I've created a monster!

Can you believe it? I finished my new Halloween quilt before the end of October! 

 

Doctor Frankenstein's Monster took thirty different fabrics, all pulled from my stash. When I got to his clothes, I had a brief moment when I was sure I didn't have the right fabrics to make this quilt, but I kept digging and made it work with what I had.  And it did work.

I'm linking my monster to Finish it Up Friday, Can I get a Whoop Whoop?, Link a Finish Friday, and Show Off Friday.

Quiltathon - Final Report

It's the last day of Judy's Quiltathon, and I've managed to get a lot done this weekend. 

Dr. Frankenstein's Monster has all of his parts together and is done except for the embroidery and quilting. I've decided to leave off the pieced strip at the bottom and the border. I'll have him finished by Halloween or hang him up the way he is now -- either option works.  Getting a quilt done before Halloween - I think this may be a first for me! 

Except for the pattern and some fusible web, everything in the quilt came from my stash. I love making something from almost nothing.

Now I've pulled out my tumblers.  I'm farther along on this project than I remembered being...maybe I've got another finish in my near future.

the monster has a head

Frankenstein's monster has a head. Now he needs a mouth and a nose and a scar. And I need to figure out how I'm going to quilt him. 

Weekly Stash Report


Fabric Used this Week: 3/4  yards
Fabric Used year to Date: 53 1/2 yards
Added this Week: 6  yards  
Added Year to Date: 446 yards
Net Added for 2012: 392.5   yards

Yarn Used this Week: 110 yards
Yarn Used year to Date: 940 yards
Yarn Added this Week: 0 yards
Yarn Added Year to Date: 3900 yards
Net Added for 2012: 2960 yards


To see more weekly stash reports, click over to Patchwork Times.

the monster's clothes

Today is Day 3 of Judy's Quiltathon and it has been such a nice day. We had baked oatmeal for breakfast and snacked our way through lunch, and now there's white chicken chili simmering on the stove for dinner. The sun is shining, everyone is happily puttering around the house....I wish most days could be like this one!

Yesterday, I was working on the blocks that go around the outside edge of my quilt, trying to avoid the monster in the middle. I didn't know what I was going to do about his clothes. Small scale florals were fine for the sky and the pumpkins and the rest of it -- but for the monster's shirt and pants?

I didn't think so either!

I finally wound up choosing a dark green and black print that looks like a mottled solid from a few feet away, and scavenged a bit of black Mirage from Hocuspocusville for his pants. I've still got his shoes to figure out -- I think they're going to be some of the solid black Kona I bought for Scrap Vomit.

Two more stars, a pumpkin, a lightning bolt, the shoes...and the monster's head. I might be avoiding that part, too. It's got a lot of little appliqued pieces.

Dr. Frankeinstein's Monster

Today is the second day of Judy's October 12 Quiltathon.  I can't quilt all day -- that's tomorrow, hopefully -- but I'm doing what I can and embracing October by starting a new Halloween quilt.

Yesterday I talked about making fabric choices based on what's easiest to grab. And that's more or less what I'm doing with this project, too. I started with the new scrap bags from Grandma, sorting through and pulling out anything I thought might work. There didn't seem to be enough, so I moved out to the sewing room and did a quick sort-and-grab there. It still might not be everything I need for the entire quilt, but I've got a good start. Once I figure out what holes I have to fill, I'll do more digging through my stash.

I ordered this Dr. Frankenstein's Monster Door Banner pattern from Country Threads back when I ordered the first pattern for Jo's Quilt Square Quilt Along.  (No I didn't keep up with that, so I kept my deal with myself didn't order the next two patterns.)  I'd seen this quilt, or one very much like it, in an old issue of Quilt Sampler and loved the idea of it.

Before I can make any more progress on the applique blocks, I need to get my hands on some more fusible web. I've got  fabrics picked for the bat and the cat -- and then it's time to make some hard choices and decide what I'm using for Frankenstein and his background.

To check out everyone else's Quiltathon progress, hop over to Patchwork Times. And don't  forget -- the Leafs Me Happy blog hop continues today. Friday's bloggers are Insanity Defense, Michelle May and the Bunnies (take a look at those applique squirrels!), Sparrow in Flight, Quilted Delights, Quilting With a Marmalade Cat, Traveling Quilter, A Stitch in Time (neat falling leaves!), Cherry Blossoms (pretty candy corn flower!), Tea Time Creations, Moosestash Quilting, & Stitchin by the Lake.