Denyse Schmidt Halloween Quilt

I have a rule for myself: I don't start a quilt that I am not going to finish immediately. While there are many things that I enjoy about quilting, the process of moving from an idea, to quilt blocks, to quilt top, to basted quilt, to quilted to quilt, to bound quilt, and finally to crinkly-out-of-the-dryer quilt, is my favorite.  When I finished up this Field Study quilt this summer, I completed one of only 4 unfinished projects that I have ever started.  And this week I finished up another one.
Boo! Denyse Schmidt Halloween Quilt
This is a project that I started in October 4 years ago.  For some reason I got delayed and didn't finish quilt before Halloween so I put the blocks into a box and forgot about them.  
Boo! Denyse Schmidt Halloween Quilt
The quilt is almost completely made up of Denyse Schmidt prints, I used 1 Lizzy House Pearl Bracelet print and 1 Juliana Horner print.  Denyse Schmidt is my favorite fabric designer and I love how Halloween-y her fabrics feel without actually having anything to do with Halloween.  
Boo! Denyse Schmidt Halloween Quilt
For the quilting, I did randomly spaced crosshatching, then went back and added straight lines at different angles to give it a little bit of a spiderweb effect.
Boo! Denyse Schmidt Halloween Quilt
The backing is a corduroy Denyse Schmidt quilt.  This is my 4th quilt that I have backed with one of her corduroy prints and it is the best (Maple Leaf Rag, The Linda Quilt, Lemoyne Star).

Finished size: 55" x 65"
Fabrics: Various Denyse Schmidt Prints
Batting: Quilter's Dream Cotton Select
Backing: Denyse Schmidt Chicopee Corduroy

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