Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Fanged Pumpkins

 

OKAY MARTHA, enough already!!!  I want to resist your Molly Homemaker ways, but you make it so difficult for me to when you put out projects like this! If you know me, then you know I have a ridiculous weak spot for cartoony faces with big toothy smiles.  It never fails to make me giggle, and these are no different. Do you see their faces?! Gah! Okay, I'm done freaking out. 

If your kids or grandkids also have those little glow-in-the-dark vampire teeth that fit no one's mouth, this is a great way to inappropriate them before they get shoved into their mouths or lost until they get stepped on. But seriously. I am going to make ten of these when I go get my pumpkins from a GREAT local organization, Another Pumpkin Patch. To plug a really worthy local biz, all the pumpkins they grow are edible (not all pumpkin species are edible) and those that are not bought by customers after the season, are donated to the Marion-Polk Food Share.

So...thanks to the folks at Martha Stewart's website for making this available! CLICK HERE to see how to make these adorable little critters.

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Cross-Stitched Pumpkin

 

How awesome is this?!  Meg Freeman over at Elsie Marley has figured out how to take an inexpensive, fake pumpkin (like those found at Michael's or JoAnn's) and turn it into a unique piece of Halloween decor.  This tutorial shows you how to mark out and cross stitch a 3D pumpkin.  This principle could be extrapolated to any other fake fruit or veggie item you'd want to add a little cross stitched flair to.  But this time around, it's a pretty white pumpkin with a black cross stitched skull.

CLICK HERE to learn how! Thanks to Meg for sharing!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Stuffed Pumpkins

Danielle at Thompson Family Life has shared this cute pattern on her blog.  This is one of two stuffed pumpkin tutorials I've found.  This one is the more basic of the two and it's a really great way to use larger scale, fun prints. There's no large stem or leaves to obstruct the pattern, so there's just really cute and petite.

CLICK HERE for the tutorial.  Thanks Danielle!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Ghost Cozies

 

Heidi Kenney at My Paper Crane has posted a really cute tutorial on making the adorable ghost cozies you see to the left.  They are just the right size to fit over your kitchen jars or breakables that you don't want people to see or mess with.  Perfect for parties or your seasonal decor, they're a snap to make and totally cute. Of course you could always take this from a cozie to a softie for your kids or grandkids!

CLICK HERE for the tutorial.  Thanks to Heidi for sharing!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Fabric Transfer Art

 

Karen at The Graphics Fairy brings us these fantastic and spooky fabric transfers to make really neat wall art using embroidery hoops.  These would make great pieces of Halloween art, but how cool would these look as creepy appliques on a Halloween wall hanging?  And yes, grandma, of course the bat is my favorite! :)

CLICK HERE for the free PDFs.  Thanks Karen for sharing!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Crocheted Skull Scarf

Quick!  Someone who knows how to crochet, make me this scarf!
Find the pattern HERE :-)

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Knitted Witch

Here's another one from Craft Bits.  I don't knit well at all (don't even get me started on purling) but this little witch is a cutie! 

CLICK HERE for the pattern

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Crocheted Kid's Bat Beanie

I found this over at Craft Bits.  I don't know who to give credit to for designing the pattern, they only listed the person who submitted it. But this is way cute and I know that as a kid I would have flipped over this hat!  I am TERRIBLE at all things knitting and crochet, but I know some of you all rock at it and probably know some little kid would would love this!

CLICK HERE for the pattern.

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Too Scary Mary Pillow

Jane at Quilt Jane made this awesome pillow, and one of the coolest aspects of it, is that she hand drew that skull in the middle.  What a talented lady! Luckily for those of us who can't draw a skull as realistically as she can, she has made the skull available.  It would be super simple to print this on some iron-on transfer paper and make it into whatever you want...but the pillow is pretty cool too.

CLICK HERE for the skull pattern. Thanks to Jane for sharing!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Boo Embroidery

 

Well isn't this adorable?  I love the fatty little bat!  This simple little embroidery designed by Amanda Woodward-Jennings would look fantastic on a set of seasonal dish towels, cloth napkins or even as a quilt label!  Hmm...I better bust out the DMC and give this a whirl, I have a bunch of plain dishtowels that need a little something.  

CLICK HERE to find the pattern.  Thanks for Amanda for sharing!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 DAys of Halloween: Cheap and Easy Halloween Decor

 

This is a quickie little post.  Better Homes and Gardens has an article out right now about making cute and inexpensive Halloween decorations. There are bats, ghosts, pumpkins and more of the usual Halloween fare.  There's nothing particularly gorey or scary here.

CLICK HERE for the projects!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Cross Body Trick or Treat Bag

 

The one thing about Halloween that makes me sad (hold on, you'll be able to pick your jaw up off the floor in a minute) is that trick or treating is a dying tradition.  Out of paranoia (which is only partially founded in fact, the rest in media hysteria)  parents no longer allow their kids to trick or treat in neighborhoods like when I was a kid (which was thee best part of Halloween), and instead take them to the mall during the day to trick or treat.  Ick! Where is the fun in that?  Just follow common sense safety rules and it's all good clean fun!

Fine I'll hop off the soap box. Back in the day my brother and I went beyond the little plastic pumpkin trick or treating buckets.  We straight up carried pillowcases....great for a huge haul of candy but it did get to be a pain to carry. This is a great trick or treating bag designed by Alicia Thommas and instruction provided by Debbie Guild that is carried cross body so the hands are free and it doesn't get cumbersome. I love the fabric they chose...I have several yards of that that needs to be used!

CLICK HERE for the tutorial. Thanks to Alicia and Debbie for sharing!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Redwork

 

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm not a hand-stitching, hand-work kind of girl.  I try to think I am, but uh, I get bored halfway through and say, "Ehhhh forget it." This one from Pattern Bee is has got a vintage flair but it's still just a little creepy at the same time.  I'm not sure how  feel about the pumpkin man in the little kid's bedroom, but hey, I'm not going to assume anything here. It would be neat on a throw pillow or a dishtowel though for sure!

 CLICK HERE for the free pattern.

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Creature Wall Hanging

 

 This wall hanging is cute on it's own, but I think it's better as a jumping off point to something more. I found it over at Celebrating Halloween and unfortunately, this is another where no designer name was given so I can't give credit to whoever made it.  But how fun would it be to extrapolate the designs here, and make a table runner, or maybe a throw?  The appliques are just too fun!

CLICK HERE for the free pattern!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Pumpkin Placemats

 

I have no idea who came up with this pattern, so unfortunately I can't give credit where credit is due.  However, it is really cute and it would be perfect for a kids Halloween party, since you can tuck the utensils and napkin right inside the pumpkin.  They opted here for bright colors, but I could see this being darling in a more primitive style colorway.

CLICK HERE for the free pattern!  

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Pumpkin Projects

 

Nothing says Halloween like a pumpkin.  Be it a Jack-o-Lantern or just a regular ol' pumpkin, having a pumpkin around just says Halloween is coming.  Here are 8 projects from Amanda Formaro at Craft Gossip Home and Garden that put a spin on the usual pumpkin fare.

CLICK HERE to get to the projects!  Thanks for gathering these for us, Amanda!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Bone Chillers Soap

 

The ladies over at Crafting Rebellion have brought us a really nice tutorial on how to make these cute little skull soaps. Personally, I have never attempted making soap, you know, ever....but this makes it look pretty easy.

CLICK HERE for the tutorial.

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Batty Felt Pillow

How cute! Amy at Ameroonie Designs has a tutorial up for this batty felt pillow.  The possibilities are pretty limitless!  You could use a fun print in the background, and then the black bats. Or, you could do a black background with multicolored halloween print bats.  You could change the bats to pumpkins, or ghosts, or whatever you want! I think this is pretty great, and hey....I need more pillows on the sofa (fine, I don't, but it sounds good).

CLICK HERE for the tutorial. Thanks Amy!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Painted Burlap Table Runner

 

This is SO COOL.  Here is a tutorial for a fantastic burlap table runner by Colleen over at Just Paint It.  Every once in a while, it's nice to have a no-sew project and something to stretch those ol' traditional art muscles. Plus, you can put whatever Halloween scene you want, from creepy to whimsical. I know mine would be stomping right through creepyville!

CLICK HERE for the tutorial.  Thank you Colleen for sharing!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Ghoulies and Ghosties Quilt

 

 Here is a really nice throw quilt by Kelly Corbridge over at McCall's Quilting. This is a more traditional style quilt, but of course, you could do it in any colorway you like.  The appliques lend themselves to really just about any colorway too, and really, you could replace them for any season.
CLICK HERE for the free pattern!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Itsy Bitsy Spiders Wall Hanging

 

I LOVE this wallhanging!  The ric rac is just too cute.  I always forget that ric rac is even a thing (yeah, yeah, I know) but every time I see it used I always think, "that's really cute, I need to use ric rac more often."  Do I ever?  Nope.  But the thought it nice I 'spose. 

This was done by Alisha Jane over at AJ's Bow-tique and her tutorial is really good.  It's one of those projects that goes by quickly, but just because it's a quickie project doesn't mean it can't turn out  this good! 

CLICK HERE for the tutorial, and thank you to Alisha Jane for sharing!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Paper Pieced Pumpkin, Cat and Witch Blocks

These paper pieced blocks are awesome!  Even if paper piecing isn't your method of choice, you have to admit....these are cute!  I have to say, I do like the precision of paper piecing and the pumpkin is my favorite with his huge toothy grin.  These, and so many more, free paper piecing patterns are found at Artesania.  These three patterns where all designed by Sonja Callaghan. Thanks to Sonja for sharing with us!

CLICK HERE for the pumpkin pattern

CLICK HERE for the cat pattern

CLICK HERE for the witch pattern

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: By the Light of the Moon Quilt

 

I've never been a cat person (no, not even for Halloween) but I DID fall in love with the candy corn border. This quilt is brought to you by Elizabeth Cecchettini for Baby Lock. I like the quilt's retro flavor, and it's a manageable size, so that if you wanted it done and ready for the wall or table in time for Halloween, it's definitely doable!

CLICK HERE for the free pattern

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Witch Shoe Treat Bags

Sharon at Dances With Fabric has put out a tutorial for a really cute witch shoe shaped treat bag.  Sure, you could use it for a treat bag, but as she also points out it would make a great silverware holder too.  I think it would look great hanging on the fireplace like a Halloween stocking! 

CLICK HERE for the free pattern.  Thanks for sharing this with us Sharon!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Ghoul's Night Out Table Runner

 

This spooky table runner by Grace Wilson for Maywood Studios is fun and versatile.  How great would this look on your buffet for a Halloween potluck?  This is shown using Maywood fabrics (which look great) but you could take it into creepy territory or make it bright and whimsical.

If Halloween isn't quite your thing, this would convert beautifully to a fall or harvest themed table runner perfect for your Thanksgiving table.

CLICK HERE to get the free pattern