I normally don't make Halloween stuff either, but my friend, Julie, happened to give me a bag of some Halloween fabrics in all different prints and sizes and I had seen a pattern that I thought was so cool looking that I wanted to try making a quilt with that pattern. So I decided to use the Halloween fabrics that Julie gave me along with the lime green, black glittery fabric with eyes that I had already and I used orange fabric that I had for the binding too. I just love how cool and interesting this quilt turned out! I have ideas for making this quilt again with other fabrics. Thanks Julie for the Halloween fabrics!
The pattern is BQ3 from Maple Island Quilts, designed by Debbie Bowles. It has 2 sizes of blocks and I made the smaller block size as I wouldn't have enough of the Halloween fabric to go any larger. I got scrappy with this because of the Halloween prints that I had. Luckily I had enough of the lime green fabric and the black glittery fabric with the green eyes. This is one way to set the quilt. You can play around and set the quilt in other ways too.
There are other BQ patterns too from Maple Island Quilts as well and they are all such interesting looking quilts, but easy to do. Hint: You can also go to Sewing with Nancy on YouTube for the episode on how to make this very quilt. Debbie shows you how to make the larger blocks for this quilt.
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which is perfect for this blog hop. šŗš(But apparently you might not see the font if you are reading this on a phone or tablet, except in the photos only. The font shows up on my desktop computer, but not my tablet š).
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| The whole quilt measures 45.75" x 54.25". |
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| The fabric with the eyes š has pairs of eyes set far apart on the fabric, so no matter how it was cut, the eyes were no longer a pair, but still look a bit spooky, mysterious and creepy as they peer out at you around the quilt. I feel the Addams Family theme song should be sung here š. I bought the eye š fabric at a thrift store a few years ago. There was maybe 2 yards of it? Have no clue who designed or made this fabric print, but I like it. |
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| This quilt was donated to Project Linus, in time for some child to enjoy before Halloween. |
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| I used a purple and black polar fleece for the backing. No batting. The purple is much darker in person. I find purple a hard color to photograph as it photographs lighter or more blue usually. Polar fleece is a lint catcher too as you can see š! |
Thanks Carol for another Wickedly
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Daryl
Wonderful quilt and fabrics. Your Halloween font is cool, thank you for the link to the font download.
ReplyDeleteNeat quilt! I like the way you were able to use so many fabrics--sure makes an interesting quilt! Someone will enjoy receiving it!
ReplyDeleteBe still my heart!!! You have nailed this hop with your "Wickedly" awesome quilt. Love the lime green and black eye fabrics you threw into the mix too. I love BQ quilts and might just have to go shopping for #3. LOL!! I see your creepy cool font on both my phone and my desktop!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful use of scraps and stash. This pattern using these fabrics lends itself to kinda creepy, I only get your font in the pictures not on my computer, Really sorry about that .
ReplyDeleteDaryl, Daryl, Daryl, you have totally won over my wicked side on this one. I love a fabric that has lots of details, especially Halloween designs. The green was perfect for this (I do love a good lime green.) What a special gift for a little Halloween lover. I'm sure it will be loved! I've only made one BQ quilt, but my friend makes a lot of them. I need to search out the one BQ book I have. Thank you for always being the best blogger friend for so many years! xo
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