Halloween quilts done, sent and recieved.
10-28-2011, 03:29 PM
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Well, it took some doing, but I got them finished and sent on time. I wanted to make Halloween quilts or throws for each of my daughters and daughter in law this year for their birthdays. Last year I made them Christmas themed ones. Their birthdays are in Oct, Nov, and Dec. but I thought it wuld be good to get them to them before Halloween.
I could not find a pattern I liked for any of them so I just did them out of my head.
The first is for my DIL. I took some people here's advice and quilted a big off center spider web on it. I love the colors and how bright it turned out.
The second one is my older daughters, and I used the Ghastlies fabric for it. I wish I had quilted it more, but I didn't want to ruin it so I just stitched around all the blocks and rows to frame the pictures.
The third one is for my younger daughter. It was challenging. She actually picked her own fabric and I had to figure out how to use it. And yes, it is a bit wonky. The main pictures are diamond shaped and I had planed to frame them wonky log cabin style and have them turn out sqare, but I messed up somewhere and the blocks are also diamond shaped. So I just went with it. Who says a quilt has to be square or rectangle? I think she will like that it is different. I hope so anyway.
Making these was both fun and exhausting. I really had to use my brain and dig into some creative juices to get them done. Now I just have to start thinking about what to do next year.
I could not find a pattern I liked for any of them so I just did them out of my head.
The first is for my DIL. I took some people here's advice and quilted a big off center spider web on it. I love the colors and how bright it turned out.
The second one is my older daughters, and I used the Ghastlies fabric for it. I wish I had quilted it more, but I didn't want to ruin it so I just stitched around all the blocks and rows to frame the pictures.
The third one is for my younger daughter. It was challenging. She actually picked her own fabric and I had to figure out how to use it. And yes, it is a bit wonky. The main pictures are diamond shaped and I had planed to frame them wonky log cabin style and have them turn out sqare, but I messed up somewhere and the blocks are also diamond shaped. So I just went with it. Who says a quilt has to be square or rectangle? I think she will like that it is different. I hope so anyway.
Making these was both fun and exhausting. I really had to use my brain and dig into some creative juices to get them done. Now I just have to start thinking about what to do next year.
10-28-2011, 03:39 PM
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That last picture is scary, sorry. My husband took the first two on a black wall. I should have taken the time to do that. There is even Abby, my quilt inspector checking out the back. What a mess.
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