{Happy Scrappy Halloween Hoop}

Hey there! We have a few more days to make cute Halloween stuff so lets raid the scraps and get crafty! Today I'm sharing a fun tutorial on how to make this fun little hoop art.

This project was made in partnership with JoAnn Fabrics, Creativity Made Simple and the #spookyspaces challenge. 

So cute right?! Let's talk about how I made it.

Materials:

8 or 9" Embroidery Hoop

Patchwork piece made about 2-3" bigger than your hoop

General sewing supplies

Applique supplies

ribbon

glue gun

any embellishments you'd like to add

Here is my patchwork piece. I raided my scrap bucket for all the cute black and orange pieces and sewed them together on my machine. You can piece the fabric together however you want. If you have a favorite quilt block pattern, that would be fun too! To get the pumpkin shape, I used a cookie cutter. For the lettering, I used a stamp set and ink pad and just pressed the inked stamp right onto the fabric then cut around it. It helps to use light colored fabric so the lettering shows well. I appliquéd everything to the patchwork with Heat N Bond. Then I just stitched everything down on my machine.

I stitched the appliqué down close to the edge of the design. I like the messy stitchy look. I achieve this by going around each shape twice and kind of free handing it. Almost like drawing. It's fun :) If you like a cleaner look, use the finish stitch on your machine. A zig zag is fun too. Alright, onto the hoop!

 Now you are going to cover your hoop in ribbon! Fire up that trusty glue gun.

 Glue, wrap. Glue, wrap.

 Now that you're done with the patchwork and the hoop, you can assemble your masterpiece. Make sure it's centered. Since your patchwork piece is a few inches bigger than your hoop, it's time to trim.

Trim the edge down to about a 1/2" and glue down the edge with your glue gun.

For a little finishing touch, I added a little crocheted bow.

That's it! Pretty easy peesy. Great fast project! I hope you enjoy making one and if you do, tag me on Instagram so I can see it!

All the materials for this project can be found at JoAnn's! And guess what? Since you're so awesome, I'm giving you a coupon to use!

Click HERE for your 50% off coupon! Have a happy scrappy crafty weekend!

{Halloween Home Tour…a guest post}

Hi friends!!! I am really excited to introduce you to one of my favorite bloggy friends Ali!

Ali blogs over at My Third True Love and if you don't follow her yet, you totally need to! She is funny and crafty and an AMAZING decorator! I want to move in with her. For reals. She also has a really cute Etsy shop called Ooh La La Company. Her bookpage Christmas ornaments are so great! See...

I asked Ali to share her Halloween Home Tour with us because it's so fabulous! So here she is...meet Ali and her awesome house!

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It's official! the Tubs-o-Halloween junk have come out from hiding in our garage, YAY! Hello friendly tubs :)

Time to splatter the SpOoKy around the rest of the house :) First addition - my pretty painted pumpkins that I made last year (read about them here). I felt like they needed a boost this year so using my merchandising skills (I used to do merchandising for a local boutique), I staged them. I found some awesome white-washed basket planters on sale at IKEA for $1.99 and they make the perfect pumpkin "risers." See....

Here's a closer look: (disregard the super stylish save-your-head-from-cracking-open bumpers on the fireplace edge. Chic, I know).

I used a sharpie to add some black "stitches" to the baskets just to give them some interest.

(the witch pumpkin was from target a few years ago)

I like 'em. I'm a pumpkin girl I guess :)

Here's shot from the coffee table...

I'm hoping Hayden doesn't realize that the candy corns in the mason jar are actually edible. This could get interesting :)

I hung up the paper bunting that I made a couple years ago over the "den." front view:

Back view:

and my little bird cage now has a pumpkin friend :)

My dining table got a few spooky trinkets too :)

That's about it (for now). My living room looked like this minutes after I took all of these pictures. Ha ha. Keepin' it real!

Happy Day to you fine people!!!

~Ali

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