Halloween is almost here! and what a fun holiday it can be. Dressing up in costume, yes even the grownups! attending parties or hosting them, decorating, stitching Halloween treasures and even cooking such tasty and twisted treats such as Red Velvet Spider Web Cupcakes, Chocolate Mice, Day of the Dead Cookies, Halloween Whoopie Pies or how about some Ghostly Lemon Pops? and so many more, too many to mention!

When stitching for Halloween, this is just a small sampling of these wonderful threads that can really bring your piece to life. This is a packet from ThreadworX appropriately named Spooky Nights. Look at all these colorful choices that is just making me think that I need to go shopping for some new spooky canvases! In this packet there are 4 colors of Legacy, you know the one that is hairy, Artisan Dyed Kreinik in size 8 & 12, a single color of Expressions which is a cotton and rayon blend, Vineyard Silk which has been overdyed, an Italian Wool, Soie d’Alger in an Artisan Dyed and 2 colors of the Hand Overdyed Floss.

A magnet that can really get you in the mood! This was a little surprise that was placed on all of our canvases at our class with Tony, as he was teaching for Diversions, located in Denver. This magnet is the creation of Fob Friends and Mag Friends, the one and the same that does those wonderful cat magnets!

I guess I love these candy canes! as here are a few Halloween ones. My favorite is the one with the pumpkin faces which was all beaded with a Sundance Bead that I swear was made just for this canvas. Just the right color.

So what are your plans tomorrow? I will spend the day in the office and then head to La Jolla as they celebrate “Pillage the Village”, taking in all the Halloween costumes and maybe a few treats too. Sylvester just had to get into the action. I knew that if I tried to move the bag to get a better picture, that I would have lost that Kodak moment. and until next time…keep on stitching.