JUST WAIT A GHASTLIE MOMENT!

just til fall...then you can get your Ghastlies hands on
the new line featured at the recent Quilt Market!

"GHASTLIE MOMENTS" photos 
used with permission of
Alexander Henry Fabrics and the DeLeon Design Group.

"A GHASTLIES GATHER "
This is my favorites print in the collection!

Before I go on...let me remind you that two years ago
"A GHASTLIES END" fabric was to be the last!

BUT our Ghastlie cries were heard and the family
is still alive and well and growing!

 Spring 2016 gave us

"SOMETHING GHASTLIE THIS WAY COMES"

"GHASTLIE MOMENTS"
A fabric that features 16 individual "Ghastlie Moments" 
You will be able to use as one piece or individual
pieces in quilt blocks.  
I for one am over the Ghastlie MOON!
Here are some sneak peeks!


"A GHASTLIE PASTORAL"
brings more toil and trouble!

Gasper Ghastlie in tune with the sounds of 

Coleman Hawkins...full volume...I'm told

New Ghastlie creatures or perhaps their pets?

Frogs, fish...and more!

Little Cordelia, still has the hammer but is growing up !

Mathilda the Ghastlie's Matriarch 

can stare down a tornado with those eyes!

Of course when you have Ghastlie flying creatures

a nearby Venus flytrap takes action!

Such purse-son-allity in this print!

"GHASTLIE BOTANICALS"

Nothing better than flowers and Ghastlies!

Oh yes...I see a Ghastlie bag in my future!

and for the Ghastlie man in your life...

or a gun lover...

"A GHASTLIE DUEL"

Follow @theghastlies on Instagram

for the back stories on his creations!

September 2017 seems so far away

I for one...cannot waitt

to get my Ghastlie hands on these prints!

Til then...I need to  finish GET THIS ONE DONE!

My Ghastlies Make Modern Quilt !

MY GHASTLIES MAKE IT TO QUILT MARKET!

My Ghastlie "claim to fame"  just happened!

Like many of you, I could not attend Spring Quilt Market

to see the Alexander Henry Booth in person...

and my Ghastlies quilt!

But here it is in all its glory with perfect staging!

Alexander Henry Fabrics has given me permission

to share the photos in this post with you!

The quilt displayed here is made with the 2016 release of

"Something Ghastlie This Way Comes"

 The @alexanderhenryfabrics and @theghasltlies

both follow my work on Instagram 

and THEN....Ghastlie magic happened!

It's never to early for Christmas and I made this stocking a couple years ago 

using the Ghastlies Christmas print in deadly mauve!

My "Ring of Coffins" pillow features early Ghastlie prints 

in the coffins and the center focus is 

 Widower Gunnar Grislie headed into the cemetery!

(yes Grislies are part of the Ghastlie family)

Jesse an Art School Dropout is the pattern designer.  

Purchase the Ring of Coffins pattern click here and

to check out tips and tricks on Jesses' blog, click here

A view before market...those flowers!  

My heart be still! The flowers and the shadows

and their Widows Peek home!

Here at market, the pillow is paired with some Ghastlie Potions.

These Ghastlie baskets and pincushions belong to me...

they were made Julie Rousculp of Handmade by Jaia. 

as part of a Halloween Swap on Instagram

The beautiful yarns displayed atop Ghastlie fabric
again...the booth designers...nailed it!

Lots of wonderful Ghastlie Bags by Patricia Woods of 

Purse Your Lips (UK) To see her website click here

This moth and spider web fabric is in my stash!

Ghastlie Shirts made by GITMAN Vintage custom shirts 
are custom made for the show and amazing!  

Booth Shelves are full of Ghastlie Goodness!

Let me introduce you to the Alexander Henry Fabrics

"Ghastlies" DeLeon Design Group.

Phillip, Nicole DeLeon 
They are siblings and center stage!

Left is Miho Tsukimura, production department at AH
Right is John Gurman, Sales Rep from Pittsburgh, PA

Such a Ghastlie Group!

 I am a maker, I am a Ghastlie obsessed maker!
And now I have this honor of showing my Ghastlie works
at Quilt Market in the Alexander Henry booth!

I am  "over the Ghastlie moon" HAPPY!

A GHASTLIE GENIUS?

 When I post my Ghastlie projects on Instagram (IG)
I tag @alexanderhenryfabrics -  makers of Ghastlies fabrics
I also tag @theghastlies /  Phillip de Leon 
 the artist behind the Ghastlies, along with his brother and sister
 Marc and sister, Nicole!

I have had many nice comments from both of them
about my Ghastliness !
But, THIS QUILT...is making me quite happy!

When @theghastlies saw this quilting...

the excitement began...
They thought the "serpentine" stitch I used for the quilting
was quite fitting for the Ghastlies 

 Then I received this Direct Message on IG

You can imagine I almost lost my Ghastlie mind!

The Ghastlies fabric designer is asking ME 

to borrow MY work 

for THEIR Quilt Market booth (squeeeee)

Holy Mathilda Ghastlie! ! !

The front of the quilt uses the 2015 fabric called

"Something Ghastlie This Way Comes"

The pattern is "Sidelights" by

The Quilt Backing is from 2009 and the first print

called "The Ghastlies"  

After much chatting back and forth with Phillip

I was ask to sen them....

Ghastlies "Ring of Coffins" pillow 

Ghastlies Christmas stocking

Now pay attention to this first line of this text...

from Phillip de Leon, Mr Ghastlie himself...

So here are the items I sent them for their 

Quilt Market Booth...

The baskets, pincushion and needle book were

gifted to me in a swap by @handmadebyjaia

QUILT MARKET IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND

MAY 19-21, 2017

St. LOUIS, MO

LOOKIE....they used my real name!

How frickin GHASTLIE...
To have the fabric designer acknowledge your work 
with their fabrics and want to display them...

 THIS is what it must feel like to win an Oscar!

and oh yeah...there is a new line of Ghastlies
being introduced at Quilt Market!

SOMETHING GHASTLIE THIS WAY COMES!

 Alexander Henrys' "Something Ghastlie This Way Comes"

fabric was the last line they released in 2016

At quilt retreat spring, 2016 I made this top

and then it sat and sat...

I finally finished it in April, 2017

I love the pattern by "Side Lights" by Quilting Mountain Creations 

Its great for a large novelty print and fussy cut pieces!

The backing is the very first line of fabric 

released in 2009 called  "The Ghastlies"

I quilting a snakey stitch ...elongated serpentine stitch

with my dual feed foot (or walking foot)

Love the saying...

"The wind is rising The air is wild with Leaves

Now Cometh Octobers Eves"

Take a closer look!

The twins,  Cordelia and Cassius are growing up

Gasper and Mathilda Ghastlie still overseeing

all things Ghastlie, including Sebastian!

Below the gray inner border was simple straight line quilting 

And the sisters Mildred, Magda and Minerva Grislie

are conjuring up something while 

Daria Ghastlie is pondering mystic thoughts

dressed in her mustard gown!

The Sidelight blocks are all fussy cut and I FMQ'd a 
back and forth line.

Gunar Grislie is searching for...

lets leave that to the imagination!

A black binding finished it off

Here are two commissioned  Ghastlie quilts I made using the pattern....

wish I had them in my collection. 

2011 (bad lighting but you get the jest of it)

2013

And for some exciting news....
I am thrilled that my Ghastlie work has now been acknowledged

by The deLeon Design Group (Phillip, Nicole and Marc)

and Alexander Henry Fabrics! What an honor!

I will be posting about this acknowledgement soon!

A new line of Ghastlies will be released at Quilt Market 
Please to to Instagram NOW and follow me
@kwiltypleasures
@alexanderhenryfabrics and @theghastlies