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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!
I love that quilt! I need to try that since I have a lot of scraps laying around. :)--ash
ReplyDeleteThe black was a great choice in between. better than white.
ReplyDeleteLove the little trick-or-treater print. I think it looks great. I really like that pattern too.
ReplyDeleteThe quilttop is great, I like that pattern very much. The thin black sashing calms it down beautifully :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your color-wheel quilt. I saw the post about it and it does look nicer with the white sashing. I really need to make a little quilt for the wall in my sewing room! I certainly have lots of little bits... and it would be so quick to finish!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the Halloween quilt! You should start selling these. And the black is great.
ReplyDeleteCutearama!!! I love it aunt Em
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