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 
I love your Swoon quilt and I see that Madame Samm does too – congratulations!
Such a cute witch’s hat. The little quilt is wonderful. Love you assistants also. Every quilt in my house has to have a “cat” scan before it can go anywhere. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.
Your mini quilt is stunning and I love that pin cushion!
How did you ever get those cats to pose? We have three rescues, but I doubt I could get them to do that! Our Ben, could be a twin for your orange tabby. We also have a gray tuxedo tabby and a little black female(Tabitha, we didn’t name her!) that’s so full of the devil! It keeps our lives interesting after our two daughters flew the nest. Thanks for sharing.
Love the quilt. Don’t believe my cat would allow me to put the hat on her, and it’s cute too!
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I love your swoon quilt. Your cats don’t look too impressed with their “hats” Thanks!
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Your Quilt is Gorgeous..& so is the back of it!! Love your Models! they look so cute in their festive hats! 🙂
Love your projects! Congrats on being Madame Samm’s pick of the day. Loved your creativity in changing the mini swoon pattern.
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Jennifer, your projects are so beautiful.. I love the Mini Swoon quilt, but the pincushion is my favorite. It is just way too cute. Great job. Thank you for sharing and for the giveaway.
Your pin cushion is very cute, but your models do look like they will get even. When you least expect it. The Mini Swoon is great though and love your quilting!
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The pin cushion is so cute and the quilt is beautiful. I love how you placed all those different fabrics.
Cute pincushion. I really like the little swoon quilt.
I don’t know what I like more the quilt, the hat or the cat. Wonderful!
Adorable pincushion (with perfect models!!!) Love your quilt and how you quilted it 🙂
Your table topper is great but the pincushion is awesome!
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Your pin cushion and Black Cat Swoon are adorable!! You did a fabulous job on the quilting!!! Funny, my daughter has a black and white cat she named Cow too!!
first visit and I am a car lover, best cat fabric I have seen! love your kitties and your quilts!
opps, darn fingers, cat lover, I had a orange and she matched my red hair!
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I love your kitty hat! And the kitty! (Oh and the quilts too 🙂
Your quilting really sets off this quilt. svonfumetti at yahoo dot ocm
Love that quilt, it is so pretty!! And I think you have the PURR-fect models for the witch’s hat!! 🙂
Love your mini quilt what a lot of work making the mini swoon squares. Some day I want to try making them just another item on my quilting bucket list 🙂
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Wonderful creations and photos! The hats on cats are just too cute. My kitties would never pose for this. Your kitties are picture perfect. I love the mini swoon quilt. Great use of these fabrics. Thanks for the inspirations. As I have plenty of these beautiful BCC fabrics, please choose another lucky winner to share the fabric love. Happy Halloween … 🙂 Pat
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ha ha I love reading your blog and seeing your kitties. Cute pin cushion hat I am sure the cats loved being models for it 😉 Your mini quilt is lovely too I really like your quilting.
I love the witches hats, and the models too! What a great mini, love the pattern you picked.
Olá! Adorei seu trabalho, a combinação de cores e a criatividade. Que fofura o gatinho de chapéu, lindo! Feliz Halloween!
Love Black Cat Swoon. Looks like you had a lot of fun with that one. Great use of fabric. I love small fun projects and your pincushion fits the bill. It is sew cute. Almost as cute as your models! Thank them for helping with the presentation.
Such a cute witch’s hat. I must say, my cat would never have left it on long enough for a picture. You have brave kitties. Your quilt is absolutely beautiful! Those fabrics are perfect for it. Thanks for sharing,
The kitty looks adorable in that darling hat and your Swoon mini quilt is over the top gorgeous! Great projects that certainly wow’d me today!
I love the witches hat! Your kitties wore it well. Your quilt is spectacular. What a wonderful job and your use of the fabric. Super.
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The mini Swoon!!! So perfect for these fabrics. 😀
I’m sure Tiger and Cow will be having a little cat spat to see who gets to use the adorable pin cushion hat! Love the Swoon quilt!
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Cute projects, the hat is adorable.
So cute! I might need one of those hats just for decorating! I’m WordPress, and you can reach me at my blog. Carole @ From My Carolina Home
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I’ve been on a bit of a pin cushion frenzy this past while and your witch’s hat is seasonally perfect!
The pins are very cute too, did you make those as well?
Your quilt is simply beautiful. Looks similar to Joan’s at Moose Stash! Great job, not TOO Halloweeny, just enough. I like your color choices.
Gmama Jane
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A witch’s hat pincushion! It’s perfect. I like stripes for bindings too. Lovely quilt. kthurn@bektel.com
What fun projects. Your kitties look so festive in their hats! Oh and that mini swoon…wow!! It is just fantastic. Your quilting just brings it to life is such a special way! Great job!
Adorable pin cushion and I love the mini swoon quilt.