Gnome for Thanksgiving Blog Hop

 

I'm happy to be participating in another fun blog hop, this time brought to us by Joan of MooseStash Quilting.

Here's the list of today's hoppers:

Wednesday Nov 20

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilted Snail

 Selina Quilts

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Before I show my project, I wanted to take a moment to thank Joan and Carol for all of their hard work organizing these blog hops. I won't be participating in the Christmas hop, so since they are ending this will be my final one! The hops have been lots of fun, and challenging, and have really kept my creative juices flowing over the years. So thank you ladies, so much! And I also will miss hopping with everyone and seeing all the wonderful projects you create.

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Now, back to my project...Our theme is Gnomes, and Thanksgiving or something we're thankful for.

My project was inspired by a fond Thanksgiving-time memory. My dear friend Suzanne used to host epic pie parties, usually the week after Thanksgiving. There was always a good crowd, and we'd each bring a pie...or two or three. Suzanne usually made three, including apple and key lime. I would always make pecan pie without using corn syrup, as well as a berry pie. The type of berry pie depended upon which berry did the best in our garden that year. We grew blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. I say "grew" because we've moved and no longer even have a garden, let alone one large enough to grow berries. But I digress...

Everyone else at the party would purchase or bake a pie to bring. Suzanne would of course offer tea and coffee, as well as big bowls of freshly whipped cream to top the pies. We'd talk and eat for hours, and it was such a fun time!

My project was inspired by these pie parties. 

Last month, for the Halloween hop, I made some wool felt donuts.

So this time...how about some cookies?

First, there are pie cookies:

From left to right: Blueberry, Pumpkin, Cherry, and Key Lime. (The green of the Key Lime didn't photograph well, but it is actually green!)

Next, per our theme, gnomes who are pie wedge-shaped:

Their clothing colors match the pies.

And finally, some pumpkin cookies to fill out the tray:

Each cookie is stitched up in wool felt pieces from my stash, using embroidery floss. They are lightly stuffed to give them some dimension.

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I enjoy and appreciate all your comments, and will reply to them here on this blog.

Happy Thanksiving!

Finally, be sure to visit everyone participating in the hop:

Monday Nov 18

MooseStashQuilting

Ms P Designs

Quilt Schmilt

Scrapdash

 

Tuesday Nov 19

Words & Stitches

Karrins Crazy World

DaysFilled With Joy

QuiltedDelights

 

Wednesday Nov 20

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilted Snail

 Selina Quilts

Thursday Nov 21

Just Let Me Quilt

Patchouli Moon Studio

Songbird Designs

Something Wicked Blog Hop Challenge

 I'm so happy to be participating in another fun challenge, this time brought to us by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt.

Here's the list of today's participants:

OCTOBER 23

A Quiltery

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)

Beaquilter

Homespun Hannah's Blog

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I decided to take a different approach to the Halloween theme this year. Instead of spiders, ghosts, bats, etc., how about a dozen donuts?

They look good enough to eat, and are in Halloween-inspired colors. Luckily for me, since I no longer eat donuts, they're not real. Instead of baking, I stitched these up with embroidery floss and wool felt. It was a good project to use up some more wool felt scraps.

I used this template to make the donuts.

Most of the donuts have sprinkles; some with black icing:

Purple icing:

Green icing:

And orange icing:

And a couple with white icing and spider webs:

They add some Halloween vibes to my kitchen counter, for sure!

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I love reading your comments and will reply to them on this blog.

Finally, be sure to visit everyone participating in this wicked hop!

OCTOBER 21

Just Let Me Quilt

Just Sew Quilter

Sew Many Yarns

Patchouli Moon Studio

High Road Quilter

OCTOBER 22

Quilt Schmilt

Selina Quilts

Karrin’s Crazy World

Scrapdash

Quilted Snail

OCTOBER 23

A Quiltery

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)

Beaquilter

Homespun Hannah's Blog

OCTOBER 24

MooseStashQuilting

Ms P Designs USA

Quilted Delights

Quilting Between the Rails

Bee Kind Blog Hop

I'm so happy to be joining in another fun blog hop, this time brought to us by Joan of MooseStash Quilting.

Here's the list of today's participants:

Wednesday Sept 25

BeaQuilter

Karrin's Crazy World

That Fabric Feeling

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)

Quilting Between the Rails

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For this hop I created a bee-themed piece, and I'm also making it available as a FREE pattern.

It's a little stitchery that I'm calling "Bee Kind," (not very original, I know lol.)

Just right-click on the image and save it to your computer. 

The image should measure 8" x 10" so make sure that is the size before you print it out.

Or, you can contact me for the pattern by going to my profile page and clicking on "email."

I like to use a product called Fabri-Solvy when I'm doing embroidery. 

You print the pattern on it, and then stick it on the top of your fabric. Then, you can stitch right through it. Afterwards, soak it in warm water to remove the Fabri-Solvy.

Here's my final stitchery:

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I love reading your comments and will reply to them via this blog. For some reason, I no longer get emails when people comment; I used to reply via those emails. Hopefully you still get notified that I've replied to your comment here.

Finally, be sure to visit everyone in the hop on their day:

Monday Sept 23

MooseStashQuilting

Words & Stitches

Selina Qullts

Just  Sew  Quilter

Scrapdash

Tuesday Sept 24

Patchouli Moon Studio

Quilted Snail

Quilt Schmilt

Quilted Delights

Hazels Daughter

Wednesday Sept 25

BeaQuilter

Karrin's Crazy World

That Fabric Feeling

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)

Quilting Between the Rails

Thursday Sept 26^th

Just Let Me Quilt

Ms P Designs USA

Quilting Gail

Songbird Designs

It's a Jungle Blog Hop Challenge

 

I'm so happy to be joining in another fun blog hop, this time brought to us by Joan of MooseStash Quilting.

Here's the list of today's participants:

Monday August 19

MooseStashQuilting

Ms P Designs USA

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)

Quilting Between the Rails

High Road Quilter

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Our theme this time is the Jungle; either plants or animals that can be found there. I made two small projects, one plant and one animal.

The first is a hand-sewn, wool felt Snake Plant.:

According to Wikipedia, "Dracaena trifasciata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to tropical West Africa from Nigeria east to the Congo. It is most commonly known as the snake plant, Saint George's sword, mother-in-law's tongue, and viper's bowstring hemp, among other names."

Each leaf is double-sided, with a yellow/gold outer edge, and a green inner part. I used wool felt and embroidery floss to make each leaf. I then inserted wires, and stuck each leaf into floral foam inside the pot. Then I added dried floral moss on top.

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My second project is this adorable stuffed Koala. 

It's also hand-stitched with wool felt and embroidery floss, with safety eyes. The pattern comes from the Lia Griffith website.

Again, per Wikipedia: "The koala, sometimes called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. Its closest living relatives are the wombats."

Here's the cutie with my snake plant:

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I'd love to read your comments and will reply to them all, unless you are a No Reply Blogger.

Finally, be sure to visit everyone in the hop on their day:

Monday August 19

MooseStashQuilting

Ms P Designs USA

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)

Quilting Between the Rails

High Road Quilter

 

Tuesday August 20

Patchouli Moon Studio

Karrins Crazy World

Quilting Gail

Quilted Delights

 

Wednesday August 21

A Quiltery

Quilted Snail

Selina Quilts

Hazel’s Daughter

 

Thursday August 22

Just Let Me Quilt

Scrapdash

BeaQuilter

That Fabric Feeling

Something Smells Fishy Blog Hop Challenge

 

I'm so happy to be participating in another fun challenge, this time brought to us by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt.

Here's the list of today's participants:

JULY 24

A Quiltery

Beaquilter

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)

That Fabric Feeling

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I've missed the last several hops because we were busy moving. We've realized our dream of settling down on beautiful Cape Cod!

That's NOT a view from my house; we don't live right near the ocean. But it's a reasonable drive away, so we're happy with that!

The theme of this hop is very appropriate considering where I now live. The challenge was to create something with fish or other ocean creatures.

I wanted to make something to decorate my fireplace mantle. I stitched up a wool felt folksy fish, and some star fish to accompany it.

I might make a few more starfish to fill the display out more, but overall I'm happy with how it looks.

The fish also looks cute as a pillow on my chair:

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I love to read your comments and will reply to them all via email, unless you are a NO REPLY blogger.

Finally, be sure to visit everyone participating in this challenge:

JULY 22

Just Let Me Quilt

Karrin’s Crazy World

Scrapdash

Quilted Delights

JULY 23

Patchouli Moon Studio

Words & Stitches

Quilted Snail

Quilting Between The Rails

Sew Many Yarns

Hazel’s Daughter

 

JULY 24

A Quiltery

Beaquilter

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)

That Fabric Feeling

 

JULY 25

MooseStashQuilting

Ms P Designs USA

Quilt and Color

Selina Quilts

Sew it Show It Challenge: It Moose Be Love

 

Joan at MooseStash Quilting is hosting this month's fun challenge: "It Moose Be Love." The directive was to make something that represents what we love. Here's a list of today's participants:

Monday February 19

MooseStashQuilting

Pattern Princess

Karrins Crazy World

Quilted Snail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)

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Now about what I love: It's the seashore! I love walking on it, photographing the water and the wildlife, and just all-round spending time on it. Hopefully, if all goes as planned, we'll be moving closer to it (Cape Cod) the first half of this year.

To represent my love for the sea, the shore, and all they encompass, I've made two small projects.

The first is a wool felt seal. The pattern comes from Lia Griffith. 

It's so cute, with safety eyes, embroidered whiskers and mouth, and appliqued spots on its back.

My second project is a 12" wool felt table mat I'm calling "Sea Glass." I wanted to use up some more felt scraps, so I used different shades of blue and green for the glass in the center and the border squares. It's backed with a single piece of green wool felt.

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I love reading your comments, and will reply to each one via email unless you are a No Reply Blogger.

Finally, be sure to visit everyone participating in this fun blog hop:

Monday February 19

MooseStashQuilting

Pattern Princess

Karrins Crazy World

Quilted Snail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Tuesday February 20

A Quiltery-For the Love of Geese

Quilting Gail

Quilted Delights

Words & Stitches

VroomansQuilts

Kathy’s Kwilts and More

Wednesday February 21

Selena Quilts

BeaQuilter

Ms P Designs USA

Kathleen McMusing

Days Filled with Joy

Quilt Schmilt

Thursday February 22

Just Let Me Quilt

Inflorescence

High Road Quilter

Just Sew Quilter

Scrapdash