Saturday, October 3, 2009

It really is Spooktacular!

As I mentioned a while ago (here and here), I participated in Jane's Spooktacular Swap and it's been awesome. I made 12 nine patch blocks and 12 themed witch blocks and ended up with 12 different nine patch blocks and 12 different themed blocks! I also did one personal swap for the tall witch. I put my blocks together into a quilt that is 48" by 63".

Spooktacular Swap Quilt


I'm so happy with the result! How cool are all these blocks!?! There are some fabulous details like trick-or-treat in the window, the textured bats and the frankestein-like bunny. I sashed in orange in order to highlight their awesomeness and let each block have room to show itself off. The orange sashing is much brighter in person, but it's pretty awesome! You can't see in the photos, but it has a slight pattern to it so it almost looks like it has spider webs.

Spooktacular Swap Quilt


I have to thank Jennie (at Sunflower Quilts) for the great binding. When I went shop-hopping with her, she mentioned her love of stripes for bindings and when I saw this Halloween Dance stripe, I bought it and it looks great (if I do say so myself).

Spooktacular Swap Quilt


I actually free motion quilted on this one and I'm really proud of myself. My Doll Quilt Swap was the first one where I attempted an allover stipple and I'm definitely getting the hang of it. I only quilted the sashing since, again, I didn't want to take away from the awesomeness of the blocks.

Spooktacular Swap Quilt


The back is bordered with dancing skeletons and Jon is especially in love with them. I also put my block on the back which Jon thinks will be funny if someone is laying under the quilt with their own feet tucked underneath. Oh yeah, we're not really adults over here, we're just big kids who have jobs... :)

Spooktacular Swap Quilt


A big Thank You to the wonderful women who made these blocks and to Jane for hosting!!

13 comments:

  1. you know that's a really fun quilt! i'd love to have something like that to haul out every october! :)

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  2. that is just so awesome! I love all the blocks you got! And your stippling is amazing

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  3. wow this is quite a swap result! very fun

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  4. Oh my goodness, it turned out wonderful!! What a great idea to make a two sided quilt!! I would have never thought of that and it turned out so cute. Great job on the quilting and I also love the binding. Gosh I just love all of it!!!

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  5. I love it! You got a bunch of wonderful blocks! And your stippling looks wonderful - I love how it shows on the back with the orange bobbin. And the shoes are a super cute idea on the back.

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  6. Cool quilt and way to go on the stippling - it looks great!

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  7. so cool. it looks like a ton of work!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and entering my giveaway!

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  8. What a great quilt! So fun and festive. I really like both sides and the binding is perfect. =]

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  9. This is so cute! I love the feet. I'd be tempted to keep this out all year long!

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  10. GREAT job!! I love how they all look together!

    I love stripes for bindings too, love everything about this!!

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  11. Awesome quilt! I love how it is essentially reversible. And the striped binding is smashing.

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  12. Love stripes for binding! It really is a great finishing touch on this cute quilt!

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