Happy Tuesday!! I can’t believe this month is almost over! But before we dig out the turkey fryer, let’s share a little spooky-ooky fun on the Peek A Who Blog Hop hosted by Marian at Seams to be Sew!
Please visit Marian’s site for a ***FREE*** pattern she is giving away each day! Today is a cute little monster – so hop on over and grab it, and visit her each day for a new one! She is also sponsoring the giveaway for a 50% off coupon for Calibre Arts cutting mats. So enter that drawing as well! I have my eye on that 18 x 18 rotating mat!! I’ve done some research on these mats and the one thing that REALLY stood out to me was the fact that they don’t have that “new mat” odor!! I’m sure you know what I mean, but for those of you who don’t, I’ll borrow a phrase from an old song, “You got your dead skunk in the middle of the road…stinkin’ to high heaven!!” A bit of trivia about that song – I always thought Arlo Guthrie (who did one of my other fave’s Alice’s Restaurant!!) did this song – but it was actually Loudon Wainwright III! They do sound a bit alike – at least to me. OK – we’ll quit chasing those oldie goldie squirrels and get back to our fun topic at hand! Darn squirrels!!! Some of them can be fun though!! LOL So if you’d like a chance to win a 50% off coupon for one of these non stinky mats, please head over to Marian’s blog post for Monday and register after you visit today’s bloggers!
This hop started Monday, the 22nd and will end on Friday the 26th. There are great prizes for which you can register each day from The Fat Quarter Shop, Timeless Treasures, and Calibre Art Mats! Here is the schedule for the week!
Monday, October 22, 2018
Just Let Me Quilt | Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats
Words & Stitches
Melva Loves Scraps | Seams To Be Sew
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Songbird Designs (you are here!)| Quilt Doodle Doodles
Made By Marney | SewGoldenAChance
Ms. P Designs USA | Seams To Be Sew
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
MooseStashQuilting | Hand Stitched Treasure
DesertSky Quilting | Adventurous Applique and Quilting
Seams To Be Sew
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Just Because Quilts | Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Patchwork Breeze | Life in the Scrapatch
Seams To Be Sew
Friday, October 26, 2018
Kathys Kwilts and More | Quilted Delights
Seams To Be Sew | Bumbleberry Style
Now … to my project for Peek A Who! I don’t like scary, spooky so I decided to do a whimsical! When I was growing up in the country, houses were a little farther apart than in subdivisions. If we wanted to go trick-or-treating, my mom or aunt would drive us into town. But the most fun was when the “neighborhood” kids would have a hay ride. We’d all pile on the back of a truck, or tractor and trailer and just ride around. We would stop at a few houses and get some candy too. Sometimes we would have a wiener roast or some of the parents would make us goodies! Lots of fun and good memories!! So with those happy childhood times in mind, I decided on my project! Meet The Boo Crew!!
This is my drawing in EQ8. I found some fab-u-lous spider web fabric that was all glittery and decided to use it as the background and along with some scraps from my stash and a little extra fabric that just screamed, “pick me, pick me!” and I put together my flimsy, which really LOVED sitting on the windshield of my ‘stang!! I think they are ready for a F-A-S-T road trip!! LOL
And the crew enjoyed resting beneath the trees, as well!
And here is my finished quilt! I’m not sure who was more afraid and surprised – the ghost, the owl, or the pumpkins!!! Meet Kasper the ghost, Batty, Frankie, Witchy and Twitchy, the pumpkins, and Spooky the owl!! They are enjoying a leisurely hayride on a Halloween night! And I am releasing this pattern today! It’s on sale until 10/29/18, and you can find it in my store here. Since the outer border was that beautiful purple spiderweb fabric, I just had to quilt it with hanging spiders!! This picture really doesn’t do it justice, but you get the idea! I quilted around the appliques so they would stand out more and quilted my favorite swirls and curls in the background fabric. The green “grass” was quilted with topsy turvy pumpkins!
If you are shopping for fabric for this project, Connecting Threads has their Spooky Night fabric collection on clearance right now! All their thread cones and sets, as well as sewing and quilting tools are 30% off!! Check them out! PLUS, there’s an additional 20% of EVERYTHING (except gift cards, downloadable items, previous orders, or back-ordered merchandise!) by using the code CHEERS at checkout! So hurry on over and do some shopping because this code turns into a ghost and disappears at 11:59 PM on 10/28/18!!
And now to the really fun part!! One of today’s giveaway is a fat quarter bundle from Timeless Treasures valued at $60.00. Thank you, Timeless Treasures!! The giveaway starts October 22, 2018 and ends October 29, 2018. Just click the pictures below to link to the rafflecopter form to be entered! Winner pays shipping cost for the fat quarter bundle, so everyone is eligible! Rules and guidelines can be found on the rafflecopter form! (Note: Please be patient – sometimes it takes a minute for the rafflecopter to show up!!)
And two lucky winners can receive a $50 gift certificate to Fat Quarter Shop!! Thank you, Fat Quarter Shop!
Thank you sew much for stopping by. Be sure to visit the rest of the bloggers and show some quilty love by leaving a comment to enter the giveaways! Have a great week! I’ll be linking up with my favorite linkies this week!!
I love your halloween quilt.
Oh, that is gorgeous! I love the background you picked and the quilting in that border, too. Such cute, personable pumpkins and characters. Thank you so much for sharing! I love Alice’s Restaurant and the photo graphs with lines and arrows on the back! I also love my Calibre mats. That rotating mat is the best one ever, so smooth and perfect as it turns. You won’t be sorry if you get that one. Ah, hay rides!
What an adorable pattern! I love the spider web fabric and all of your quilting touches!
Very cute! The owl in the tree is just the best.
What a darling little wall hanging/mat.
Your project is absolutely stunning. Thank you for the memories that reading your post brought.
Such great memories and a wonderful tip of the hat to them in your quilt design. It is such a fun quilt. Thank you for sharing.
Love the spiders quilted in your border
Thank you, MaryBeth. I don’t like spiders, but these just fit the quilt! LOL
Very cute design. I’m like you don’t like the really gruesome stuff
Very unique Halloween project and the spider quilting in the borders is the perfect touch.
I think your quilt is great. Love the quilting.
wow your quilt is wonderful. thank you for sharing and inspiring. I love whimsical and fun also. when i was young we lived on a farm and mom would take all five of us kids in the truck to neighbors. we had a blast. one of the moms always had a special time set up for all the kids in their home.
Love your Halloween quilt, the pumpkins and John Deer train is just too cute..
Oh my gosh…is that just the cutest thing? I love that little tractor and it’s precious cargo. Oh, and how I remember “Dead Skunk” and singing it at the top of my lungs when it came of the radio. LOL!!! Does that date us or what?
tee hee Thanks for creating this adorable design.
I don’t like spooky or scary either. Your design is adorable!
Love your Hay Ride quilt! It’s such a happy scene, not spooky at all. Perfect for the little ones. Great job!
Such a cute!! quilt! Love it! Thank you for sharing.
o my gosh, that is just the cutest tractor quilt ever! Nothing like Hay Rides in October!
Such cute pumpkins in a little train! You will enjoy this quilt forever.
very cute quilt and i love the fabrics you chose.
I went on Christmas hayrides, but no Halloween ones…that would have been so fun! Love your quilt with cut pumpkin faces!
Your little quilt is perfect!! The tractor is the right color!!
So cute!
What fun! This would be a perfect project for a gift. Thank you for sharing and creating a pattern.
What an awesome Halloween Quilt Brenda. I adore that little cat, mostly hidden under that hat wondering why his oh so warm and comfy bed is rolling along? You did an exceptional job, as always. Thanks for the info on where we can go to enter to win, I sure could use some nice purple fabric, for my taste you can never have enough purple in your stash.
I don’t mind spiders, but please NO snakes. I tend to disappear (one of my magic powers) if anyone even mentions those vile critters though I know some people love them. They’re just not for me.
I’ve never heard the song you’re referring to, not sure if that’s good or not, hmmmm. I’m a big Ray Stevens fan, at least his funny songs are dear to me. Sorry to say I’m not familiar with the artist who sings it, though I do enjoy Arlo.
Off to enter the contests. Thanks for being You, which I know makes many people very happy.
Thanks for sharing your memories. Much nicer than spooky scary stuff. Love your spider quilting.
I love the pumpkin train especially the winking pumpkin, Thanks
Elizabeth, Silverdale, WA
Really cute design and quilt.
Very cute project! Thank you for sharing it!
Those witchy hats are so cute!
I have similar memories. After trick or treating we would go to the fire station for a party. Your quilt is fabulous.
I loved reading your post and really love your background fabric
Cute Halloween quilt! Thank you for sharing in the blog hop … 🙂 Pat
Calibre mats are AWESOME!! I have 2, thanks to Marian and her wonderful hops.
listening to Alice’s restaurant is a Thanksgiving tradition at our house.
Your quilt is adorable, thanks for sharing.
What a great idea. Love the tractor and the pumpkins. Very cute.
Brenda, your Halloween quilt is just Awesome!! The fabric is so cute and I love how you quilted it everything. The tree is so realistic and the Halloween train with all of the little Halloween characters is so cute.
It’s such a cute quilt!
What a cute quilt! I love the train.
That is a really cute quilt. I especially like your choice of background fabric.
Cute quilt! Thanks so much for sharing!
You always create such fun!!! Darling project.
I love your quilt. Thanks for sharing
A very sweet quilt. I always enjoyed hay rides.
Cute row – love the Boo Crew design.
An adorable quilt. Reminds me of a fun hayride in my youth!
Hayrack rides being pulled by the big ole tractor are the best and so is your quilt. Adorable; it’s super that you didn’t do scary.
Loved the pumpkins that you quilted in your quilt.
What a cute wall hanging!! I don’t really like scary either, so this is perfect!
Your quilt is Awesome!! Soooo creative & fun!! Love it!! 😀
Oh I love the tractors!
Love your sweet quilt! So fun. Thanks for sharing!!
Brenda, Such a cute story about your Trick or Treating!
Very cute quilt! Thanks for sharing.
Great spooky job it’s so cute….
You are so right: both the spiderweb background fabric and the spider quilting are great for this project.
Thanks for your story and cute pattern. quiltyladyrr-at- gmail.com
Cute quilt, pumpkins on a hayride!
LOLthat is so cute, thank you for letting us invade your spooky blog!
Really cute project. Great fabric choices and quilting, too. Thanks!
Very cute, fun Halloween quilt.
Very cute, fun and different Halloween quilt.
That is so cute. I love the tractor train for the pumpkin harvest.
You’re so talented! That’s just adorable. I couldn’t get here from Marian’s link, but luckily, I get your emails.
Adorable! Love the tractor and the farm spin on the Halloween theme.
Boo crew! How creative. Really makes me smile. Thank you.
That quilt is just adorable! Love the spider quilting in the border!
What a cute quilt!
This is so cute! Love your memories of childhood and trick or treating! How much fun to get a hay ride and treats. Thanks for sharing this on Wednesday Wait Loss.
Your Halloween quilt is so cute. The spider quilting is so clever!
Very cute design. Thank you for sharing!
Your quilt is adorable!
What nice giveaways! I found you through My Quilt Infatuation, by the way!
That spider quilting in the border is FANTASTIC!!!! Such a fun touch for a really fun quilt!
Hello, Brenda my new friend. What a wonderful wall hanging. I LOVE it. So whimsical and creative. The quilting has been done very well, that you thought about each section and enhanced it with some fun designs really makes it stand out also. Loved hearing about your childhood Halloween time also, Fall is a great time of year and my second favorite season of the year.. Winter being the first. 🙂 I’m and oddie… I love snow. Thanks so much for participating today and my sincerest apologies for not getting around to the blogs sooner this week. It’s really been I think my busiest week of the year thus far.
So very, very cute! Loved this.
So very, very cute!
Those pumpkins are too cute! And love the spider quilting!
That is the cutest quilt and with great memories behind the design!
Your quilt is absolutely darling! Thank you so much for sharing!
Super cute pattern Brenda!
What a fun pattern Brenda! Love your little crew.