Ho, Ho, Ho Table Runner

Soon it will be time for Santa to begin his journey.  Until that time arrives this Here Comes Santa table runner will delight all who sit at the table.  The pattern was designed by Chris Malone.

The center of the runner is made up of 2.5 " squares.  A large variety of Christmas fabrics were chosen.  Everything from candy canes, snowmen, stars, wreaths, reindeer and even a few polka dots! I do love polka dots.

An I Spy type game can be played by just searching all the different squares in the middle. The table runner is 12" X 52".

On both ends of the runner Santa appears with his poofy mustashe and a bangle at the end of his hat. Here's hoping my three favorite little girls will love this on their table. Fiona saw it and said " What is this? It's so fancy and wonderful."

This was a challenge to complete.  Spinal Stenosis, injections, and then surgery on Nov 20 made this the final project for 2018.  So looking forward to 2019 being pain free and many days of sewing and quilting.

Finished and Delivered

The quilt is completed and delivered to granddaughter and her three darling girls!  Arrived at it's new home today.

Best three reasons for making a Halloween Quilt! 

 The back is checked with pumpkins in the white space.  Fun fabric for the back!

It was so much fun to quilt.  Took so long because I can only quilt for a short time (spinal stenosis) and need to take frequent breaks.  The quilting was done with free motion and ruler work using Angela Walters rulers.

First time using wish bones on the border.  Was easy after a lot of practice with a pencil and a pad of paper.  I'll use this on many quilts.  Stippled the center, curves on the squares, swirls, lines on the pumpkins and ovals on the flying geese border.  I love this quilt, was difficult to pack and send to Boston. Thanks to Fort Worth Quilt Shop for the pattern.  

Boo To You Halloween Mystery Quilt

The Boo To You Halloween Mystery Quilt is assembled!  

TA-DAH!

Now for the machine quilting- Yeah!

Special Thanks to the FORT WORTH FABRIC STUDIO -- DESIGNED BY: LINDSEY WEIGHT

for the special pattern and excellent directions! 

Stephanie Lee if you would like this quilt let me know!

Boo To You Halloween #4

Oh!  Surprised me that step # 4 would be a medallion!  Love the design and placement of the orange and black.  The center radiates!

Glad I saved the spider web fabric for the last step, so pleased that the fabric was a small print. Looking forward to the assembly of the quilt top.  How will it fit altogether?

Next post will have the top revealed! 

Boo To You Halloween Mystery #3

BOO the third step to the Mystery quilt was flying geese!   I made 24 black and white flying geese blocks.

Each of the flying geese measure 3" X  5 ".  Easy to make and used more of the black fabric from my stash.

In making a flying geese block you trim the corners so that 1/4th inch seam is allowed. I  sewed another seam and made half square blocks that measure 2".

Now I have a big pile of black and white half squares to use in another project. Yeah! One more step to the completion of the blocks for Boo To You Mystery.

BOO for You Mystery Step #2

Step Two: Construct ten pumpkins, five orange and five black.  Ten Pumpkins completed!  Five 4 3/4" orange pumpkins

Five 4 3/4" black pumpkins.

Black pumpkins would not have been my choice. I did change it up a bit.  The pattern had the black pumpkins out of black fabric that had really small print and they all appeared similar.  That is not my style, I chose print fabrics that showed some texture.  The pumpkin stems were to be solid black but I thought checkered fabric added some whimsy!

So when all the pumpkins were completed I now like the black pumpkins best!  Can't wait until Wednesday for the next clue.

BOO to You Mystery Quilt

Today I spent some time completing the first step of the Boo to You Mystery Quilt by FORT WORTH FABRIC STUDIO -- DESIGNED BY: LINDSEY WEIGHT.  I know, I have projects that are not completed and starting another is just a bit silly.  But I just needed some fall sewing today.  Can't wait to celebrate fall and all it's glory!

Using the fabric from the fall bin, I made the first step.  Too simple not to do this block.  A bit of a frown on my face when I saw blocks at 2 1/8 inch squares.  Not Crazy about 1/8ths, but since there were only 10 blocks in the first step I decided to join this mystery.

Step one completed.. Next step tomorrow afternoon - Pumpkins YEAH!