Winner of the 4th Annual Crazy Quilt Journal Project Blog Header Contest

Good Morning! I just wanted to say a special thank you to all of you that participated in the recent Blog Header Contest. All of the entries we absolutely gorgeous and we have some really talented crazy quilters from all over the world.

The winner of the 4th Annual Crazy Quilt Journal Project Blog Header Contest is: Entry # 2 made by Kathy Billings, Washington, United States. Congratulations Kathy! Her gorgeous entry will be the header for the CQJP2021 Blog as well as our Crazy Quilt Journal Project Facebook group for the entire year. She will also receive a free e-pattern of her choice from my Sewing & Quilting With Katie Website.

Registration is now open for the upcoming Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2021. To learn how CQJP2021 works and to sign up to participate please visit: https://cqjp2021.blogspot.com/

Happy Stitching & Quilting.Hugs Katie 

4th Annual Crazy Quilt Journal Project Blog Header Contest

 Hi Ladies! This is our 4th Annual Crazy Quilt Journal Project Blog Header Contest. Our theme for this years contest was " Your Favorite Color". Below are all of the gorgeous entries from all over the world. Voting is open from today October 24, 2020 through October 31, 2020. Please Note: Only one vote per person. To vote please send the Entry # in a regular email to katiebock242@gmail.com . The winner will be announced on my blog on November 1,2020 as well as the Crazy Quilt Journal Project Facebook group. Winner will have their photo as the header for the CQJP2021 Blog as well as the Facebook group for the entire year as well as receive a free pattern of their choice from my Sewing & Quilting With Katie website. Good luck to all of the participants! Happy Stitching & Quilting. Hugs Katie

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Two New Online Quilting Classes

Hi All! Hope each and everyone of you and your families had a wonderful Christmas holiday. I have two new and exciting quilting classes coming up in the first part of 2020.

The first one is called Crazy Hearts & Stars which will begin on January 10,2020 in a private group on Facebook and the second one is called Garden Transfusion which will start on February 1,2020 on Facebook as well. Both projects are table runners, but can easily be adapted to small wall hangings. Registration is now open for both classes. The class fee for both classes is $20.00 each. If you are interested in signing up for either one or both of the classes please send me a regular email to katiebock242@gmail.com with your email address. I will then send you a Paypal Invoice. Once payment is made I will send you the link to the group along with the supply list. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Happy Quilting.Hugs Katie

Winner of the 3rd Annual Crazy Quilt Journal Project Blog Header Contest

Good Morning! I first of all would like to say a special thank you to all of those crazy quilters who participated in this years 3rd Annual Crazy Quilt Journal Project Blog Header Contest. Each one of your entries were absolutely gorgeous. The winner of this years contest is Entry # 1 made by Brenda Sandusky of Idaho.  Congratulations Brenda!  Her gorgeous block will be the Blog Header of  CQJP2020 and on the Crazy Quilt Journal Project Facebook for the entire year. She will also receive her choice of one of my Crazy Quilt Wallhanging E-patterns.
Today is the first day of Early Registration for the upcoming Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2020. Early Registration will take place between November 4,2019 through December 31,2019. We will also have a Late Registration which will open on January 1st and will last all year. To learn more about CQJP2020 and to find out how to register please visit: https://crazyquiltjournalproject2020.blogspot.com/
Happy Quilting.Hugs Katie

3rd Annual Crazy Quilt Journal Project Blog Header Contest

Hi Ladies! This is our 3rd Annual Crazy Quilt Blog Header Contest. Our Theme for this year was  Your Favorite Holiday, Season or Time of the Year. Below are this years gorgeous entries from all over the world.

Voting is now open from today October 27,2019 - November 3, 2019. Only one vote per person.To vote please send the Entry # in a regular email to katiebock242@gmail.com. The winner will be announced here on my blog November 4th as well as on the Crazy Quilt Journal Project Facebook group. Winner will have their photo as the header for CQJP2020 on both the blog and Facebook group as well as receive their choice of either the Crazy Quilt (6) or (9) Block Wallhanging E-Pattern. Good luck to all of the participants. Happy Quilting Hugs Katie

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Text It Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hi Ladies! Last year Sherri Noel of Rebecca Designs offered quilters spots on her blog hop to celebrate the upcoming release of her new book Text It! Quilts & Pillows With Something To Say and I jumped at the chance to participate. This book is filled with a variety of wonderful projects from pillows to lap quilts, small wall hangings and sew much more. The project I chose to do was called "Life Is Short" which was a quick and easy wall hanging to make. Thanks again Sherri for allowing me to participate in your blog hop. Once I get a few unexpected quilting/sewing commitments finished I will be working on a few more projects from your book. 

Giveaway Time:

Martingale is giving away a copy of the Text It! book to one of you. Also as an added bonus you will receive two cones of Aurifil thread as well. To enter this giveaway (United States Residents Only) please answer the following question: "What was the very first quilting project that you ever made?"
I will pick one random winner on March 17th "National Quilting Day".
If you would like to order a signed copy of Sherri's new book please visit: https://iquiltmodern.bigcartel.com/product/text-it-quilts-and-pillows-with-something-to-say
or you can order her book from Amazon by visiting: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1604689838/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1604689838&linkCode=as2&tag=handmade3d-20&linkId=5a0d9fb6a9236860d26587213e3dc9d2

Finally be sure to check out all of the other quilters  who participated in this blog hop:
MONDAY MARCH 4 – BEE HAPPY
Pamela Jane Morgan
Sharon Lilabelle Lane

TUESDAY MARCH 5 – INFINITY Quilt
Laura Piland
Leanne Parsons
Katie Muter Starcher

WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 – PILLOW TALK
Katie Colleran
Cheryl Daines Brown
Dorie Hruska

THURSDAY MARCH 7 – FREEDOM Quilt
Jen Shaffer
Tara Miller
Lynn Kane

FRIDAY MARCH 8 – LOVING YOU Wall Hanging
Ellen Ault
Sherri Noel

MONDAY MARCH 11 – COUNTING SHEEP Baby Quilt
Deann Eisenman
Raewyn Barge
Susan Pelland

TUESDAY MARCH 12 – HOME PILLOW
Joanne Harris
Patty Dudek
Andy Knowlton
Sandra Starley
Cindy Pieters

WEDNESDAY MARCH 13 – LIFE IS SHORT Wall hanging
Becca Fenstermaker
Alla Blanca

THURSDAY MARCH 14 – HUSTLE PILLOW
Terri Banden Bosch
Willow Olson
Erin Sampson

FRIDAY MARCH 15 – SEWING MACHINE MAT
Lauren Wright
Sandra Healy
Cheryl Krisel Lynch

SATURDAY MARCH 16 – WRAP UP
Sherri Noel

March - 2019 Color Challenge

It's the third month of the 2019 Color Challenge.

Can you believe that it's already March already? I can't. This year is really flying by. Anyhow I signed up last year to participate in the 2019 Color Challenge that is hosted by Jen Shaffer of Patterns by Jen. I decided I would do March and November's blocks this year as those were not only my favorite colors, but those months have very special meaning to me. If you would like to join in on the fun please visit: https://patternsbyjen.blogspot.com/2018/12/introducing-2019-monthly-color-challenge.html.

You can also view the other 2019 Color Challenge Bloggers by visiting:

Jen Shaffer of Patterns By Jen

Joanne Hubbard of Everyone Deserves A Quilt

Mona Phelps of Kentucky Whittaker Creations

Nancy Scott of Masterpiece Quilting

Kathy Bruckman of Kathy's Kwilts and More

Sheila Oxley of So This is Kentucky

Happy Quilting.Hugs Katie

New Quilt Pattern Coming Soon!

Sneak peak of my first quilt pattern release for the year. It will be available starting at the end of this month on my website.

Have a creative day of stitching and quilting.

Hugs Katie

Registration Is Now Open for Crazy Quilt Block of the Month (4) Block Wall Hanging

Due to such an amazing response for my other two Crazy Quilt Block of the Month projects that began last month I decided I would offer an additional one.This one is a (4) Block Wall Hanging which will begin on February 14,2019 and is available in three different sizes: 6",10" and 12" blocks. To order please visit: https://sewingquiltingwithkatie.wordpress.com/category/block-of-the-month/

Happy Quilting.Hugs Katie 

Our Quilting Journey Magazine Winter 2019 Issue

Hi Fellow Quilter's & Happy New Year to each and everyone of you and your families!  The Winter 2019 Issue of Our Quilting Journey Magazine is now available on Magcloud. In this issue we have some really wonderful projects including one from Nicola Ritter of Quilt Master Patterns, Know The Designer Interviews with Karen Marchetti of Creative Longarm Quilting & HollyAnne Knight of String & Story, Quilting Inspirations Gallery, and sew much more. To order your copy please visit http://www.magcloud.com/browse/magazine/1168583
Happy Quilting. Hugs Katie

Fancy Seam Designs Seam # 105

Hi Everyone & Happy Thursday
Today is Day # 105 Seam # 105:
This beautiful seam was stitched by my mom on one of her crazy quilt blocks.This will be my last post for a couple of days.For seam treatments # 106 -109 check out my friend Kathy Shaw's blog.I will see you right back here on Tuesday.Hope you all have had a creative and great day.
Happy Stitching & Quilting.Hugs Katie

Fancy Seam Designs Seam Treatment # 104

Hi Ladies & Happy Wednesday!
Today is Day # 104 Seam Treatment # 104:
This beautiful seam was stitched by my mom.Hope you all have a creative day.
Happy Stitching & Quilting.Hugs Katie

Fancy Seam Designs Seam # 103

Hi Everyone & Happy Tuesday
The Fancy Seam Designs Stitch-a-long is a challenge to stitch all 500 seams within Crazy Quilting- Volume III: Fancy Seam Designs by Kathy Seaman Shaw ( available at Amazon.com)
Today is Day # 103 Seam # 103 which is on page.This gorgeous seam was stitched by my mom.Have a creative day.Happy Stitching & Quilting.Hugs Katie

Fancy Seam Designs Seam # 102

Hi All & Happy Monday!
The Fancy Seam Designs Stitch-a-long is a challenge to stitch all 500 seams within Crazy Quilting- Volume III: Fancy Seam Designs by Kathy Seaman Shaw ( available at Amazon.com)
Today is Day # 102 Seam treatment # 102 which is second one on page 29.This really beautiful seam was stitched by my mom on one of our Christmas Crazy Quilt Blocks.Hope everyone has a creative day.Happy Stitching.Hugs Katie

Fancy Seam Designs Seam # 101

Hi Ladies  & Happy Sunday!
Hope you all have had a great month of February so far. Today's beautiful Seam # 101 is stitched by my mom.Have a creative day.Happy Quilting & Stitching.Hugs Katie

Churned Up Pattern Review

Hi Ladies & Happy Saturday! Today I wanted to share a picture of the quilt I made along with my review of the pattern Churned Up by Tara Miller from The Quilt District.

For my smaller version of the quilt I decided I would use more spring like colors and add a nice floral border to it. "Churned Up" is a modern version of the Churn Dash block.Tara's instructions and pattern are very well written and easy to follow. This would make a great quilt/project for beginner quilters.If you are interested in purchasing "Churned Up" please visit http://quiltdistrict.com/home/ .
Thank you Tara for allowing me to review your first pattern.I had a lot of fun making this quilt.Happy Quilting.Hugs Katie

#churnedupquilt #quiltdistrict

Fancy Seam Designs Seam # 86

Hi Ladies, Hope you are all having a great week so far and are looking forward to the weekend!Since I have a really busy day tomorrow I figured that I would post the photo of the seam treatment early.
Today is Day # 86 Stitch # 86 which is the last one on page 25. This beautiful seam was stitched by my mom.This will be my last post for seam treatments for a few days. To see seams 87-90 please hop over to my friend Kathy's blog and I will see you right back here on February 1st. Happy Stitching & Quilting.Hugs Katie

Fancy Seam Designs Seam Treatments # 84 & 85

Hi All & Happy Thursday!
The Fancy Seam Designs Stitch-a-long is a challenge to stitch all 500 seams within Crazy Quilting- Volume III: Fancy Seam Designs by Kathy Seaman Shaw ( available at Amazon.com)
Today is Day # 84 Stitch # 84 which is on page 25.(Bonus: I'm also posting tomorrow's seam a day early.)Both of these really beautiful seams were stitched by my mom.Hope you have as much fun stitching out these as she did.
Happy Stitching & Quilting.Hugs Katie

Seam Treatments # 82 & 83

The Fancy Seam Designs Stitch-a-long is a challenge to stitch all 500 seams within Crazy Quilting- Volume III: Fancy Seam Designs by Kathy Seaman Shaw ( available at Amazon.com)
These really beautiful seam treatments # 82 & 83 on page 25 which were stitched by my mom.
Have fun stitching.Happy Quilting.Hugs Katie

Fancy Seam Designs Seams # 71 - 75

Hi Ladies, Hope you are all had a great weekend.Since I haven't been post to my blog for a couple of days due to bad weather that we have been having and I will be taking a Beginner Free Motion Quilting Class beginning tomorrow, I decided I would post the seams from over the weekend and for the next couple of days. These are the remaining seam treatments on page 23 Beginning on Wednesday, you can hop over to my friend Kathy's blog to see stitches 76-81 and my mom and I will catch you right back here on January 23 for the next page of seams.(Seam treatment # 75 was stitched out by my mom.)Happy Stitching.Hugs Katie