A Spooky Hollow Wall Hanging

My oldest daughter who lives with me just finished this wonderful piece that has three panels with cross-stitch and quilting.  Everything was done by hand including piecing  and quilting the sashing and borders and sewing on the binding.

For the rod, she covered a dowel in copper tape and fashioned copper wire pieces for the ends.The piece measures 38 x 18 inches and is the perfect background over the mantel for her centerpiece design – WITCH’S NIGHT OUT.

Her crocheted spider web doily completes the arrangement.

It’s nice to have something a little different in décor from the usual jack o’lanterns and skeletons.

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Airing the Quilts Wall Hanging

This is another collaboration piece with my daughter who in this case did almost all of the work.  She did the redwork hand embroidery from a pattern from Quilting Bee Designs.

Then, she hand-stitched four reverse-applique blocks for the corners….

…and did some exquisite hand quilting.

My contribution was a little assembly, sleeve, binding and a label.

I like the idea of a label showing a current picture so that anyone who might see this piece in the future will have some idea of the person who did such gorgeous work.

The completed hanging measures 26-1/2 inches x 21 inches.

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