Gnarly and the Ghosts
39” x 39”
Designed by Heidi
Pridemore
Halloween is around the corner and it is time
to break out the Spooky Décor. We are also so excited to share my Husband,
Matthew’s newest fabric collection, Booooville from Benartex. The collection
features a panel with Gnarly the tree getting ready to go trick or treating
with his ghost friends. So this month I used my GO! Qube Mix & Match 6” Block Set and my new GO! Qube 6”
Companion set to create a sweet and spooky wall hanging using part of the panel
for the center and the corners. I used all the new dies from the Companion set
to create whimsical borders to go around the tree. This left eight extra ghost
panels so I used an assortment of dies to and fabrics to create a matching set
of four place mats.
The pattern for this
month’s project is free from The Whimsical Workshop. You can download the free
pattern at www.TheWhimsicalWorkshop.com along with our past free patterns. We have also included
traditional cutting instructions for this project in the pattern too.
Here are all the dies I
used for this project. The New GO! Qube 6” Companion set includes a Drunkard
Path block, Signature Block and Chisel Block dies. I want to feature each of
these new shapes in the wall hanging so I used them to create the borders for
the quilt.
For Border One, I used the Drunkard
Path Blocks. To create a “dot” border with the lime webbing fabric and black
webbing fabric.
Next up, I used the Signature Block
along with the half square triangle die from the GO! Qube Mix and Match 6” set
to make the second Zig Zag border. Make sure to follow the pattern to cut the
directional spider silk stripe fabric for this border. I again used the black
webbing to blend into the first border.
For the final border I
used the Chisel Die along with the half-square triangle die from the
GO! Qube Mix and Match 6” set. I switched to Gray Webbing fabric for these unit
so they blended into the whimsical Spooky Trees print that became the outer
border. The Chisel units are made from Orange Webbing and White Words print.
Make sure to refer to our pattern for cutting these units.
I found the white words print which is
directional in both cut and print the most challenging to cut so I want to
share with you an image of what it looks like when cutting. You will need to
die cut each chisel from this fabric individually with the print of the fabric
facing down and the words going across the width of the strip as shown here.
For the Placemats, I kept
them simple to make using squares and half-square triangles. Now I am ready for
Halloween with my new Halloween wall hanging and matching place mats. I hope
you enjoy this project as much as I did. As always I would love to see what you
make with our patterns. Happy Quilting.
Make sure to visit my
blog each month where I will share with you some tips and tricks on cutting and
assembling of the project of the month along with posting the free pattern on
our website The Whimsical Workshop You
can also see our pattern and post at www.accuquilt.com
Until next time…..
Heidi
