Wicked Hop and a Wicked Tale

 

Wicked Wednesday ...

October 31st ...

Our last day of the Wicked Hop ...

 

Today's schedule brings you the following:

 

Wicked Wednesday,

October 31st

Beaquilter

Fun Thread Designs

Stitch, Stitch, Stitch

Made By A Brunnette

Buttons And Butterflies

The Recipe Bunny

Quilted Delights

Sunshine Reflections

Louzeekreativ

Mice In The Mix

Rosemary - That Other Blog

The Fuzzy Hat Quilter

Sew We Quilt

 

Please join me in cheering for all of our

Wicked Bloggers and the delightfully

wicked creations each has shared.

 

I give my thanks to all of you for joining

in and encouraging our fellow crafters...

I give special thanks to our Head Cheerleader,

who keeps us inspired to try new things

and keeps us on task ... thank you!

 

Today I also share with you my wickedly sad

tale of woe ... what better day to share than the

day of spooks and things that go bump in the night?

Meet the Quilt that Almost Wasn't ...

 

 Actually, this beauty is called "Sunflower"
designed by Amanda Murphy, using her
new line called Bella, which were debuted at
last week's Quilt Market.

Yes! Me!  I was so honored as to make a quilt
for the awesome and amazing Amanda Murphy
and the  totally unrelated 'murphy's law'
struck me wickedly!!

Remember a few weeks back when I was
so horribly sick that I couldn't even sew???
Yep, this beauty was sitting on my cutting table
and I couldn't even put a stitch in it.
Whahhh! --

Week 2 brings me healthy enough
to piece this marvel ... during the evenings
since I had to go to work during the day,
making up the time I missed work due
to illness. ... Small boohhooos ...

Week 3 --- I have my chance to show the
quilt market world that I can sew and quilt
... ... ...
yes ...
wait for it ...
MY SEWING MACHINE DIES!!!
Yep, my less than one-year old Pfaff
dies and I cry ... and cry.
After several desperate phone calls,
a very uncooperative local Pfaff dealer,
Cherrie, a Pfaff rep from the Pfaff
headquarters made a call and a few emails, and
the dealer agreed to work on my machine.
...  the following week ...
WHAAHHHH!!
(yes, again!)
My back up machine was dead,
the reason for the new machine, in the first place,
so now, I'm again healthy enough to sew,
but can't due to a sick sewing machine.
I had my market quilt half free-motion quilted,
which I had to "un-sew" due to the inability
to finish where I left off
and that took me three evenings.

Week 4 ... I get my machine back.
I finish the quilt and very humbly
and gratefully package the quilt and
ship to the darling Amanda Murphy
in hopes to get it to her in time for market.

 I am extremely grateful the beauty is a completed story...
wicked though it is ... I learned I have persistence and
perseverance if not complete and utter pride that
I can share that I had a quilt at market ...

Wicked enough tale???

LOL ... yes, I can laugh about it now.

Bless each of you for visiting and
bless all those surviving Storm Sandy on the
east coast line of these United States.

Happy Halloween all and Wicked Wishes ~

 

Wicked Hop - Day 7

 

Something Wicked is truly coming your way,

on this, our second to the last day,

Madame Samm's Pinterest count has

248 Pinterest Wicked Pins.

 

Wicked Cool!

Spine Tingling Tuesday,

October 30^th

I Like To Quiltblog

Canary Created

Cherry's Prairie Primitives
Count It *All* JOY!!

Archimedes' Bathtub

Quilts And Dogs

Jane's Fabrics And Quilts

Creations On The Island

Englating

Mrs.Pickles Garden

Scrapbook-Chickadoodle

Taschen, Quilts Und Mehr.

 

 

Be sure to visit each of our Wicked Bloggers

to see the magic they have created ...

 

Thank you for joining us ...

 

Wicked Wishes~

 

Sharing on Wicked Hop Day 6

 

OOOOOHHHH!  We are back on the Wicked Blog Hop trail today!

Please join me in hopping in to visit the wicked goodness each of our

stops have in store for us with:

 

 

Menacing Monday,
 

October 29th
 

Ariane Quilts

Cindy Crafty Creations

.Quiltscapes.

Sentimentalstitches

Moosestash Quilting

Krislovesfabric

Marjorie's Busy Corner

Stitchinbythelake

Rose Creations

Simplesew
Charlottes Creations
Alexa's World

Betty - That Other Blog

 And although my projects aren't wicked, I was a tad bit

wicked by leaving chores and home on Saturday when a

friend a few towns away, asked me to join her for the

day for crafting, food, conversation, and fun.

 

Who can resist???

 

Not Me!

 

Here is what I got accomplished:

 

 

The two bags in the back are from the

Stitchin' Sisters' What's in Your Bag pattern

and the two in the front are from the

This & That 's Whimsey Wallet pattern.

 

I did make a few other 'Priceless' items

that cannot yet be shown, but stay tuned,

as in a couple of weeks U R sure to see them.

 

I wish you all sorts of happiness and thank you

for stopping in to visit today!

 

Wicked Good Wishes to you ~ 

 

 

 

Cute and budget-friendly

Hello girls! So this look is the result of two polishes I bought on sale, both are by 'Essence', and reminded me once again why I love this brand. Surprisingly this proved to be a very durable look, lasting 7 days without a flaw (I was shocked too)...Even though the pictures dont really capture it, the sparkle was so amazing, I couldnt stop staring at my nails! Polishes used are: two coats of 'The Nude The Better' from the 'Season of Extremes' collection - I was fooled by the color in the bottle, on nails it's a really beautiful color; the glittery polish is 'Make It Golden' - damn I wish this was still available for purchase... :( This manicure reminded me I should do more 'nude' looks because they're just so elegant and cute.

And here's one before the glitter - the color is just so beautiful, a very gentle watered-down yellow....

As much as I love and adore 'Essence', the glitter was a nightmare to take off (to be fair that's the case with most glitter, right?), but also this look damaged my nails a lot...wear your base coats people! ;)
What are your experiences with 'essence', good or bad?

Wicked Day Five

 
Are you as delighted as I have been with the wickedly delightful treats we've been viewing on our Wicked Blog Hop?  Real sweets with zero calories and no threat of cavities! Did you have any idea that pumpkins, witches, ghosts and spooks could be so delicious?
 
Well, we have another day of hopping, before the weekend, for you to peruse more treats, so please visit our line up for day five of our Wicked Blog Hop ...
 

Frightful Friday,

October 26th

In Stitches & Seams

Sew.Darn.Quilt

Quilt Monster In My Closet

Lieselfriends-Di... Handnäher

The Learning Curve Quilts And Such

Qreative Quilts And Quests

Sew Many Yarns

Annieoak Designs

Searching Out Simple

Sheila's Quilt World

Val Spiers Sews

Robin - That Other Blog

 

 

Be sure and come back on Monday to pick up where we have left off,

as you know our bloggers take the weekend off so we can

catch up on what we may have missed during the week.

 

Until then, wicked wishes ~

 

 

 

 

Tempting you on Wicked Day 4

Oh my goodness! 

Madame Samm's Wicked

Pinterest board counts 149 photos

in three days of hopping!

 

Wicked Cool!

 

You creative bloggers are inspiring, and

everyone leaving such kind comments and

encouragement make every stitch

worth while!

 

Thank you for cheering .... I hope

you have a bit more cheer to share

with our bloggers today:

 

Tempting Thursday,

October 25^th

Angie’s Quilting and Crafting Place

Just Let Me Quilt

Lady Bug Lane

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Creative Obsessions

Kathy's Quilts

Loose Threads

Sew Maybe I Can

That's Sew Julie

Peck's Pieces

Aurea at That Other Blog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm off to see what wickedness I can

discover and perhaps stitch up a bit more

myself ... if not wickedness ...

perhaps something

Priceless!

{wink}

 

 

 

 

Mmm...Mmm ... & Wicked Day Trey!

 

My intentions were Wicked this evening...

Wicked as in I had plans to sew myself

a little bit of Wicked fun ... just because.

 

I mean really .... did you see the super

cute Frankie mug rug on the hop yesterday???

And the dear blogger ... (you have to search

for her!) is offering the chance to win

a pattern of it too ... Wicked!

 

How adorable was that???

 

**grin**

 

But dang it all ...

the girls and I decided

to whip up a bit of MMM ... MMM ...

Wicked Good Delicious

peanut butter cookies:

 

Well, I think my evening turned out wicked good.

Irretrievable time with my girls and treats to eat.

Score!

 

My youngest wanted me to be sure to include

her picture showing her expertise

in "smushing" the cookies in the oh-so-

appropriate peanut butter cookie pattern ...

How could I not oblige?

 

Now for what you want to know,

how about Wednesday's line up for

our awesomely Wicked Blog Hop?

 

Please join me in cheering for the Wicked

good talent and amazing projects that are

being shared on each stop of this hop.

Have you been as amazed as I?

Goodness, the talent being displayed!

 

Witchy Wednesday,

October 24th

Dancing Moon

Cheryl's Teapots2quilting

Freemotion By The River

Quiltingbydawn

Ninis Patchwork Blog

Grandmama's Stories

Kwilty Pleasures

Happier Than A Bird Quilts

Quilts From My Crayon Box

Quilt N Queen

Vroomans Quilts

Bumbleberry Stitch’n

Quilts by Christa

 

I give my sincere thanks to each blogger

and each hopper participating in this

hop ... the inspiration is heart warming

as are the cheers each of you willingly

share with each blogger ...

 

 

Cheers for each of you!

 

Remember to stop by Sew We Quilt to

see the top two picks each day,

along with the honorable mention for

completed project ...

Be sure to check out the way cool

bat hidden in Sew Me Something Good's

block ... Wicked Cool!

 

Madame Samm also offers us a

Pinterest link to all of the blocks

made for this hop to date.

Well worth the visit!

 

 

Wicked Wishes ~

 

 

Wicked Blog Hop DAY TWO!!

 

 

 

WOW!

Forty-six Pinterest Pins on Madame Samm's

Wicked blog hop board for the first day!!

 

Wicked Cool!

Please join us Tuesday for more

Wicked fun with these wonderful

bloggers:

Terrifying Tuesday,

23rd of October

Sew Mollie Sue, Quilt Much?

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Hill Valley Quilter

Fignie - A Geekie Crafty Life

Hot Pink Peonies

Jane's Quilting

Sew Me Something Good

Buzzing And Bumbling

Polkadot Classic

Piece Peace

Selina Quilts

Pigtales And Quilts

 

 

As for me .... this was my
Monday evening Wickedness:

That's right ... guttin' pumpkins!

 

 

But oh! The girls were enjoying themselves ...
***grins***

 

And yes, here are the finished results,

instead of candles, I've used strings of orange
and purple mini-lights inside of them...

 

Wicked Cool!

 

I look forward to checking in with you again ...

 

Until then ... Wicked Wishes!