Good News....

It's done! (I know it's incorrect use of the word but when you sing it to the song from "Wicked"...It's finished! doesn't really work...things my mother taught me....they haunt!) I finished the Halloween quilt we made in our Quilt Group last month! I sort of took some liberties with the original pattern (see an amazing example here)and made up my own. I used my machine to "blanket stitch" around the legs and shoes. After a few tries with the lettering I traded the lettering to something bigger (thanks steph!). With the help of some tools (reading glasses, large-eyed needles, and some pliers to help pull the pearl cotton through) I stitched the letters using the "blanket stitch" by hand. I decided to quilt it by machine and the idea came to me to quilt a spider web for the background (you might have to look at the picture closer). I'm really quite happy with the way it turned out! Can't wait to display it with my other Halloween decorations!