Friday, October 26, 2012

Gumballs for Halloween


gumballs quilt 1

Waaaay back in August I created this quilt to hang in The Fabric Mill as part of their Halloween display.

It’s a traditional “snowball” block, but once I got the quilt completed I decided that I’d call it “Gumballs” instead.  Back in August I couldn’t imagine having the words “snow” and “Halloween” in the same sentence.  Ha! The jokes on me, right?   What was I just saying about a part of me dying when the snow falls?  Yah, we got snow today. 
Anyway…

gumball quilt 2

This quilt measures 55” x 65” and I had a lot more fun making it than I thought I would.  I’ve never been a big fan of Halloween fabrics.  It helps that the greens and purples have been added into the mix with the blacks and oranges.  I really love the finished quilt.  I think that maybe I don’t love any of the Halloween fabrics on their own, but when combined with others then I like them?  Maybe?  I dunno.

gumball quilt 3


gumball quilt 4

For now the quilt is still hanging at the shop, but it will be nice to have next year to add to my still-growing collection of Halloween decorations.  So far this year I have this wall hanging (I wrote the tutorial for it here):

boo wall hanging 1

And this monster wreath which I found through Pinterest:

photo

Now I have to stop worrying about decorations and start working on costumes.  As of tonight we have one kid decided on being Hawkeye and one not-so-decided on being skeleton/Buzz Lightyear/Mickey Mouse/zombie/nothing at all. 

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt and amazing colours. I love the purple in it.

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  2. So fun. And I love your monster wreath.

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  3. You have spurred me on to make a snowball Christmas quilt! Love your Halloween Gumball quilt. Maybe I'll make one for next year? Good luck with the costumes!

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  4. Very cute quilt and other goodies. Your stippling is perfect!

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  5. Love your gumball quilt/ I made my first Halloween mini quilt this year. That pattern is really fun and I am thinking would be great for Christmas, too!

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