Something wicked this way comes....blog hop

 When Soma announced that she was looking for designers to submit blocks for a Halloween-themed paper-pieced blog hop, I was all over it. I love Halloween, it's probably my favorite holiday. All those costumes, decorations, pumpkins and creepy ghoulishness appeals to my quirky sense of humor. Love-it!

Trying to narrow down an idea for my block for the blog hop was considerably tougher. I finally settled on these witchy feet.

So here is the Day 4 design for the Halloween paper pieced blog hop.
 

The block is 10.5 x10.5" (a 10" square block when finished).

Pattern pieces for this block can be downloaded here.

Piecing instructions can be found here.
ETD: NOTE  Piece Q1 runs off the page and the last section of it is on page 5.  You have to tape/glue them together before you can sew.
NOTE2 - in the piecing guide the pieces A2 and A3 are mislabelled.  A2 should be labelled A3 and vice versa.

Cheers

Caroline

I hope you like the block. This is my first time participating in a blog hop and so far I'm having a blast with all the creativity flowing around.

Stayed tuned to Soma's blog as there will be a new Halloween-themed block every day this month!
That's a lot of ghoulish goodness!



Happy Halloween and Happy Sewing!

Mariner's compass

 It's pillow talk swap time again, I think this is round 9.  I missed the last round due to other committments.   This round, I'm working on a Mariner's compass modified slightly from the original pattern.  I took out some points and added some triangles and this is what I came up with.  It's kind of a starburst now...

My partner likes bright colors, so I hope that this is up their alley.




I thought it would be fun to look at my previous submissions so I put together this collage.  Sometimes, you get involved in so many swaps it's hard to remember what you've done in the past.  These were some fun projects for me. This swap always pushes my creativity.  I love coming up with original designs tailored to my partner's likes.  More of a challenge than you might think sometimes.


Happy Sewing!

Halloween Blog Hop

It's October!!! Can you believe it? Where has the year gone already?  I just wanted to pop in and let you know about a fantastic blog hop going on this month.  Starting today, and every day this month there will be a new paper pieced Halloween themed pattern available at Soma's blog (Whimsandfancies.com).

If you love Halloween and paper piecing then this is the blog hop for you.  Pop on over and check out the fun projects.  Just imagine what you could do with 31different halloween blocks?! Right? Quilts, runners, placemats, the possibilities are endless.   

Go check it out!  Happy Sewing!