Boo! The Tabitha Quilt in Tiny Frights

Fall (or autumn if you prefer) has officially arrived just in time for the release of the Tabitha Quilt Pattern. The cover quilt uses a super cute collaborative collection from Ruby Star Society called Tiny Frights.

I have loved that designers are doing these "tiny" series of prints (Tula Pink has done them as well) because smaller scale prints are a little easier to cut into pieces and sew back together without chopping up too many cute little bats or owls. 

Using a bold background fabric?

As you know, I usually play it safe when it comes to background fabrics in my projects. This quilt uses a background fabric (the off-white fabric in my quilt) and a second background fabric that I call Fabric B in the pattern (that is the Speckled in Citron). I knew I wanted to get out of my comfort zone a little bit, and here are the options I considered.

• Speckled in Peony. This was my first impulse because I love this sweet, pink/purple color and I really liked it with the collection, but I wanted something a little more daring.

• Speckled in Onyx. This one would have been fun and I love the difference between swapping the Background Fabric with Fabric B.
  

Ultimately, I decided to go super bold and I love how the quilt turned out.

Inspiration Behind the Quilt 

This pattern was actually inspired by the candy print in the Tiny Frights collection. I wanted something that was vaguely candy-like but that wasn't too literal so the design would work with non-Halloween fabrics. Both of my other samples use non-seasonal fabrics and I think the design works great with them!

For the quilting, I took it to my favorite long arm quilter (Heidi Rodli of Piece and Joy Quilting Co). I have always wanted to use a spiderweb panto on a project and this one was perfect. She helped me find just the right design for the quilt and she quilted it up beautifully.

It's difficult to tell, but the off-white fabric that I used in the quilt is from the Tiny Frights collection and guess what . . . it glows in the dark! The print is called Lightning in Glow in the Dark and it is so good. 

The binding is the Tossed Candy print from the collection (it was the pattern inspiration after all!) and the backing is 108" Speckled in Dove.

You can find Tiny Frights in shops now and you can find the Tabitha Quilt Pattern in my shop. You still have a little over a month until Halloween — plenty of time to make your own!