I am proud to announce that I actually finished a Halloween project before Halloween! I think this is a new record for me, it seems anytime I start a holiday project, I finish it after the holiday is over with! Actually, to tell the truth, I had finished this one a little over two weeks ago, but my lack of energy and ambition kept me from taking photos of it. So last night I gathered my last bit of energy and took photos. I looked at them this morning and was so disappointed, I redid the photo shot this morning. To be perfectly honest, I'm not in love with the photos, but since I have reached that "I no longer care" phase, this is it baby!
I bought this Halloween bundle of fabrics from Venezie Designs and is the lovely
"Boo To You" collection by Riley Blake Designs. I had no plans for the fabric, I just knew I wanted to make something for my home. After receiving the fabrics and taking note of just how large the characters really are, I just started cutting. The center fussy cut character squares range from 4" to 6" and then I just started cutting strips of all the rest. No real plan, I just started sewing. I added in some Michael Miller "Ta Dot" and a Kona Solid Orange left over from my Bottled Rainbows quilt. I had two blocks done when I realized that they both ironically measured the same size, so then I aimed for the other two to match that same size. Once I had the four, and I realized that the length and width would work perfect for a table runner, so that is what I decided to do!
I bought this Halloween bundle of fabrics from Venezie Designs and is the lovely
"Boo To You" collection by Riley Blake Designs. I had no plans for the fabric, I just knew I wanted to make something for my home. After receiving the fabrics and taking note of just how large the characters really are, I just started cutting. The center fussy cut character squares range from 4" to 6" and then I just started cutting strips of all the rest. No real plan, I just started sewing. I added in some Michael Miller "Ta Dot" and a Kona Solid Orange left over from my Bottled Rainbows quilt. I had two blocks done when I realized that they both ironically measured the same size, so then I aimed for the other two to match that same size. Once I had the four, and I realized that the length and width would work perfect for a table runner, so that is what I decided to do!
I am happy to say that this is the largest item I have machine quilted, to date, and I was quite pleased with the results, even though I just used my walking foot and straight lines. I am really happy with the quilting detail shown above, that I refer to as "the spiderweb look." I kept the quilting simple to really showcase the fabrics, and I quilted each block differently, so each one is completely unique. I am also happy to say that this table runner has no puckers front or back! Yippie! I kept the back simple, and then machine stitched on the binding using a zig-zag stitch, this was also the first time that I did the binding completely by machine. I think that the zig-zag stitching really added an extra element to the table runner, and I am excited to use this for many years to come!
I had a few extra fussy cut centers left over, and some extra strips, so I decided to whip up two matching pot holders. I used two layers of Insul-Bright with batting sandwiched in between. They have that nice puffy look! I also machine quilted these two, but did the binding by hand this time (I need something to work on while watching TV at night!)
I am linking up to Celebrate Color over at Stitched in Color because what could be more fall like than Halloween!
I am linking up to Celebrate Color over at Stitched in Color because what could be more fall like than Halloween!
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