Halloween may have come and gone but I want to show you the quilt that I made the children for Halloween. The binding was only finished on Sunday but at least it was ready on time.
I made the quilt using leftovers from the fabrics I used to make Cupcake Princess’s Halloween costume last year…….
Trick or treating.......
I chose wonky star blocks to make the quilt as they are so easy to make and are perfect to use up off cuts and scraps. I wanted to try out making different sizes of stars plus stars within stars which I had seen in a quilt in the book Material Obsession. I really liked the different effects you could make by playing with the blocks.
I tried to piece the blocks together so that there was a symmetrical feel in terms of colour. I did unpick and remove one small star that was too prominent in my initial lay out but I was really happy with the final layout with the central dark star. I finished the quilt off with some FMQ meandering all over the top. I forgot to take a photo of the back but it is purple and the orange quilting looks really great.
I am really happy with how this quilt came out – we wont be putting it away just for Halloween, it will be added to our ever increasing pile of sofa snuggle quilts.
LOVE it xxx
Thanks Cat….. this is the one good thing to come out of a really terrible week. I used the therapeutic nature of quilt binding to get me through some stressful time this week. I always turn to a bit of sewing when I need thinking time.
It looks better in the flesh, or should I say blood!!!!!
It looks wonderful, as does the costume!