Out of Hat Challenge 26

Hello Followers and Freinds

It has turned cold, windy and dark in the mornings and the early evenings all at once here and I am not keen at all :( I am hopeful that warmer days will come back soon :)

This week at Out of a Hat Creations we would like you to make something with the theme of Halloween in mind. This subject came to mind when Tracy offered to send a prize to a random draw winner and the prize is a set of Halloween stamps. Just a few more days to enter then all the names go into a hat and one will be chosen and Tracy will send them the stamps.

I made these pumpkin pincushions from an old, orange coloured tee shirt and some green felt. As Florence would say, 'you can never have too many pincushions'- and I know she is right because mine are all over the house. I used Martha Stewart's idea here -it is very easy and a lot of fun to make. My daughter and me made loads of kits for the guides to make up using red tee shirts to make the tomato ones. They are stuffed tightly and the hardest part is tying the ribbon around to make the pumpkin shape

The second thing I made is a door hanger because last year I had lots of bags of treats to give to callers and we didn't get anyone at all. I asked a neighbour with children why none of them had called and she said people had complained the year before about kids knocking on the door while they were watching television.

 Well I don't mind at all so maybe if I hang this outside they will decide we are 'Trick or Treat' friendly. I know it looks a bit 'child like' but I wanted it to.

This was made from the side of a box that had the new kettle in it so is quite a large tag. the pumpkin is just three ovals made with a Nestabilities shape. The eyes nose and mouth are felt . Hope it doesn't rain or it will have to be put in a polythene bag so it doesn't disintegrate.

Do pop to Sandra Florence and Janet's blogs to see what they have made for this week

Also it will soon be October so don't forget to visit here and see what Florence has in store for us when she does Christmas in October.

Hope you will join us in this week's challenge as we always love to see what you have made.

xxxxxxx