A Halloween House Pillow : :

With each new holiday it's always my hope to make at least one new, handmade decoration. Halloween is a favorite of ours! While I don't have the time to make the Halloween quilt in my dreams this year, I do think a few small projects can be made in time! So, when Therm O Web asked if I'd be interested in putting a little Halloween spin on my House Pillow Tutorial to share on their blog this week, it was just the motivation I needed to cross some new decor off of my to-make list!

 
At first I pulled from my stash a stack of traditional orange and black, with a few cute Halloween prints leftover from this project. Then I asked myself, if I were planning to make that Halloween quilt what fabrics would I use? And, the answer is these fabulous MicroMod fabrics, paired with Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Black, Cloud9's Dem Bones by Sarah Watson, and some solids! I love purple for Halloween just as much as I do orange and black. With those little touches of that golden yellow, I think MicroMod works perfectly!



My Halloween House Pillow came together quick using the MicroMod bundle & Essex Linen I had on hand, with HeatnBond and SpraynBond for easy applique and basting, combined with some fun sewing notions, and a pretty eggplant purple Aurifil 50wt from my Simply Color Thread Box!







You can find the tutorial for this project on the Therm O Web blog a little later today!



Happy Halloween Sewing!!
♥ Maureen

Quilt Fabric Plans : :

Hooray! I finished my qayg quilt last night and I can't wait to photograph it! However, the weather this morning is very much like the morning I froze attempting to take some pics of my Glimma Quilt, lesson learned -- I'm waiting!  And instead, I spent the last hour making some new quilt plans! Want to see what I have in mind?

: :  MicroMod & Essex Linen  : :





: :  Simpatico & More Simpatico  : :





: :  Tsuru & Pure Elements  : :





Lovely piles, aren't they?! Now my only problem is that I cannot decide which to cut into first. What do you think ?? Help!!

A Fabric GIVEAWAY : :

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It's Fabric Giveaway Friday!

    
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For this weekend's Fabric Giveaway, Stash Fabrics is offering this very cool bundle of MicroMod by Designer Rob Bancroft for Cloud9 Fabrics. This bundle includes 12 Fat Quarters, one in each of the prints pictured, for a total of 3 yards of fabric! This collection is 100% certified organic cotton printed with low impact dyes, as well. It's perfect for quilting or any other fun patchwork project!

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  From 808 entries, Mr. Random says the lucky winner is...

Comment #1478 -- Christina, who said... 

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