Halloween Apron - Skulls and Roses

September seems to have flown by! But I did manage to get my OMG for September at Elm Street Quilts completed. Sometime in August I was looking through my little stash of Halloween fabric (it is actually "little" compared to some of my other quilting stash), and I thought - why not make another Halloween Apron. So that is what I chose as my September One Monthly Goal.

I will have to admit that there were plenty of days that I did not feel like working on this and chose something else to sew for the evening. This was a tutorial at Sew4Home. I guess I just prefer quilting over anything else.

It is nice, though, that if I do have somewhere to go for Halloween, I can pull this out and just put it on over jeans. I can add other things like a hat or whatever, but I will decide that when the time comes.

It is good to have a goal because I'm afraid that I would not have completed this if I had not chosen this as my OMG. Thanks to Patty at Elm Street Quilts for hosting this monthly goal setting. Here is my original post: September OMG

Super Cuts for Starstruck Quilt Along

Finished my cutting for the Starstruck Quilt Along at Happy Quilting. It was kind of a project - all of this cutting. I changed my mind and decided to go for the Queen-size quilt because: #1  - I have lots of batik fabrics that I need to use and #2 - I really could use a queen-sized quilt on the bed in the spare room. I'll just have to keep up with all of the piecing and, of course, make sure to gets it quilted!

I'll be linking my cut fabrics to Starstruck Quilt Along

Starstruck Quilt Along starting soon

I am going to try to participate in Melissa's Starstruck Quilt Along. I have been debating about it because I already have so many other projects in the works. But what's one more project, huh? I've participated in 2 of Melissa's Quilt-Alongs and it is nice because they are 2 of my completed quilts.

First is this Roundabout Quilt-Along. I like to drape this quilt over my loveseat at Christmas time.  

 Second is this Seeing Stars Quilt-Along. I've been using this quilt on my camper because it fits so nicely on the camper bed.

These are my fabrics for the Starstruck Quilt Along. I was thinking to originally do purple and white, but then I found this bundle in the middle that I purchased years ago from Fat Quarter Shop. It was still together in a plastic bag. Yikes! I think I'll try for the lap quilt or picnic. We'll see how it goes.

The Quilt-Along is going on until November 13 so there's still plenty of time to join in.

Summer days turn into September

It's hard to believe that it is going to be September. I've enjoyed my camping trips this Summer. My Mom went with us.

The ducks came up to my husband and I on the beach thinking that we had some food for them. Of course, I did give them a few potato chips.

I will miss my Summer boating. I guess I don't have any boating pictures, though. I will have to take a few before we officially put our boat away. Anyway, life goes on. And I guess that gives me an opportunity to get some more quilting done.

My goal for September is to complete this Halloween costume. It really is just an apron, but I think it's kind of fun to wear when made out of Halloween fabric. Plus, it's easier to sew than those Simplicity or Butterick patterns. Well, it's easier for me to sew, that is. I sewed a different one a few years back. I got it out to look at it and it really was kind of neat.

I am posting this to Elm Street Quilts September OMG