Greeeeeetings, my dears! Today is my day to share with you the creations that I stitched up in my cauldron for the Black Cat Crossing blog hop. Many thanks go to Madame Samm of Sew We Quilt for encouraging people of all skill levels to brew up something to share with us. I also want to thank our fabulous cheerleader, Wendy of Why Knot Kwilt, for organizing this blog hop!
I picked up some of the Black Cat Crossing fabric by Maywood Studios at a local quilt shop that recently opened in town. I love supporting my local shops!
For my first project, I decided to do a wool felt project with just an accent of cotton fabric. One can never have too many pin cushions, right? Sew off I went to stitch up a little witch hat to keep me company in my sewing room. The hat band uses a strip of fabric from Black Cat Crossing. I used black Aurifil thread for the piecing and midnight glitter hologram thread by Superior to add some sparkle to the brim. The finished pin cushion is about 4.5 inches tall.
This pin cushion is designed by Jennifer Clemen of Cottonwood Creations.
My stitching assistants ensured the quality of this little pin cushion:
Tiger likes the witch hat
Cow is planning his revenge
Now that I had a pin cushion ready to go, I stoked up my cauldron and set to brewing up a special creation using only Black Cat Crossing fabric!
For this project, I stretched my skill levels by creating a mini quilt and by practicing some heavy free motion quilting. I used an Aurifil cream thread for all the piecing and quilting. The pattern is Mini Swoon by Thimble Blossoms.
I modified the pattern slightly so that I could add the Black Cat Crossing border fabric in between the swoon blocks. I’m calling my finished mini quilt, “Black Cat Swoon!”
For the backing, I used left over pieces plus my label:
I just love how this mini quilt looks, and I can easily display it in various locations around the house during the fall season.
For more inspiration, please visit my fellow Black Cat Crossing participants today:
Creatin’ in the Sticks
Living With Purpose
Moose Stash Quilting
The Quilted Cat (you are here)
Lines, Colors, and Art
For my giveaway, I’m offering up 2 fat quarters from Black Cat Crossing. Just leave me a comment on this post for an entry. You get a bonus entry if you tell me how you follow my blog, and I’ll draw a random winner from all comments on Halloween, October 31st. I’m willing to ship internationally. Sometimes WordPress and Blogger do not communicate well together so make sure that I have a way to contact you!
Black Cat Crossing Giveaway
I hope you enjoyed my Black Cat Crossing projects, and that they inspire you to make something beautiful!
Happy quilting,
~Jennifer
NW Quilted Cat 
Love the mini quilt!
I follow by email.
Love your cats and quilt. We had a farm near us that had a black and white pony we named “Cow”. I really don’t know what his name was, but for my son, he was Cow.
That little quilt is adorable, and so is the pin cushion! Would love to win!
Jenny in Florida
ADORABLE CAT HATS !! (I know they are pin cushions) I am impressed you got your cats to model them for you. Congrats on top today….The swoon is beautiful !!
I love your mini quilt. My cat, Patches, is a big orange tabby like your cat, Tiger, except Patches has just a small white mustaches and beard. The rest of him is orange. He would never allow me to put a hat on him. If I did, he would certainly be plotting revenge like Cow.
Love your Halloween Swoon!!
Lovely! The black cat border fabric adds so much to the quilt!
What an adorable pin cushion and your quilt is stunning! Wow!
How absolutely adorable your kitties are … even if they are plotting their revenge … too cute a pincushion!! Love your Swoon topper … marvelous work! Thank you so much for sharing!!
What a pretty wall quilt. I need to remember to use up my extra fabrics for backings. Great way to use up scraps
Great projects and your quilting assistants really add to your photos 🙂
Just beautiful….what more can you say!
I’m following you on Bloglovin’. I’d love the fabric, but I looked back through your posts and you select the most unique quilt patterns to make. There is a lot to see here. Thanks for blogging.
Love you little quilts. Your kitty models are too cute.
Just Love your Swoon Mini, absolutely adorable!! and the Pincushion is Perfect! I just started getting into Pin Cushions. Thank~you sew much for sharing your charming Projects with us!! Just Love them both!!
Huggs, Nancy
Wow! Love your mini quilt. I love the colors and the quilting is wonderful. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Lovely! Kitties don’t even seem to mind all the photo-posing!
What great projects. That hat is too cute.
And I’m a new follower. Your cats had me at “hello!”
I just love your quilt….from the pattern to the quilting lines. Just great. And your pincushion is sweet….and the kitties, even sweeter!
Kitty models are great. Love the mini Swoon too. I follow you now with email
The pincushion is totally adorable! as are your models. 🙂
The quilt is fabulous!
too cute!!!!! I love the mini Swoon though
Hello Jennifer….oh my your swoon, certainly did that for me…you did an amazing job on this . each fabric selection make each block outstanding…your cat hat totally sweet….your projects and photos made for a very wonderful showing….yes yes yes …you made us swoon..
Love, love, love this quilt! And the quilting you chose to do is perfect – really sets off the beautiful fabrics. blessings, marlene
I love your pincushion, and your mini quilt is certainly swoon-worthy!
Cute pin cushion. I love your assistants. Your mini swoon is great. One of my all time favorite patterns. Such a great job!
I love both your pin cushion and your swoon mini. The cats’ unexcited expressions fit the bill. LOL Thanks for the chance to win.
I already follow on bloglovin
Once I saw your project I knew I had to have those fabrics. They are the perfect tone for the season
I love your live models! And the pin cushion is cute too…… Love the mini swoon I do want to try that pattern sometime
Hi Jennifer! Your kitties look super cute all dressed up! Now that mini quilt is incredible! I could just swoon *wink*. Super way to show off that fabulous fabric…very beautiful!
hello dear, i Love your pincushion and your mini quilt so much and your kitties so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..
Your photo’s are also wonderful.
i am following you from bloglovin 🙂
please count me in the lovely giveaway,,
thank you
hugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Love your models. I wouldn’t have a hope of getting my Tibby to do that for me. LOL. I do like your little mini swoon. This is my first visit to you – I clicked on the ink from Sharon’s blog.
Your mini quilt is so beautiful. I love it. Thanks for sharing your creativity and being part of this blog hop.
I love love love that mini quilt. Nice way to showcase fussy cut kitties and border. The pincushion is great too but have no idea how you got the cats to pose wearing them-Oh! I know, it’s magic. I follow your blog via e-mail.
Loving the “Black Cat Swoon”. But I was cackling over the witches hat. Adorable! Thank you for sharing!
Loving your Halloween Swoon version, and those borders are perfect! Another wonderful project. I follow you on bloglovin. CDahlgren at live dot com
I follow via email.
Lovely pincushion, and I adore the models. The Black Cat Swoon is GORGEOUS, such wonderful design!
Your models are perfect for that pincushion. Such witchy inspiration. Your mini swoon compliments the fabric so nicely. You have me swooning…
Your pin cushion is gorgeous. What wonderful models you have! I love your quilt too. The fabrics are lovely.
Your little kitties are too cute!!! And you really outdid yourself!!! Your projects are stunning!!!!
Fun design! I follow you on blogspot.
I follow by email.
Love the fussy cut cats!
Love your pincushion and your mini quilt! What patient kitties. Your photo’s are also wonderful. Madame Samm has really inspired everyone! Thank you for sharing. Judy B.
Oh that pincushion is just adorable! Love the hologram thread. And your little swoon quilt is just purrrrfect!
My kitties would certainly plot a revenge if I did that to them! Just adore you mini swoon – the Black Cat Crossing fabrics just add a glow to this – beautiful.