A message from the headless horseman...

Deck the Halls with boughs of cobwebs?

Have you enjoyed all of the Halloween posts this week? I hope you have!  I thought I'd end my Halloween "craft a palozza" with some shots of the decorations in my house.

The table behind the couch, looking into fireplace.  Halloween flip book on the side. 

As I was putting out my decorations, the thought did cross my mind that I was INTENTIONALLY adding cobwebs to my house... and heaven knows I've got plenty of those that spring up on their own.

So here's my Halloween house- beware - photo heavy post!

Printable Fabric Halloween Banner

Last month I shared this project over at Rhonna Designs.   Today I'm going to share with you how to make it.

I've got a BUNCH of Halloween banners (really more than I need). So I decided to do something different with this one and make it out of fabric and embellish it with some of our past Halloween photos.

I don't want to talk about the tv above the mantel. Let's just say I lost an argument :)

Did you know you can print on fabric? It's super easy, but not waterproof, so don't print anything you think you'd ever need to wash.

Mr. Horseman & Mr. Crane

I could not convince my family ALL to match for Halloween this year (I know, I'm horrible... I always try to match the costumes).  So the girls were Witches  & the boys went as,

Icabod Crane & the Headless Horseman

I didn't make my husbands costume. Just "refashioned" it from some previous costumes and cut off some pants he didn't like.  He found the hat at Disneyworld & we picked up a scarf at Target for him to wear.

3 Witches

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Okay,

Normally I don't have Halloween costumes done until about 5 minutes before the trick or treaters arrive... but this year we were going to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party, so they had to be done early.

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I was so proud of my kids this year, because they picked out EVERYTHING themselves and just gave me sewing instructions.  I was amazed at the way they could pull fabrics together and the creativity they put into the design... much better than I would have come up with on my own.

Meet Mr. & Mrs. O'Lantern

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Please meet Mr. & Mrs. O'Lantern

Here is Jack

and his lovely wife Jill

They were made by modge podging a poor neglected destroyed dictionary onto cheap plastic orange pumpkins. If I ever get some free time, maybe some day they will have children.

Their outfits were a bit plain, so Jill got a bow and a velvet collar & Jack got a bat bow tie.

They live on a table in my living room.

For the next week I'll be sharing Halloween ideas! Let the countdown begin- one Halloween post every day until Halloween... it will be Spooky, but for sure not Scary.

Digital frames Rhonna Designs

Halloween Roundup

Hello!

I'm off enjoying Fall Break with my family.  I thought I'd just pop in here today and share a quick recap of some of the Halloween projects that have been shared on my blog in the past.

Mummy Costumes

Handmade Christmas Quilt Along: Cutting Part 2

I was going to post about the Quilt Along on Wednesday this week, but I got the post written early and decided to go ahead and post it today instead.  This week is our Fall Break and I won't be at the computer much--- If you want, you can stalk me on my facebook page, I'll be updating that this week---


if you have questions about the Quilt Along, leave them as comments in this post and I'll answer them all next week in a FAQ Post...


Today I'm going to talk about part 2 of cutting out your quilt for the Handmade Christmas Quilt Along. If your new here, here's the scoop.

Quilt Along Winner!!

Congrats to comment #196! You won the 2 yard cut of Moda Snuggles (in your choice of color) from Fat Quarter Shop!!  Nicole- I'll be in touch!!

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 Nicole said...

I like Polkadot Chair on Facebook. :)

honeybee83nn

October 4, 2011 9:57 PM

The Sewing Summit

I just got back late last night from the Sewing Summit.

I had a great time....

In an effort to travel "light" (because it was just me, no kids)... I didn't take my DSLR... So today I present the "wrap up" of the Sewing Summit, courtesy of Instagram...

Cool bucket tote that Alison won,  Cluck Cluck Sew quilt, & blogger meetup at Blue Lemon

Maryann's Chili

instagram photo

I love to cook, but don't always have the time to do it properly- thing is, I'm kinda picky about my food, in that- if I'm going to eat it, it'd better be good.

That's why I like this chili recipe- it's DELISH but SOO EASY, except for the time I mixed up the Kidney Bean can with the Canned Cherry can, but we don't need to talk about that today :)  

Make me a Mummy

This post was originally featured on UCreate.

Today I'm going to share with you how I made these Mummy costumes for my twins last year!

Trust me they only look complicated- they are super simple!

Handmade Christmas- Start Cutting

Okay, Quick post today- Just want to keep everyone on track... I'm going to be out of town for a bit in October and didn't want to leave you guys "high and dry" while I'm gone, so the cutting post will be divided into 2 parts.

So ready???

Let's start chopping up some fabric!

First of all- if your still not sure what you are doing, grab a piece of graph paper and start sketching out your plan...

-where each fabric is going
-what size you need for each piece
-how many pieces you need to cut
-colors, size etc...

This is a sketch of a quilt I just finished- I went as far as to color in the blocks, it ended up helping quite a bit - you think you'll remember that stuff, but if you put down your project for a week or so, trust me you'll forget.

The best way to drive up the cost of a quilt and waste fabric is to start cutting before you've got a good plan in mind.

Second-

Witches Brew

My husband likes to tease me that I drink too much Diet Coke- and I probably do... but his teasing inspired today's project- so I can't complain too much. My very own bottle of Witches Brew *wink*