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Halloween Towels

October 6, 2008 on 11:16 pm | In Sewing | 43 Comments

Well Hello There! Did you all have a nice weekend? Our weekend was perfect. We had beautiful weather, but I missed it because I spent most of the weekend in the dungeon sewing. Yipee! And, Friday night was the official start of fall in ThimbleannaLand — MeMum made her first pot of soup for the season. Ham and Bean. YumYum!

On Saturday, I was right in the middle of drawing around a template and Porky TheEmptyNestChild decided he needed to help.

He doesn’t sew very well though — he mostly just batted at my pencil and then eventually attacked my hand. After awhile he got bored, so he found a door open on one of my fabric cabinets and disappeared inside where he could curl up for a nap.

In the meantime, I’ve seen so many owls around blogland that I decided to make a few owls.

Nah, just kidding. I made some Halloween hand towels. (Don’t look SweetiePie!) When I went to visit SweetiePie a few weeks ago, we stopped in at Erica’s. They had lots of Halloween goodies in their shop and SweetiPie and I liked these spider towels.

The spider comes from a pattern called Spooky Hollow #141 by Little Quilt Company. The towels at Erica’s had a spiderweb on them, but when I got home I discovered the pattern didn’t have the web pattern, so I just drew them in and stitched toe-grabbers with white pearl cotton.

And finally, two quick things:

Erin is having a fun giveaway (her 1st!) and Juliette is hosting a fabric swap – they both look really fun, so you might want to check them out!

XOXO,
Anna

43 Comments

Those are darling!!

Comment by Ginger — October 6, 2008 #
Mmmm Ham and bean soup sounds delish! Your kitty looks so sweet sitting there! Isn’t it funny how kitties love to situate themselves in the most inconvenient spots when you are working? LOL! I love it, though! Your towels turned out really cute!

Comment by tattingchic — October 6, 2008 #
I love these towel they ate adorable!

Comment by Carin — October 6, 2008 #
I really love the spider towels… so creepy cute!
And I love hearing about your cat. Our Gabby-cat is getting old and thin and even more precious.

Hope you’re enjoying being a mother-in-law! We’re going to AZ to stay with our newlyweds for ten days over Thanksgiving. My other daughter is going too. Just can’t wait!
Love to you, Joni

Comment by jonipossin — October 7, 2008 #
very cute anna.
i was off visiting a friend who fell down her stairs and landed on her back and missed your post!!
darling towels.
i love the webs that you made.
i’m so going to talk you into moving to db when you grow up.
hurry up and grow up already!!!!

Comment by brigita — October 7, 2008 #
I love the spiders- especially the colour, I like that you chose green. And the webs look so very good.

Comment by the pesky bombolino — October 7, 2008 #
Your towels are fabulous!

Comment by Ali — October 7, 2008 #
Oh those towels are amazing! I love the spider’s eyes and his web!

And TheEmptyNestChild helping you out is just hilarious!

Lucy x

Comment by Lucy Locket-Pocket — October 7, 2008 #
Very cute towels! Don’t you just love it when the helper attacks the hand? I have one that does that too!

Comment by Jackie — October 7, 2008 #
Those spider towels are just too darn cute! Love your helper.

Comment by Carol — October 7, 2008 #
Love the spiders and you cracked me up with the toe-grabbers :-)
Take some time to enjoy the autumn air!

Comment by Susan — October 7, 2008 #
Those towels are A-DORA-BLE! I just love them. I will have to check out the pattern.

Jen :)

Comment by Jen — October 7, 2008 #
Cute towels! And ham and bean soup sure sounds good. And yes, your helper is quite stunning. LOL

Comment by MichelleB — October 7, 2008 #
The towels are so cute, what a fab idea. I love owls!

Comment by Nanette — October 7, 2008 #
Those are spiderrific, for sure. CUTE.

Comment by Dandelion Quilts — October 7, 2008 #
Oh Anna even this arachnophobe could handle these!!! They are fantastic! My girls were just ohhhhing and arrhing and saying how lovely they were and Ben came across and took a look and said “oh they’re good when did you make them?” … typical bloke absolutely no idea what is going on!!! I said “last night love” :)

Comment by Kellie — October 7, 2008 #
FABulous!

Comment by Beth — October 7, 2008 #
Yummy! I love Ham and Bean Soup, with onions (sorry Junie) did you also have corn bread with lots of butter????? What a nice beginning to fall. Toot tooting all through the towels were you not.? Scared the cat into the cupboard??? Haha. Love those cute little towels and I hate spiders. Oh, Orkin Man………

Comment by Jewels — October 7, 2008 #
What cute towels. I love owls. Your little helper is so sweet. Adn what did he make? OH he just took a nap!! My daughter has been hinting around for ham and beans but I have to get my order from Rancho Gordo first.

Comment by Judy — October 7, 2008 #
Very cute, Anna!

I’m so happy to know what toe-grabbers are. I feel like I’m “in” with the quilters when I recognize such jargon.

I just love that cat. Quite a bit of sass, I would say.

XO

Comment by Jill — October 7, 2008 #
Those towels turned out great!

Comment by jessica — October 7, 2008 #
Cute towels, and your helper is beautiful.

Comment by Judy — October 7, 2008 #
Mmmmmmmmmm… Ham & Bean! My fave! And your “owl spider” towels are just too cute. And sewing all weekend… sounds like a dream weekend. Look, I’m just gonna cut right to the chase… can I move in?

Comment by happy zombie — October 7, 2008 #
Those towels are freakin cute Ms Anna – and you just drawed in the spider webs – just like that – you are clever there missy. The emptynestchild seems very content.

Hugs – karen

Comment by Karen — October 7, 2008 #
O.K. How did you see an owl in that ! Very, very clever. ooxx`jod Oh yes! The towels are adorable!

Comment by Jodi — October 7, 2008 #
Love your towels … however, Spiders? You know my recent issue with a spider. UGH! Still recovering. Anyway – thanks for the mention about the Give Away! Still waiting for great ideas!

Comment by Erin — October 8, 2008 #
what very cute towels!!!

Comment by Ann — October 8, 2008 #
Those towels are adorable! Who said spiders couldn’t be cute?
How could you craft without the help of your kitty friend? It just wouldn’t be the same, would it? LOL
Ham and Bean soup? Hold on, I’m coming!!!!

Comment by Nan — October 8, 2008 #
Anna
This is my first visit and already I’m hooked. I, too, am in a soup state of mind as the nights become chilly and the leaves start to turn. The chocolate cake looks wonderful, too. Great food photos!
Wendy

Comment by Wendy — October 8, 2008 #
Those are adorable!!! I love the fabric you used for that spider!

Comment by rohanknitter — October 8, 2008 #
I don’t think I know anyone as cute as you and your little cat, too.

Comment by Vallen — October 8, 2008 #
Ooooh! Cute towels and a very, very cute kitty.

Comment by raina — October 8, 2008 #
Oh CUTE spider towels. And cute kitty-cat too. It’s nice to have company when you’re stiching, dontchat think?

Jody

Comment by Jody — October 8, 2008 #
Another great piece of work. Loving your creations.

Comment by alison — October 8, 2008 #
The spider towels are fabulous… thanks to the emptynestchild of course!

Comment by nicolette — October 9, 2008 #
Oh no more owls….Oh fab love them spiders….
;-)

Comment by suziesews — October 9, 2008 #
Too Cute!! Great work on the web!!

Comment by The Quickie Queen (Jere'e) — October 9, 2008 #
What fab spidery towels!!

I’m so glad the Moog doesn’t jump up and ‘help’ when I’m sewing!

xxx

Comment by Lesley — October 9, 2008 #
I LOVE your towels! Thank you for the heads up on the fabric swap, I can definitely handle that one! I feel so inspired when I travel to your blog:)

Comment by dawn — October 9, 2008 #
These towels are great fun to see Anna! I love Halloween, and this time of year. I’m always amazed at how much you get done.

I used to do my sewing in the basement, which makes me think of a dungeon in my 102 year old house. I finally couldn’t stand it anymore, and I moved upstairs to the guest room, but I don’t really have enough room in there, and everytime someone comes to visit, I’m scrambling to put everything away. Someday, maybe I’ll have a real craft room.

Miss Luna likes to help too, and she loves to sit on top of the ironing board.

Thank you for all the sweet comments!

Comment by Lena — October 9, 2008 #
I love how your kitty helps! It makes every project so much more fun when they’re there. And your towels look incredible!

Comment by Rachel — October 9, 2008 #
Charming towels! Without little ones around, and no bunco group to decorate for, I don’t tend to pull out the Halloweenie stuff very often. I do have some great Halloween stitchery to do – but must finish the current artistic endeavor before charging into another one. Maybe next year…

Comment by Mary Ann — October 9, 2008 #
How do you do it all? Do you actually go to work? … or do you just leave the house, drive round the corner till your other half has gone and then sneak back in again? Aha, I’ve rumbled you, haven’t I?

That Scruff is a big lad, isn’t he? Has he been eating the chocolate cake?

Comment by Isabelle — October 9, 2008 #