A Hallowe'en Finish!

Hey Blog Buddies,

Not only do I have a Hallowe'en finish to show you, but the piece is finished-finished, and (are you ready for this?) I did the whole thing from start to finish myself!  It's the little stocking from the BBD 'Tis Hallowe'en booklet that I started--and posted a progress pic of--before we took our trip.

The pattern is called "Deadly Nightshade."

I stitched it on 40-count linen,

not the called-for 30-count and, fortunately,

they also had a stocking template for

the smaller-size linen in the booklet.

According to their instructions,

I traced the template onto

some fusible interfacing,

one for the stitched piece

and another for the backing.

The interfacing was then ironed on

to both pieces,

 and the pieces were cut out,

leaving a quarter-inch seam

all around

(more for the top of the stocking).

Easy so far.

Then, it said to finger-press the

quarter-inch seams to the wrong side.

@#$%

Place wrong sides together

and whip stitch.

@#%%^'

I decided to use invisible nylon thread

so the stitching wouldn't show.

@#%%^&*@#$%^&(@

Love the look (or non-look) of nylon thread.

Hate working with it.

The reverse of the ornament.

I had enough thread left to string beads for the hanger.

It's not a "Karen finish," but

I'm happy enough with it

to want to make a few more.

In the meantime, however,

the fabric earmarked for my

Christmas wall hanging

 was calling to me.

I started on this yesterday

 and got all my strips cut.

(The fabric on the right is pinkish red, not orange!)

I'm not done cutting, though.

The strips all have to be turned into

squares and half-square triangles.

Unfortunately, I am going to be

one strip short of the middle fabric.

There will be a trip to my LQS tomorrow

to see if I can get more of that fabric,

but I am not hopeful.

However, I have a Plan B.

More on that, if necessary, later.

Here's hoping you're having a good weekend,

and you are never one strip short.

Thanks for visiting!