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Fabulous Fabric Series - My Halloween Boden w/videos!

I'm kicking off my new series 'Fabulous Fabric' with Halloween fabric. We all find fabric we love, then we have to figure out a project to make. I love making simple fast projects to showcase a cute bundle, so I can enjoy the fabric in a quilt. 

For my first Fabulous Fabric I selected a Halloween fabric line and bought the following

• A charm Pack
• And a Layer Cake (ps.. if you still have your sew sampler layer cake coupon it expires Oct 5 CLICK to use it!) 
• 1 yd of Green Solid fabric
• 1 yd of Grunge white
• 1 yd of Grey Dots 

Each Thursday in Oct I'll show projects I've made with Halloween fabric. Some are older, some I just made, like the quilt above!

This post is longer as I did some videos and extra photos for making a 'Boden' quilt from my Triangle book. 

Shall we go sew?

First was to decide on the color solid to go with the Halloween fabric

Green, Black, White, some people wanted purple.

I decided on BOTH Green & white

I also knew I was going to use a wider sashing than the book project, read to the end to download the sashing directions.

Using the charm pack and the layercake, I made the HST for my block

The directions are in my Triangle book with clear photos to show you how to do this.

If you want to make more than 2 at at time I have directions for that

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Lots of lovely half square triangles!

I LOVE these happy jacks!

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Piecing the blocks

With darling Cat's, Bats & Jacks!

My video on how I go through the selection process for sashing.

If you need closed caption, click the lower right as this is on Youtube where the translation is better for longer videos. 

My plan on machine quilting the blocks. 

My Plan for machine quilting the sashing

Sashing & Boder sizes

This is a pretty fast quilt to make and so much Fun! Even making 1 block for a wall hanging or table mat will decorate a space. Try 3 for a table runner.  Share your photos below and next week is another project!

• Download Pat Sloan Boden Halloween Quilt sashing size

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• My Triangle Book
• A charm Pack
• And a Layer Cake (ps.. if you still have your sew sampler layer cake coupon it expires Oct 5 CLICK to use it!) 
• Trim up Ruler
• 1 yd of Green Solid fabric
• 1 yd of Grunge white
• 1 yd of Grey Dots 
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Join me for a Halloween Sew Along!

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We all have & see fabric we love.  We also all have patterns.  I have been thinking about how fabric is what inspires me to sew. Sometimes it's the pattern, but often for me, it's the fabric. I quilts so I can have fabric. I see a wonderful group of fabric, and then I find a project to use it.

You might be the same.

I'm kicking off my new series of Fabric inspired sew alongs with Halloween!  I was bitten by the fabric bug .. want to join me? 

When I saw Cat's Bats & Jacks I bought it right away, the fun kitties, darling pumpkins the cute bats, (not all bats are cute right?) and the word fabric got my attention.

And as my life often goes, one charm pack has led to this crazy idea, that I hope you'll love!

I wanted to tell you a bit about it... Because fabric drives my creativity, for the Halloween Kick off I’m going to

• Use a Layer Cake, a Charm Pack and solid fabric to do a set of projects from my books
• I’ve also designed other projects in the past and I’ll show you those too.
• Each week on Thursday from now until Halloween I’ll show some of the projects, tips and a few videos to inspire you to create a set of Halloween projects for your home.

FIRST I’ll share a lot of the projects today so you can decide what you want to make, there will be a few small super easy 'SURPRISE' projects along the way!

What You Need:

• Halloween Fabric  - Cats Bats Jacks .. I am using a layer cake + a Charm pack
• Dot Dot Boo! is another great line, less of it has Halloween prints so you an use your leftovers anywhere!
• My BOOKS - Triangle Book and my Machine Quilting book. And if you never appliqued get my Applique book too
• Green solid fabric - 1 1/2 yd - I used the Acid Green HERE, but these are on sale in SEPT
• Grey with Black Dots - 2 yds so you can do borders without piecing. left overs can go in other projects
• Batting, I have the squares in 8" and 10" and a bigger batting too
• Aurifil 50 wt Thread CLICK to see some on sale!

First up I created a 3 x 3 quilt from my Triangle Book with wide sashing,  am SO excited about this quilt.

I'll be quilting it and sharing how I did that in a future post!

PATTERN in my Triangle Book

Kitty #1... or Kitty #2..... or both? 

That is the question!  Using the layercake of Cats Bats Jacks and  piece of black solid

I'll will show you how I quilt these in a future post. I can see a whole quilt of them side by side.. so darling! 

PATTERN In my Machine Quilting book

This is the first of several table runner ideas. I took the Chevron quilt from my Triangle book and used the charm pack to make this

In a future post I'll show you how I audition for the setting

PATTERN in my TRIANGLE BOOK

I LOVE my Stitched pattern for using a jelly roll! Either make your own jelly roll or buy one of these DARLING Halloween rolls

White Dot fabric is a basic, FIND HERE

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

  

This table runner is SO Fun and showcases cut buttons!

CLICK to DOWNLOAD my FREE PATTERN called Wonderful Pumpkins 

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

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

• SUPPLY list post 
• PATTERN Post 

TRUE confession time.... I collect Halloween fabric.

I bet you are VERY surprised by that.. (insert eye roll)

But I am very particular about the fabric, so this basket holds what I've collected over a few years. I want to break some of this out into a quilt... not for this time but it's definitely on my list to use it up for a Halloween bed quilt. Then I can collect NEW fabric ... there is always a plan going here ... always a plan.... 

I have a few other smaller projects I'll show you over the next 5 weeks, this is going to be REALLY fun! 

Let me know in the comments if you are excited about this new Series inspired by Fabric, I am working on plans for the next set of projects!

Get Ready with these supplies, I used solids or basics with the Halloween so that you can more if you need it.

• Halloween Fabric  - Cats Bats Jacks .. I am using a layer cake + a Charm pack
• Dot Dot Boo! is another great line, less of it has Halloween prints so you an use your leftovers anywhere!
• My BOOKS - Triangle Book and my Machine Quilting book. And if you never appliqued get my Applique book too
• Green solid fabric - 1 1/2 yd - I used the Acid Green HERE, but these are on sale in SEPT
• Grey with Black Dots - 2 yds so you can do borders without piecing. left overs can go in other projects
• Batting, I have the squares in 8" and 10" and a bigger batting too
• Aurifil 50 wt Thread CLICK to see some on sale!

 

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When September arrives ALL the fun starts, CLICK to get in on some of it!

September always starts a lot of amazing projects. This week I have something to share every day, so be sure you check back and have signed up for my article notices! CLICK HERE if you have not signed up yet 

The 2019 Charity sewalong is SO DARLING!

Called " Threadology " you know it's designed for quilters BY Quilters, right? Keep reading!

The Threadology Quilt Along will be from February 2019 to June 2019, with fabric requirements available in January 14, 2019 benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Fat Quarter shop and Moda Fabrics generously work together for these Charity sewalongs and I'm very proud of them as they do such amazing work to benefit our communities.

Together, Fat Quarter Shop and Moda Fabrics will match up to $20,000 of your donations in 2018 to our Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraiser.

As a bonus for purchasing the kit, the full set of patterns for the quilt top and finishing will be included in your kit.

 

The Threadology Quilt Along Kit for a cause is AMAZING this year with some COOL bonuses if you preorder. 

The exclusive kit provides over 10 yards of Little Snippets fabric to make all of the 36 patchwork blocks along with background, borders and binding fabric for the 52.5" x 68.5" quilt. This kit also includes the full pattern, two small 50wt Aurifil spools colors 2625 and 2405, a SURPRISE BONUS item and it all comes packaged in an EXCLUSIVE keepsake box with magnetic closure. 

The backing kit is extra, and it will come with an exclusive Threadology quilt label as well!

**CLICK TO PRE-ORDER you kit, you will be so happy you did!**

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My other SUPER fun project is to make a wall hanging/table mat for Halloween!

I saw this fabric and KNEW I had to make something.  

I decided to make a Halloween wall hanging or it can be used as a table mat. This "Boden" quilt from my Triangle book is a perfect size!

When I went to look for cute Halloween fabric I found Cats, Bats, and Jacks, it is SO DARLING!

And I also have these new precut Happy Cloud battings to try out. In 8", 10" and 36" squares.

I'll be showing those to you too, so useful to have precut sizes!

CLICK the Photo above to Watch the Video (not sure why we can't see the play button today or why it's all weird, CLICK HERE to watch it at Facebook),

I have background fabric options. Green, Black and Off White Grunge fabric. 

Which color would you used? 

SUPPLIES

• * BUY The Halloween Fabric *
• * BUY my Triangle Book * (digital option if you need that)
• * Happy Cloud Precut Battings. I'm using the 8" and 36"

I am using a Charm pack, but if you want a bigger quilt get either several of those or a Layer cake

Do you want to sew a FAST little project with me?