Haunted Mansion Medallion - 28" x 31"
I came across the liberated house block in my sewing room and decided to make a little medallion quilt. 
This witch's laundry cracks me up. I got some scraps of it from Norma my fellow Halloween enthusiast.
It was a good challenge to organize the strings with directional prints. I did some fussy cutting for the corners. I quilted it in a drop diamond pattern with alternating orange and purple thread.
The backing was also from Norma and I made a special label.
I used this book and these fabric markers.
I also made this little candle mat, which I suppose is my monthly mini for October. It is a gift for Hanna and David for their apartment.
The backing is made from weird scraps that were too good to throw out. I quilted it and then did a pillow turn finish - no binding.
I received the nicest gift from Annie of Annie's Quilt Orts blog. There was an unfortunate mailing delay that resulted in Annie's blocks coming after I did the swap so sent her all my blocks and returned hers.
I used a little pack of 2" halloween fabrics to make light and dark half square triangles. super simple
I know she felt a little bad, but it was no ones fault but my own. If I had triple checked all the names and packages it could have been prevented.
A few weeks ago she sent me lovely doll quilt with six of the stars along with a sweet note. What a clever setting! Thank you so much Annie. It was such a wonderful act of kindness.
Last weekend I made one of my quick pantry meals in my 30+ year old crockpot. 
There are several versions of these sweet and hot meatballs. My moms original recipe called for chili sauce and currant jelly. I can't seem to find that so I use strawberry jelly and it works great.
The longer you leave them, the more tender the meatballs will be. It's great for game days, sew days, busy days and lazy days.
Happy early Halloween Everyone!
See you in November!
xo
