Thursday, October 31, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Alien Brain Hemorrhage Shot

It's Halloween and after all of our diligent decorating and party preparing, it's time to celebrate with a drink...which, I'd probably wait for later tonight to partake in...

Introducing the creepiest drink I've seen yet...Alien Brain Hemorrhage.


Get your Bailey's, Schanpps, blue curacao and grenadine ready and enjoy! 

CLICK HERE to get the recipe.

Happy Halloween everyone, have a spooky and safe night!



Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: 17 Halloween Treats That Ruined Your Childhood

Buzzfeed is a great time killer (trust me) and this time it brings us the 17 (almost) universally hated candies that trick or treaters get...beggers can't be choosers, but let's be fair, we all had the candies we always tried to trade away because, well, gross.

I gotta say, I like Whoppers, Dots and Mr. Goodbar.  But Good and Plenty, and Necco Wafers?  Ick.  But personallyI'd add those weird peanut butter candies in the black and orange wax paper wrappers...

The absolute worst.

...black licorice of any variety, red hots and those strawberry hard candies that are wrapped like strawberries.

Gross.

But that's just me...what are your thoughts? READ ON here!

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Witch Curtain

Here's another one from Martha.  Set this up just in time for trick-or-treaters for some scary ambiance on their way to ringing your doorbell. Pop some colored lightbulbs (red ones, strobing or blacklight?) in and you're good to go!


CLICK HERE to see how it's done. 

Monday, October 28, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Eyeball Glasses

Creepy and perfect for your grown-up Halloween party. I'd use these for a mad-science themed Halloween party!


CLICK HERE for the tutorial. Thank you to Martha Stewart's minions for posting this!

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Twinkie Ghosts

Now that the great Twinkie Panic is over and Twinkies are once again available, you can make this cute little Twinkie Ghosts for kids' Halloween parties...or your own if Twinkies are your thing! I'm not big on Twinkies (I don't like them at all, actually) but John does, so John, these are for you, lol. 


CLICK HERE for the how-to. Thank you to Amber at Crazy Little Projects.


Saturday, October 26, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Sweater Pumpkins

If a more chic and trendy Halloween is more your bag of candy, then these sweater pumpkins are for you!


CLICK HERE for the tutorial. Thank you to Nita at Mod Vintage Life for sharing.

Friday, October 25, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Handkerchief Ghosts

Here's an oldie but a goodie...making handkerchief ghosts from empty recycled toilet paper rolls.  They're way cute, and you could very easily light them up with a glow stick. Plus, it's another project that's great for kids.






CLICK HERE for the tutorial. The first set of instructions are in Swedish (I think...it's a .se website) but underneath the instructions are translated into English. Thank you to Karin and Freya for sharing!

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Pumpkin Mug Rug

Perfect for your pumpkin spice lattes!  Or, if you wanted, you could split it up and make some coasters instead, if mug rugs aren't your thing.





CLICK HERE to get the free pattern.  Thank you to whoever posted this to I Sew Free, since no name was provided.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Cross Stitch

While this cross stitch pattern is great on its own, who ever said you can't take a cross stitch pattern and convert it to patchwork?  Choose your raw square size, and get to work!



CLICK HERE to get the free pattern.  The site is largely in French, but it is quite understandable (I don't know a lick of French) since it shows everything in pictures.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Knitted Zombie

My knitting skills are lacking, but I know someone out there would love to make this!  It's a creepy, accurate little knit zombie right down to the eyeball and entrails...perfect for the Halloween lover, or even a Walking Dead fan!

CLICK HERE for the free pattern.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Hooded Dragon Cape

Yes, this may be a kid's costume, but I intend to modify it for grown up sized people...like me...we dress up at the office and this awesome dragon cape would be office appropriate, functional (with a little modification) and absolutely perfect!



Oh, and it would be great for all the kiddies and grandkiddies out there too who are resistant to wearing a full on costume.

Thank you to Jennifer at eat.sleep.MAKE for sharing.

CLICK HERE for the tutorial

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Frankenzombie Treat Bag

It's so sad to me that the face of trick or treating has changed.  I remember going out as a kid with Dad around the neighborhood, and when I was a little older, with friends.  Nowadays everyone is so scared over letting their kids out (unsupervised?!) that trick or treating is relegated largely to parking lots and shopping malls.

Even still, those trick or treaters need a little something flashier than those plastic pumpkins. This Frankenzombie fits the bill!



Thank you to Louise from I'm Feelin' Crafty for sharing!

CLICK HERE for the tutorial. 

Friday, October 18, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Knitted Halloween Washcloths

Over at Craft Gossip, they've complied a handful of links to blogs that have some cute patterns for knitted Halloween washcloths. 



I am a terrible knitter...really, really terrible...but someone who CAN knit would sure have some awesome themed washcloths for the Halloween season.  They would also make a great gift for someone else who super loves Halloween...I like the skull one...hint hint hint :-)

CLICK HERE to get to that tutorials!

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein 31 Days of Halloween: Wolverine Costume Claws

If you know me well, then you know that in my book, Wolverine is thee coolest superhero ever. 

The Wolverine of my youth...yellow spandex and all...which, spoiler alert, would make a GREAT Halloween costume

But modern Wolverine kicks every single ass...and can grate cheese on those abs. 

But all I know is that when I have kids, because they will absolutely be the coolest (and nerdiest) kids in town, one of them will end up in a kiddie Wolverine costume. And when they do, they can have these kid-safe Wolvie claws!  
 
 
They may not be adamantium, but hey, we all can't be THAT good.  If you know of a little one that wants to be the most awesome kid in the trick-or-treating group, or even one who just wants to be a superhero for a day, there is a good tutorial on how to make these claws kid-safe.

Thank you to Allie at Freshly Completed for sharing this!
 
CLICK HERE to get the tutorial

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Monster Madness

If done in the right fabrics, this would be a really cool, kid friendly Halloween quilt.  You could make some of the eyes angry, or scared or just plain bug eyed, and how neat would it be to use some of that glow in the dark fabric or thread for the eyes?

This pattern is for sale over at Reanna Lily DesignsCLICK HERE to purchase the pattern.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Street

This wallhanging just begs for some spooky embellishments.  While the pattern calls for specific fabric lines, you could very easily do this with any Halloween fabric you choose, and could adapt it to be as large or small as you wanted. 


I could see this being an equally cute Christmas pattern too...Hmm!

Thank you to Gigi Khalsa for sharing this with Quilter's Newsletter as a freebie!

CLICK HERE to get to the PDF.

Monday, October 14, 2013

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Happy Pumpkin Pillow

If spooky Halloween isn't your thing, then this is a good project for you.  This happy little pumpkin makes a great pillow, or would be cute as a wall hanging or even as placemats. 

Thank you to Lisa DeBee Schiller for sharing.

CLICK HERE for the tutorial over at All People Quilt.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Ghost Runner

This is a quick, cute appliqued table runner.  You could change up the length of the runner, and the face of the ghost really easily to make it your own. 






Thank you to Debbie Williams at eHow for sharing!
 
CLICK HERE to get the the tutorial!  Click on the picture to get to the next step.

Friday, October 11, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Hexi Table Topper

Hexagon patterns are still as hot as ever, and here's a cute pattern to add some style to your Halloween decor.


Thank you to Amanda Castor at Material Girl Quilts for sharing!

CLICK HERE for the tutorial.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Applique

Pinterest is AMAZING.  There is so much to see there, so many great patterns and ideas for the pinning.  The downside to it though, is sometimes things get pinned without a link to a pattern, or any credit to the designer. 

Such is the case with this quilt. 


I have no idea who designed it, what pattern it is, if any.  All I know is the blocks are made from Moda's Spooktacular line from 3-4 years ago, and probably a layer cake of it.  So, if anyone knows what pattern this is or who designed it, please speak up! 

But the point is, is that is is a very simple quilt.  Just squares and sashing.  But look what happens when the single appliqued spider is added over the top of the finished blocks?  WOW!  The spider and the quilting took this quilt from basic to brilliant! 

So there's some food for thought...for any quilt, not just a Halloween quilt. The addition of a large scale, single applique over the top of a simple quilt really takes to the next level. How cute would it be to add an ornament, or reindeer over a simple square Christmas quilt? 


Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Cross Stitch Pillow

This would be great for your sewing room during the spooky season.


 I don't know about you all, but my sewing room doesn't have the amenities for a pillow, so I would make this as a wall hanging, or framed cross stitch.

Pamela at Our Pioneer Homestead designed this pattern and was kind enough to share it for free. Thank you Pamela! 

CLICK HERE to get the pattern.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Ghostly Ghoulash

Even ghosts have to scare up some grub!  This little wall hanging would be a fun addition to your Halloween kitchen.


This is a pattern available for purchase at Maudie's Cottage.  

CLICK HERE to get to the patterns - the one you're looking for is toward the bottom of the page, and is called "Ghostly Ghoulash!"

Monday, October 7, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Spooky Felt Garland

LOVE this.  It would look really cute on a mantel or over a doorway...for parties or just because!






Thank you to Anjeanette at Roots & Wings Co. for sharing!

CLICK HERE for the templates
CLICK HERE for the tutorial

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Felt Treat Bags

 Believe it or not, Target apparently has craft tutorials. Todd Oldham has a step by step guide to make these cute little treat bags.


I know I would have squealed over this as a kid.  Well, okay, let's be fair...I squealed over this as a grown ass woman.  I don't have anything to use it for, but it sure is cute!

CLICK HERE for the tutorial.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Free Halloween Printables

Printables are great...grab a pack of your printable fabric and go to town! As with any printable, if you intend to sell anything with the images used on it, make sure they designer allows for that kind of usage of their art.

Cool, right?  There's this and more, from vintage to artsy and creepy to cutie!

Thank you Karen at Graphics Fairy for sharing!

CLICK HERE for the images!

Friday, October 4, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Bite Me Cross Stitch

For those of you with a saucy sense of humor and a little bit of attitude...this is the cross stitch for you!



Thank you to Lady Kell at Kincavel Krosses for sharing!

CLICK HERE for the pattern.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Dresden Plate Block

How cute is this Dresden plate table topper!  I'm going to have to give this one a try...or just use the Dresden Plate block itself and make a whole quilt...I have way more than enough Halloween fabric to do it with! 



Thank you to LuAnn at Loose Threads for sharing!

CLICK HERE to see the tutorial.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Critters

Here's an adorable embroidery of some fuzzy eared trick or treaters!


Looks like the Easter bunny is incognito!  Thank you to Kath at Whip Up for sharing!

CLICK HERE for the pattern.


Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Little Monster

Another year and another slew of quick and simple, unique, interesting and/or spectacular Halloween projects are in!

Let's start off with a monster of a block...


If you are a paper piecer, then this is a snap! Thank you to Vicki from Quilting Lodge for sharing this.

CLICK HERE to see the block and get the PDF to make it.