New Moon - Tutorial

New Moon

wall hanging tutorial

finished size 30" square approximately

Here's the Halloween wall hanging that you can make in a jiffy.

supplies needed:

1/2 yard of black fabric, you will have left overs

1/2 yard white fabric, you will have left overs

3/8 yard orange border fabric

1/4 yard black for binding

scrap of purple for the bat 9"x5"

Steam-a-Seam fusible webbing

Cut 6 - white 6 7/8" squares

Cut 6 - black 6 7/8" squares

Cut 4 - black 6 1/2" squares, these are for you corners

Making half-square-triangles. With a ruler, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of all the white 6 7/8" squares


Place right sides together of a white 6 7/8" square and a black 6 7/8" square.

Sew 1/4" on both sides of the pencil line

Press your block

With a rotary cutter, cut on the pencil line.

Press open to reveal you half-square triangles. Repeat this process on the other black and white 6 7/8" squares. You will have 12 half-square triangles when you are done.

With the 6 1/2" black squares in the corners, lay out your blocks in this manner. Sew together in rows. Sew rows together. Press seams as you go.

Follow instructions for tracing and fusing your bat onto your quilt top.

Blanket stitch or zig zag around bat image.

Cut two side borders 3 1/2". Measure the down the center of your quilt and cut you border to that lenght. Sew on side borders. Press your seams

Cut top and bottom borders 3 1/2". Measure through the center of your quilt top and cut the borders to that lenght. Sew in place. Press your seam. You are ready to have this quilted and bound, and hung up for Halloween.

To get the bat image, email me and I will email it to you. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Fall Table Topper Tutorial

OK, here we go. For all of you that have never made a Tossed 9 Patch, this is for you. They are fast and easy. I thought it would be a fun project, (this is my first tossed 9 patch)



To make a Tossed 9 patch Table Topper you need to have one charm pack that has at least 36 - 5" squares. Your table topper will finish about 26 1/2" square. The fabric shown is Moda "Grande Finale" by Sandy Gervais.


Pick out 9 - 5" squares and lay them out as shown. The fabrics in the corners are going to be most prominent in your block once you cut it. Be sure to mix your lights, mediums and darks in the corners of your 9 patch. That way you won't have all the same color showing once you have cut your 9 patch. Note: If you have a fabric that is your least favorite, place that fabric square in the middle.

Sew your 9 patch together. Press your seams. Make 4 - 9 patch blocks.

Take your 9 patch block and cut it in half as shown.

Now, take the cut pieces and cut them in half again. Do this to all the 9 patch blocks. You now have a 16 Tossed block. Note: Now you can see that the fabric that was in the middle of your 9 patch is only a small square.

Take your 16 tossed blocks and lay them out turning them in different directions until you get the desired look. Your layout will be 4 blocks by 4 blocks.

Sew your blocks together in rows

Sew all your rows together. Press your seams as you go. Quilt as you desired. Bind. You now have a fast easy table topper for fall or any other season. (Because charm packs come in all seasons, colors and holidays, the choices are unlimited) Enjoy!!!

If you want to have a bigger quilt use more charm packs. I used two charm packs and used my favorite prints to make my table topper. I chose not to use the blues and purples that are in this fall line. So you see the quilt shown is 5 blocks X 5 blocks.

WARNING: This quilt is so easy that you may not stop at making one, or two or ten. Don't say that I didn't warn you. Smile!!!