Tuesday, October 19, 2021

My Turn

 

I'm tickled to be a part of the Ghastly Ghouls hop, hosted by the fabulous Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.
I have been industriously working to get these projects done and I even impressed myself when I finished all three. 😁
My first project is this cat pillow from Riley Blake's monthly pillow kits. I changed the border, though, so I could use my Crafter's Edge Drunkard's Path dies.

I used the smaller of the 2 die sets, and these made the 3.5" squares called for in the pattern.
However, the fabric included in the kit did not allow me to make the cornerstones in the Drunkard's Path, so I used some of the black fabric left over from the cat.
Below are the dies and some of the blocks, right side up and wrong side up.


This is the Crossover II machine used with the dies and fabric.
I've enjoyed being on the Crafter's Edge Design Team this year and using these products to make so many things. There are many dies and the machine is easy to work. I predict that I'll be using it for a long time.


After a visit to my local quilt shop, Stewart's Sewing in Mt. Zion, IL, and seeing that in their sample pillow they had zigzagged around the cat, I did that as well. Maybe you can see this--makes the cat look a little furry around the edges.
I'm waiting for November's pumpkin pillow to come in so I can make it too.


Next up is my finished Hagatha's House quilt! This was a BOM from Carol of Just Let Me Quilt and Joan of Moosestash Quilting. Their Halloween-crazy group is Cackling Stitches. The quilt was a lot of fun! I did not add part of the border that would have made it longer, so my quilt is square.
I also made it as Quilt-as-you-go. The black "sashing" is actually the joining strips. 

Not sure if you can see the pumpkin quilting on the border--I got the idea from someone in the Fall blog hop, and I can't remember who that was, so thank you!!


Here's a right-side-up photo.


The quilt with the cat pillow.


I said 3 projects, and here is the last:

This is my Shabby Fabrics Word of the month, done just in time for Halloween. These kits are SEW cute! I have one for Thanksgiving to do for November.

Thanks again to Carol for hosting this hop!

Thanks for reading! Please take time to visit the other bloggers:

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25 comments:

  1. All of your projects are just fabulous! The Drunkards path on the pillow looks great! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. You have really been busy. Love everything you made. What great inspiration!

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  3. Your projects are all fantastic! The Drunkards path border on the pillow was a great idea.

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  4. So many awesome projects an finishes. The cat pillow is great and I like the border, but your Hagatha's house turned out awesome too. Then your Halloween hanging. Wow!

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  5. WOW, you have been a Halloween over achiever for sure and I love it! I'm so jealous you have all this Halloween beauty to decorate with. That black cat pillow is so cool with the Drunkard path border. Your word of the month is adorable. My favorite is your Hagatha's House quilt. I am so intrigued by your quilting and quilt as you go. Awesome work!

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  6. Carol those are all great Halloween projects! I had to laugh when I saw your cat on the pillow, because I am about to quilt a quilt that also has a similar black cat on it, lol! I did use different die cuts though. Great minds think alike as they say.

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  7. You definitely got into the Ghastly Ghouls spirit with all of these spooktacular projects...wow! The Drunkard Path die is one of my favorites and it looks perfect around that wicked cat. Hagatha's House looks amazing with all your quilting. I have never done quilt as you go with sashing like that but I'll have to give it a try. Thank you for sharing all these goodies!

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  8. All your projects are really cute, Carol! Love the border using the Drunkard's Path die! Great job. Thanks for sharing your creations with us!

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  9. Great finish on all three projects, I love them all! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  10. I love them all! Your pillow border adaptations are awesome! What a great way to use your dies. You know I’m partial to your Cackling Stitches quilt. It’s so much fun to see everyone’s personal spin on their quilts. It truly makes our hearts sing! Shabby Fabrics has the cutest patterns. Halloween is so much fun!

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  11. Great projects. Thanks for including some tips from your process.

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  12. Wow, very cool projects. They are all beautiful.

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  13. All of these projects are fantastic! I especially like the cat pillow because cats do flex their back like that!

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  14. Your house must look so festive now with these new amazing Halloween finishes.

    -Soma

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  15. So many pretty projects. They all look wonderful.

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  16. The fuzzy effect of the zig zag on the kitty is perfect, great idea. Love all of your projects, great hop stop.

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  17. What a great grouping of projects. Thank you!

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  18. You've created so many great Halloween inspired projects. I especially love your version of the cat pillow. The orange drunkards path looks like a fab pumpkin.The Crossover machine is so much fun to play with.

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  19. Hi Carol! What great projects you've shared for the hop! I absolutely LOVE the Halloween hanging - it's adorbs. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  20. Hi Carol, very interesting way to use the Drunkard's Path patterns. I found it interesting reading about that die machine. Sure would make quilting easier to have the pieces cut. Anyway, all your projects are great, very Halloweeny and it's fun to have these finishes as well. Good for you!

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  21. Great use of the Drunkard's Path dies for the pillow - really gives an extra punch!

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  22. Super fun projects all of them. Love the drunkard border. Thanks for the inspiration!

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