After a very long search for a Halloween themed table runner, I decided that I really needed to make this one! The pattern is "Spooky House" by Lynette Anderson Designs, and I couldn't find the pattern here in the UK, so ordered the pattern and fabrics online from Lynette's shop Little Quilt Store in Australia. These fabrics are from her Happy Halloween collection. I decided to try out those gorgeous hand dyed Valdani threads for the embroidery, mixed with some DMC threads too, and they were just perfect for this project...
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...the original pattern has embroidered windows, but I decided to use these wonky star buttons from my button tin instead, and love they way they look a bit like "eyes" peeking out! The cats were made with wool felt, which I'd bought from Eternal Maker. I have really enjoyed working with wool felt, and love the added texture that it gives to this project. I used the cobweb designed fabric for the front of the table centre piece, and used the spooky house feature fabric for the backing. This has a very thin layer of pellon felted wadding inside, and once the centre was appliqued into place, I quilted around the two circles to hold all the layers together...
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...I managed to do a quick photoshoot in the rather overgrown courgette patch in Mr F's garden, along with Winnie the Witch and a rather spooktacular tealight holder. I made Winnie a few years ago, and both Winnie and her pumpkin had some crushed cloves added to the toyfill stuffing, so they smell rather nice, and the pumpkin stalk is a cinnamon stick!
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