Happy Thanksgiving!

 Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and Happy Thursday to everyone else!

When I made my Meeple colorblock quilt earlier this year, I accidentally sewed two of the green meeples on an orange background.  Since my vision for the quilt was one of each color combination, I immediately set the second block aside with the thought that maybe I'd make it into a Halloween pumpkin mini quilt.

The idea stuck with me and for all of October I thought, "I should really make that pumpkin mini quilt", but I never made the time.  Finally, it was Halloween and sewing a Halloween-themed project sounded like a fun way to celebrate!  I made my pumpkin mini and took a staged picture of it that I loved.

It took another week or so for it to be quilted and bound, at which point the pumpkins had been discarded and snow had arrived, leading to the indoor photo that leads this post.  It's also a fall pumpkin quilt now that works for both Halloween and Thanksgiving!

There isn't a pattern for this pumpkin - it's made with the 12" Meeple block with a 2" border added to each side.  I cut out a half-rectangle template from cardboard and used that to round the corners (horizontally on the bottom, vertically on the top), then made the stem out of a half-rectangle block as well.  The outer borders were cut at 1.5".  The final project measures 17"x20".  I hope this provides some inspiration for sewing with a single block of any type!

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It wouldn't be American Thanksgiving without a sale, and my pattern shop is no exception.  The following sales are live through Monday, November 29, 2022:

10% off all small patterns, including Meeple and the Advent Calendar Pillow - no code needed

25% off all full-size patterns, including Zephyr and Bernie's Mittens - no code needed

50% off your entire purchase if you buy two patterns of any size with promo code THANKS

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Thank you for stopping by and sharing in my crafty journey.  I hope you have a wonderful day!