October Stitching

The first week of October was spent traveling so no posts on this blog.

The second week I worked on this Halloween Mini quilt off and on.

I was inspired by a mini quilt I saw on another blog.

It was just a Dresden plate with Halloween fabrics. 

The problem- I didn't have the same Dresden plate pattern and my slices would not lie flat.

I kept removing one house until the circle was flat.

Then I added roof, door, and windows to each house.

I bought a small pack of Halloween buttons-

not sure how I will use them.

I'm working on echo quilting around the houses and stitching around the doors, window, etc.

Hope to finish in time for Trick or Treat.

Longtime friends are celebrating their 50th anniversary soon.

I wanted to make something small to mark the occasion so I made mug rugs using book fabric.

Trying out different fabrics for binding.

I liked the one above for the binding.

The backing is book related, too.

The pattern was a free project from Stitches of Love.

I am very happy with the binding.

But the letters were disappearing on the busy background.

I tried gold gel pen and black gel pen to outline the letters.

I think the black worked better.

I made three- one to keep and two to gift.

Miss Ava had a chance to come over after school Friday.

Penguin needed a new coat/cape.

Miss Ava choose the fabric and buttons. She made a sketch and pattern for the pocket.

Most important of all, she used the sewing machine to attach the pocket and reinforce the armholes.

Thanks for viewing all these photos.

Look for the finished Halloween mini soon.

Happy Sewing!