Bode's Super Duper Special Halloween Quilt - Pattern

This is a modified pattern from a simple Charm Square Baby Quilt, the one I used to make my niece's, Benlee, quilt.

Pattern for a twin size quilt 64"x82"
Beginners quilt or Easy quilt

Supplies
1/2 yard each of 8 Halloween print fabrics (blocks)
2 yards tangerine solid (or complementary fabric for sashing)
3/4 yard orange and black dot (binding)
4 yards purple (backing)
Twin size batting (I used Warm & Natural for the nice drape it gives kid quilts)

Cutting
10    6"x6" of each of the 8 Halloween fabrics = 80 total 6" squares
10    3"x6" of each of the 8 Halloween fabrics = 80 total half squares
15    2.5" x wof to make 9 sashing strips = 9  2.5"x 66" strips
3      5" x wof to make one top border and one bottom border = 2  5"x66" borders
7      2.5" x wof to make binding strip
2      72" x wof for backing piece (will sew long sides together to make back)

Project Instructions
Sew 6" squares and half squares into 10 rows, pressing seams open. Each row will include 8 squares and 8 half squares, alternating between them. Start 5 of your rows with a square and the other 5 with a half square.

Once all rows are sewn, time to sew the solid sashings strips and the pieced rows together. Placing the 5" borders at the top and bottom of the quilt top and the 2.5" sashings between the pieced rows. Press seams open.

The sashing and borders might be slightly longer than the pieced rows. After sewing the sashings to the rows trim the excess fabric to match the pieced rows.

Now the quilt top is finished. Take the quilt top, batting and pieced quilt back to sandwich the quilt together. Quilt top face up, batting in middle and backing wrong side to batting.

Time to quilt as desired, I used a free hand motion quilting. But diagonal lines look nice too.

Piece, sew and iron binding strip using a double fold binding. Bind quilt.


Machine wash quilt on gentle cycle in cold water and tumble try low. Iron if desired.

Enjoy for yourself or makes a nice gift!

Hi my name is Steph and I am a fabricaholic

Too true, I am addicted to fabric. I just cannot help it. If I walk into Jo-Ann Fabrics, Hancock Fabrics or Hobby Lobby I automatically walk to the quilting fabric. It is rare that I can walk into one of those stores without buying some fabric. I tell myself, "ohhh but I am building my stash. All of it will get used in some project."

 

I currently have TONS of Christmas fabric. Yes I did need differnt patterns for my mini Christmas stockings, but once that project is done for this holiday season I will still have lots of seasonal fabric. Guess that means someone is getting a holiday quilt next Christmas :-)

Last summer I picked up some quilt kits - can't wait to try those. Again, adding to my fabric stash.

 

I have another adiction that is just as bad....quilt patterns. I need an intervention.

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Mini Christmas Stockings, the Three Year Project

I love Christmas, maybe it is because of the song blurb "happiest time of the year". So it is not a big stretch to believe that Christmas stockings are my favorite craft EVER. A few years ago I got ambitious and thought I would make cross-stitch mini stockings for each of my co-workers. When I say ambitious I mean it - there were 60 co-workers...LOL!

I was dedicated. All the supplies were bought, patterns picked out and all of the stitching got completed. Next step was to get fabric for the back, tops and toe. Got that done, now how to assemble? At that time I did not own a sewing machine. For my birthday which was a month away Pam bought me a new sewing machine -a Brother LS590. That year the stockings did not get finished, mostly because I started the project in October. Although the stitiching was completed by Halloween that only left 6 weeks to cut and sew 60 stockings. About 10 got done, those were given to my closest friends/colleagues. The next year I finished 12 more - those went to my mangers, boss and friends. Last year I finished enough to give to my new departments supervisors, manager and director. During those couple years I did more stitching which leaves over 40 cross-stitched pieces, this year I decided this is it - stockings are all stitched, time to get them sewn up and give to my new co-workers.

Got an early start this year, right now 20 stockings are sewn and ready to go. 10 more have been cut and next step is to sew them up. That only leaves 10 more to cut and sew. Woo hooo this project (UFO) will be finally finished after three years.

The stockings were the biggest UFO (UnFinished Object). Now to tackle some of the others - my sister's 2011 birthday quilt. The saga continues :-)

Will post instructions and tutorial for the mini Christmas stockings on a later post.