Halloween Fun

A friend and I recently had lunch. We brought show and tell and she brought her Vintage Spool Happy Hauntings quilt. You can see a picture at Vintage Spool's website www.thevintagespool.com/store/products/details/?product=438 We both love vintage Halloween. I have been collecting Halloween fabric off and on for several years. I pulled a sampling of what I have and thought you might like to see some of my collection.

Some are bright and whimsical.


Some with cute witches dancing and bats flying.



And some ever so creepy! Yikes!!

Civil War Bride or Bird of Paradise Quilt

The Civil War Bride quilt is an interpretation of a quilt in the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, c 1858-1863. The top was made during the Civil War period and is thought to be an unfinished wedding quilt. A female figure is appliqued in one block but the block next to her is almost empty which leads experts to believe the maker had planned to include a groom but for some reason did not. Their theory is supported by newspaper templates, including one of a male figure, that were found with the quilt top.

I decided to use contemporary fabrics for my quilt. I am using Moda's Verna by Kate Spain and Eva by Basic Gray. I also am using some Anna Maria Horner, Kaffe Fassett and Amy Butler fabrics. My background is white with small white swirls in it.

If you'd like to follow everyone's progress as they make this quilt, you can join the Civil War Bride Quilt group on Yahoo. You can also follow along on this blog http://www.thecivilwarbridequilt.blogspot.com/

Sweet Treat Bags

I love to make bags. The more, the merrier. Several months ago I ran across a free bag pattern at Moda's website. I knew I just had to give it a try. Here's my first attempt. Unfortunately, this bag was stolen --maybe they needed a quick gift. I remake it some day.

This one uses Amy Butler and Anna Maria Horner fabric. Very fun!

And if you love polka dots like I do, you HAVE to make a polka dot bag!

This one uses Jo Morton fabric.

The last one is so soft and feminine. I used Lecien fabric for it.

I'm off to make one more bag and then I gotta' stop!

I did it!!

After a lot of friendly persuasion, I decided to take the plunge and start blogging. I hope you enjoy reading about what I've been up to.

I am posting a photo of a quilt I made several months ago. It is entitled Friends for Christmas and was designed by Lynette Anderson from Australia http://www.lynetteandersondesigns.typepad.com/. She is in town this week teaching at The Rabbit's Lair so I thought it was only appropriate to share a photo of my interpretation of her lovely pattern. The Rabbit's Lair 479-636-3385 http://www.therabbitslair.com/ is offering this as a block of the month and still has a few openings.

The quilt was quilted by Darlene of Sew Graceful Quilting http://www.sewgracefulquilting.com/. Nice, huh?