Well, I think this Bats in the Belfry pattern has been waiting patiently for YEARS for me to get around to making it. And, I really like it. Bonus, I was able to use all stash fabrics. The weird flowers are Bethany's Homecoming Court bouquet. They're spooky just like my bats.
A few Saturdays ago, we learned to do a fancy embroidery stitch at The Applique Society. It's called twilling and is like little knots on top of the fabric. I loved it and was able to finish it while I was waiting around for kids at their various Homecoming dance activities. That's the great thing about applique and embroidery, you can take it anywhere.
After making Bats in The Belfry, I decided to make a ribbon table runner for Halloween. I tweeked the pattern I used for a similar one for the 4th of July. I like this one much better. It's fatter, and shorter.
And who doesn't need some halloween pot holders.
The same Saturday that we had TAS, I also participated in a quilting sew-along thing. It was a Jellyroll 1600 Race. We had a lot of fun! Everyone's turned out SO much cuter than mine. Instead of buying a jellyroll, I made my own out of patriotic fabrics. Then, at the last minute, I decided to use one of my gold strips as a connecting square in between the strips. Well, there was only enough for a few. Then my colors were clumped together. On my last round, I had to rip out the seam and flip it topsy turvy because my gold squares were right on top of each other and there was a huge red blotch in the middle. Ugh. I was not impressed. Then Alice says I should applique stars on it. Brilliant! So, once I added borders and a few stars, I like it much better. Of course, as I was sewing the stars down with metallic gold thread, I ran out of thread on my second to last one. Ugh. Eventually it will be a Quilt of Valor. When I get my act together.
I'd like to make another, I really liked the ones that were all one tone but had a light or dark square. Chris Y. had beautiful pastels with a medium blue. Alice had gorgeous florals with a med pink. And Judy and Pat had super cute kid fabrics that were mostly one one in brights. Katie had an all medium blue batik jellyroll that I think will be gorgeous.
Check it out! Only one more block to go! As I was trying to figure out the assembly and border instructions, I realized I'm missing page 3 of the instructions. Which, apparently, has all the measurements. I had just guessed on block size when I started. Good thing I was right. Yikes. She's mailing me a copy of the missing page.
This is Sierra's Birthday cake. She turned 14 on the 29th. She wanted a chocolate cake with raspberry filling. I found the decorating idea on pinterest and thought it was so pretty. I made a double batch of frosting and it wasn't enough to cover the whole cake so I poured the rest of the filling on top. That was Bethany's idea.
So, I bought this cake stand because I've never had one and our cakes always sit out and dry up. The kids won't cover anything with saran wrap. So, I buy a cake stand with a dome. Then I decorate the cake and there's too much frosting to fit under the dome! I can't win. And this cake is so rich, no one can eat it.
