Halloween Finished

 So, I got a cute kit from over at Blooming Prairie in Mt. Vernon, and it is this pattern. But I also have a small pile of Halloween fabrics and it's mid October.....

And I have this helper....

SO I got it all cut out and worked it out....

Got busy on Freddie and got it done in time to send home with DD to enjoy before the big day.

It was a little windy, but I went on! This one is about 63"X75", so a cuddle up on the couch size. 

I free motion quilted this time-no computer here!

And I pieced the back with some more of the spooky prints I had on the shelf.

It's a good looking quilt I think! DD has a blanket ladder at her house in the living room and I think this Halloween quilt will look good there for the rest of the month anyways!

And the binding is good too! I'll be making the original kit from this pattern next. 

Oh and here is the trick or treat crew...

Is he the cutest dragon ever?!

He was supposed to be spiderman, but he was not having that costume, so here's the cute dragon-the costume was a hand me down from one of DD's coworkers, and it's a really nice costume!

And the big kids are ready to go too!

Spiderman and the dragon-off they go! It's pretty cold and a little windy so the costumes are a good thing!

It's Summer in Iowa

 

On July 28 we had RAGBRAI come through town. 

It was nearly 100 degrees, but those hardy souls were peddling on!

They estimated about 40000 bicyclists were participating this year.

We had front row seats, since the route went right by our house. It started out with a trickle around 9am, and continued to peddle by until about 6pm. There were so many different kinds of bikes, and the choice of how to travel was just really something to see. 

I finished this Halloween quilt!

I got the kit on the All Iowa Shop Hop. 

It was at The Little Red Hen Quilt Shop in Muscatine. 

I don't usually buy a kit, but I liked this one a lot!

I got the poisonous backing fabric at Neal's Sewing in Muscatine too-on Sale!!

The fabric glows in the dark too!

Here it is all done. Now just wait for October, to hang it up!

And this weekend was tax free shopping-and diapers are included in the deal, so DD loaded up in anticipation of little gummy bear's arrival.