Halloween ~ Does It Have To Be Black & Orange?

It does not, but there should be some black and orange thrown about in there somewhere.  I say this with some authority, since my birthday is on Halloween {and as such, I believe I have something to say about it}!  I got an email from Fabric.com highlighting some holiday fabrics.  I wound up purchasing a few of these kid-friendly Halloween fabrics.

From the Costume Club Collection

 From the Moon Dancers Collection

From the Happy Haunting Collection

 From the Spooktacular Collection

Many years ago, when I was a young, stay-at-home mother, I wanted to do something fun for my kids at Halloween and I found a great candy corn fabric.  I also did a lot of sewing at this time, too, so I decided to make them Trick or Treat sacks.  How often do you see these great costumes on kids and then they have a plastic shopping or garbage bag for their candy?

The picture above is what those old candy sacks look like today.  Not too bad after several years of Trick or Treating, washing, and age in general!  I’m making a bunch of these ~  including for two special little boys and one for that little granddaughter of mine {even though she won’t really be trick or treating!}.

At this point, mine are usually pulled out, smiled over and then put back in with the decor I’m not using, which seems a shame really.  Maybe they could be chair covers! 

I’ve made a few extra ~ you’ll find them in my boutique, hopefully by tomorrow.  If you think you might be interested before I get them listed, they are $5.00 plus shipping; you can e-mail me and we’ll work out a Paypal invoice.

These Halloween bears are sooo cute!  If I have any fabric left over, I’d love to do something with cutting the figures out of the fabric and making something.

This one has kind of a retro look to it.  I love these colors.

I love this green!  The pink they use with it is great.  I liked it so much I diva’d up my granddaughters burp cloth with it!

Love the hot pink glasses on the black cats!

Here’s my little cutie’s Halloween burp cloth.

      I’ve got several designer fabrics I’ll be adding to a few other cloths for a designer burp cloth look.  If they turn out any good, I’ll be making up a bunch more for my boutique.  {Fingers crossed!}.

I also got this great fabric that had panels and a banner-like piece at the top and bottom. 

The panels would make great pillows or some kind of art piece.  Maybe on a canvas.  The banner piece is just too cute; a Halloween pumpkin parade!  I may need to see about framing that somehow.