Sister's Choice Quilts

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Boo

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Good old Instagram.  I was having my morning coffee on my day off Tuesday and was flipping through Instagram when I saw a skull pillow posted by debralynntaylor.  If you don't follow her on Instagram, you might want to.  She provided a link to the pattern, designed by Kirsty, which is free on Bonjour Quilts website:  Skull block tutorial

You can print it out and be good to go, just like I was.  I pulled some nice grayish cream and a black polka dot fabrics and started following her simple directions.  I didn't need a pillow, but thought it would be a great center block for a small table topper.

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Easy peasy lemon squeezey as Eva says.  You sew some squares to some rectangles and do  four folded corner squares.  I used my Folded Corner ruler, but you can just draw a diagonal line and stitch on it.  Honestly, it takes no time at all to make this block and I was chuckling to myself the entire time because it was so stinkin' cute.

I added some silvery grey fabric for an outer border to set off the black background and did the machine quilting myself.  Pat on back. This was the best machine stitch in the ditch quilting I have ever done.

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I will give this one to Ryan, who was hopping with excitement when he saw it on Facebook.  I will make one just like it for Sara, who wants one too.  I may make one more for me, maybe using orange for the skull or the outer border.  The more I look at this little quilt the more it looks like an Oakland Raiders table topper.  Rick?  Let me know…One could be yours.  Just think, a perfect place to put your beer and snack on Game Day.  Not that it goes with Andrea's decorating esthetic, but hey, it's only out for a few hours, right?

I have more of a Dia de los Muertos vibe in mind for my little skull quilt.

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24 responses to “Boo”

  1. Boo who? This is just too cute! I may need to make one for CS1 and DIL. Thanks for the link to the pattern. 🙂
    Hugs!

  2. Boo who? This is just too cute! I may need to make one for CS1 and DIL. Thanks for the link to the pattern. 🙂
    Hugs!

  3. Boo who? This is just too cute! I may need to make one for CS1 and DIL. Thanks for the link to the pattern. 🙂
    Hugs!

  7. Not much into the skull vibe, but I am intrigued by your Dia de los Muertos take. Look forward to seeing that.

  8. Not much into the skull vibe, but I am intrigued by your Dia de los Muertos take. Look forward to seeing that.

  9. Not much into the skull vibe, but I am intrigued by your Dia de los Muertos take. Look forward to seeing that.

  10. Thank you for this post! I’m setting my sewing up now…plus I have someone new to follow on Instagram! I plan on making several of these skulls! I always appreciate when bloggers do full disclosures…course it gets me in trouble, too! I bought a sewing machine that way…bought a cordless iron that way…went on a retreat that way…LOL!

  11. Thank you for this post! I’m setting my sewing up now…plus I have someone new to follow on Instagram! I plan on making several of these skulls! I always appreciate when bloggers do full disclosures…course it gets me in trouble, too! I bought a sewing machine that way…bought a cordless iron that way…went on a retreat that way…LOL!

  12. Thank you for this post! I’m setting my sewing up now…plus I have someone new to follow on Instagram! I plan on making several of these skulls! I always appreciate when bloggers do full disclosures…course it gets me in trouble, too! I bought a sewing machine that way…bought a cordless iron that way…went on a retreat that way…LOL!

  16. What a fun Halloween project! You can customize & embellish the skulls for each recipient! And, ‘easy peasy lemon squeezy’ is always good!

  17. What a fun Halloween project! You can customize & embellish the skulls for each recipient! And, ‘easy peasy lemon squeezy’ is always good!

  18. What a fun Halloween project! You can customize & embellish the skulls for each recipient! And, ‘easy peasy lemon squeezy’ is always good!

  22. Great fabric choices, Nicole. You used the Doug Leko ruler?? I need to use mine and see how this thing works! It seems like people are sure loving it. I made choc zucchini bars this morning with choc cream cheese icing…you might need that recipe! Have a great rest of your day!!

  23. Great fabric choices, Nicole. You used the Doug Leko ruler?? I need to use mine and see how this thing works! It seems like people are sure loving it. I made choc zucchini bars this morning with choc cream cheese icing…you might need that recipe! Have a great rest of your day!!

  24. Great fabric choices, Nicole. You used the Doug Leko ruler?? I need to use mine and see how this thing works! It seems like people are sure loving it. I made choc zucchini bars this morning with choc cream cheese icing…you might need that recipe! Have a great rest of your day!!