Hocuspocusville block 9

I finished the main embroidery on block 9 of Hocuspocusville by Crapapple Hill Studios. As you can see I still haven't purchased the glow in the dark thread for the signs and pumpkin eyes. I'll probably wait until the blocks are mostly done before I go out and buy more floss. That way if I need more Halloween colored floss I can pick that up at the same time. The less time I spend in a craft store the less money I can spend, right? I'm still enjoying working on these and that's a good thing since there are 12 blocks and I'm on number three. I like having a long term project like this because there's no pressure to get it finished right now. It's definitely not for Halloween this year and who knows if it will be done for 2018. Creating should be enjoyable and not always full of pressure to finish.

Hocuspocusville - Block 1

I love hand embroidery. I love Halloween. I love quilts. 

I've wanted this pattern for awhile. I don't remember when I bought the pattern but it sat in my stash for awhile because I couldn't decide on background fabric or floss colors.  I decided to quit overthinking it and go with a medium grey fabric and neon embroidery floss in a handful of colors. I need to take a better picture though. As I said the fabric is a medium grey and I went with bright neon orange for block 1. I was thinking of using a glow-in-the-dark floss for the signs or at least the writing on the signs. I need to do a bit of shopping for glow-in-the-dark floss to see what colors are available. Not sure what I want for the writing but I would like some glow yellow for the pumpkin eyes.

I'm really enjoying working on this project when I just want to sit and relax and watch a movie. Hand embroidery is great for those times when you want to keep your hands busy but you don't want to do anything that requires thinking or math. It's even better when you don't have to change floss colors.

This is block 1 and if I decide to go with the layout in the pattern it will be in the upper left corner. I don't mind having the blocks around a center design but I doubt I will go with the on point 9 patches in the center. I might go simple with a fun Halloween fabric panel or create my own applique design for the center.