Woo Hoo! It’s here! October 1st, 2012… Day 1 of the Halloween Blog Hop, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”, hosted by Whims and Fancies! Thanks for inviting me Soma!
I’m just “batty” about Halloween, so what better pattern than a batty bat! And who doesn’t love candy corns? (I have to admit that I don’t eat them, but they are so darn cute!) I thought you might enjoy meeting me, so here I am! Hi everyone! (Waving madly!!!)
Just in case we have anyone who is new to paper piecing, I thought I’d leave it to the expert for paper piecing instructions! Here’s Sewhooked’s tute for paper piecing: http://sewhooked.com/2008/10/28/paper-piecing-step-by-step/ (Thanks for allowing me to share your link!) I’ve been a fan of Jennifer for many years, and she is one of our designers! Lucky us!
Here are the 4 pages of patterns that I have made up for you! I have them in pdf format now, so they should print up better!
Page 1 https://ruthiequilts.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/page-1-batty1.pdf
Page 2 https://ruthiequilts.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/page-2-batty.pdf
Page 3 https://ruthiequilts.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/page-3-batty.pdf
Page 4 https://ruthiequilts.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/page-4-batty.pdf
Use the line drawing as a guide to help you put your paper pieced sections together… When you have finished paper piecing your sections and joining them into a block, it’s time to decorate them! For the eyes and fangs, I used fabric paint that requires heat setting to make it permanent on fabric. (Heat setting is ironing after 24 hours of letting it dry. You need to iron the front and the back of the painted areas.) 
I used buttons for the pupils, and embroidery (stem stitch) for the bony hands, feet, mouth, and hair. I also used the stem stitch for the candy cane hangers. I used a little circle of wool (I prefer a wool fabric to wool felt as it holds up better overtime…) for the nose.
I hope you all enjoy making my Halloween Bat!!! Thanks for playing! Let me know if you make him!
Tags: bat, embroidery, fabric, Free Paper Pieced Patterns, Halloween, handmade, paper pieced, paper piecing, Quilting, quilts, vampire, wool
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October 1, 2012 at 1:56 pm |
What a fabulous start to the blog hop. Well done. Soooo cute.
October 1, 2012 at 5:31 pm |
Thank you so much! He was a lot of fun to design, and even more fun to make!
October 1, 2012 at 2:49 pm |
Very Cute!
October 1, 2012 at 5:32 pm |
Thank you! I loved making him!
October 1, 2012 at 3:13 pm |
I am batty for Halloween, too! Thank you for this fabulous block.
October 1, 2012 at 5:33 pm |
Two bats in the attic, eh?! LOL! I was glad to do it!
October 1, 2012 at 3:14 pm |
You are so funny! I remember your previous posts at this time of year and your oh so cute creations……..they/you make me smile;-D
October 1, 2012 at 5:40 pm |
Thanks Doreen! I have to admit to being a bit of a Halloween geek. I usually decorate in September, but I was just too busy! (That might be a good thing!) I did start yesterday though…
October 1, 2012 at 9:14 pm
I limit myself to a ‘Fall’ theme, that way it kinda “flows” into Thanksgiving……gotta plan ahead!!!! Hehe!
October 2, 2012 at 2:35 am
Good plan! It’s too bad there’s so much cute Halloween stuff. LOL!
October 2, 2012 at 3:13 am
I have read that Christmas decorations have now taken 2nd place to the upcoming day!! Wow!
October 2, 2012 at 10:35 pm
Wow is right… I probably have almost equal parts of both.
October 1, 2012 at 5:02 pm |
Your bat is so cute…I really like him. Thank you for the extra tips on paper piecing, I will post on the 14th, and this is only my second time I did this. There are so many neat quilts and things to make with paper piecing, so I really want to master this.
October 1, 2012 at 5:35 pm |
Thanks Jane! I’m an old hat at paper piecing, but I’m lazy! I figured Jennifer (Sewhooked) would show people the “good” way to do it! (We won’t talk about how many times I’ve had to fudge because I guessed wrong!)
October 1, 2012 at 6:07 pm |
Nicely done, Ruth 🙂
October 2, 2012 at 2:34 am |
Thanks Soma! And thanks for the help… It was because of you that they’re printing the right size!!!
October 2, 2012 at 5:00 am
awww…shucks 🙂
October 2, 2012 at 10:36 pm
You’re the hostess with most-est!!!
October 2, 2012 at 1:06 pm |
Super cute!
October 2, 2012 at 10:37 pm |
Thank you! And thank you for the paper pieced tute!!!
October 3, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Absolutely my pleasure, thank you for sharing it!
October 2, 2012 at 2:13 pm |
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October 2, 2012 at 2:44 pm |
Wow, what a great start to this! Batty is wonderful, thank you
October 2, 2012 at 10:38 pm |
Thank you Sally! He was fun to make!
October 2, 2012 at 7:01 pm |
funny, and cute
October 2, 2012 at 10:38 pm |
Thank you Shirley! I’d love to “hang” out with him! 🙂
October 4, 2012 at 6:53 pm |
I found you Ruth ,very cute . Thanks
October 4, 2012 at 10:57 pm |
Oh oh… Another Sue friend! LOL! Good to see you! Glad you found me okay! Have you seen all the fun patterns so far?! I’m thrilled to be included with them!
October 4, 2012 at 7:52 pm |
What a wonderful start for October. Just in time for me to sewing. Thanks for sharing…Judith, Texas
October 4, 2012 at 10:59 pm |
Thank you Judith! It was so fun making him! I’m glad you’re going to get sewing! I go through withdrawals when I don’t get to do it…
October 6, 2012 at 12:44 pm |
Adorable! I love your batty block!
October 6, 2012 at 4:28 pm |
Thanks you Cindy! I liked him so much, I’ve made him for 2 different swaps… 12- 3 inch ones, 6- 9 inch ones, and then the 10 incher for the Halloween Blog Hop!
October 6, 2012 at 10:00 pm |
He’s jsut sooo CUTE to the bones !!! I LOVE it, Ruthie !!! I can’t wait to sew all the blocks together, they’ll make an AMAZING Halloween quilt !!!
October 6, 2012 at 11:47 pm |
You and me both! I need to get some more “tie together” fabrics so they’ll look great! I’m thinking of using black sashing… (That is if I get them done!)
October 7, 2012 at 7:43 pm |
This is a wonderful pattern!
October 7, 2012 at 9:08 pm |
Thanks again Janine! It was fun to make!
October 17, 2012 at 7:42 am |
What a cute pattern, I guess it would really take someone pretty batty to wear that hat, LOL. Thanks for all your hard work. You know that I love you hahahahahahaha
October 18, 2012 at 2:32 am |
Whatever are you referring to, hmmmm?! LOL! You crack me up Denise! That’s the hat I was going to wear to Roy guild… Maybe it’s a good thing I forgot, eh? Maybe I’ll wear it to Layton… Bwahahahaha…
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