Ramona’s “Dresden Neighborhood Haunted Houses” + Grove

Jul 30

Hello,
Hope all is well for each one of you!! Are you looking for a fun Halloween wall hanging? My dear friend Ramona made this fun “Dresden Neighborhood Haunted Houses” wall hanging. Pattern is by Persimon Dreams. Ramona added a few more things, like the bats, witches, and moon…which she found on her cricket, I believe. I think they are such a cute addition to the quilt. Ramona is so creative, and it’s fun to see her create things, as she is sewing.

I did a crackle background freehand, with no ruler. I also added a lot of lines in the houses, some with an Edge ruler from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple.

I used natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads. I also used 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline.

You can see the cauldron has a 1/2” horizontal line? And the witches are quilted with a pinstripe. It works great to have a variety of different lines, because the scales are all a little different.

Now…for my favorite!!! The borders…they are seriously so so good! My favorite part of quilting on this quilt. This overlapping line design is one I came up with back in February 2019, inspired by a quilt pattern. It’s been such a fun design to quilt in borders. I have a fun addition to my shop coming soon…if you’re a longarm quilter, you’ll want to stay tuned!!

I used an Edge ruler, linked above, to quilt the lines 1/2” apart. Love it so much!!!

Here is a close up on the houses, and rooftops. I do want to point out, quilting this crackle design is great as a background for areas that are tight to quilt a design in between…like all the spaces next to the rooftops.

Okay…another favorite…that MOON! Seriously, love it. I tried to keep the quilting inside the moon simple, yet reflect the fun design of the moon itself.