My Fall Quilt Festival Quilt

Here is my selection for Amy's Fall Quilt Festival. This is a Quiltville pattern...Chunky Churndash I made back in 2008/2009. I soooo love the scrappiness of it. I guess scrappy quilts are just about my favorite. The whole quilt was sewn with 'stash' scraps and yardage. The navy blue fabric is about 25 yrs. old, leftover from some curtains w-a-y back in the 80's when 'country blues' were all the rage. Was I ever glad to finally find a use for it.

I am a die hard hand quilter!!! I find it so relaxing and find the 'dip and dot' look most appealing .....but yes, I have machine quilted some of my other quilts and still plan on doing more. Hand quilting is time consuming and I'm already pretty behind on my finished tops.

I chose to hand quilt concentric circles for this one. I measured to find the center and just drew myself a 2 inch circle and went from there. I think my circles are about 1 1/2 inches apart. Don't you just love this photo of the back. I love it best 'cause it's finished!!!!
Now run on over to Amy's blog and check out the rest of the fabulous quilts. Blogger won't let me link from Amy's name above so just go to my sidebar and click on the Festival Button and it will take you right there.

Halloween Quilts

OH YEH.........I'm gonna have me some words!!!

Well.....I'm working towards it anyway. It's been a while since I made any letters/words and I feel a little rusty. I finished sewing all the sashing/blocks together and I think this quilt is going to be pretty cute!!!

.........LOL....... Looks like a pumpkin threw up in here!

Are YOU working on anything Halloweeny????

Halloween Quilt

I pulled out my Halloween Swap blocks from last year and spent a little time arranging the blocks how I might want them. Some of the blocks I received are w-a-y off the size they should be and some were not finished and so I just put it up last year and thought I would deal with the 'problems' at a later date. When I pulled these out and put them up on the design wall I found that I really like the blocks better now than I did last year when they first arrived. I think I agonized and spent sooooo much time on my boo/ghost blocks to swap that when we finally swapped I was just tired of it already! So this morning I finished a few needing attention and think I have come up with a few ideas to correct the ones that are not large enough. I am playing with this today......auditioning fabrics for sashing/borders etc. or whatever I decide to do! YEAH FALL!!!!

I also need to get these sweet little Halloween panels 'sandwiched' and quilted. My friend Gail (no blog) sent me these last year and I miss-placed them for a while. Boy, was I relieved when
I found them.......LOL.....you know how we quilters are.....they were not where they should have been. They measure about 20"x 24". I think they will be great for machine quilting practice!

I want to spend a 'few' minutes thumbing through these today. I'm a pack rat when it comes to my magazines....I never get tired of any of them!! I have Country Living all the way back to 1982...LOL....hey, it's ok if you throw yours out....but, I think some of the decorating ideas still apply for today...especially for the different seasons. I keep them stored in monthly order so at a glance I can pull out a few that fit the month I'm in for a quick inspiration! And besides, the Country Living seems to have quilts on every page!!

I also tear out cute idea pages to keep from some magazines I don't save....look...look at these fun ideas I might use on my porch or table to enhance the seasons here at Brown Dirt Cottage!

Talk about inspiration.......I LOVE this table scape!!!! YEAH FALL!!!!!