Halloween Fun

by Pat Tribbey
Pat in South Florida

Halloween Fun - Warts, Eyeballs & Spider String

This adorable witch's nose hangs down, stuffed and free, into the border below! When I saw the block in Fons & Porter's "Love of Quilting" magazine Sept/Oct 2005, I just knew I had to make it.

See close-ups below

Fons & Porter's website: http://fonsandporter.com/

The wart on the witch's nose is a "Beaded Bead" that I learned how to do from an episode of the Carol Duval Show on HGTV. The Beaded Bead is 3D. I just love it when Evette Potts comes on and demonstrates a beading technique, she explains it all so well.

Beaded bead was tied down to the quilt.

The eyes are a circle of beads, couched down to the quilt, with another bead sewn into center of the circle

Beaded Bead -- Evette Potts -- Carol Duval Show - HGTV -- CDS-1626
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_accessories_jewelry/article/0,1789,HGTV_3225_2838200,00.html

That's a plastic spider hanging from the tip of the witch's hat. Seed Beads are backstitched to the quilt, to "hang" the spider.
Spider is tacked down to the quilt.