Spooky Twist Halloween Table Topper from the Holiday Celebrations Book
Learn how to create a “not so spooky” Halloween Table topper with the Spooky Twist Halloween table topper pattern in the Holiday Celebrations Book!
Who’s ready for another Halloween in June project!? Pat Sloan asked if I would be willing to check out an advanced copy of her new book Holiday Celebrations. I love Pat and was happy to participate.
The timing seemed perfect since I just released a Halloween fabric collection. As I glanced through the book, I knew immediately that I’d like to create one of the projects in the book using my Spooky Hollow collection. I love to sew Halloween quilts and thought it would be fun to add a table topper to my collection.
I created a “not so spooky” Halloween table topper using the Spooky Twist pattern that is in the book.
Table Topper Details
The quilted table topper comprises 9 quilt blocks that, when sewn together, create a cool “twist” effect.
The blocks are simple to piece; this project would be great for an advanced beginner quilter to above. But, first, you need to create several Half Square Triangle quilt blocks. I was able to sit down one afternoon last week and quickly whip up the table topper.
Our Halloween Dinner Parties!
Every year for Halloween, I set my dining room table for a Halloween-themed dinner party. I set the table at the beginning of October and leave it up all month. Then most years, we end it with either a family or friend party in the dining room.
We got the idea one year at the Mall when my twins were preschoolers. A local furniture store had their dining room table set up with skeletons and mummies sitting in the seats. My son was very impressed and asked me every day after that to “go to the store where the monsters are having a meeting.”
Ever since then, we’ve set up our dining room for a “spooky meeting.” Now that my kids are gone, we still do it every year. It’s one of my favorite traditions. Yes, I know it’s a little weird, but as I said, we love it!
I plan to use this table topper on my dining room table now. I created it in black and gray to match our dining room setup.
Where to Buy the Book
You can find the book in many of your favorite shops and on Amazon.
Book & Prize Giveaway
Pat has generously offered to give away a hard copy of the book to one reader. To enter, just let me know what your favorite “offbeat” family Holiday tradition is! (comments are moderated, don’t worry if you don’t see yours pop up right away, it’s in there!)
The Giveaway open until 6/15/21. Non-US residents can win a digital copy of the book.
THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
Pat also has a BIG prize pack that she’s giving away on her blog. Stop by to find out how to enter.
You can also enter on Instagram, just visit Pat’s IG page for details.
We play crazy gift swapping games.
I can’t think of anything offbeat. Just normal I guess.
My weirdest holiday tradition is making Polish Poppy Seed Rolls for the entire family. Although not Polish the family I married into was. They immediately adopted me into the fold when they discovered I made the best they had ever had!
We make up silly names for each other every Christmas for each gift. We really have to put some thought into it to get a great funny name each time. Needless to say, we laugh a lot.
We love to make an Easter egg tree filled with hand painted eggs!
We don’t really have any off beat traditions for a holiday. Your table topper will look great with your Halloween table.
Looking back to my childhood , I remember putting a big talent show together with my brother and sister to entertain our Thanksgiving guests….we played our instruments, sang, told jokes, recited a poem, etc.. It was a lot of fun and I guess it kept us busy so we would stay out of the kitchen.
As far as special things for our kids, we ‘d often vacation around their birthdays and we also celebrated their 1/2 year birthdays with a library book sale or outing….on their actual birthday everyone got to pick their favorite meal and dessert.
Thanks for the opportunity to win the giveaway.
We don’t really have any quirky traditions. Not sure if always gifting my niece and nephew pjs for Christmas and allowing them to open all our gifts to them on Christmas Eve.
We are pretty normal around here. I love to decorate for Christmas the most. Don’t have time
in the summer-garden, flowers, being outside!!
Good choice of project, Melissa. Halloween is a favorite at our house. I seem to spend more time on Halloween projects than other holiday projects. Very nice table runner.
Our family has a movie night showing White Christmas. Always a great time for all!
We celebrate Festivus in the summer. We even have T shirts with Festivus on them!
Now that both my daughters are married and have families of their own we decided to have a Christmas Eve brunch so that they will be able to visit with their in laws on Christmas Day and/or stay home if they want!
At Halloween we always put up a homemade “witch on a broom who has run into a tree” on the parkway tree (facing a t-intersection). It was the kick-off of the Halloween season. The Christmas kick-off is the making and tasting of homemade “Baileys”. The kids are obviously older now!
we always have pie for breakfast on thanksgiving day….the dinner often leaves everyone too full for yummy dessert of home made pies, so we have it at breakfast instead….like pumpkin or custard or apple….something sorta healthy….
No offbeat tradition here. Love your Spooky Table Topper!
Our off beat tradition would be our Christmas dinner. We have my Grandma Rees’s recipe of baked spaghetti. It’s what I grew up having on Christmas Eve and brought it forward for my family, many times on Christmas Eve freeing up my daughter-in-laws to spend time with their families and not having to do two families celebrations and meals in one day.
Our skeletons are set up for a picnic outside for the month of October.