ghastlies

WONKED OUT GHASTLIES from Kwilty Pleasures

Several years ago I was in a Ghastlies Wonky Star Swap

with a few Friends on Instagram.

All of us used white low volume backgrounds,

And added our own Ghastlies prints and stash for then stars.

These are my blocks!

They sat for years as I was unsure what I wanted to do with them.

I never rush into anything!

Someone gave me this pattern and a lightbulb went off!

I could do something similar, but different.

I made sure all the blocks were the same size and proceeded from there

And I found the greenish fabric in my stash ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2024 finishes , 2024 projects , 2024 sew my stash , ghastlies

TWO KATHYS AND A BUNCH OF PUMPKINS from Kwilty Pleasures

In October (2023) Kathy Guenther and I visited a couple local parks

to snap some fabulous "quilts in the wild" pics.

Here we are at Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH

Kathy's quilt is the light gray pumpkins!

Mine is the ORANGE Ghastlies churn dash quilt!

Do you ever take your "quilts in the wild".

It makes for great conversations with complete strangers

who can't believe "you made that?'

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 1 year, 1 month ago. under gardens , ghastlies , pumpkins , quilts in the wild

A GHASTLIE PUMPKIN PATCH at INNISWOOD GARDENS from Kwilty Pleasures

It's Halloween, October 31, 2023

I have just taken my Quilt Exhibit down at

Inniswood Metro Gardens (those photos coming soon)

This is My Ghastlies Pumpkin Patch Quilt

Pattern is Hocus Pocus by the Pattern Basket

E2E Pumpkins and vine

by Kim Hensley, Happily Ever Quilting.

QUILTS IN THE WILD

strikes again!

Happy Halloween from me and my GHASTLLIENESS!

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 1 year, 1 month ago. under garden , ghastlies , quilt shows , quilts in the wild

JEFFREY MANSION QUILTS from Kwilty Pleasures

The second park Kathy Guenther and I visited in October was

Jeffrey Mansion City Park in Bexley OH.

Kathy's quilt is Fall Breeze, gray w/vibrant leaf quilt, V & Company ombre farics

Mine, another Ghastlies, Red Velvet Pattern by Thimbleblossoms

Isn't this just so amazing.

Find a setting for your quilt photography!

You worked hard to get the quilts finished.

Make them magnificent!

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 1 year, 1 month ago. under friends , garden , ghastlies , quilts in the wild

GHASTLIES JEAN JACKET from Kwilty Pleasures

Halloween is anytime you think of The Ghastlies.

Take this jacket, for instance.

A couple years ago I was inspired by Wild BoHo over on IG.

She has many beautiful hand embroidered and beaded pieces.

Especially GHASTLIES!

But it was kinda boring…a word I don’t use with GHASTLIES

Sew I kicked it up a notch!

I used a lightweight fusible and

kept layering Ghastliness til they screamed

ENOUGH!

This was the very boring front)

Then the updated, layered look.

Take a closer look at the Ghastlies on the back of the jacket.

I love the umbrella!

And the ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years ago. under clothes , ghastlies

Ghastlies Table Runner - another Ghastlie finish from Crayon Box Quilt Studio

My second Ghastlie finish to share has also been a long waiting UFO. I created these blocks for the Wicked Blog Hop in October 2012.

Since I'm trying to focus on getting projects actually finished, this one wasn't hard to get to the completed top stage and then it was added to the pile to get quilted. I turned the blocks into a table runner for my long dining room table but it could just as easily become a skinny wall hanging if I so choose at some point.

Each of the family members got a narrow border ...

added by Michele 2 years, 1 month ago. under blog hops , completed projects , e2e quilting , edge to edge quilting , ghastlies , halloween quilt , long arm quilting , pantograph quilting

The Ghastlie Gals Wall Hanging - a Ghastlie finish from Crayon Box Quilt Studio

Today being All Hallow's Eve, it's the perfect time to share a recent finish.Way back....say 10 years ago this month, I hosted a couple of Halloween themed round robin type events though this particular one was back and forth between me and one other quilter, hence I called it a See Saw Swap.

My swap partner, Edy, didn't have a blog then and unfortunately I've lost contact with her in the years since but I'm still thankful to her for the fabulous additions she made to my quilt.

I started out with one ...

added by Michele 2 years, 1 month ago. under completed projects , e2e quilting , edge to edge quilting , ghastlies , halloween quilt , halloween see saw swap , long arm quilting

GHASTLIES IN THE GARDEN from Kwilty Pleasures

I love a good pumpkin quilt.

HOCUS POCUS by The Pattern Basket

ended up in my sewing room.

Well Pumpkins are still around in November!

Sew take a peek!

I pulled fabrics and began to read the pattern.

I was quite disappointed to learn the instructions had

you cut and make one block at at time.

I don't always follow rules...I don't like rules.

Sew I cut the block pieces,

but did not sew them.

Sew many tiny pieces....I am not happy!

I put it away for awhile.

I had an idea, since I first saw ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 3 years, 1 month ago. under 2021 finishes , 2021 sew my stash , ghastlies

FOLDING IT UP! from Kwilty Pleasures

I was a guest demonstrator at the

St. Boniface Quilters Show

on July 10, 2021

"Folding Quilts on the Diagonal"

I didn't invent this method, don't know who did...but

If you want to eliminate those deep batting folds.

THIS is the METHOD!

Just google it....lots of videos out there!

My other tip was to store your quilts on the vertical

or side by side vs one on top the other.

This eliminates the extra weight piled into a stack

and possibly gives you more space on a shelve to stack

and or display your quilts.

Here ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 3 years, 4 months ago. under ghastlies , quilt demo , quilt shows

A BIG AND GHASTLIE HALLOWEEN from Kwilty Pleasures

Today is Halloween!
There's a Nightmare on Widows Peak!
A GHASTLIE creation that nearly drove me INSANE!

I am not an inexperienced quilter!
I can follow directions!

I even joined an Instagram Group SAL
to get this DAMN quilt finished.

The Make Modern Building Blocks by Moda
was NOT a fun journey.

I kept giving up on making blocks and putting it
back on the shelf because...

The directions SUCKED!

Pieces didn't fit together correctly!

Strips had to be added to make sections FIT!

I spent the good part of 5 years hating this quilt!
Then one day ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 5 years, 1 month ago. under ghastlies , sew my stash 2018

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