BOOdles of Fun

 When you have some leftover pieces from your last quilt and you don't want to put them in the "scrap drawer" you use your GO me cutter from Accuquilt.  I do have the full size Studio cutter but the little one sits by my sewing area so I can easily cut fabric remnants into usable pieces and put them into a container to use when the mood hits me.  I had enough pieces cut using the Home Sweet Haunt by Stacey Iest Hau for Moda Fabrics to make this 51" x 58" quilt.  I had a bolt of Halloween fabric that worked very well for the backing.  I used some of my black grunge fabric stash for the inner border.

I also decided to make a fun label for this one.  A simple ghost outline cut around the embroidered information and voi​là!

I quilted this one with the edge to edge pantograph called Twisted Spiderwebs from Quilting Pantographs using Glide thread in the color Linen.

Next - cutting out more quilts including one for a class I will be taking at the Quilter's Heritage Festival in October.

51" x 58"

BOOdles of Fun

Go me cutter and die used for the pieces

in this quilt.

Home Sweet Haunt

 When I saw the new Halloween line called "Home Sweet Haunt" at Sunflower Quilt Shop in Axtell UT,  I had a design in mind that this would be perfect for.  This line was designed by Stacey Iest Hsu for Moda Fabrics and included two panels with dolls & accessories.  Yes, I made the dolls as well.  As we all know fabric prices have been on the rise since 2019 so I have to really like the fabric line or know others who might be interested in a finished quilt using the line.

I knew I wanted to use the doll panels in blocks on this quilt so that determined the finished block size.  It is a nice 18" block using 9 of the fabric pieces from the line for the main blocks together with a background fabric from the line. I designed the 6 x 6 blocks which the doll pieces ended up on using the remaining fabric from those 9 pieces used in the star block.  The star block was an adaption from one in a It's Sew Emma pattern book called "Simply Half Yards Quilt Book" and just happened to be the right size for the alternate block.  

I added a small black inner border and a nice 5 1/2" outer border to finish the quilt at approximately 69" x 87".  I knew I had to use the back pieces of the dolls somewhere so they are residing on the backing of this quilt.  Sometimes it's just fun to do something outside the box.  The backing fabric is also from the same line of fabric.  I made a label for the quilt and named it after the fabric line "Home Sweet Haunt".

I machine quilted this quilt with a pattern called Tangled Spiderwebs from Quilting Pantographs using Glide Thread in the color Linen.

This quilt is for sale and I will be making a matching pillowcase. You all may now be aware that I do not like wrapping items, especially if they will fit in a pillowcase 😀

Here is the breakdown on the costs for those that have asked.

Home Sweet Haunt 69” x 87”

Quilting: 6,003 sq in x $0.03

Miscellaneous: binding 26 ft x $3.00 ; cutting/construction 6 hrs x $150

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Costs: Construction: $150.00

Fabric: $ 200.64

Batting: $ 30.00

Binding: $ 78.00

Thread: $ 5.00

Machine Quilting: : $ 180.09

Subtotal: $ 643.73