Happy Halloween
It's been a bit spooky around our house for the last month.
At the front . . . .
In the house . . . .
Hum, someone must have been relaxing in the sun room with the Halloween tree and pumpkin.
It wasn't only at our house. . . . check out Mr. Motorcyle . . . waiting at the library!
You might be wondering why I've shared so many Halloween items. (No, these pics weren't all the decoration we have.) But I have a new quilt that will take the place of The Witch Is In next year.
This quilt has been a long time in the making. Most of the picture blocks were from a swap of 4" blocks when I was on Prodigy. What's Prodigy you ask? It was one of the first on line services geared for home use of the Internet. It was active from 1984 to 2001. At one time it was the largest and was user friendly with a graphical user interface. There was an active quilters group on it. All of the pieced blocks with surrounding borders were from the swap. I'm guessing this swap took place in the early 1990s. (Yep, they are definitely old.) Last year I finished the top by making some additional blocks. I may have gotten some of the extra blocks with the black squares from the E Quilter group I'm in... but I don't remember. I know I don't recognize all of the fabric which makes me think I asked for some of them. I bordered the 4" blocks to match the 6" blocks. I didn't want to quilt all over the blocks so I used my trusty Bernina to stitch in the ditch. Since this will be a wall quilt I'm sure the in the ditch stitching will be enough. It finished at 39' x 39".
Here's a close up of a couple. I had to highlight the witch's legs. Whoever made that one pieced the stripes!!! Amazing. Love those crazy eyeballs too.
Surprisingly I had several Halloween fabrics that could have been used for the backing. But I really think this one is cute. It's sad it's on the back but I'm always happy to use up older pieces of fabric. It is Mind Your Mummy by Kim Chritopherson of Kimberbell Designs for Maywood Studio. (No I don't normally keep up with who designs the fabric I use. This one had a cute selvedge with all the pertinent information except the date.
I'm going to share this post on the following Linky Parties.
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Happy Halloween and Happy Quilting All! Bonnie
What fun to put 'vintage' blocks to use after all these years! My online quilting began with the UseNet newsgroup Rec.Crafts.Textiles.Quilting 1994/95. The Fargo PBS station had a service called Prairie Online with select newsgroups and RCTQ was one of them. My Magpie group came from RCTQ.
ReplyDeleteI made 'The Witch is In' a long time ago and sold it. I keep thinking I should make it again. Love your front porch in purple. Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteI love those eye balls!!! Too cute. But the witch one is so cute too.
ReplyDeleteGreat fun Halloween projects. Love them all.
ReplyDeleteFun Halloween decorations at your house! I love "The Witch is In," but the new quilt is also very cute. Those striped legs are just great!
ReplyDeleteHalloween is always good for a giggle or two and I love all your decorations!
ReplyDeleteFun to see what fabrics you've used for halloween!
ReplyDeleteVery fun and fabulous finish. It has to feel good to get all those blocks into a finished quilt. Love your holiday decor. Now is it time for Thanksgiving decor or do you go right into Christmas?
ReplyDeleteI recall Prodigy, although I never joined it. I needed CompuServe for tech questions. Discovered there was a quilt community there. So, I jumped in. Also doing things like Round Robins around the country. Absolutely broadened my quilting world. What fun to have your newest Halloween item made up of your Prodigy swap blocks.
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