Enter If U Dare!

Enter If U Dare!

We at Ms P Designs USA are excited to participate in the 2017 “Enter If U Dare Blog Hop”, hosted by Marian at Seams to Be Sew and sponsored by The Fat Quarter Shop and Timeless Treasures.  The event runs from October 18 through October 25,  2017.  You’ll see a variety of projects that have been created by nineteen amazing bloggers.   You can register to win one $75 gift certificate from The Fat Quarter Shop, along with a different fat quarter bundle each day, from Timeless Treasures.  We’d like to thank our host, Marian, and our generous sponsors for supporting this event.

IT’S SCARY OUT THERE!  

It’s that time of year again when all the ghosties and ghoulies and things that go “bump” in the night will be dressing up for Halloween.  Instead of depicting children going trick or treating, I decided that our classic animals would have lots of fun being vampires, witches, skeletons and, especially, superheros!

Since this is our first Halloween-themed quilt pattern, I volunteered to make this year’s quilt (which is really quite a selfish act because they had me laughing as I stitched).  I have been calling them “Halloweenies,” but have since learned that is the name many other designers are using for their Halloween quilts … perhaps you can suggest a new (and fun) name for this quilt besides “2017 Halloween Quilt”!  Boring, huh?  I would love it if you would leave a comment below with name suggestions.

Drum roll please!  Here is the big reveal!  Nothing screams Halloween like orange and black!

Count Porkula very much wants to scare his way into some tasty treats!  With a face like this, he may end up with more laughs than treats!

Lucy really wanted to be a princess for Halloween, but the idea that she could fly among the bats and use magic spells absolutely thrilled her!  Don’t worry though- she is a good witch who brings happiness!

Leo, you are not fooling anyone!  No matter how clever your disguise, you’ll never convince me that you starred in “The Walking Dead”, or some other zombie movie.  In fact, I don’t even think that you are very scary!   You’d best not come back to my house to TP it, you little rascal!!!!!

Mike (our hyena) decided that the only logical choice for his Halloween costume was to be a superhero!  However, no superhero ever said “Go ahead, make my day.” or “Do you feel lucky, punk?”.  Perhaps someone enjoys Clint Eastwood movies just a little too much…

Last, but not least, it can’t be Halloween without a spooky castle, a graveyard, a full moon and bats!  It was quite a challenge to put them all together in one 7” block, and I hope that the smiling pumpkin did not frighten you too badly!

After all this fun and craziness, what kind of pieced block would complement my finished applique blocks?  I love log cabins, but felt they are too structured for this quilt. I call this a “Wonky Log Cabin”:

As you can see, each block is different from the rest.  I fussy cut the centers so that each one had a character of its own.  Sharon and I raided our stashes, and I made a few choice selections from current fabric lines until I had enough Halloween fabric that I didn’t use the piece twice to make my wonky log cabins.  The film strip sashing took some time to plan the best way to put it all together, but I’m very happy with the results!

My friend, Linda, LOVES Halloween and is completely smitten with our Halloween critters, so she took the blocks and did her own thing (yes, the backgrounds behind the appliques are the same, but we are friends, so I shared)!  Here is her work in progress:

Linda plans to put a black rickrack “web” around the little spider to make the quilt just a little more spooky.  We will update the picture of Linda’s quilt once it is completed.

And finally, Sharon felt that she was missing out on all the fun with these critters, so she decided to use them on new hot pads for her kitchen.  These 7” square blocks are a perfect size, and aren’t they just the cutest!  Here are her wonderful creations:

I hope you have enjoyed our Halloween quilting adventures!  I would love to hear from you with any questions or comments, and we’d be thrilled to see your photos if you decide to make something with our Halloween patterns!

Happy quilting,

Susan

Animal Tamer & Fabric Acquisition Expert @ MsPDesignsUSA

 

And now for the Giveaways!

Please click on the images below to enter for your chance to win these fabulous prizes. The rules for the giveaways are posted below.

 

 

Blog Hop Schedule:

Blog Giveaway Guidelines

Please take the time to read these guidelines.

Giveaways offered by sponsors are assigned to the various bloggers for their featured day.

You’ll have to visit the blog or the featured blog to enter the giveaways.

All winners will be announced on October 25, 2017.

You must give a valid email address when you enter the giveaways.  Any returned email will not be elligible to win.

Winners are expected to pay shipping costs for the product they won.  Cost To Ship the fabric fat quarter bundle prize is approximately $7.19 USA / Canada/Europe.  Actual shipping rates will be provided when the winner is drawn.  All US Winners bundles are shipped via USPS Priority Mail. No Exceptions.

You are given 3 days to answer the email if you have won a prize. If you do not respond within 3 days a new winner will be drawn. Check those spam/junk mail folders, you may miss that winning email if you don’t do so because there are no exceptions to this rule.

If you are notified that you are a winner, in most cases, you will need to provide your name, address, city, state, zip code, country, telephone number, and email address.

In some cases, you will be asked to comment on the blog to enter the giveaway.   Do the right thing and thank them for the time it took to create the pattern.

Thank the sponsor by buying their products for the giveaways. This helps them continue to offer great prizes for these types of events. You can also comment on their social media pages. Even if you don’t win, letting them know you love their products is a huge incentive and they really do love hearing from you.

No purchase whatsoever is necessary.  You must be 18+ in order to win a gift.

You are responsible for claiming and paying any tax owed on the value of any gift that you win. Prizes valued at $500.00 should be claimed.

Odds of Winning a prize are based on a total number of rafflecopter entries during each week and in total for all giveaways.

This giveaway is void where prohibited by law.

Participating bloggers may enter any of the giveaways.

The word giveaways in the rules and guidelines are also known as sweepstakes.