cat-on-a-mac

I just finished this one. It's kinda weird, but I like it. It was not quite all "scraps", but a personal challenge I gave myself. Every month, our guild has some door prizes, and in September, I won one of these. It was about 1/2 yd of Halloween fabric. It had 16 pictures in various sizes, all pumpkins and black cats, etc. I would never have bought this myself, as I prefer geometric designs for blocks, rather than fussy cut kinds of things. Anyway, I challenged myself to make a quilt from it without purchasing anything new, using only scraps and leftovers that I already had.

I had been wanting to try a spider web design that I saw on the web, and decided that would be a good Halloween-ish thing to incorporate with the picture blocks. So, here's what I ended up with. I'm learning FMQ, so I quilted spider webs over all the main blocks, and a "radio static" pattern in the sashing. (These ideas came from Leah Day's web site).

I did manage to make it all with scraps from my stash, with the exception of thread; I bought some silvery grey thread for the spider web.

I'll be sending this to my 3 grand daughters (ages 5-10). Bad news is ... I only used up 1/2 of the original Halloween fabric!

Cathy

laurac

that turned out great! ilove the spider web piecing and the spider web quilting.

craftybear

wow, lots of cool projects!

dorilou58

Thats so good...Im in awe of your talent!Are those little bats on the back of the quilt?

dorilou58

Very pretty use of all those scrap fabrics,,very colorfull..

cat-on-a-mac

No, the fabric is just "mottled". But, it does look kinda batty!

alica1367

This is a great idea. I've been making placemats, table runners and table toppers for a fair (I'm not sure really what it's called. Kind of like a craft yard sale thingy.) I have so much in scraps that I thought I'd make some scrappy ones. It turned out to be more fun then I thought. So I'm in.
P.S. I can't believe there's 50 pages of responses. I'll be here all week reading them. LOL

Louise C

Mine is getting there. The top is nearly finished - remember it is the Red Delicious quilt from Quilter's World August 2010 issue. Now, I wonder if I should use some fleece for the back or should I use another sheet in the same color scheme that I already have. I also want to use another comforter that is worn out: I want to take it apart and use the batting instead of buying some new one. Did anyone ever did this?

k9dancer

If you use flannel in your quilt, it's a good idea to prewash it. Flannel shrinks a lot more than regular cotton. As for fleece, it may shrink, but not as much as flannel.

I would think that the batting might not be so easy to work with if recycled, but if it does work, please let us know.

sewnsew

Your spider web quilting is so perfect for that quilt ! You did a great job !