The weather is starting to shift and I’m already starting to feel cool, crisp mornings. Ahhhh, have we made it to fall? Almost! I’m so excited to announce that the new October Year of Spools block, Sew Spooky, is now available. This block brings me back to my childhood. Halloween was one of my favorite holidays growing up. I loved getting all dressed up. In my early years, my family really went all out on dressing up for Halloween. My parents always had a work Halloween party to attend and they would come up with the cutest matching outfits. I have pictures, but I’ll save them the embarrassment. Getting dressed up was fun, but getting all the candy I could get while trick-or-treating without my parents saying “no” was priceless. Is there anything better on Halloween night than coming back home with a bucket filled to the top? Oh, the memories. One thing I would do when I got home was sort my candy into piles, chocolate vs. candy. You never want the chocolate to taste like candy. Did you do that, too?
I can’t talk about Halloween candy and not tell you my favorites. I love Snickers, Reese’s, and Tootsie Rolls. Those are my go-to candies and the ones I steal from my son after he returns from trick-or-treating.
The orange pumpkin bucket is a classic and I remember a time or two carrying it around while trick-or-treating. I went digging through some of my childhood pictures and I found the funniest picture. I’m dressed as a pumpkin and holding a pumpkin trick-or-treating bucket. So funny! I was about 4 years old in the picture. My older sister, Michelle is next to me in a bride costume.
Here are some other pictures I found of me dressed and ready to go trick or treating:
I loved Barney when I was a kid. I think I owned every VHS taping of every episode! My sister was Raggedy Anne.
My son also sported the halloween pumpkin bucket for many years as well:
This is by far my favorite halloween picture of him!
When coming up with the block theme for October, I was inspired by a classic pumpkin trick-or-treat candy bucket and just couldn't get my mind off of it. I thought it would be adorable to create the pumpkin faces inside the spools to stay with our spool theme. This block was so much fun to make and has so many opportunities for different color pumpkins. Lately, I’ve been seeing pink, blue, and green pumpkin buckets. So, if you're not a traditional Halloween colors kind of person, step outside of the “bucket” and add in some fun pops of color. The pattern also shows a block alternate with a plain pumpkin bucket, in case the faces spook you out too much. I hope you love this block as much as I do!
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Coupon details:
The coupon will expire on 9/29/23, so don't wait!
The coupon can only be used on the Sew Spooky block.
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Blocks Released:
January – Sew Frosty #sewfrostyblock
February – Sew Loving #sewlovingblock
March – Sew Lucky #sewluckyblock
April --- Sew Hoppy #sewhoppyblock
May - Sew Bloomy #sewbloomyblock
June - Sew Jammy #sewjammyblock
July - Sew Yummy #sewyummyblock
August - Sew Sunny #sewsunnyblock
September - Sew Juicy #sewjuicyblock
October - Sew Spooky #sewspookyblock
Be sure to share your monthly block progress using #yearofspoolsbom.
And tag each of the blocks #sewbloomyblock #sewhoppyblock #sewlovingblock #sewluckyblock #sewjammyblock #sewyummyblock #sewsunnyblock #sewjuicyblock #sewspookyblock
Any ideas for what the November block will be? I’ll give you a hint–it will be Sew Spicy! Comment below with your guesses! The November block will be released Friday, November 3rd.
Year of Spools BOM:
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Happy Quilting,
Heather
