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Sunday, 1 November 2015

Halloween Hexies table runner

I finished my Halloween table runner the day before Halloween.  Talk about cutting it fine.


I had fun fussy cutting the Cotton + Steel Spellbound fabrics, and a few black and white extras I had in my stash.  The patterns are all from The New Hexagon book by Katja Marek as shown here:


I machine quilted in the ditch because I really wanted it finished before Halloween and I didn't have much time. I had to toss up between white and black stripes, and black and white stripes for the binding.  You'll see that white and black won out.


We had a lot of Halloween visitors last night, in a wide range of costumes.  These were the funniest ones:


Unfortunately I'm related to the giant banana in the middle.  That's a Kiwi bird on the left, and a pink unicorn on the right - of course!  Yes, it's Spring in New Zealand, and it doesn't get dark until after 8pm at the moment, so trick or treating is usually done in daylight.

I was so pleased that I finished my Gingerbread Haunted House in August.  You can see more photos of it here..





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7 comments:

  1. Karen - Quilts...etc.1 November 2015 at 10:36

    love your ginger bread haunted house have not seen that one before - the kids are great in their costumes.

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  2. margaret1 November 2015 at 20:18

    the haunted house looks splendid and the runner too, must check it out as I have the book, really must start looking at the books I buy! I am a wimp I turn all the lights off and hide on halloween

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  3. Anonymous2 November 2015 at 13:55

    LOVE your table runner! It turned out fabulous!! It was cold and rainy here in the United States (northern Minnesota) and we didn't see many kids out.

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  4. Unknown2 November 2015 at 22:15

    I love your table runner! I have that same book and am working on the Millifiore Quilt Along that has a large following on Facebook. Are you doing that one too? Thanks for showing your table runner, it's so cute and shows a different way to use the hexies!!

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  5. Cricket-bug Corner3 November 2015 at 10:02

    The quilt is LOVELY!!! Looks great with the haunted house. I love your banana - don't say that very often!! Those costumes are funny!!

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  6. Granny Maud's Girl6 November 2015 at 02:00

    Our five trick or treaters (record numbers for us) were all boys. One aged 20 months (baby of a friend) and four neighbourhood boys only a bit smaller than yours (like yours, great costumes). Still eating Halloween chocolate.
    Great work on finishing the table runner do quickly. Inspired, I bought the book.

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  7. OPQuilt8 November 2015 at 18:39

    I love that haunted house so much--I never get tired of seeing it.
    Cool table runner! I received my Halloween house quilt back from the quilters yesterday, so I'll be early for next year. I just never feel like sewing out of season, it seems like!
    Elizabeth
    OPQuilt.com

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