I Like Thursday # 154 ~ This is Love

 

If love can be expressed by fabric, this says it all. 

For our 

I Like Thursday @ Not Afraid of Color 

post this week, LeeAnna has asked us to blog about

 what we like about Valentine's Day 

and those special ways we tell others how we love them

and how they make us feel loved.

The fabric in the photo is the new Tilda "Pie in the Sky" fabrics,

Which I Blogged About Here Last Week

These are my "what would you like for Valentine's Day" gift from Mr. Scrapatch, who understands that for me, love is well expressed by fabric gifts.

Mr. Scrapatch and I do not make a big deal about Valentine's Day and do not think we really need one special day to show our love.  Love is something we try to do everyday, even when we are grumpy and not really feeling it.  Our grown-up kiddos all follow this path.  

There were always some special treats or little toys or cards for Valentine's Day and paper decorations on the walls and windows just for fun, but it was just another day in our humble home.

I call it simply, "Happy Heart Day."

Since Mr. Scrapatch likes all things cinnamon, 

this year the plan for Happy Heart Day is to make 

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Mints using these ingredients and this

Cream Cheese Mints Recipe @ My Heavenly Recipes

Will post photos when I make them, if they do not disappear too fast. 

May all your days be happy heart days. 

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.

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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.

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 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!