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.
I don’t know how off beat this is but it is our family tradition. Now that our kids are married and we have to share Hollidays, we usually get one extended stretch with them in November or December. So we call the time Thanksmas. We usually pick one day for our huge dinner. A second day, since my husband is Sam, he delivers presents from Samta!!!
Decorating sugar cookies for Christmas and Halloween is a tradition that everyone loves at our house!
My birthday is the day after Christmas and every year it was celebrated on the 26th. I always got a homemade cake and ice cream and a separate present from the Christmas presents. When I was 12 my mom got a new Necchi sewing machine and the next day on my birthday I got her old Necchi as my first sewing machine. I was thrilled as I didn’t have to wait for my mom to finish sewing so I could sew. I always appreciated that my parents did this instead of having everything on Christmas day! It must have been hard for my mother because there was 4 of us kids.
One crazy thing we used to do when my husband and I were first married was to give the most outrageous, humorous birthday cards we could find to everyone in his family when we celebrated Christmas together. Why, you ask? Because we were TERRIBLE about remembering birthdays!! So, we decided to celebrate everyone’s birthday at Christmas. Everyone looked forward to finishing opening Christmas gifts so they could see what kind of crazy cards we bought that year. We haven’t done that for many years because the family kept expanding, and it was just difficult for all of us to be together at Christmas. Hubby and I had the most fun going to a card shop together and reading all the humorous birthday cards and picking out something specific for each person. I had totally forgotten that we used to do that. Fun memory for me.
I love carving pumpkins at Halloween, but with a twist. I always do two. One is traditionally carved, and the second is always done with an electric drill. Guess which way is faster? lol
We have a Halloween tradition with those same ‘monsters’ your little guy liked to visit! One year there were a couple sitting at the tables at a Halloween luncheon I hosted in my home. Another time they were leaning on the edge if the swimming pool as they ‘chatted’ while in the water! Other times they ride in the car and wave out the window! The list goes on!
Texas caviar and sherbet and ginger ale punch on New Years eve.
Hi Melissa – We have several strange traditions in our family, but my favorite is Thanksgiving lunch. At our house, lunch consists of an MRE: “Meal Ready to Eat” in Army speak. My husband is a vet and my oldest daughter was always fascinated by the MRE packs when she was little. So my husband started letting her pick one to open and eat for Thanksgiving lunch each year. We have had so many laughs over those packets that it’s grown into a yearly tradition for the whole family. It will be a bit different this year: my little MRE-loving girl goes off to college in the fall.
We don’t have any offbeat traditions. However, enjoyed reading the idea of rotating (themed) Christmas tree ornaments every4 years! I may start that tradition!!
I have a garden window which is decorated differently for each month. It is tradition watching the Christmas lighted boats on the local river with cocoa in hand. Birthdays we have a special placemat and favorite meal is made. In June ( this year it will be in September do to Covid ) we watch a classic car parade sitting in a lawn chair with a favorite meal at hand!
I can’t think of any offbeat holiday traditions or plans, but I did realize this year that Easter is almost the only time I have a Mimosa (we do Easter brunch).
When my daughter was small, she would spend time on Christmas eve with her dad’s family. When I picked her up we would get take out Chinese for our Christmas Eve dinner and that has always stuck with us. As she got older and delivered pizzas on Christmas Eve, we still would get take out Chinese and she would eat hers when she got home. Now she lives in another state and has children of her own. My husband and I still get take out Chinese and my daughter does the same with her family.
We have Thanksgiving in July when we have more family together. Deep fried turkey and all the fixings had dessert at picnic tables.
We celebrate my granddaughter’s birthday with Easter bunnies, since she was born on Easter Sunday. I am not sure when her birthday will be on Easter Sunday again, but I like to celebrate both on the same day as we did for her birth. I would love to win the book and try out the wonderful patterns inside!
My son’s birthday is Oct. 30th so we create in a Halloween Scavenger Hunt with costumed ghouls jumping out when you least expect it. Fun!!
After Christmas gifts are opened, we all need to find the Christmas pickle ornament that my sister has hidden. This has taken days some years as the pickle is only about an inch long and the only proviso is that it has to be in evergreens somewhere in her house, including any of multiple trees or garland that has been hung
My son’s birthday is Oct. 30th so we tie in a Halloween Scavenger Hunt with costumed ghouls jumping out when you least expect it. Fun!!
Our normal Christmas night is we watch, Home Alone, then Elf and Polar Express. One year our oldest grand daughter asked if we could eat Christmas Dinner in our pajamas. So everyone opened up their new pajamas and that is what we wore to dinner.