Halloween?

I have officially finished my first full-sized quilt top! Just the top, but I am very excited. I have been sewing for years, since high school, which is a very long time - believe me. But while I have started quilts, thought about quilts and even bought quilt fabric, I have never actually finished a full-sized quilt.

To clarify, I have made a baby quilt for my first son and a doll quilt for my daughter, simple ones, but not adult-sized. I almost finished a quilt for my second son, but that is another story. That is a story that ended in bloodshed and hospital visits - a bit dramatic, but true.

This quilt is made of orange and grey batiks, bought as a jelly roll. I didn't realize how Halloweenish they would be, but I am ok with that. I love orange.

Here is what it looked like before it was sewn together.  I laid it out on my floor to find the best configuration. In the end, I came to realize the whole thing was so random that it was beyond figuring. Trying to sort it out was impossible. I went with that idea and liked the outcome quite a bit.

I used lefleftover pieces of fabric on ghe quilt back. I had a lot of fun making it up.