A sweet little ghost pillow

I always enjoy sewing home décor and costumes for Halloween,

 so when I saw that little ghost pillow, I wanted to make one for me,

 even I am more of Halloween crow than ghost!

Doesn't it look just perfect on my new pumpkin quilt?!

I started with 8 low volume prints from Zen fabric,

they are quite interesting (one can review their geometry and math in one of them!).

 I also added 3 squares of Provence fabric to really make it mine!

 I decided to cut all my squares and ironed them to some interfacing

and stitched them to go a little faster: no seam watching and matching.

I just sewed all the rows, clipped at each intersection,

and sewed all the columns, done!

I put some quilt batting,

I did some simple quilting, 1/4 inch away from each seam,

as I didn't want to interfere with the prints. 

And I quilted a simple back with one print, no patchwork.

And following the directions, I added the eyes,

and sewed it all to form a very cute ghost:

But then I found out the inspiration came from a book,so I had to get it, it is a very cute children's book,I read it to the dogs as both of my kids are in college!

Happy Halloween 🎃!

pumpkin kisses quilt: 102 pumkins!

It has been a while since I made a large quilt,

I sewed many smaller quilts and projects,

but not a large quilt.

I saw that quilt on IG and right away I wanted to make it,

and even more surprising I wanted to make it in with these fabrics,

so I bought a kit, which I have not done in years!

The pattern is Pumpkin Kisses by Coach House Designs.

 

It was quite an easy sew, but lots of pumpkins,

102 precisely!

Then lot of rows,

and finally a big quilt!

(before adding 2 borders!)

Finding space to pin the back and batting is always

a challenge, but with both kids in college,

I get to use some of their floor space!

I kept the quilting simple, just in the ditch,

and hand stitched the binding,

I found that part quite relaxing even with Bosco's help!

Finally I took my new quilt to the botanical garden for some pictures,

normal stuff!

Happy sewing!