Park your BROOMS here!

Do any of you remember my trip to the territorial prison on my way back from Spring market???

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I was so inspired by the broom factory there that I had to put what I learned to use.

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I wanted a "witches" broom when I visited them.

They only had classic, traditional brooms at the time.....

SEW.....

This last weekend I took the kids up the canyon to look for crooked sticks,

so that we could make these....

Aren't they great?We pulled off the road and clipped these grasses on our way home from the store yesterday.

I couldn't find any broom straw around here, so grasses had to do.

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We added a little wire, and ribbon and WALLA!!!

This is a great inexpensive thing to make for the holiday.

I hope you are inspired to get outside, take the kids, and hunt for your new broom stick!

It sure was a lot of fun!
The kids all had to take a ride around the house on their brooms.

Now.... what to do with all of these brooms??? You can only hang so many on the wall!

Any ideas?

Pretty Pinny Winners!

I couldn't help myself, and had to make a few store samples for Cathie out of these beautiful fabrics.

This line is called Early Bird - and is printed by Andover Fabrics. Isn't it just lovely???

Now.... for the big news!

We have some winners! Eight winners!

...and because I can't choose the winners myself ( I would rather send you all a free pattern!)

I had to rely on RANDOM.org to pick for me, thank goodness for them.

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#71 Chris the Quilter

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#56 Vicki Lundeen

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#7 Sandy

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#17 Numna

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#74 Madame Quilts Alot

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#49 Crazy Old Ladies

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#6 Happy Cottage Quilter

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#38 Amanda

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You eight are the winners of my giveaway featuring a free pattern of

"Pretty Pinny Pincushion"

and enough BLISS to make one pincushion!

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Please email me with your information so I can get these off to you!

chitterchatterdesigns(at)yahoo(dot)com.

Thanks so much to everyone else for participating! You are so supportive and sweet.

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Hugs, and Happy Stitching! -Cori

Introducing, Pretty Pinny Pincushion!

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING! So, here it is ladies!

Just in time for Christmas crafting,

another cute little pincushion to showcase those beautiful PINcess Pins!

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This pattern is super easy,

(I hear you laughing....) really, it IS super duper easy!!!

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The only hard thing about it is the cherry, which I have modified and made easier

than instructed in the Sweet as Pie Pincushion pattern.

You can use your machine to sew it!! Yah!!!

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Hope this little pattern will catch your imagination, and you can see a wonderful use for all of those scraps of fabrics, or charm squares you have lying around just waiting to become something great!
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You can purchase the pattern HERE.

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As always, we have to have another contest to honor it's introduction!

Leave a comment for a chance to win this cute little pattern.

I will also include enough "Bliss" with the pattern to make up your first one!

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How about we have at least one winner for every TEN entries!!

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Good luck everyone, I really love you all, and thank you for all of your encouragement!!!

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Hugs, -Cori

Out of LINE!

Several of you have been asking what to buy for Rosie Tweet...,

my new BOM starting in January.

Well,

My little experiment of staying in line,

"Bliss" line that is,

has proved to be unsuccessful!

Next time I have the chance to visit with this little lady, I will bow down at the feet of

Emily of Crazy Old Ladies,

(You are one talented girl Emily!!!)

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for her ability to combine every fabric of a line and come out with something amazing.

I have failed at my attempt! It is just not my forte.

Pictured above are the roses from one of the blocks. You will need to choose fabrics that will give you a good contrast of light red and darker red as shown here.

ROSES and LEAVES: The fabrics I am using are mostly from Moda, but I had to throw in a few others for good measure. Pictured above are the four greens I am using for leaves. They are left overs from other projects, you will need 1/8 yard of four greens. The lighter red is from Moda, it is a marble, a really light salmon-y red that matches the red in the bliss line beautifully. You can use some pieces from "Bliss" to match it up at your local quilt shop. I will inquire as to which number it is the next time I go to my local shop and get you the exact number. The bright red is by Patrick Lose for Timeless Treasures. I bought this yardage a few months ago, but it has since sold out and is not available at my local store. You need 1/8 yard of both reds. From the "BLISS" line I am using these four pinks. I have a fat quarter of each. Number 55022 ( upper left corner) you will need to purchase 1/4 yard or a fat quarter, the others you only need 1/8 Yard and their numbers are 55021;55025; and the dot which didn't come with a number on my piece.
The other fabrics I am using are left to right: Essential dot -Moda; Barbara Jones print- Henry Glass; Plaid is "Aunt Grace" authentic 1930's Judy Rothermel - Marcus Fabrics; Tan Solid from Moda; and Aqua marble - Moda ~this marble matches exactly to the aqua color in the "Bliss" line.

An 1/8 yard of each should do just fine for these.

Here is a little sneak peek at what we are creating. Just a rough drawing, but I thought having some sort of idea of what we are creating would be nice for you to see. I haven't decided on a fabric for the bows that surround the center square, so if you would like to do these in one of the "Bliss" fabrics you will need to purchase 1/2 Yard for these ( just a guess.)
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The background fabric is Antique Dots (color: snow) by Lakehouse. I have purchased 3 yards of this fabric, and I am hoping it will be plenty for the 50" square size of the project. If you would like to piece some borders for it to make it larger, you may need to take that into consideration when buying fabric.
So sorry this is all still up in the air, but that is how it goes with designing. It really makes you get discouraged having such a limited time to work with fabrics.

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So ...... what do you think of this new project???

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If you would like to be added to the list for this pattern, you can go here to sign up!
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Hope the fabric requirements help you out now that "Bliss" is beginning to arrive.

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Remember that one of my local quilt shops

Quilts, Etc.

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Cozy Cottage Quilt Shoppe

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will be offering the kits to these blocks starting in January.

If you are interested in being on the list, give them a call!

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Now I am off to stitch up and play with some more of these blocks and fabrics.

Happy Stitching!!! ~Cori

Baby Bracelet Blessings Finishing Part 2... and sew on.

It has been a whirlwind of obstacles these last two weeks!!

First trouble with the computer.... followed by the camera... and then a broken sd card....

until finally everything has finally stopped giving me trouble for a minute

allowing me to get to the last step of this little project for you!

I am so sorry for taking so long to post our final part of the BOW baby quilt.For the finishing touch, the bracelet part of our quilt, you will need to cut 14- 4 1/2" pink print circles,

14- 2 1/4" circles of white with a print, 28 - 2 1/4" circles of pink print,

and 14- 3 1/4" yellow print circles out of left over fabric;
IF you own "Bigger Perfect Circles" follow the instructions to create circles with these measurements.

These are exact measurements, if you are needle-turning or using a template to prepare appliques, add seam allowance.

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Fuse, needle-turn, or by machine, center and sew on the 4 1/2" circle to each point of your embroidered block, followed by a white print 2 1/4' circle on top, as shown in the picture above. Use your border seam as a center line to place your circles.

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In between each large circle, create the bracelet by adding the pink 2- 2 1/4" circles,

with a yellow 3 1/4" circle in the middle.

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Walla! You have finished your baby quilt!

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Now it is on to quilting!

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Meanwhile... I have been playing with this-

I have been working on my new block of the month pattern (pictured in the background)
and got a little side tracked by this cute little pincushion idea.
What do you think???
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Is it pattern worthy??? I just love the colors in this "Bliss" line.
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And finally... we have finished it!!!
Over the holiday, we finally put the shingles on our little chicken coop.
These "chicks" are now ready for the approaching winter cold.
YAAAAAAH!!!
It was nice to have something finished around here!
...as for my house, hopefully this winter will give me the time to finish up my little nest!