HST Around the World in Tea House Plum

Today I finished the top for my Half Square Triangles Around the World quilt. It is a pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Company that I got from the Summer volume of Block Magazine.  I really don't like it as much as the one pictured in the pattern.  The fabric that I used was just a bit busier than what they used in the one pictured, and the busyness bothers me some.  I made the quilt symmetrical to try to minimize the busyness, but it only went so far.  Also, I wish the border stood out more.  Again, it's because of the busyness that it blends in as much as it does.

I was using a layer cake and yardage that I bought 4 years ago, so I just used what I had.  I guess I could look for a different fabric for the border, but at this point I think I'm just going to call it done and have it quilted.  I imagine it will be a quilt that I will use for snuggling more that for decoration, so it's all good.

Afterthought: I might look for a less busy fabric to add to it for a second border.  That might calm it down a little bit. 

Spider Web table topper finished!

My little Spider Web table topper is all quilted, bound, and ready for Halloween!  Unfortunately that's still a couple of months away. 

It's not that I'm a huge Halloween fan or anything.  It's just that here in southeast Alabama, school is starting back and it seems like summer should be ending.  However, around here summer is like that friend that doesn't know when it's time to leave and overstays it's welcome.  Summer would be nice if it wasn't quite so hot and humid and only lasted 3 months, but that's not the case here.  When I get to actually put this little guy out for a seasonal decoration I'll probably still be wearing short and tank tops or short sleeves, just like I am today. *sigh*

Can you tell that I'm ready for fall?

Spider Web table topper

When I made the Spiders and Webs quilt I had some triangles left over.  The original pattern said to use the leftover pieces to make a web to use on the back of the quilt, but I didn't want to use mine there.  I decided that I could add a strip of black fabric to the top and bottom and make it into a neat little (well, about 19 inches) square.  As it turns out, it is just the perfect size for the top of my living room end tables, so it will ultimately be a cat napping spot I'm sure. LOL!

My plan is to quilt it as a trial run for deciding if I want to quilt the quilt myself or have it long arm quilted.

Halloween Heads backing

As promised, the backing for my Halloween Heads quilt.  It is made from the left over jelly roll strips that I didn't use on the front of the quilt, and two yards of yardage.  The yardage is from the same fabric line as the jelly roll and it has lightning bolts all over it. 

I wanted something with a black background to be in keeping with the background fabric on the front of the quilt.  Of the fabrics that I could find to order, this was the least busy fabric with a black background.  I did find one store with the green grunge fabric from this line, but I really didn't want green for the back. 

I'm happy with how it looks at this point.  Hopefully it will look nice once it is quilted.

Halloween Heads quilt

My working title for this quilt is Halloween Heads because the focus is obviously Halloween related heads or faces, and head alliterates.  It is made with an Eerie jellyroll from Basic Grey fabrics.  I had to add some yardage in order to get grunge fabric for all the faces and for the background fabric.  Everything is cut from 2-1/2 inch strips though.

The back of the quilt is going to be yardage (not cut into 2-1/2 strips) and the remainder of the 2-1/2 inch strips cut into 10-1/2 inch pieces and stacked.  It will be 3 columns of yardage and 2 columns of strips.  I'll post of picture of it once it's finished, but I had to order the yardage for it.  I'm happy I could find any to order since the fabric line is 4 years old!