About a year ago, I signed up at my favorite local quilt shop, Piece by Piece, and signed up for an absolutely beautiful Halloween Block of the Month. For those of you who love to applique, Baltimore Halloween will be right up your alley. A word of warning for those not so good at applique, like me, or those who want to ease into applique, this quilt really is . . . scary. I have eight of thirteen blocks now under my belt. Yes, I am a bit behind. The first few, not so daunting. Absolutely beautiful when put togther. Remember, I got behind, so when I picked up Block #13, I opened it with glee thinking that this is really, really gonna pull this all together. That's when Baltimore Halloween got really, really scary. Nearly 200 pieces in the center block to applique. Yep, you read right.
Okay, okay. I did cut some corners. I looked at the candy corn and decided to make little strips sets and then cut out the pieces. So, instead of making the candy corn 3 separate pieces of white, orange, yellow, I made strip sets and cut curved triangles. Then there were other ways that I cut corners by making things that should have been more pieces just one piece. I thought I would just use my thread for definition. It actually worked out pretty well and I was pleased with the result.
This quilt is going to be absolutely beautiful when it is done. Definitely a great wall hanging as it finishes out at about 58 x 58. I have more stitching to do. My ghosts need faces. But I have definitely learned a lesson. I have about 9 hours of work in this one 20 x 20 block. Look before you leap . . . or applique.
Okay, okay. I did cut some corners. I looked at the candy corn and decided to make little strips sets and then cut out the pieces. So, instead of making the candy corn 3 separate pieces of white, orange, yellow, I made strip sets and cut curved triangles. Then there were other ways that I cut corners by making things that should have been more pieces just one piece. I thought I would just use my thread for definition. It actually worked out pretty well and I was pleased with the result.
This quilt is going to be absolutely beautiful when it is done. Definitely a great wall hanging as it finishes out at about 58 x 58. I have more stitching to do. My ghosts need faces. But I have definitely learned a lesson. I have about 9 hours of work in this one 20 x 20 block. Look before you leap . . . or applique.
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