Weekend Stitching - Seasonal Stitching

For a weekend with nothing going on, it was surprisingly busy.  The Scientist in Training was home, deciding on Thursday that she needed a weekend out of the dorm and some home cooking.  Since she had a lot of studying to do, I stitched while she worked on classwork. 

The final clue for the Halloween Mystery quilt along at the local quilt shop came out.  I finished all the blocks and started assembling the top.  

Halloween Mystery
designed by Carrie Randall (Quilter's Hideaway)

Not my normal style, but it was a lot of fun to make.  I even manged to finish the 4 applique blocks.  I plan to add a couple of borders to make it lap quilt sized.  As far as a final home, no decision on that yet.  My sister and my niece are both big Halloween fans, so it could end up under the tree so they have something to use for the season next year.  We'll see.  I am hoping to get this one to finished flimsy stage, a back made and get it sent off for quilting by the end of the month.  It would be nice to have another finish for the year.  

There has been slow and steady progress on the Twinkle Star blocks.  The last block was finished over the weekend.  

Twinkle Stars

Tutorial by Andrea Feldbush of Soscrappy

Laying out the blocks with the colors along the diagonal works really well.  This isn't the final layout, there needs to be a bit of moving around to address some of the really dark stars.  For now these blocks are back in the project box. As much as I'd like to finish this one off, I have another graduation quilt that needs to be done by December, so the Twinkle Stars need to come off the design wall for now.  I'm sure they will be back early next year.

It's going to be a long week at work, with lots going on.  Sanity sessions in my sewing room are going to be very necessary.  

Linking up with the usual Monday crowd.
Monday Design Wall
Main Crush Monday
Monday Making