Halloween is in Eleven Days! Eeek!

How did we get so close to Halloween?  The leaves here have just started turning colors.  It is a grey and drizzly day here.  I have the day off so I am planning on finishing up a few things.  Here is my Halloween quilt to help you get in a Halloween mood!

Boo!

Potholders for my daughter

My daughter mentioned that she needed a few more potholders.  They are fun and quick to make.  I love trying out new FMQ designs-sort of like practice sandwiches but usable.  I indulged my love of black, white, and a pop of red.  So there you go!

Doll baby quilt

I took some pictures of the quilt I made for my kids to play with at school in the housekeeping center.  It was a quick sew!  I have already seen the kids spreading it out over themselves instead of the dolls.  I have a really cute class this year with 13 boys and only 6 girls.  Those boys all like the housekeeping center, though.  They cook food and put it on the table.  Yay!  Must have some awesome dads!

Red, orange and pink stripes-a little Eric Carle fabric and dots!

I used a heavy variegated grey thread in the bobbin.  It kept breaking when I had it in the top, too, so I went back to my regular rayon thread.  

Wish I finished everything this quickly!


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Unintended Table Topper

The week before I went back to school (teaching Kindergarten), I was given a doll baby bed.  The day before the children were due to arrive, I decided I needed a blanket for the poor dolls.  So I considered just giving them a little flannel blanket, but I am a quilter, so a quilt was in order.

 I sat down at 4 pm on Sunday to make my little quilt.  I sewed the top and as I usually do, pieced a back to use.  Then I looked at the two pieces and thought, these could be two separate quilts.  And they were small enough to just used some yardage as the backings.
So that is what I did.

I had fun using the Jester's Hat quilting pattern from Wendy at  Ivory Spring.  I like how swirly it looks.
I used some Laurel Burch butterflies for the backing for this one.

Close up of the quilting!  I took some liberties with the pattern.

 I finished both little quilts by machine.  When I brought them downstairs, I put this one on our kitchen table and it looked so good, I left it there!  I took the other one to school where the kids have been happily playing with it.  I will have to get a picture of it this week.

In other quilting news, we had a potholder swap.  I was supposed to make a fall themed potholder but I forgot about the theme and made this.  I practiced my swirly quilting.

I am still in love with these cross blocks!

I got back a very cute Halloween potholder from Heather.  I love it. It is a perfect block for Halloween! Can't picture using it, though.  I may have to hang it on the wall.

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Kim and Mike's Wedding Quilt

We were lucky enough to be invited to a wedding in the Outer Banks in June.  It was a fabulous wedding!  We have known the beautiful bride since she was 8 months old (she was cute then, too!).  Her mom and dad are close to us in a way that friends who were there to help you raise your kids are.  

And it was gorgeous! 

 We had never been to the Outer Banks and we had a lovely time.  All of our kids, spouses, and only grandchild (so far) came with us.

So I had to make a modern quilt for the newlyweds.  

I used some of the squares my guild made when I taught them improv curved piecing a few months back.

The cute hippo fabric was from IKEA last summer.  Some of the black and white prints were from Stephanie at Kwiltzbystephanie (I won some of her scraps awhile back).

I got lots of practice cutting the curves freehand with my rotary cutter and sewing them up without pins.

I FMQ it in white and bound it with some Denise Schmidt grey dots.  Luckily, the newlyweds are happy with the colors!

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iPhone zippies!

Before I took off for Oregon, I decided I needed a new zip case for my iPhone, credit card, and money. I was thinking I might not want to carry my big purse all over. I went looking and saw some nice ones at the mall but for way more than I was willing to pay. So I went home and whipped up a little zippie. I used my fav Malka fabric and I had fun tracing over some of her "stitching."

It was fast and easy to put together.



I liked it do much, I decided to make three more to take to my sisters.



Needless to say, it took me much longer to make the next three!



But I got them done, slept for a few hours, and took them to Oregon.

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