Pat Sloan's Blog: Halloween

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Fabulous Fabric Series - My Halloween Coaster - FREE pattern

My last 'Fabulous Fabric, Halloween edition' post! 3 more quick little projects to decorate with

My goal for Fabulous Fabrics is to show you a lot of ways to use fabric and create a group of wonderful projects to decorate with.

What I started with

Bats Cat's and Jacks! fabric - I had a charm pack & a Layer cake
BOO Fabric line A Fat 8th bundle
I added some solids

today are some quick projects to use up what's left.. Coasters and mats!

READ to the End to see my living room!

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I machine quilted with the guide beam on my Baby lock Destiny II

Several other models also have this

baby lock Destiny II info

Then I got to thinking.. what if I used up the rest of the layer cake for another quilt?

At the end of the pattern is a layout for 12 mat blocks into a quilt.

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I designed is quite a few years ago and bring it out each Halloween!

Candy Corn .. are you a fan?

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The end table in my living room with mats for steaming mug of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate

Do you see a candy corn theme?

ps.. those mini pumpkins are, I love them!

Stitched is in at the foot of my staircase. This pattern uses a jelly roll + background.

My pattern has several sizes, including a bed size. It's an amazing way to bust some 2.5" strips into quilts. Rich Text

I'm offering my pattern for $7.00 as a download pattern...

My Living room!

What I decorated with

On the Wall - Boden quilt from my Triangle Book (see post here)
On the sofa back - a Fall version of my CRUSH
Zig Zag table runner & quilt in progress- CLICK for my FREE pattern
Kitties in my Machine Quilting book (see post here)
Table mats above
The pillow on the left I've had, and I made the pillow on the right

Thank you for following along on my crazy decorating spree!

I'm going to be showcasing my designs in seasonal fabrics often, so next time I'll do just a few a time .. but hey .. sometimes you are inspired and just HAVE to do it!

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My Triangle Book
My favorite Cats, Bats & Jacks fabric
Darling BOO Fabric line
Trim up Ruler
1 yd of Green Solid fabric
1 yd of Grunge white
1 yd of Grey Dots
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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Fabulous Fabric Series - My FREE Halloween tablerunners!

Post 3 of 4 in my Fabric Fabric - Halloween edition, is all about Panels and table runners! Both are SUPER fast to stitch up and magically change you room

Panels are GREAT for decorating. Fast, easy, and cute! Or spooky in the case of Mr. Chillingsworth. I'm rather fond of him myself.

I made this for my niece who loves all things spooky. The panel is still available but the companion fabrics are not. BUT you can find other fabulous fabrics and do this basic idea for ANY panel with my directions.

Make your panel the size of my center in the directions by adding strips around it.
Make your quilt bigger or smaller with more or less rounds, simple!

Maybe I need to do a step by step for creating something like this with any panel.. would you be interested in that?

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SO excited to do this table runner. I've made full zig zag quilts (in my Triangle book) but not a smaller sized square for a table runner .. and now I have!

I Quilted it

with bubbles in the background
and straight lines on the Halloween fabric.

I used the Bats Cat's and Jacks! fabric

This is a video I did years ago, but it's still how I quilt bubbles.

I also give you a ton of ways to quilt your own quilt in my Teach me to Machine Quilt Book

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Right now Happy Cloud Batting is ON SALE.. woohoo!

I used the precut sizes a lot, saves me time.

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I LOVE this darling fabric line Dot Dot Boo! from my friends at Me & My sister. Barb and Mary used a fresh shade of orange, that is lighter and I love it!

Here is my question.. I LOVE it so much I think i want a lap quilt from it. I have enough fabric .. so do I go for it? It will be for next year, but my thought is to have the squares cut and sew the HST while i sew other things. That is the beauty of HST, they can be be done so easily when you start & stop other patchwork. Just like I do for squares (SEE that article HERE)

The beauty of this runner is we can create them fast and easy with ANY fabric, instant change of decorations!

Should I go for it?... keep reading, I repeated my other runners below!

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Just have strips? Make one of my fast table runners from my machine quilting book!

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This table runner is SO Fun and showcases cute buttons!

CLICK to DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN called Wonderful Pumpkins

Another fun table runner I've done is Spooky Delights!

If you don't applique you can make just the pumpkin ends!

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Fabulous Fabric Series - Kitties & a Jelly Roll Quilt

My 'Fabulous Fabric' series continues with Halloween fabric in another few designs of mine, lets start with kitties!

I want to show you how to use that fabric you love. Instead of putting it on a shelf, get out patterns and make up things! I love making simple fast projects to showcase these cute bundle, so I can enjoy the fabric in a quilt.

Today is

Tips on Kitty making
A bonus layout of multiple kitties
And my 'Go To' Jelly roll' pattern at the end!

I applique using Heat n Bond lite to do my raw edge fusible applique by Machine.

TIP

I press from the opposite side of the cut that I made to cut the center out
The inside that you cut away can be used for other projects
My method makes your applique soft as the fusible is only under your stitching
See next photo for details on the wool mat

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Once you are at this step, you will cut ON the line and then I use a blanket stitch to applique.

TIP:

The wool pressing mat does several nice things.
It's very firm so you fabric is flat and smooth. Have you ever used a soft ironing mat and noticed how your blocks are just not flat
It warms from both side which I think helps flatten the blocks
The mat is about 1" thick so heat does not come out the other side.
People ask about the 'wool smell'. it IS wool.. and if you use steam..well.. you will get a slight wet wool smell from this brand. I have been using mine for about 2 months now and I use steam. I barely notice any smell now. I come from a garment making background. Meaning I learned to sew making clothing. And I made wool suits for work, so the smell of wool is kind of comforting to me.
Those are my favorite scissor to use. They are super light and ergonomic, you need a pair

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