Yey! It's my day!
It seems like forever ago I came across Soma's Whims & Fancies post looking for designers for her Halloween Paper Pieced Blog Hop. I just love to paper piece and thought this would be fun. I wrote to Soma and asked her if I could play along and was just so happy when she said YES! Thank you Soma!
I knew right away I had to put a big ole Black Cat in my design....after all, our very own Midnight
would be very put out if I didn't make HER the focus of my very first Blog Hop Block!
Here it is.....
As you can see Midnight is looking at the moon....no face...easy peasey....and maybe she's 'wicked' and maybe she's not.
Click HERE for the PDF pattern
Click HERE for the Layout & Fabric instructions.
This of course is the 'basic black cat' block - you are free to embellish it as you like. In fact I hope you will and perhaps share your block on The Thimblemouse & Spouse Mouse Pics flicker group ...I would so love to see it!
This of course is the 'basic black cat' block - you are free to embellish it as you like. In fact I hope you will and perhaps share your block on The Thimblemouse & Spouse Mouse Pics flicker group ...I would so love to see it!
I did decide to put add a few finishing touches to my block ~ in fact I turned it into a little wall hanging. I'm not sure I should show you (of course, you KNOW I Will - lol) because I really would like to see what YOU add to YOURS without being influenced by MINE...then again, maybe this will INSPIRE you and that's okay too!
I added little yellow button eyes...spent an evening embroidering whiskers, nose and mouth
and a runaway spider web
..and if there is a spider web...there must also be a spider...
I think she's a "Mummy Long Legs"....haha
The stripe accent border was cut 1-1/4"
The bats on purple border was cut 2-1/2"
Today is also kinda special not only because of this truly fun hop....it's also my Birthday! I'm not telling how old...but let's just say I asked for this day to post my block so I would remember!
Also I thought it would be fun to celebrate it with YOU and even MORE fun if maybe I gave away a little something...
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Midnight is awesome... Favorite birthday memory would have to be sweet sixteen bday slumber party with all my girlfriends.
ReplyDeleteThat turned out adorable, Lynn! I need to make a Siamese version. ;)
ReplyDeleteI love the block!!! Happy Birthday Lynn!!!
ReplyDeleteMy 16th was the best - Drive-In movie in a pickup truck with a table and chairs in the back for a candlelit dinner on my first real date! The movie was "Young Frankenstein" It was in the middle of January in Idaho!! LOL!
Congrats with your birthday !!!! My favorite birthday memory is still to come on november 2 because then I will be 50 and I already know that I get a new sewing(quilt) machine).... so I think that will be the best birthday :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your block, its so beautiful !!
But I have a problem with downloading it. When I try I get an error... it's saying that it can't find your site. Can you help me please because I'm making all the blocks of this blog hop and put them together in a quilt.
My favorite birthday memory was about 3 years ago. We had a snow storm here is Georgia and I spent the afternoon and evening out with my kids playing in it! We made snowmen , had snowball fights and sledded down the hill we live on. And guess what? Farmer's Almanac has predicted an other winter storm on my BD in 2013!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was a surprise party that my kids planned for my 70th birthday. Since my birthday is only a few days before Christmas I always got overlooked. Because my husband is blind, he asked our daughter to buy me something that was "70 yrs worth of bling". Boy, she did.
ReplyDeleteI had a really good birthday this year. It was my day to be featured on a blog hop too. I got to spend some time with all my children to celebrate together a couple of days later and I got a new DSLR camera. This was just a few weeks ago so we share an October birthday. Hope yours is a Happy one too!
ReplyDeleteMy best birthday was turning 50...my actual BD is in the middle of the year, so I started in Jan. and went to every quilt show I could, including Paducah. After my BD I was, of course, still 50 so I went to Houston! And since I didn't have another BD until June, I went to Paducah again that April.
ReplyDeleteEvery BD is a good one...considering the alternative of NOT having one!
I love the block!!! Happy Birthday Lynn!!! My Birthday is Nov 1st just perfect for some chocolate...
ReplyDeleteMy 23rd brithday was my most memorable. I had just graduated from Texas A&M in May 1983, and my parents gave me a three week trip to Europe that June. I stayed with a college girlfriend for two weeks who was living in Wertzberg, West Germany (Army wife). Who couldn't appreciate Bavaria in the summer! That was my first time to travel alone in Europe. Wonderful memories!
ReplyDeleteYour block is really Cute! I also have a black kitty!
ReplyDeleteMy memory- for my 16th birthday, we dressed up like Raggedy Anne dolls and I had a Raggedy Anne cake. We made our own pull taffy.
susie
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I too am an October baby. This year was one of my favorites. My 16 yo daughter made me come home late because she was going to surprise me; and she did with the most delicious Mango Cake. Block is great can't wait to make it.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! My birthday was October 20th. I think my favorite birthday might have been this past weekend. I went hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains and it was gorgeous. Thanks foe sharing your fantastic block!
ReplyDeleteLove your kitty block! My favorite birthday was my 10th. I had always wanted a horse. That morning my dad had me go to the barn to feed my pet goats, and low and behold, there was a horse with pink ribbon braided in her mane! We were best friends for 30 years. jbechosend at sbcglobal dot net
ReplyDeleteExcellent Block! Birthday...hmmm...I had an elephant pinata when I was 4...almost 62 years ago. That's it.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! Your block is so cute..love the little details you added..especially the spider!! Favorite birthday memory is coming home to the house decorated by our children and a diamond bracelet surprise from my dh.
ReplyDeleteYour block is just to darn cute. You have a lot of talent. Happy B'day and thanks for giving a prize when it is you who should get something. I'm also a person who loves their b'day. My family teases me because I always remind them about a month ahead of time that my b'day is coming up. One year I had been dating a guy for about 9 months. I made a 'large' banner and hung it at his house with the date of my b'day on the banner. He got a real kick out of that.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your block, but unfortunetaly I can't download it. There might be a linking error.
ReplyDeleteHow cute Midnights block is! Just have to make one for my Halloween Quilt!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite birthday was when I turned 53 and my husband let me pick out a new car-how nice was that!
Thanks so much for a chance to win some delicious chocolate charms!
I absolutely l.o.v.e. this pattern! (Being a cat person myself!) I'm getting further and further behind on making them, but I look forward to getting here!!! Thanks for the great pattern!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Lynn! Midnight sure know how to throw a party!
ReplyDeleteI love the finished wall hanging and the spiderweb! What a surprise :)
Happy Birthday! I love your block and wall hanging. The embroidery is great. My birthday is in June and my favourite birthday memory is the year I got my first 2-wheel bike. It was a great summer full of bike riding.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! What a fun way to celebrate. I too have a black cat named Midnight!! I guess that's a popular name for black kitty's. I think my favorite birthday memory was the year I was about 8 and my mom had all of my friends and I do a scavenger hunt in the neighborhood. It was so unexpected and soooo much fun.
ReplyDeleteYour embroidery really makes the final product shine. Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday. Your block is fantastic. And the final touches wtih embroidery and extras really finish off this block with panache. My most memorable birthday was my 16th. I got a pair of finches, lots of family and friends.
ReplyDeletequilting dash lady at comcast dot net
Congratulations with your birthday!
ReplyDeleteI'm doing the Halloween blog hop and can't download the block nor instructions which is a pitty because I really like it (and I have a black cat with white socks and a white throat ;-)
Have a nice day!
Ann
Love this Kitty design! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI just put my picture in your flickr group. I didn't stitched his face because he is looking at the moon, so we see his back :-) I found that the fabrics speak for itself so thats why I didn't stitched anything.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for this wonderful block !!
I love the way it finished.....i wish i had your creativity and knowledge of using EQ......By the way, a belated happy birthday to you......One of the "shop Help"
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful pattern and I love the way you've embellished it :)
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday - it's always nice to have another one (better than the alternative). Like the block, some people are so creative. Thanks for the opportunity to enter your give away. From northern Iowa. . . .
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful pattern but I'm one of those outside USA who cannot open the pdf for some reason. My favorite birthday was last september when I went away for a quiltworkshop the whole day after breakfast in bed with my husband and kids.
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Love your kitty! Real and quilted!
ReplyDeleteFavorite birthday memory? My 19th.My boyfriend took me to dinner in a very fancy(at least to me restaurant, then we went to My Fair Lady (OK, now you know I am old!). He did not want to go, but for me he gave in and we went to see Audrey Hepburn in all of her glory!!!!!
Best Birthday. My 50th. I had my husband, all my children, their spouses and grandchildren together. My son in law was just back from Afghanistan. Double celebration. Love your black cat.
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Your block is awesome and I am still trying to find time to sew. Guess sleep is sort of overrated LMAO. Hope you had a wonderful birthday and Halloween. Best memories were taking the two kids out trick or treating and one neighbor lady always made my son tell a joke or poem before she gave him anything LOL. He hated it but did it and went every year.
ReplyDelete( She make awesome popcorn balls!!)
okay now that I reread the blog, guess sleep isnt overrated. favorite birthday memory was when I turned 55 and finally got a discount on coffee and food !! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your block, with a cute cat--a nice scene. I am on a U.S. military base in Japan and cannot download the PDFs. I would love it if you would send them to me directly! Thank you,
ReplyDeleteCarol
Thank you for mentioning this block in your Black Cat Crossing post, I am going to make a couple and try out paper piecing for the first time!
ReplyDelete~Brandy