Frightful Fun BOM is Done!!!!

I did it! My Frightful Fun Block of the Month is all quilted! It took me about 10 days to quilt it. I did no other sewing at all. If I quilt too long on the longarm, I tend to get sloppy so I tried to break up my quilting into 2 sessions per day. The quilt was finished with a combination of free motion quilting as well as ruler work. I'd like to thank Leila Gardunia, Hunter's Design Studio and Quiet Play for the gorgeous paper pieced block patterns. The directions were clear and easy to follow. I really enjoyed working on this quilt. It measures about 58" X 76".

This is a little closeup photo of the quilting. So fun!

Here's the backing. It's nice and flat. You can see the quilting. I just love the crows! My binding is done and ready to be sewn on! I even made a block for my scrap quilt that took a backseat these past couple of weeks. It's always a great feeling to finish a project especially when they take less time than expected!!

I Like Thursday #289

Welcome to I Like Thursday! LeeAnna over at Not Afraid of Color hosts us bloggers each week. Please visit her to link up to more participating blogs. It's a dark and rainy day in Massachusetts. We need the rain but it's a dismal day out there. I suppose it's a good day to stay home and quilt!

I'm taking a break from cross stitching. I miss knitting so I started knitting socks. I didn't want it to take too long so I found a pattern for ankle socks. This is a pattern that includes cables. I haven't made cables in awhile so it was good to refresh my memory and get them going again.

I highly recommend this book. It's a story about a woman who left her family behind. She became an author at a very young age and fled her family home after an incident took place, Of course, her family has been searching for her for years. It's a wonderful book that's very enjoyable that just might make you cry!

This is the time of year I start putting out Fall themed accessories. I just put this table runner in my dining area. I always feel sad that the summer is over. It always seems to fly by so quickly. I'm hoping the winter isn't too bad this year.

Have a great weekend!

Quilting Halloween Blocks

I was so busy all day today! The time just seemed to slip away from me. I've been working on finishing the quilting on my Halloween quilt. I'm making great progress. I'm already at the bottom row! I just wanted to show you the quilting on a few of the last blocks. I just echoed around this ghost. I thought it would fit in well with the whole ghost concept. I'll be changing my thread to white to quilt inside the ghost. I want him to stay white!!

I wanted to make swirls in the background of this block. However, there are so many different types of swirls that it took me awhile to choose the right one. This one is very simple and consists of a large swirl with a simple echo around it. The skulls were just stitched in the ditch but it took forever. I couldn't connect any of the dark features so I had to break thread for each eye, nose and mouth.

I was so excited that I could do a little ruler work on this block. I was getting tired of free motion quilting backgrounds. This one is pretty easy. I just outlined each candy. I quilted lines in the triangles and loops in the smaller triangles. 

That's what I did today. I'm almost at the bottom border! I think this quilt will be done for Halloween! I'm so excited!!

I Like Thursday #288

It's time for Thursday Likes! Please visit LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color to link up with more blogs posting Thursday Likes! I finished my Purranormal Activity Halloween ornament. I used a method where I sewed right sides together. I also added batting and then turned it inside out. I inserted a square of card stock for a bit of rigidity. I added the black rickrack and sewed up my bottom opening at the same time. Then I added the ribbon and done! I think it came out great!

I finished this block on my Frightful Fun BOM. I used pebbles for the bottles and straight lines for the background.

I quilted a swirly flower in the background of this block. Those small pieces have wishbone and cross hatching. I'm hoping to have this done by Halloween but not sure I can do it. Custom quilting takes a while!!

My husband just lost 30 lb using Weight Watchers. One of the strategies that seemed to work was to eat this pop corn as a snack. Each bag is only 100 calories once it's been popped. I've started eating it too! It does make you feel full and the calories are so low!! Just thought I'd pass that along!!

Have a great weekend!!

Frightful Fun BOM

Here's my Frightful Fun Block of the Month quilt all done!! We started paper piecing this quilt back in January and it finished in September. This quilt was a very fun project. Some of the blocks were more difficult than others, but overall it was very enjoyable to work on. I opted to use different backgrounds for most of the blocks but some people used the same fabric which looks great too.

The quilt was made by working on 2 sections and then joining those sections together. I moved a few blocks around because I had too much of one fabric in one area. Many of the blocks were interchangeable so it was easy to do.

I've already started to quilt it. So far I've quilted loops around the bones and big circles in the border. I just have to come up with ideas for each block as I get to it. I'd love for it to be ready for Halloween but I'm not sure about that! Time will tell!!!

I Like Thursday #287

It's time for Thursday Likes! Please visit LeeAnna to link up to more participating blogs. I'm not sure I like this but our leaves are just beginning to change. This is the woods in my back yard. I've tried ignoring it but the yellow is definitely spreading. Autumn is almost here! I love Autumn but I'm not crazy about Winter which is just around the corner. 

I'm working on this cute little Halloween ornament. It's called Purranormal Activity and found in Halloween 2025 from Just Cross Stitch. It measures about 3" square. My daughter has already claimed it!! I'll finish it as a flat ornament.

I wanted to read Jane Eyre again and couldn't find a copy in my bookcase. I went to Barnes & Noble and found this beautiful book in their Classics section. It's such a nice book. I think I'm going to enjoy re-reading it!

Let's not forget what happened 24 years ago today. I still remember watching it on TV and being so scared. I became much more interested in the news after that day. I feel as though I was caught unaware that anything like this could happen. I follow day to day news very closely now and I'm still scared. Let's hope things improve in our country as well as the world. 

Progress on 2 BOMs

I'm on the 9th month of the Laurel Ridge BOM designed by Lynn Wilder. This month we had to make 16 blocks known as 9 Patch in a Star. These were tedious and the pieces were small! I would sew and measure just to make sure I was accurate. It was slow going but worth it in the end. I got my 16 blocks measuring at 5.5" square. I'm glad these are done. 

I'm working on the last block of the Frightful Fun BOM. This will be a fun haunted house! It will measure 24" square. It's definitely on the large size and has many sections to work on. I love adding those little scary characters in the windows! So fun!

We had a very rainy weekend so I had plenty of time to sew. I stayed inside and sewed!