Scrappy Halloween Quilt

Back at the beginning of October I decided to "see what I could come with" using my meager stash of Halloween scraps. I used this Disappearing Nine Patch tutorial for my squares. I cruised through the initial assembly, but then stalled when trying to figure out what to use for the sashing and the back of the quilt.

I decided to use black, since it is a Halloween quilt after all! I think the black did a good job of making it look put together and helping to tone down the randomness.

By the way, this quilt turned out WAY bigger than I had imagined (measuring 52" by 70" ). I was hoping for a little lap quilt to throw over a chair during October. What I ended up with was a rather LARGE throw.

I have no idea how I'll ever quilt this thing with my beginning quilting skills. Hopefully by next October I can get that figured out. This trick-or-treater fabric is my favorite scrap on the front.

I'm feeling lucky that I found this fabric for the back that pulls all this crazy randomness together. It's probably my favorite part!

EDITED: See the finished quilt HERE!

And finally, I finished the binding on my Fabric Wall Mini Quilt. I am very pleased with my final results. And my mitred corners turned out great!

I could use some work on my hand sewing for the back of the binding, though. Truth be told, when I was growing up, I always had my mom to do all the hand sewing on my clothes. I guess I should've done some more practicing when I had the chance. Sorry, Mom!

Here it is hanging in my sewing room!