Friday, October 28, 2016

Eerie Nights Blog Hop

Welcome to the Eerie Nights blog hop!
  
I love being part of the Halloween hop each year.  This year it was set up by Marian of Seams to be Sew  and is being co-hosted by Amy of  Sew Incredibly Crazy.

This year has been the year of making mini quilts for me and in following that theme I have made a mini quilt for Halloween.  This quilt was inspired by the Halloween Mini craft swap I joined on Instagram.  For my project I choose to create a mini wall hanging using the Midnight Bite pattern from Lilly Ella's World.


My partner posted the bat pattern in her idea mosaic on instagram.  I had seen the pattern floating around the web myself and had been dying to try it out, so I went ahead and got the pattern. It went together nicely.


I added a two inch gray border border and decided to add some iron on studs to the wing joints.



Close up of the wing with some dark gray studs.

 For the eyes I used some green iron on crystal  gems.  They shine eerily in the right lighting.
I added some purple piping in the binding and then sent it on its way. He is now spending his days hanging around in Texas.


In return my partner sent me this fancy witch hat decorated with sparkly purple spiders. And quilted with silver thread. It is hard to see the quilting in the photo but it is quilted spider webs!  It is fabulous! It is super cool and even though I didn't make it, I had to show it off!


  Make sure you check out the other swappers today as well:


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60 comments:

  1. Love the bat. I have been admiring it for awhile around the web. I might just have to make myself one. Very haunting!!

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  2. Your paper-pieced bat is awesome! I've tried paper piecing a few times, but I don't seem to have the knack. Your stitching is flawless. The fabrics you chose are perfect, and I love the metal studs you added. How lucky you are to have received such a great witch's hat. Very cute!

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  3. Love your dark purple bat, the mini quilt is awesome! The hat you received in return is amazing!
    Thanks for sharing.

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  4. What a wonderful bat and the hat is too cute! I just love Halloween!

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  5. Oh how cute! Love the bat, and the hat!! Great job.

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  6. Both mini quilts are fabulous! I think your bat is amazing.

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  7. Both projects look wonderful. Like how you added some sparkle to the bat

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  8. Neat bat and the purple with the black makes him look spooky.
    patsystitch@gvtc.com

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  9. The moment I saw the purple fabric in the first photo, I knew something great was happening with your project! Your bat is the best!! With the green eyes, the iron studs and the deep purple wings, it is perfectly spooky! Also, what a great swap partner to send you a crooked witch's hat...I love that too!

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  10. Your bat came out great and I love the witches hat too!
    Happy Halloween!

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  11. Oh! WOW! I love the bat (I am definitely not a bat lover) But this one is so cute. Thank you for sharing.

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  12. Great fabric choices to give some movement in the wings.

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  13. I like the bat! It is so cute! The purple piping adds a great touch as well.

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  14. I love both minis. Your bat turned out great and the crystals work really well. And the witch hat is way too much fun.

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  15. Oh my goodness! That bat and witch hat are amazing...love, love, love them!

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  16. Wonderful bat and hat. 24Tangent@gmail.com

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  17. wow, love both the quilts! I love the little extras you added to the bat.

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  18. wow both mini quilts are gorgeous. i love the fabrics used on both.

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  19. I really love the studs you added to the wing joints. To me, they (along with the green crystal eyes) make the quilt! Awesome! (lynnstck[at]yahoo.com)

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  20. What an awesome bat! Love those purple wings. And that witch hat...I'm just drooling here! Halloween perfection!

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  21. I too saw that bat pattern but didn't buy it because I felt I was still a novice at my paper piecing. It would have looked fantastic in my Spooky quilt.

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  22. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR NEAT HALLOWEEN PROJECTS! THANKS FOR YOUR BLOG+GIVEAWAY TOO ! msstitcher1214@gmail.com

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  23. Love your bat. The grey studs give him a very Steampunk feel that I like. And the hat you recieved is really colorful and fun. My kind of decoration! Thanks for sharing both of them.

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  24. Ohhhh--what cute Halloween decorations--love both of them--
    love and laughter, di

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  25. Beautiful bat. Thank you for sharing.

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  26. That bat is so cute!! Where did you find the pattern? This is the first time I've run across your blog. I'll have to do some snooping. Karen

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  27. Oh wow! That mini you made is amazing! I love everything from the fabrics you used to the green eyes to the flange on the binding. Your partner was super lucky to get that!

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  28. Your bat turned out great! The witches hat is pretty cool too!

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  29. Both the bat and the witch hat quilts are gorgeous!

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  30. Thanks for sharing what you did with very precise paper piecing!

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  31. Love the bat and the hat is also quite nice! Thanks for sharing

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  32. Leah, I think both the bat you made, and the witches hat you received are stellar! I'm not a paper piecing fan--at all, but I might be tempted by something so cute. I am a big fan of embellishments, though, and the little gems you added really do show well. I wouldn't have thought of using them so you've added a trick to my quilting bag.

    Your Rafflecopter doesn't seem to be working, and I've had the same issue with other blogs throughout the hop. Not all, but a few. Just letting you know.

    Julie, who is also in the hop as Pink Doxies

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    1. Thanks, I am thinking you only get one entry per item. I have had the same issue. If I log out of rafflecopeter it shows that I can enter, but once I log in it sees I already have one entry.

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  33. I love your bat, very nice paper piecing.

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  34. Nice bat but so loved the hat with all the cool colors..... happyness04431@yahoo.com

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  35. I have not seen the bat pattern before. Love it!!!

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  36. Love the bat. What a fun paper piecing project!

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  37. I adore both the quilts - would be hard put to choose between them. I love that you added brads t the wings of the bat. That's a super wall 'hanging'. I also love the hat, the colors and the bendy parts and the bow. Just a wonderful swap!

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  38. That is the kind of bat I wouldn't mind having hanging around.

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  39. Great bat, great hat! The crystals for the eyes are perfect. Love the project and will remember the pattern for future use.

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  40. I just love the bat quilt! Happy Halloween.

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  41. I absolutely LOVE your bat! It is fantastic. I would have had a really, really hard time parting with it. That being said, the quilt you received is fantastic. I love them both! How incredibly fun! (On an ironic note... I just shared a link to your fabric postcard tutorial on my blog. I follow the finishing instructions on every fabric postcard I make. Seeing you were participating in the blog hop today was all the more fun!)

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  42. Those bat wings--with their purple shades--are amazing!

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  43. The bat is so cool! The purple color gives it something extra. jarvenpa1ne at gmail dot com

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  44. That bat is awesome, especially with those crystal eyes.

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  45. I love bats but the hat is wonderful.

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  46. Love the bat and the colors you used!

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  47. Your bat quilt is great! I don't do much paper piecing but I'd certainly make this quilt.

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  48. This sounds like a really fun swap! Both projects are fantastic!!!!!

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  49. Halloween has always been my kids favorite holiday. I plan to try and make him te bat quilt. I love it.
    gandn74@ymail.com

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  50. The bat and the hat (love how they rhyme) are wonderful! I love the little touches..the glittery spiders, the glowing eyes, the spiderweb quilting and the bat joints. Both are so cool!

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  51. Wow, both projects are amazing. Love the piecing on the bat.
    Iain.ross30 at gmail dot com

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  52. Super job on the projects...the Hat is soooo fun!! tho...not sure I could deal with the spider..lol

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