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Hi! You've landed on the Polkadot Chair blog!! My name is Melissa Mortenson, and I'm so glad that you are here!
I'm a Mom to 3 great kids, married to a wonderful guy, and feel lucky to be living in Kentucky!
I love to sew, craft & create... this blog, named after a chair in my craft room, is a peek into my little world.
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Tag Archives: Halloween
Ghastly Halloween Pillows
Happy Halloween!!
This is the last Halloween project that I have to share with you. Between you and me, I’m ready to move onto the next holiday- or something else entirely.
I came up for the idea for these pillows in August, and since I knew I wanted to make serveral of them I started early. I got a good head start, then had to put them away to work on some other projects.
Flapper Halloween Costumes
Last week we were able to have a little “dress rehearsal” for Halloween at Disneyworld’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. If you follow me on facebook, you may have seen the photo of us there last week.
Reverse Stencil Wood Sign Tutorial
When I attended SNAP conference in April, I learned a fun new technique for reverse stenciling from the girls at Poppyseed Projects.
Using this technique I made a fun little Halloween sign using some scrap wood and a stencil cut with my Silhouette machine.
When you reverse stencil you start by painting your board the color you want your words to be, then use your vinyl as a stencil. It doesn’t matter what color your vinyl is because you’re going to rip it off at the end.
Scrappy Halloween Table Runner
This month I’ve been working on some quilted Halloween pillows. I started collecting a variety of Halloween themed fabrics and have had fun designing some pillows with all of the different fabrics.
The pillows are not quite done yet (need to get on that, Halloween is next week), but as I was looking at the pile of scraps on my sewing table I thought they were all too good to waste. If I threw them in my scrap bucket who knows what would become of them!
A very “batty” Halloween Apron Tutorial
Today I’m sharing with you my tutorial for the Riley Blake Design Team from last month… Happy Sewing!
Hi!
I’m Melissa Mortenson from the Polkadot Chair blog! Today I’m sharing with you a tutorial for this very “batty” apron! Stop by my blog for a chance to win some Costume Clubhouse Fat Quarters and Gray Chevron Fabric!!
Pick your Potion Halloween Centerpiece & Giveaway
Recently Joann’s Stores contacted me about reviewing some products and asked if I’d like to create a “Pick Your Potion” Centerpiece to add to my Halloween decor. Of course I said yes, as you probably know I LOVE decorating for Halloween and I love my local Joann’s store!
A week or so ago a GIANT box arrived at my doorstep full of fun things to create the centerpiece with. Joann’s provided the instructions but asked us each to add our own special “twist” to the project.
