Halloween Quilt That Will Be A Christmas Gift

Here are two views of a cheerfully gaudy quilt that I am going to give to a seven year old boy for a Christmas gift this year. This boy loves Halloween and wishes it could be Halloween all year 'round and I think that this quilt, which is almost twin-bed size will suit his fancy.

The pattern is from Bonnie K. Hunter's Quiltville.com website and is called "Bricks and Stepping-stones" but I modified it somewhat. Her pattern called for the "stepping-stones" (four patches) to be made from two inch strips and I made mine from three inch strips. Her "bricks" were cut a smaller size and my bricks were cut 5" x 10" because part of the Halloween fabrics were from Keepsake Quilting's collection of 10" squares. Cut those 10" squares in half and I was good to go for some of my bricks ... that was the basis for my design choices. I quilted this on my longarm by making big X's through the bricks and the four-patches.

I think the little boy will stay up all night playing a version of "I Spy" with this quilt ... how many witches can he find? How many skeletons? How many spiders? Ooooooooohhhh ....

Judy in Ohio

REVIVING COMMUNICATION

C'mon girls; lets keep it going. Last week my best quilting pal and I attended a retreat in Toccoa, GA. There are always a few classes and just as many "SOYO" sew on your own, rooms. It's a Baptist conference center and ideal for this kind of gathering. Mediocre meals are served in a large dining hall overlooking a small lake surrounded by colorful trees usually at the height of fall color at that lower elevation that first full week of Nov. I actually completed five full rows of DD's wedding quilt and almost finished the sixth and seventh. There will be a total of eleven rows. I am going to tell my daughter that she should marry a dwarf the next time around so I won't have to make a California King! Any way the end is in sight. I'll get it to the long arm quilter before I go to CA to visit her and her family in January. By the way, she was married in Aug '09. I propose the better late than never club. Any takers?

Anybody here going to Road to CA in January? I'll at least go the the show. I have a grandmotherly obligation to corrupt my new step granddaughters. They are 11 and 13 years old. The ideal ages. If anyone here is going let's arrange a meet up. I haven't been there in about five years.

Jane