This is my second Halloween quilt of the season (one more to go). It is for my three-year-old daughter Tess. I love this little quilt, but I must say that I'm disappointed with how the colours are showing on my computer screen -- the crazy vibrancy that the quilt has "in person" just isn't translating well.
It is a very simple design, straight ahead patchwork squares. They are 4 inch squares finished.(Click to enlarge any photo if you want)
I used both Halloween fabrics and some other non-seasonal ones I had that just seemed to mix in well.One material that turned out to be perfect is that bright green and purple giraffe print. I had bought a fat quarter of it when we were out of town one day in a nice little quilt shop and I wanted to buy at least something. I had NO IDEA what I would use it for at the time, but I was pretty amused when I realised it could go in this quilt.
The binding is Woodgrain by Joel Dewberry. I have this print in two other colours as well. I really like it for a binding.
This is the back. So it's kind of reversible. The lines with letters on them are witches' cauldrons spelling out 'Halloween.' It is a toddler-bed-sized quilt and is now waiting on my daughter's bed for tonight.
I admit readily that I LOVE Halloween, and a lot of that lovin' comes from the joy of being able to decorate. I also love the challenge and unique fun of making something that you can't buy in a store (I know all you fellow creative quilters completely understand that). So anyway, I made this sign for our lawn. I sometimes paint, so I just whipped out my acrylic paints. The elementary school bus stop for our neighbourhood is at the corner in front of our house. My son started kindergarten this year. I sneaked down in the dark the other night and hammered it in the lawn. (My neighbours were probably wondering what on earth I was doing, as the banging sound seemed to echo down the whole river valley.)It was so great to see the kids noticing it the next morning. All the kids including my son were pointing at the little ghosts and saying who was who. When the real school bus arrived I heard a little guy say "Here comes the ghoul bus!" It was totally worth making the sign just for that. ;-)
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So I'm signing off for our extra-long Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. There is no school in our district tomorrow or Friday so the children have five days off!
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On the note of Thanksgiving, I really want to say thanks so much to everyone who stops by the blog. I see I have gathered up some new Followers lately which I really appreciate, and reading everyone's comments definitely makes my day.
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See you next week!
