Thursday, August 21, 2008

The Witch's Pantry

The Witch's Pantry is coming along quite nicely considering I should be working on other things!  I found the bug jar pattern and thought it would be nice to use for our CL Christmas Craft Sale.  I thought I would try it in Halloween fabrics and then I couldn't stop!  ACK!  I have an anniversary quilt to work on and the FS quilt to finish, what's wrong with me??

Anyway, here are some of the jars I made.  I used a light limey green for the background (very Halloweenesc I thought)

I used this dusty purple for the shelves.  It is actually a plaid, I think it shows up better in one of the close ups.  I appliqued the cat on top, and the broom on the side and a mouse on a shelf with fusible.  Now I need to stitch around them.  I decided to do it by hand and am actually almost finished with the cat, but will show it once it is all done.  I used a gold metalic pearl cotton and I like how it is coming out.  I thought that the other bottom corner needed something so last night I make 2 Jack-O-Lanterns (actually one is a Cat-O-Lantern) and fused them in place.  I will show you those later when the stitching around them is complete.
I like how the broom turned out!  The blue I used for the floor was a gift from Pat when we met for my birthday and it was perfect!  I loved the spider web fabric for the broom handle.  and the fabric I found, in my stash for the bristles was perfect!
This was taken this am and the light at 6:30am is not great so forgive the poor quality of the photo but you can see my mouse.  I used the gold pearl cotton on him too.  Isn't he so cute?
You can see the plaid in the purple better in this photo too.  I made legs for the cabinet and I like how that turned out too.  Of course DD1 thinks this is for her (she thinks *all* my quilts are for her, lol).  I will keep the hand work for when I meet with the CL's or the CHV quilters so it will make me work on the other 2 quilts!  Please let me know what you think!!

13 comments:

The Calico Cat said...

That is a GREAT quilt!

Jeanne said...

Pam, this quilt is fabulous! I can see how you HAD to make more blocks. The mouse, cat, and broom are perfect additions to the jars. It's very creative and well made. I think a spiderweb quilted in a corner of the shelf would be cute. Thanks for sharing.

Kim West said...

that is just soooo cute!!

Faith said...

Oh I love how everything has turned out here you got the material perfect... and hey you are beating me on the cat quilt hee hee.

Natalie, the Chickenblogger said...

Let you know what I think?
I think I WANT IT!
It's really clever and fun, and like no other Halloween quilt I've seen before! I'll be showing it to my guys, and then they will begin a ceaseless "Let's get ready for Halloween NOW" conversation!

jacquie said...

oh my goodness...this is amazing. i love the jars as the witch's pantry...totally cute!

dot said...

Very cute quilt. I really like this concept. I just might have to try one myself, that is if you don't mind.

G'G'ma said...

I love your Halloween quilt...the jars and the additions you've added. Very clever!

Gretchen said...

What a great quilt! I love the name too--fits perfect. Very very cool!!!!

Tanya said...

That ia absolutely one of the cutest quilts I've seen in a long time!!! I just LOVE the cat and mouse!!! Oh no. Maybe you've caught me! I'd need to find some good jar fabric wouldn't I... I'm keeping your picture for future reference... I would so love to have this up on my walls at Halloween!

Myra said...

What a wonderful quilt! Very creative!
Happy stitchings!

Shelina (formerly known as Shasta) said...

This quilt is adorable. The cat, mouse and broom really make the quilt.

Tonya Ricucci said...

absolutely love this quilt

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