HAPPY HALLOWEEN

I finally finished a Halloween quilt

that has been haunting me for several years!

It all began as a swap among 12 quilters

We each picked a character from this pattern

Each of us made 12 blocks of our selected character to swap

September, 2013 -  I brought home these blocks

I wanted to do something a bit different, so I grabbed

a lot of craps and the fun began!

Let's not dilly dally with my procrastination any longer.

I cut strips and made each block "wonky"

Squaring them up when I got them to a bigger size

making sure black was the outer color.

Check out the FMQ on each block

It was such fun and a great way to practice

different designs and use lots of colorful thread.

And here it is...all done.   

I luv the scrappy binding that pull all the colors out.

Not sure why I didn't want to finish it, but happy I did.  

Let the Halloween fun creep into your home 

NOW! 

CHARM DASH HOP - NO APRIL FOOLS ALLOWED!

It's my day on the Charm Dash Blog Hop.  

Thanks, Ms. Midge for asking me to participate 

 

I am a charm pack "hoarder"

Baby Einstein earned a HAPPY place for the pattern.!

Everything cut and labeled...GO!

I made all the HST at once

Chain piecing and block building 

went pretty quickly!

White for the background

Larger print charms for the center of each block

Dots and hombre charms were in each block

AND the HST were all the same in each block

A design wall comes in handy when laying out blocks!

  

Pin basting...

 Bernina set for FMQ (luv the BSR- Bernina Stitch Regulator)

and the meandering began

 Yellow w/small dot for backing

My own quilt care labels for the corner

The yellow border corralled all those bright colors.  

Baby Einstein Charm Dash finished at 44" x 55"

A great size for baby or toddler!

Now for sale in my Etsy shop (click here)

Thanks for stopping by!

Please visit all the participants for this hop...  

Friday 13th March – Sarah Goer –  Things I Make

Monday 16th March – Linden Vine –  Vinelines Quilting

Wednesday 18th March – Crystal McGann – Raspberry Spool

Friday 20th March – Anita LaHay – Day Dreams Of Quilts

Monday 23rd March – Progress Report – Ms Midge
Wednesday 25th March – Tsoniki Crazy Bull –  Me Being Crafty

Friday 27th March – Tisha Nagel  –  Quilty Therapy

Monday 30th March – Progress Report – Ms Midge  

Wednesday 1st April – Kathy Gordon –  Kwilty Pleasures

Friday 3rd April – Angie Wilson –  Gnome Angel

Monday 6th April –  Roslyn Russell – Sew Delicious

Wednesday 8th April – Abby Rudakov – Things For Boys

Thursday 9th April – Final Post and Linky open  – msmidge.com.au

Hope you enjoyed my version of the Charm Dash!

on this...

April Fools' Day

Celebrated in many countries/

Always on the first day of April, 

People play practical jokes on others.

The victim of the hoaxes is the April Fool!

SEW MAMA SEW GIVEAWAY DAY

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Winner is being contacted!

 Thank for stopping by to check out Kwilty Pleasures 
I'm sew happy your are here!

I'm Kathy and I luv to kwilt !

My feet are planted in traditional kwilting,

My hands have tried every kind of kwilting.

My heart belongs to modern kwilting.

When traditional and modern kwilting collides...

Kwilty Pleasures happen!

I hope you will take a minute to poke around my blog

and see what makes my creative juices flow!

Here is a sample of what I've made in the last year.

But I have been kwilting for over 25 years.

  

I am obsessed with the Ghastlies (fabric)!

I ran my first swap this year...

and guess what...it was GHASTLIES!

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Let's get to it...My Giveaway!

One winner!

Two Moda Charm Packs!

Giveaway is open to all and will close Dec 13th 

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A HANDMADE CHRISTMAS - NIGHTMARE!

Just because you think you are ahead of the game...

does NOT mean you are!  Here it is August..

I have finished a kwilt for the

"BLIITZEN" (Moda fabric - Basic Grey) 

had been sitting in my stash for sometime.

 I decided it would be the fabrics to make a 

"MODERN" Christmas/Winter kwilt...for my house!

  I used the Turning 20 pattern (quick and easy)

 and loaded it on a long arm to kwilt. In just over a couple hours

the kwilting was all done right?  

NOT!

As I began to sew down the binding a nightmare unfolded!  

The thread on the back, over more than half the kwilt, was a tension mess! 

(even though I had checked it a couple times while on the long arm)  

There were railroad tracks to hell!   

I had thread demons that I was NOT going to put up with!  

I re-pinned the entire kwilt, and a section at a time,

ripped out the stitches and began to re-kwilt on my Bernina.

THEN - I had to take Ber-nee-nee into the shop 

cause she seemed possessed with the same thread demons!!!

But in the end...I drove out those thread demons 

and she is finally finished!

  

Ripping out the kwilting made me slow down 

and I found it very therapeutic 

Things do happen for a reason. 

I had been working like a maniac

on many projects and this demonic episode...

forced me to slow down.  

The backing has some batiks cause that was in my stash.

 Kwilting

more kwilting

red binding

just waiting on winter!

My DH likes it! 

Isn't he just too cute with his snowman kwilt!

Don't forget you can join in the Handmade Christmas...anytime.

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