Halloween Table Topper

I know it would be better to actually see this on a table, but it photographs better against my sofa. . . .

I finished this last week, just in time to give to my quilt guild for their annual craft show.

MyGirl wasn't happy with me. She wanted me to keep it for our own family. Right now I'm working on a Halloween quilt for our family. I guess I'll have to make a table topper for us after that, though the whole rounded corner binding. . . maybe not, though it was another good learning opportunity for me ;-)

 I added a little hand stitching around the pumpkin I appliqued.

 I just made up this design. Nothing fancy, but he's got a little personality, and that's the fun of designing your own pumpkin, right?

The side piecing was actually designed after one of my favorite scrapbook designs I've used many times on cards and on pages for backing one particular photo. Good design easily crosses over from one medium to another. I really liked these fabrics, though, and a couple of them will be used also on my quilt. . . more to come. When my mom asked me how I did it, I said, "Well I cut out a rectangle, and from there, I designed everything around that." And that's pretty much how it went.