Who Doesn’t Love A Good Pumpkin Party?

I just finished my latest project, “Pumpkin Party” by Sherri Falls of This & That.  This was a fun and easy project to piece.  I actually bought the kit last October, well you know how that goes.  I finished the top this September.

After I FMQ…

I love how it turned out!  This quilt had a lot of open areas to really have fun with the quilting.  I especially like how the quilting added a lot of character to the pumpkins, BUT I was ready to abandon ship quite a few times while quilting this.  I have found that sometimes it’s the small projects that give you the most grief!  For some reason, the thread I used on all the light background quilting and I were having a serious disagreement!  It was down right ugly at times.  Words were exchanged that I can’t even repeat!  I had A LOT of starts and stops while quilting, so it took me  f-o-r-e-v-e-r  to finish.
I’m sure it was operator error.  If I hadn’t had enough, the colors bled when I sprayed water on the top to dissolve some water soluble thread.  I did get it all out.  Luckily, the wash really made the quilting pop.  In the end, I love my new topper and it was well worth the troubles.

As I am drawing a close to my first week in Blogland, I wanted to thank all those who stopped by!  A special thanks to everyone who left comments and emails.  I soooo appreciate it.  I want to send a special thanks to Thelma, Cupcakes ‘n Daisies and Nicole, Sister’s Choice Quilts.  You girls are the best!  It has been quite a week!  I couldn’t ask for a better start.  My rookie blog season has begun…