Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Monday, July 15, 2013
July Challenge Day #15
I seem to be on a roll with felt badges--I made another one for today's challenge item! Even though we are quite a ways from Halloween, I saw a funny cat like this on Pinterest and I just HAD to make one for myself!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Happy Halloween!
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
--Scottish Saying
My thoughts and prayers are going out to all who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy. I hope your lives will soon return to normal.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Halloween Wreath
Here's the wonderfully creepy-cute mummy ninni monster I received from my partner Bunnie Boo in a recent craft swap on Craftster:
The heart under the wrappings, the stitched mouth, and especially that crazy red eye make me love him so much I HAD to find a way to display him prominently for Halloween, so I decided to make him the focal point of a wreath for my front door. Here's the final product:
It came out great, right? All it took was a quick trip to my local JoAnn's store. The Halloween decorations were on sale, so I only spent $13 there--that was my cheapest visit to that store, ever! Here's what I got (and what you will need if you want to make a similar wreath): a wire wreath form, 1 1/2 yards of black, stretchy, sparkly fabric, a package of Martha Stewart bat cutouts, and a package of "spiderwebs" with plastic spiders. I also used polyester quilt batting and cotton cheesecloth, both of which I had on hand already.
If I had found a black wreath, I would have used that for my base, but there weren't any in the store, so I made my own black wreath by first wrapping the wire frame with quilt batting strips...
...then cutting the black fabric into strips and wrapping that over the batting. I sewed everything in place (because glue guns get messy and the glue is permanent, and I like to have the option of changing things later if I wish.)
I loosely wrapped strips of cheesecloth around the wreath for a "festive" look, then arranged the mummy, spiderwebs, spiders and bats.
I make excuses to go in and out my front door just so I can look at my wonderful mummy-ninni wreath now! It's the creepiest thing I've ever made, and I love it!
The heart under the wrappings, the stitched mouth, and especially that crazy red eye make me love him so much I HAD to find a way to display him prominently for Halloween, so I decided to make him the focal point of a wreath for my front door. Here's the final product:
It came out great, right? All it took was a quick trip to my local JoAnn's store. The Halloween decorations were on sale, so I only spent $13 there--that was my cheapest visit to that store, ever! Here's what I got (and what you will need if you want to make a similar wreath): a wire wreath form, 1 1/2 yards of black, stretchy, sparkly fabric, a package of Martha Stewart bat cutouts, and a package of "spiderwebs" with plastic spiders. I also used polyester quilt batting and cotton cheesecloth, both of which I had on hand already.
If I had found a black wreath, I would have used that for my base, but there weren't any in the store, so I made my own black wreath by first wrapping the wire frame with quilt batting strips...
...then cutting the black fabric into strips and wrapping that over the batting. I sewed everything in place (because glue guns get messy and the glue is permanent, and I like to have the option of changing things later if I wish.)
I loosely wrapped strips of cheesecloth around the wreath for a "festive" look, then arranged the mummy, spiderwebs, spiders and bats.
I make excuses to go in and out my front door just so I can look at my wonderful mummy-ninni wreath now! It's the creepiest thing I've ever made, and I love it!
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