A Little Hocus Pocus - An Itty Bitty Halloween Freebie

Double , double , boil and trouble  Fire burn and cauldron bubble. 

Welcome, my pretties!  Are you ready for a  wicked fabulous last week of October?  I  sure am. I am going to put on my witches' hat and  try to squeeze in a couple of  more Halloween projects by the end of the week .

 Yesterday  I  found this Prairie Schooler Freebie called WHOO WHOO on their website. Isn't he just as cute as a button?  He stitched up in a few short hours. I used DMC 301 for the orange and the called for 3371.  Every witch needs an owl . Don't you think? 

The other day I shared a photo from my hutch on Instagram and received so many kind compliments on my teeny Hocus Pocus witch.  

Thank you so much, friends. I stitched her awhile back but was not sure about her.  

Little Bits Tricks,  Little Bits Treats  and Hocus Pocus

Well today I thought I would share this teeny stitch.  Now it is a small one . On 14 count aida it measures about 2" x 2 3/8". 

I am making progress on the mini Halloween Churn Dash. 

Last night I began a new embroidery piece called " A Wish "  which is a Kathy Schmitz freebie.

 😀  How did that sneak in this post? It's not a Halloween project. Oh well. This witch will be squeeze in some Christmas as well.   

I had copied this pattern out a few days ago, but when I saw Joceyln's post at Canadian Needle  Nana about this freebie,  I knew it was time to begin it. Jocelyn has a wonderful blog . Usually on  Thursdays , she posts information about  freebies that she has found  on the web. Thank you Jocelyn for giving me the spark to begin this one and for keeping an eye out for wonderful projects . 

Since I  have been on vacation, it has been awhile since I have written out my goals list. Sooooo....

What's the Plans for the Week?  Well....

🧵  Finish Gingerbread embroidery

🧵 Spend at least 15 minutes a day quilting on the Easter Quilt. Yep, I am still working on it. 😒🙄

🧵 Work on butterfly blocks. 

🧵 Work on Halloween Churn Dash Quilt

🧵 Work on a Christmas ornament. 

🧵 Continue working on "A Wish" 

Well that goal list did not contain a lot of Halloween🙄🤨, but I promise you there will be some Halloween stitching going on.🎃  I plan to post about my Halloween hutch and tree and you know what that means- lots of country clutter. 

Ok, yall it's that time! Time to grab your needle and thread! Come on! Let's go work on something fun!🧵 Have a beautiful day , my friend and if you have a chance- eat some Halloween candy for me. 😀

 As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

A little spark of kindness can put a colossal burst of sunshine in someone's day.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you, Amo.

I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needle workers to meet. 

Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday

Beth at Love Laugh Quilt  for Monday Making

Judy at Small Quilts Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday

Joy at Days Filled with Joy for This and That

Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings

Linda at Texas Quilt Gal for To Do List Tuesday - Tuesday

A Peaceful Sunday and a Christmas Freebie

And a very good morning to you! 🤗 Happy Sunday, my friends.

 Yesterday was such a lovely day. Not only was it nice and warm outdoors, but  I spent most of the day working on Christmas ornaments as I listened to Bing Crosby singing the Christmas classics. My daughter said "Mom , Halloween is not  even here yet" . But Christmas  will be no here in no time.  

I have pulled out a couple of projects to work on for this Slow Stitching Sunday ; one of which is my small Halloween churn Dash.  I pieced this one last year. I hope to finish it by the end of the week. 

       

Later I will finish the Christmas pinkeep  called "Dreaming of Snow" that I started yesterday. It will be a future freebie.  Are you dreaming of snow yet? 

Speaking of Christmas and freebies. I wanted to share with you my newest ornament that I finished called "Peace on Earth" . I should have just named it "Peace" though.

      

  I stitched this one the other night in a few short hours .  I used 7 floss colors including DMC 815, white, black, 781, 895, 647,and  898  . 

I finished it using what I had in my stash. I may change out the bow later , but for now this will do. 

If you would like to stitch, Peace on Earth ,  please check out the images below, but first read my little note about my charts . This explains about getting the charts. 

NOTE: Normally I have been able to create links to the charts and instructions which were in JPG form. For some reason, recent updates on Google Docs. has prevented me from doing that and I am not able to create a pdf without having to deal with storage issues.  Until I can figure out how to upload with the links , I am only able to put the images on the blog . Many dear stitchers say they right click, save the image and then print.  I think some have copied and pasted it to a Word document that they can print off as well. I hope you are able to find a way to enjoy this chart. You will have to click each page to save .  I am doing my best to get back to my normal method of sharing . Thank you so much for your patience and understanding and for all of the helpful tips and ideas. 

Many of you know , but I always like to leave this little disclaimer.  

I stitch my little designs for fun and to decorate my home. I feel very blessed by this community and love sharing my little charts, but I am not a professional designer. And I do not have professional software. Thank you for understanding . I am always grateful for your kind encouragement , your visits, and for stitching my little designs.

I am going to keep my ramblings short today. 

Have a very lovely day, and I hope that you are able to take some time for yourself and enjoy something that you love. 

As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa 

May you be blessed with love in your heart. Happiness in your home; Peace in your soul and joy in your life. 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy  Sundays are always the hardest. . I love and miss you Amo.  

I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needle workers to meet. 

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday

Kate at Life in Pieces for  Stitching Stuff ( Sunday) 

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap - Sunday 

Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday

The Hall of Jacks and Cats

"When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam , May luck be with you on Halloween!"  

 

Halloween is just 9 short days away. Where is this month going?  I have been trying to gather up a few bags of candy to make treat bags for the youngins. We will not have trick or treaters other than the grandbabies and nephews, and I actually go to them to give them their treats.  Candy has been awful hard to get a hold of here. There is loads of chocolate treats in the stores; I am not complaining about that because I am a chocolate lover too, but the grandbabies prefer other treats. 

Anywhoo, yesterday , I shared with you my Happy Jack Quilt which was in the Hall of Jacks and Cats. 

At the beginning of fall , this small "foyer" is decorated in all things Crow related, but come October, the crows fly away and the Jacks and Cats move in.

Fall Crow quilts. 

  

So I thought I would share The Hall of Jacks and Cats with you today. 

The small tree stays out year round. I added silver Christmas bells, a leaf garland and a black cat garland. The large vintage looking cat tree topper is a yardstake from the Dollar Tree.  Below the tree is a pumpkin made from an old dress and an old black cat. 

     

My Halloween quilts are draped over 3 shutters that I found at the Goodwill. I love changing them out each month.  

Last year I created the Witches Hat wall hanging. I attached some Dollar Tree witch leg door hangers to the quilt by using a few pins. I thought they looked cute hanging from the quilt. 

Yikes! Her feet are turned backwards. What's up Witchy Poo? 

The top of the thrifted shelf has cats and jacks that I have collected . Some are 20 years old or older. 

There are a number of framed appliqued pieces. 

There is even  an old peanuts container that I painted and decoupaged  years ago.

 The little Jack  October wool applique mug rug was once a  freebie from Shabby Fabrics . Now it is being offered as a kit. 

I still love drawing on chalkboards. I have 2 in this area right now. 

This chalkboard stays out year round. 

 

 

This little quilt hangs on a utility room door.

                        

 My daughter drew these characters over 20 years ago and I embroidered them. They still make me smile and they bring back fond memories. 

It has been awhile since you have seen the country clutter in the foyer. Wheww! That was  a lot to take in - wasn't it? But you know me I am no minimalist.   I  have to say that I am very grateful that you stopped by for a visit. 

Have a wonderful weekend and as always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa 

There is a child in everyone of us who is still a trick or treater  looking for a brightly lit porch. -Robert Brault

Kitty Kat Kisses and Halloween Wishes!!
Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy who loved decorating for Halloween. Her theme - Spiders.  . I love and miss you Amo.  .

Happy Jack - A Halloween Doodle Freebie

Welcome ,my Pretties! Come in! Come in! And  join me in a day of Spooky fun. 

Joan at Moosestash Quilting has been brewing up so much fun in the  Gremlins, Goblins and Ghouls Blog Hop, and today is my day along with a number of other lovely ladies. 

 

 

Friday Oct 21

Pinker n' Punkin Quilting & Stitching

Just Because Quilts

BeaQuilter

Pieceful Thoughts

MooseStashQuilting

I hope that after the sweet visit , you will hop on over to their blog and enjoy their spooktacular projects. 

What do I have brewing in my cauldron? Well, I rummaged in the quilt nest and found some  lovely Halloween and country fabrics. Then it was time to work some magic. 

A little Happy Jack in a churn dash block was on my mind. 

From my white  scraps, I pieced a background fabric which measured 10 1/2" x 12 12".  

 

I then cut out pieces for my Churn Dash .

 These are the measurements that I used and some simple directions. I used a 1/4 " seam allowance. 

From the white fabrics: 

                      Cut 2 strips measuring 2 1/2" x 12 1/2"   

                       Cut 2 strips measuring 2 1/2" x 10 1/2"

From the Black fabric:

                    Cut 2 strips measuring 2 1/2" x 12 1/2"   

                     Cut 2 strips measuring 2 1/2" x 10 1/2"

Take a white and black  2 1/2" x 12 1/2" strip . Place right sides together ,sew down the length of the strips. Press . Repeat for 2nd strip. 

Do the same for the 2 1/2"  10 1/2" strips. 

From the White Fabric : Cut 2   squares measuring  4 7/8" squared. 

From a  2nd Black Fabric : Cut 2   squares measuring  4 7/8" squared. 

Place a white square and a black square right sides together.

 I used a Quick Quarter Ruler to draw the diagonal cutting line and the quarter inch sewing lines. Sew and cut . Repeat with remaining black and white squares. Press

I then laid out my units and was ready to finish piecing the Churn Dash. 

After pressing I was ready to applique. 

I had a ball appliqueing this little Jack.  I used needle turn applique , but this Jack would look so cute in wool applique. 

The eyebrows were embroidered.  I used 2 small buttons for the white eyes. 

If you would like this little Jack , feel free to save and print this little guy. 

I ended up displaying this little guy in my Hall of Jacks and Cats where I  have 3 shutters that I drape quilts over for display. 

He certainly makes me smile. 

Well I am just tickled pink ( or should I say orange)  that you dropped in for a Friday visit. I hope you are gearing up for a great weekend. I am not sure what I have on the agenda. The little one does not have a football game and fall baseball has ended for the oldest grandbaby so Saturday is wide open. Hmmm🤔 .Sounds like a great day to play in the Quilt Nest. I just  may do that unless I get distracted by watching the Hallmark Christmas movies. 📺🎄🎅  Have a great day, my dears and  as always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

When the spooks have a midnight jamboree, they break it up with fiendish glee. 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy who loved Halloween and all its fun.  Love and miss you, Amo