Welcome to the Something Wicked blog hop! I get to post on the first day! Many thanks to Carol of Just Let Me Quilt for hosting what I know will be a wonderful, inspiring hop!
The first project I want to share is Jumping Jack. This fabric is designed by Stephanie Brandenburg of Frond Designs (one of my favorite designers), and the pattern is by Phoebe Moon Studio. I bought all of this at my local quilt shop, Stewart's Sewing in Mt. Zion, IL. I did change up the pattern, however. Those wide borders were supposed to be 8.5" but I made mine 6.5" because I used the spider web BOB from Accuquilt in the upper right corner instead of making bats with flying geese (I despise making flying geese). Then there should be another outer border, but I didn't want my wall hanging to be that big, so I left it off.
It's hanging on our loft railing above our stairway--elsewhere it is too long.
I was hoping you could see some of the quilting in the photo below, but I'm not sure you can.
I did loops and threw in pumpkins every now and then. While quilting the pumpkins on the panel, I decided to write Happy Halloween. It's in this photo but not too visible...
Here's a photo of a corner, and you can see one of the FMQ pumpkins.
And here is my label.
Next up is a Jack O'Lantern, a kit I purchased at Country at Heart in Rock Falls, IL.
The squares were all pre-cut, which was nice. I appliqued the eyes, nose, and mouth and also zigzagged around the pumpkin with glow-in-the-dark thread, but it doesn't show up very well in the dark, and my camera couldn't get a photo of it. I still think it looks pretty neat. :)
Another kit I bought at Country at Heart was this table runner.
The pumpkins were pieced using a Dresden plate template. Then they were cut out and appliqued onto the background.
Ready for 1 more? Also on our shop hop, I bought a table runner kit at Our Crafty Life in Geneseo, IL. The pattern is Villa Rosa Dapper Runner.
The next 2 projects have nothing to do with Halloween but they are for fall.
I bought these panels and wanted to get them into wall hangings but had no place to hang them. Since I do most of the decorating at our church, I decided to hang them there.
Both are by Northcott. They are exactly the same size.
People at church seem to appreciate them, for which I am grateful.
Guess that's it for me this time.
Many thanks to Carol for hosting!
Be sure to check out everyone on the hop and leave a comment--we all enjoy reading what everyone has to say.
