sewed
this applique block and how I made the pillow.
I am not an expert in machine applique
and I am self-taught by trial and seam ripper.
I hope this will help others who have not sewn this kind of pattern
who want to try their hand at something new.

I took many photos trying to show the beauty in the details of the colors and fabrics.
It was a morning of bright sun and shadow of early spring in my yard when I took these.
These photos are now on my desktop slide show
to brighten my day and make me smile every time I see them.
I loved making this pillow and feel it is the best applique I have ever stitched.

Here is the back of my finished pillow.
I enjoy making this type of envelope back with snaps.
It is very easy to do with the right tool.
My tutorials will include making this pillow back.

I gifted this pillow to My Girl to enjoy

This free pattern is "For Personal Use Only."
It is Not For Sale or Resale.

Please enjoy sewing one of these for yourself or as a gift.

Please do not sell items you make with this design
as that violates the "not for profit" user agreement.

"Cute I am. Sew me you will"
says this Little One.

Download This Free Pattern Here

This cute little critter makes us laugh and I hope it brings a big smile to your face today.

Please enjoy all the smiles in all the stops
in this fun blog hop.

Here is today's schedule:

Wednesday March 18

Life in the Scrapatch (you are here)
The Darling Dogwood

Words & Stitches

Websterquilt
Bejeweled Quilts by Barb
Creatin' in the Sticks
Podunk Pretties

This happy blog hop is hosted by

Joan @ MooseStash Quilting

Thank you, Joan!

I will be posting a series of tutorials for how I make this project.

Tutorial links below ...

How To Make This Pillow

Part 1 ~ Gathering Supplies and Getting Started

Part 2 ~ The Fine Details of the Applique ~ Click Here

Part 3 ~ Quilting the Applique Block

Part 4 ~ Making the Snap Envelope Back of the Pillow Cover

Part 5 ~ Binding and Finishing the Pillow Cover

Thank you for visiting Me and My Girl today.

May The Force be with with you!

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Quilt Quazy Queens ~ Making Us Laugh ~ Starts Tomorrow

Full Blog Hop Schedule

Wednesday March 18

Life in the Scrapatch
The Darling Dogwood

Words & Stitches

Websterquilt
Bejeweled Quilts by Barb
Creatin' in the Sticks
Podunk Pretties

Thursday March 19

Just Let Me Quilt

BeaQuilter

Patchouli Moon Studio
Selina Quilts
Phoebe Moon Designs
Den syende himmel
Karen's Korner

Friday March 20

If These Threads Could Talk

Kathleen McMusing

Samelia's Mum
Seams To Be Sew

Quilt Fabrication
Ms P Designs USA

Monday March 23

One Quilting Circle

Quilt Schmilt
Devoted Quilter

Tuning My Heart Quilts
Home Sewn By Us

Farm Quilter

Tuesday March 24

Songbird Designs
Bumbleberry Stitches
Quilting Gail
Just Because Quilts
Patchwork Breeze
MooseStashQuilting

This blog hop is hosted by Quilt Quazy Queen

Joan @ MooseStash Quilting

Happy Blog Hopping!

Saturday, March 14, 2020

One Last Sneak Peek

It is done!

It is in the box and in the mail to its new home.

This project is for the

Quilt Quazy Queens ~ Making Us Laugh Blog Hop

I am sew excited to be the first stop in the hop on March 18th

because I cannot wait to show you this one.

This project has made me smile from start to finish

and I hope it will make you smile, too.

:-) :-) :-)

Monday, December 30, 2019

Quilt Quazy Queens To Make Us Laugh in 2020

Are you a Quilt Quazy Queen?

I know I am

I always enjoy this fun hop in March.

Click Here For All Info

This blog hop is hosted by

Queen Joan @ Moosestash Quilting

where the quilts are always fun and fabulous.

Hope to see you joining in the fun !

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Fabulous Freebies Blog Hop

It's fun.
It's fast.
It's free.
It's for my furbabies.

What could be more fabulous?

It is a Kennel Quilt for my quilty kitty pet carrier.

It is sew much fun to make,
it is hard to make just one,
and best of all ...
you can sew as many as you want because
you can make one for every furry friend you love
and it can also be given for a good cause
to furry friends in need who are
waiting for their forever home ...

TQPM Kennel Quilts Program

Their free how-to patterns
may be found here:

TQPM Free Kennel Quilt Patterns

I followed the free "Orphan Block" pattern to make my first kennel quilt
for one of my pet carriers.

I chose to make one of those fabulous free quilt block patterns
that has been on my list for a long time ...

Free Cheddar Jack Quilt Block

from Pam @ Mama Sparks World

Since this block measures 9.5," I added two borders,
the first of 1.5" orange strips
and the second 2.5" paw print strips to the top and bottom
and 4.5" paw print strips to the sides
and I squared and trimmed the top to
12.5" by 18.5"

Then I sandwiched ...

Here are my kennel quilt layers:
(1) backing ... right side up.
(2) top ... right side facing right side of backing,
(3) two layers of warm cotton batting for extra padding.

Here is my finished kennel quilt ... shown with a little help from the Nutmeg paws.

This quilt was scrunched, chomped, clawed. loved and quilty kitty tested by Maestro.

(Note: For Kennel Quilts that I am donating I do not let my kitties sleep or play with them
so they will not smell like my kitties when they are given to their new owner.)

This quilt was made to fit my small pet carrier.

Just in time for Maestro to really test it out!
Kitty was due for her one year check-up and booster shots at the vet.
Maestro, Nutmeg and Katniss all had their own check up day and all are well.

Then it was time to make a stack of these quilts to give to other furbabies ...

I made these nine 12" by 18" cotton Kennel Quilts over the weekend.

For this purpose I pulled a box of orphan HSTs and bright washed scrap fabrics
and this colorful kitty print.
I used two layers of cotton batting leftovers for the padding.

I used this colorful Cleopatra Superior Thread (affiliate link) 40 weight King Tut Thread
for the sewing and quilting.

King Tut is my favorite top stitching and quilting thread.

The large spools last for many, many quilts.

I used my heavy duty walking foot on my Janome
and a Schmetz Chrome Needle (affiliate link)
for all the steps as this sews easily through all the layers of batting and fabric.

These Kennel Quilts are going to a shelter in Redding, CA,
which is helping critters displaced by the terrible fires in California
and has requested kennel quilts for these furbabies in their time of need.
I learned of this effort from

TQPM Kennel Quilt FB Page

There are addresses for two other shelters in need of help in California.

California Shelter Addresses Here

Please read and follow their guidelines if you are making quilts for their charity initiative.

You can also make a donate kennel quilts to a local shelter.
All fur babies deserve a quilt.
Call your shelter and ask what sizes they need.
I have made larger ones for canine crates.

Be sure to find all the fabulous freebies today: