I've wanted to make a Halloween quilt for a while and have been collecting fabrics bit by bit over the past couple of years. I had a few different ideas, but my quilting mo-jo has been slow to return after grad school so I finally picked a super easy pattern from Pinterest and put the top together pretty quickly. But I didn't get it done quite in time for Halloween last year, so I stashed the top away and only pulled it out again this month.
I used meander quilting... which is still a bit of a learning experience for me. There are places where I crossed over the line of stitching, and other parts where the bobbin thread ran out so it's a bit clunky where I tried to get it started again. Nothing you'd see from the back of a prancing pony... but stuff that bugs me a little bit.
The backing is pieced from leftover fabric.
What I like about it:
- It's a quilt! It's done!
- It's a Halloween quilt! It's fun!
- I'm getting my quilting mo-jo back!
What I want to do differently next time:
- Make sure I love the fabrics. I bought a lot of fat quarters just because they were Halloween themed... and I relied heavily on sale fabrics. There are two fabrics that I really don't like, but it's a bit late to change them up now that the quilt is done.
- keep practicing meander quilting, or find patterns that work better with straight line quilting. Meander quilting is HARD on my little machine. I have a walking foot but actually ended up running over my finger (and yes, OUCH - it hurt as much as you think it would) because I was having to push and pull the fabric more than I would have liked.
I really do feel like I'm getting my quilting inspiration back... I have a ton of ideas for new quilts. Unfortunately I also have a ton of unfinished projects. So I think I need to alternate back and forth between finishing up old projects and starting new ones. More quilts to come!
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