Quilting and Home with Wendy

I know I’m months ahead, but I was checking the web to see what new Halloween fabrics are on tap for 2012.

I found The Ghastlies line by Alexander Henry is coming out again. I think this is the third year in a row for that line, although this year, the line is called “Ghastlies Family Reunion,” I believe.

I was going to include a photo of the fabric, but it might be copyrighted, so I can’t. You can see it at www.fortworthfabricstudio.com. I really like this one. It doesn’t look like they’ve incorporated orange with the line but have just included the creepy gray pink and green, which I also like. I remember the first year, they had the pink, green and some orange. I didn’t really see what they came out with last year but heard it was around.

A couple of the fabric pieces have family portraits. One shows a man with “Gaspar Ghastlie The Husband” written under his portrait. I hope a local quilt shop gets this fabric this year.

Pink has been my least favorite color in the past, besides white, but this line has made me like that grayish pink.
If one of the local quilt shops carries this line, I’ll have to purchase it. The line is being released later this year.
I’ve included a photo of a tablerunner I made using the Ghastlies fabric from two years ago. I still have some of it left. The Ghastlies fabric is just the theme fabric in the center of the blocks and the outside of the runner. I designed this runner myself, by the way.

I’m guessing fabric companies work at least a year ahead of releasing their fabric lines.

Another line I located was the Red Rooster Fabrics. Amy Barickman has designed a line called “Halloween Masquerade.” It looks very retro. With this line, there’s 20 fabrics, some of which are “theme” fabrics and others are the accompanying fabrics or “blender” fabrics, if you will. There’s old-fashioned bats, owls, letters, spider webs and cats. Pretty awesome

Another Halloween fabric designer I really like is Lynn Jenkins with Thimbleberries. She designs other fabrics, as well, but I usually really like her Halloween stuff. Just visited the RJR Fabrics website and don’t see any upcoming Halloween fabric from her.

Looks like Thimbleberries has some fall- and Christmasy-looking fabric coming out in June and September, but I see no Halloween.

Looks like Clothworks is coming out with “Spooky Eve” by Sue Zipkin, and Northcott will have “Trick or Treat” by Diane Arthurs. Those should come out in June.

Moda has “Happy H-owl-o-ween” by Deb Strain hitting stores in May. Looks like that one features owls. Surprise, surprise.
I’ve located a bunch more on the web, but one that caught my attention is “Fright Night” by Whistler Studios for Windham Fabrics. There’s ghosts, bats, spider webs and jack-o-lanterns. It looks classy and nice.

I can describe more in a later blog. It’s time to start planning those upcoming Halloween projects!

Wendy Nugent