The time is upon us… That’s right y’all, it’s Fall! Like any other red blooded human being I love Fall. The crisp Autumn air, Colorful leaves, Boots, Sweaters, Cider, and so much more plus the best Sunrises and Sunsets of the year. Then of course you have Halloween we cannot for forget the fun of Halloween. Now looking around my house you would think I hate Halloween, I have no decorations besides a picture of a pumpkin my lil’ colored taped to the fridge. I actually really like Halloween but with my previous job I worked most Halloween’s and just figured “whats the point” but now that I have a lil’ to celebrate with I really want to have fun with decorating for the holidays for years to come. That being said I dug out the one actual Halloween decoration I have… A Spider treat box I made years and years ago, but it looked so lonely sitting on my table so I decided to make a table runner to keep it company.
Enter the Ghouls and Goodies Riley Blake fabric line, which you can view in full here. It was the perfect mix of scary cute I was looking for. Not to mention the bright fun colors. But I have a secret for you…it glows in the dark. I didn’t figure that out until I saw something glowing in my projects basket and realized it was the cute little ghost and eyes.
I then I poured over Pinterest for ideas (of course) I settled on strip pieced Half square triangle and followed this little tutorial here by Teresa Down Under on her fun blog Sewn Up. It was a fun easy technique that gave a variety of looks dependent on the look your going for.
I then busted out my neon green thread and quilted the borders with straight lines. I used a simple quilting motif because the fabric and piecing is a little on the busy side. I then put it away for 3 weeks while we got out basement finished. but alas out of the UFO’s it came to have a skinny almost piping like binding put on it and now just like that I’m festive and my spider is no longer lonely.
I hope you and yours have a fun and spooky Halloween, ending with sneaking candy from the kids stash. I promise I won’t tell, my mouth will be filled with mini snickers and I was taught not to talk with my mouth open.
Best Stitches and Tinker on,
~Emily
