Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, spooky stitchers! I hope all your little ghosts, goblins, and witches are having a wonderful day. As per usually, its a rainy Halloween day here, but hopefully it will clear up by the evening when all the little monsters go on the hunt for candy.

I’m sure it isn’t a secret that I love Halloween. Sadly, that love isn’t shared by my family, so I don’t go crazy decorating. But, because I love to craft, I can’t help but make a few projects every year. I’ve shared a few of the stitching project I worked on this year already (here, here, and here), so today I’m going to share some other things. (Remember: you can click on any picture to see a larger version.)

I think I’m most proud of this piece, the Boo-tiful Bat Clock from Dreaming Tree. All the of the pieces were cut out on my Cricut Explore Air 2, and then I assembled everything using a lot of glue and some 3d foam squares.

Boo-tiful Bat Clock, designed by Dreaming Tree

The clock movement in it is real, so it actually keeps time. I needed to paint the clock hands though, since I was only able to find a brass movement.

Halloween towels from Embroidery Library

Of course, my kitchen and powder room both needed some new seasonally appropriate towels. The designs are all from Embroidery Library–Jack o’ Lantern Sketch, Stirring Up a Little Magic, and Magical Things are Crafted in this Kitchen. The pumpkin is stitched on a terrycloth towel from goodness knows where, and the kitchen towels are stitched on some Aunt Martha’s flour sack towels. I used Embroidex thread for all three. It is super cheap thread, but it looks great and washes well.

Witch Hat Lace, from Embroidery by TM

This very sweet witch hat was created on my embroidery machine as well. It is Witch Hat Lace from Embroidery by TM. I’m using it as a topper for my little Halloween ornament tree.

Stingy Jack’s Halloween Lanterns, designed by Dreaming Tree

Jumping back to paper crafting: I made these fabulous lanterns from Dreaming Tree. The orange sections are actually tracing paper that has been printed with a design, so they are translucent when a light shines through them. There is a third lantern that completes the set, but I ran out of time before I was able to get to it. The design is called Stingy Jack’s Halloween Lanterns.

And what is Halloween without a little bit of sparkle and shine?

Skull ring from ArtBeads

This over the top cocktail ring was made using a kit from Artbeads. It features my favourite Swarovski bead, the skull, along with several spikes and a generous helping of little flatback gems. It is highly impractical but I love it anyway.

I had so many more projects planned, like an awesome embellished witch hat and more 3d machine embroidery pieces, but Halloween is already upon us. Tomorrow it will be time to turn my thoughts and needles to Christmas projects.

Happy Halloween, stitchy friends!