Welcome to the
No-Sew Decorating Showcase:
Halloween Edition
For the past two months, I have had so much
fun sharing No-Sew Decorating Projects with
five other fabulous Bloggers, and it has been so
much fun.
This month, we are delving into the mysterious – the scary…
the gory… and the down-right cute as a pumpkin.
Did you happen to catch the
All Things Home Halloween Tour this past week?
I featured a Halloween Mantel in all its semi-gory glory.
I even shared how I created my
$1 Dollar Tree One-of-a-Kind Halloween Plates…
Now… I am going to show you how I made this scary
Gauzy Spider-Infested Mantel Scarf.
I started with about 3/4 yard of white felt. You could use
any white fabric, I had this left over from last Christmas.
I used double-stick tape to hold it in place.
Next, I started cutting out points and peaks in an uneven
manner with no set pattern…
You want to end up with something like this…
I purchased two packages of cheese cloth from my fabric store.
I cut the cheese cloth into strips at random widths and
lengths. Some were approx 18″ and some were approx 24″.
I didn’t measure them to get an exact length, I just started
whacking away.
Then, using more double-stick tape….
(what? this is a no-sew project)
I started taping the strips onto the top of the cheese cloth,
again in random lengths – until I got the fullness and thickness
I wanted. I ended up using only one of the packages.
Now, the fun part started. My sweet grandson, Roo, was staying
the night with us, and he was absolutely fascinated by this whole
process. So, it was only natural that I let him help me add the
spiders. Speaking of “scary” …here is my sweet baby boy.
We call him “Roo-pire.”
This is for his birthday invites, btw. I created this on Picmonkey, fyi.
As a matter of fact, since I created this Creepy Halloween Mantel,
ALL my grandloves have started changing in subtle ways…
mwa-hahahaha
We added several packages of Dollar Store spiders…
Once we had the scarf the way we wanted it… the rest was just
adding the fun stuff. You know – like rats and skulls and black crows
and books about Potions and Spells and Magic.
We are going to use this same “gauzy” idea at my Son and DIL’s house
for Roo’s Halloween themed-birthday party Oct 29th.
We are going to create a table skirt for the cake, and also create
a cute Happy Birthday Banner by adding some cut-out
letters and black ribbons.
And that’s about as scary as it gets around
The Everyday Home.
Speaking of something that isn’t scary – the budget
for all of these projects did not haunt me in my sleep.
Most of these supplies came from the Dollar Store
and Dollar Tree.
(love!)
So are you ready for some more No-Sew Halloween Projects?
Please join the following Bloggers today, and see what they
whipped up…um, I mean, glued up.
1) Ann at On Sutton Place created some fabulous
Burlap Silverware Holders.
2) Suzy at Worthing Court created a
3) Yvonne at Stone Gable created beautiful
4) Amy at Atta Girl Says created this whimsical
Witches Hat Burlap and Barbed-Wire Wreath.
and…
5) Debbie at Confessions of a Plate Addict
created this darling Pottery Barn-Inspired “B-O-O” pillow.
I know you can’t wait to visit all of these blogs.
We would be honored if you would pin these to
your favorite Pinterest Boards. We’d love for you to
follow our No-Sew Projects Board.
Hope you’re having a great weekend so far.
Please join me Monday when we kick off the
Fall Porch Tour.
I can’t wait!!!!!
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Jenna says
Very clever and easy Barb! Great idea using cheesecloth!
View CommentYvonne @ StoneGable says
This was so easy! And it looks very very complicated and time consuming. I’m not much for the gore of halloween, but I must say that I do love your very detailed mantle! It is spooktacular! Thanks for all the hard work you did to get NoSew Halloween together. I love being a part of it and all you girls!
View CommentMarty@A Stroll Thru Life says
Love your mantel vignette and your spider filled scarf is so cute. Hugs, Marty
View CommentSuzy @ Worthing Court says
Your mantel is one of my fave Halloween decorating projects, Barb. I didn’t realize that was how you made the scarf. I thought it was just a few yards of some type of gauzy fabric that you found. I like the way you did it much better though. It seems to have so much more presence and oomph than using just gauze would have. Love it!
View CommentConfessions of a Plate Addict says
I love this, Barb…so creative! The little Halloween-y details really make it! S=It’s so much fun being a part of this group! Thanks again!…hugs…Debbie
View CommentConfessions of a Plate Addict says
Ugh…meant to type “It’s” Not enough coffee yet!
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