A real "treat" to make a " Trick or Treat Sue " block!
This week, I ran across the sweetest pattern to paper piece. It is a Sunbonnet Sue pattern designed by the talented Jennifer Ofenstein of Sewhooked.com , for the blog hop , Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Jennifer created a Sunbonnet Sue , for Oct. 16, 2012 on the blog hop, and she is trick or treating!
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| Block made by Jennifer, of www.Sewhooked.com |
I pulled out ( from my organized stash closet ) dug out (from under some summer fabrics ) the Halloween fabrics on my kitchen work table , and made my own little Sue.
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| My Trick or Treat Sue a 10 inch block |
After I posted little Sue on my Flickr page, and the Flickr page for Sewhooked projects, I noticed she looked a little sad . Could it be that she was still an "orphan" block. :(
So I went back onto the WhimsandFancies.com blog to look at all of the other Halloween patterns. I saw just what I was looking for ... on Oct. 11. Kimi, of Eat.geek.sew.com, designed some wickedly delicious candy patterns! A tootsie roll, smarties, lollipop, and candy corn! Bingo! I had my idea!
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| Kimi's Candy patterns www.eat.geek.sew.com |
I found the right colors for making some candy corn. I love the yellow polka dots! They make me happy. ( Does anyone else like polka dots this much??)
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| My candy corn block - a 5 inch block. I just added more background white sashes to make it 10 inches |
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| Notice inside her pumpkin pail, she has candy corn! (I saw this little touch in Jennifer's block, and couldn't resist putting in candy corn fabric in mine .) |
I decided to make a little 10 inch pillow with my 2 blocks. And since I used the white background, I wanted to Halloween-it up some with a ruffle..... black , with orange polka dots, of course!
I cut 3 inch x WOF strips , ironed them in half lengthwise, and baste stitched the raw edges . I was glad when I had them gathered... this is my least favorite part of making ruffles. (I am saving for a ruffle foot on my Topaz.)
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| Here is little Sue, with her little Sweet tooth. |
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| The back side of Sue's pillow |
(Don't tell anyone... but I have a big sweet tooth, too!)
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I'm off to my sewing room!
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So, so cute...front and back! And you know I do love polka dots at least as much as you do...must be genetic!
ReplyDeleteYou are really the queen of paper piecing!! This has SO much CHARM! And I love polka dots, too!
ReplyDeleteLove your little cushions - perfect for brightening up Halloween.
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute!!!
ReplyDeleteThis pillow is just adorable! (And I also have quite the sweet tooth!)
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