Witchy Way

This baby has been in the works for at least a year. I found a pattern for bird houses in this book, so I just used the idea and made it wonky. I pushed and finished it for the county fair in September. 

It ended up winning judges' choice, which was a shock. I guess they liked the cute witches. I preferred the other quilt I entered, but I'll take it! It's always fun entering.

 Those sugar skulls are so awesome. Love them. And I found them at Walmart, believe it or not.

 Steve likes it.

I debated and debated on the quilting. I ended up throwing it back and doing some swirly stars. I thought it fit the Halloween theme. 

 This might be my favorite block. 

I just don't get it when people say they hate Halloween. I mean, look at that face.

Candy Corn

Our little county fair was a few weeks ago. I decided to enter this so last minute. As in, it was in my mind on Thursday and I finished binding it on Tuesday (not sewing on Sunday, of course). I thought another triangle quilt would be fun, but I did some color play with this one. I love how it turned out.  

I used a ton of halloween prints. I like the vintage stuff more than the cutesy stuff. 

My little local quilt shop had these panels and I couldn't say no! I love the back so much. 

That skeleton is my favorite. 

I was stressing about the binding. I really wanted an orange stripe. I even made a special trip to the store to look, but no luck. One day I was organizing my sewing room and I came across tons of this striped binding. I forgot I made like 80 yards of it ages ago. It was like the quilting gods smiling on me and plopping it into my lap. It totally makes the quilt. 

I mailed this one to my sister, who is equally obsessed as I am with Halloween. One year she dressed up as a taxidermic mounted moose head and took her kids trick-or-treating.

I could only gift it to someone who loves Halloween as much as I do. Glad it went to a good home.