ooooh I love that background (and the little guy too of course!!) The background is very spooky looking though, very cool.

I missed last year's Halloween swap, so I hope people aren't all Halloweened out!! :) We already have 11 people though, so we are certainly off to a good start!! :) I also have an idea for another swap that hasn't really been done yet that I can see, but I am trying to figure out if I am up for hosting 2 swaps at once. :) :)

I have an idea floating around in my head for a block, and I was going to make a mock up yesterday, but I needed my printer and of course it decided to go kaput on me!! Luckily I have a warranty on it, so I am going to go exchange it today and hopefully put a block together tonight. :)

Cheers!
Rachel

Thanks! :) Sorry about your printer, but glad there's a warranty!


Ooooh, a new swap? Is it too soon to ask for details? I love swaps, if you can't tell! LOL! :D


Here's another one I've been working on. It's my version of "Van Gogh's Starry Night" painting. I call mine "Van Glow's Scary Night". ;) (Okay, that was corny. >snort< )

Both me AND my embroidery machine are going to bed shortly. I'm not sure which one of us is more tired ... it or ME! ha ha

Morning - Yes Yes Yes Add me in!!!! I have just started making a Halloween quilt. I only have a fleece panel one and wanted to sew one. How great is this. So I have a few blocks started. I would very much like this. I can make one block to keep and one to trade.

Or do you mean candy corny?? Hehehe :) :) :) Love the new block too!! You are going to have some great traders!! :) What size are these? It's hard to judge scale in a picture!!

My new swap idea was "Magical Forest" (or something like that ... maybe Fantasy Funky Forest ... haha not sure on the title yet). I thought it would be fun to trade tree blocks and maybe throw in some gnomes and fairies, mushrooms, treehouses and the like. I have seen a lot of fun and funky tree blocks around the boards and the web and I just thought it might be fun to have a magical forest quilt!! :) Not sure how many people would go for that, but I tried to see if there was something similar done before and I didn't see anything. I know there was a forest swap, but that was more like real forest. I was thinking more magical, fantasy type. I was thinking I would have a close date at the end of August to stagger the two swaps, but it might be too soon to post that up now .....

Cheers!
Rachel

I'd do magical forest

I made a block last night. Yay!! I had this idea to turn one of those gnomes (can you tell I have that on the mind?) into a witch. So I took the paper pieced pattern and added a brim to her hat. :) :) I think it turned out cute, what do you guys think?

Rachel

How ADORABLE!!! Love the legs/socks. They remind me of candy corn. Fun background fabric, too! :thumbup:

The scarecrows, Frankensteins, and haunted houses are all 6-1/2" square at the moment, but I may add borders to some or all of them. I've got another set finished that measures 12-1/2" square. They're scrappy-pieced with a creepy black skull border. I'll get a photo as soon as I get a chance. :)

A Magical Forest swap would be fun and unusual! I like it. :D

I have half a set done :)

You're on your way!! :) :) Those look very cool .... the picture is a bit fuzzy, but is that a skull batik fabric you used for the background? It looks so neat looking!! :)

Cheers!
Rachel

It is a skull batik fabric :) I got it a couple Halloweens ago :)