I think my Halloween Holiday Hoopla is one of my most special Halloween cross stitch pieces I have stitched up this season. Before I started stitching this design I hand dyed some Monaco fabric in a beautiful shade of green. It was in one of my project bags off to the side until I had time to work it into my WIP pile. A couple weeks later I was going through some emails and had one from Kirklands. The daily special was this simple, but cute wooden Halloween house for nearly 50% off. As soon as I saw the house I instantly knew I wanted to use it to display my Halloween Holiday Hoopla. I completely scratched all my previous ideas of fabric and displaying. I had a new idea! Since the piece is finished in a round shape I envisioned a beautiful fall full moon and the witch flying across it. First, I dyed a new piece of fabric. I used a combination of orange and yellow Rit dye to create a shade that resembled a fall colored moon. After it baked and dried I then use a tiny bit of Charcoal Gray Rit dye over the fabric. I thought this gave it the effect of wispy clouds glazing over the full moon on a spooky Halloween night. I also changed up the design a bit. Since the fabric was the moon itself, I decided to omit the moon on the pattern (hated to, it was cute though!). Then I also omitted some of the other small designs and added more bats around the witch.
I used various colors of floss to stitch this design since I didn't have many of the called for over dyes. I made my own over dyed threads for the black dress, shoes, hat and boots. Most other colors were DMC, but her face was Weeks Dye Works Grasshopper and the broom handle was Classic Colorworks Trail Dust. After I was done stitching the design, I mounted it to Pres On Self Adhesive Mounting Board with 2 layers of batting underneath for dimension. Then I hot glued black mini pom pom trim around the edges. I thought it made the design pop, but also make it blend in well to it's display piece. The Halloween house had 3 decor pieces sticking out of the roof tops with wire. They are metal so I hot glued a magnet to the back of my completed Halloween Holiday Hoopla and it stuck right to it.
Below is my FlossTube episode where I show my completed Halloween Holiday Hoopla.
I still have more fall and Halloween cross stitch pieces to share here on my blog! I share them on my FlossTube videos before sharing here on the blog though.
I used various colors of floss to stitch this design since I didn't have many of the called for over dyes. I made my own over dyed threads for the black dress, shoes, hat and boots. Most other colors were DMC, but her face was Weeks Dye Works Grasshopper and the broom handle was Classic Colorworks Trail Dust. After I was done stitching the design, I mounted it to Pres On Self Adhesive Mounting Board with 2 layers of batting underneath for dimension. Then I hot glued black mini pom pom trim around the edges. I thought it made the design pop, but also make it blend in well to it's display piece. The Halloween house had 3 decor pieces sticking out of the roof tops with wire. They are metal so I hot glued a magnet to the back of my completed Halloween Holiday Hoopla and it stuck right to it.
Below is my FlossTube episode where I show my completed Halloween Holiday Hoopla.
I still have more fall and Halloween cross stitch pieces to share here on my blog! I share them on my FlossTube videos before sharing here on the blog though.
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