Ghoulish Goodies for your favorite Goblins!

Full disclosure….I love Halloween.  I mean the fun, innocent part of Halloween…..costumes, trick or treating, carving pumpkins, running from house to house flashlights tightly in hand, the things we did as children. 

Each October I decorate the house with all sorts of Halloween items…..pumpkins, crows, cats, clever looking costumed figurines, all with a folk art twist, many studded with glitter.  Our table is covered with a hand appliqued quilt I designed a few years back.  Quilted runners line the china hutch done in charming autumn theme prints of orange, gold and black.  I love the golden glow in our home this time of year when the sun begins to dip southerly and the leaves change color.  Both provide a warm and happy glow. 

This year I decided to make little pumpkin treat bags for 9 special goblins.  Very quick and simple to make……..

1.      Sandwich 2 pieces of 8.5”x17” orange Kona fabric and 1 piece of same size batting.  Randomly machine quilt vertical lines resembling a pumpkin, filling the entire sandwich.  Trim to 8”x16”.  Press in half.

2.    Iron fusible web to scraps for the eyes, nose and mouth according to manufacturer’s direction.  I used Steam-a-seam.  Cut shapes and fuse to the bag face. Top stitch to secure if desired.

3.    Fold bag in half with the face inside.  Align edges and zigzag and straight stitch along both edges to secure.  Zigzag top raw edge.  Turn inside out.  Fold top edge inside 1”, pin and sew in place approximately ¾” from the top edge.

4.    Cut 2 strips 2.5”x26” long handles.  Press in half, then turn in thirds and topstitch to secure.  Cut each finished strip in half, yielding 2-13” handles.  Or you can use ribbon.  Pin handles 1.5” from outside edges of bag top on the front and back.  Sew handles roughly ½” from the top edge to secure.

5.     Fill with yummy teeth rotting deliciousness and ghoulish goodies for your favorite goblins!