10/30/12

BQF: Trick-Owl-Treaters mini quilt

Amy's Creative Side
It's that time of year again, when the wonderful Amy of Amy's Creative Side blog hosts the Blogger's Quilt Festival! I can't tell you how much I enjoy all the quilty goodness that is shared on this online quilt show. You must check it out, and there's still time to enter (linky is open until 10/31).

  
For this season's BQF I made it in under the wire with my new little owl quilt: Trick-Owl-Treaters.


I started with a sketch of the 3 owls and then used the fusible applique method to pull this small quilt together. 

Here are some details:

 Owl Mummy (he's my favorite)

 Owl Witch (I may add a broom later)

 Owl Ghost...boo!

 I used my Cricut machine to make the letters - so simple!

I also did fusible binding with a pinked edge on both sides of the quilt 
(my favorite method of binding on small quilts like this) 

And there you have it, my "in the nick of time" Halloween quilt and Blogger's Quilt Festival entry. This is also officially my last Halloween decoration to go up for 2 whole days this year, LOL.

Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats
Finished quilt measures : 16″x 24″
Special techniques used : fusible applique
Quilted by : Me!
Best Category: wall hanging

Thanks for stopping by!

CGM  



Posted by CraftyGardenMom - Tanesha
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25 comments:

  1. Sandy HOctober 30, 2012 at 6:34 PM

    Cute! The mummy is my favorite, too. I've never tried doing a fused binding like that--may have to give it a shot now that I'm doing smaller quilts more often. Any tricks to that?

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    1. CraftyGardenMom - TaneshaOctober 30, 2012 at 8:09 PM

      I may post a tutorial, but basically I cut my binding strips 2 inches and Wonder Under a hair narrower than that in strips. Then I fuse the WU to the binding strips. Then I cut another narrow strip off each side of the fused binding strips using my pinking or ruffled rotary blade for a decorative edge. Then I fuse it to the front of the quilt, same way you would a regular binding. Fold over the edge to the back and fuse, pleating in the corners for a smooth finish. I usually (but not always) finish it with a straight stitch all the way around or a small zig-zag stitch. Hope that helps!

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  2. The Cozy PumpkinOctober 30, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    That mummy owl is to die for! lol (Pun intended.) ;)

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  3. CitricSugarOctober 30, 2012 at 8:54 PM

    Pretty stinkin' adorable!

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  4. ColleenOctober 30, 2012 at 9:46 PM

    That is soooo cute! I love your owl quilts!

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  5. PatriciaOctober 31, 2012 at 3:04 AM

    Too Cute!!

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  6. Quilter in the GapOctober 31, 2012 at 6:01 AM

    Simply A.MA.Zing!!!! Love it

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  7. Sandi ColwellOctober 31, 2012 at 9:14 AM

    Love it!!! Very cute!

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  8. KatherineOctober 31, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    SO CUTE!!!

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  9. KellyV (Kelly the Fifth)October 31, 2012 at 6:23 PM

    Pattern companies will eat this quilt up! It is so adorable and I'm thinking it needs to be registered.

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  10. Mary SarahOctober 31, 2012 at 7:12 PM

    Well, this is adorable! Happy Halloween!

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  11. CindyOctober 31, 2012 at 11:02 PM

    OMG!! I SOO love this!!! It is absolutely adorable!!!!!!

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  12. Lori (ltdermdvm)November 1, 2012 at 10:42 AM

    Tanesha, this is adorable. I think you need to start an owl exclusive design line, lol :)

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  13. KarilliaNovember 1, 2012 at 3:51 PM

    this is so great!

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  14. Lyanna L.November 2, 2012 at 10:09 AM

    Cute! Love the little owls =)

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  15. Barb NNovember 2, 2012 at 1:04 PM

    Owls are awesome - great job!

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  16. Marjorie's Busy CornerNovember 2, 2012 at 3:34 PM

    Adorable!!!!!

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  17. LynCCNovember 2, 2012 at 4:06 PM

    OK, those are TOO STINKIN CUTE :)

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  18. Sarcastic QuilterNovember 2, 2012 at 4:43 PM

    Oh my goodness, scrumptiously cute!!! So great a design and finish.

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  19. JanetNovember 2, 2012 at 7:10 PM

    This is such a cute quilt! What a neat design.

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  20. Richard HealeyNovember 3, 2012 at 12:42 AM

    Hum it ate my comment. So try 2 thanks for linking up love the mummy.

    http://richardquilts.blogspot.com/
    http://www.etsy.com/shop/RichardQuilts

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  21. bagiennkaNovember 3, 2012 at 7:17 AM

    how cut owls <3 beautiful quilting

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  22. In StitchesNovember 9, 2012 at 1:12 PM

    That mummy owl is the cutest thing I've seen in a long time. How adorable!!

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  23. NanaNovember 10, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    Such a cute quilt...love it!

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