--- title: "Halloween Hoppin’ – Using Purple in a Halloween Quilt" date: 2020-10-19 author: "Phoebe Moon" featured_image: "https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Driessen-Kitties-enjoy-Halloween-Cooperstown.jpg" categories: - name: "Fun Stuff" url: "/category/fun-stuff.md" - name: "Quilt Block Tutorial" url: "/category/block-tutorial.md" tags: - name: "How to Make a Bargello" url: "/tag/how-to-make-a-bargello.md" - name: "How to Make a Curved Log Cabin Block" url: "/tag/how-to-make-a-curved-log-cabin-block.md" --- # Halloween Hoppin’ – Using Purple in a Halloween Quilt ![Kitty cats enjoying Halloween](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Driessen-Kitties-enjoy-Halloween-Cooperstown.jpg)***Halloween Quilt Pattern*** Halloween Quilt Pattern Tutorial: I used to teach at a quilt retreat held at the [Bayside Inn](http://www.baysidecooperstown.com/) in Cooperstown NY. I wouldn’t stay at the Inn, I would stay in a camping trailer we had at the time at [Shadowbrook Campground.](https://cooperstowncamping.com/) One year I offered two different classes – a log cabin and a bargello. A quilter challenged me to combine them, so I did! Yes, you can [buy the pattern.](https://phoebemoondesigns.etsy.com/listing/1227857449) ## How to make a bargello quilt First, what is a bargello? A bargello quilt is one made of strips of fabric that are arranged by color to create an illusion. Perhaps a wave, a knot, a flame, diamonds, a heart, sometimes even animals. Each of the fabric prints in a strip should contain one of the colors in the next fabric strip with the final fabric co-ordinating with the first one. ### The hardest part about a bargello… is finding the fabrics. I found a border print with a purple background that gave me the basic colors: purple, red, orange, gold, green, and black. Each of the fabric prints in a bargello should contain one of the colors in the next fabric. Here are the fabrics I used for the bargello: 1. **orange** with a **light purple** background 2. mottled **orange** with **red** 3. **orange** with **red** swirls 4. **green** with **orange/red** flecks 5. **green** with **black** figures 6. **green** with **black** spiders and red eyes 7. **black** on **black** spiderweb 8. **gray** on **black** spiderweb 9. **gray** with **black** flecks 10. **black** owls on **deep purple** 11. **deep purple** with **black** flecks 12. **light purple** with **black** spiderwebs 13. and back to the beginning ![Halloween Fabrics arranged for a bargello quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Halloween-Fabrics-731x800.jpg)The bargello strips are sewn in a circle before being cut. In the picture above, you may have noticed that each of the columns of fabric is cut to a different width. This is another characteristic of a bargello quilt. They can be as thin or as wide as needed to create the design. After the strips have been cut to the desired width, a seam is picked out and the strips laid out in a row. For example, the first strip would have a seam between fabrics 1 and 2 undone. The next strip would have the seam between 2 and 3 undone. The third strip would have the seam between 3 and 4 undone, and so on. As a result, the design is created when the strips are laid evenly next to each other. Use lots of pins when sewing those strips together! It’s easy to drop a strip and not know where to put it. ## How to Make a Curved Log Cabin Block ![Log Cabin Bargello Quilt on a bed](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Log-Cabin-Bargello-32.jpg)The log cabin blocks in this quilt are built with a little trick – the two outer logs are not pieced, but a solid strip of fabric. This allowed me to create the illusion of an inner green border. You can read more about [How to Make a Log Cabin Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/whats-black-and-white-with-a-red-binding/) here. ![Log Cabin Block Layout](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Block-Layout-1.jpg) However, the four corner blocks were made to give the illusion of a curved block. This is easy to do with the [Marti Michell log cabin ruler](https://amzn.to/3nVgmub). ![Curved Log Cabin Block Layout](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/circle.jpg) You don’t have to use this block on the corner of a quilt. It’s basically a [Drunkards Path,](https://scrapdash.com/free-quilt-patterns/quilt-block-patterns-d/) isn’t it? Or put four of them together for a snowball block. ![Log Cabin Bargello Quilt with a Curved Log Cabin Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Log-Cabin-Bargello-35.jpg)Two more borders were added to the quilt, and it was done! This quilt finishes about 85″ x 93″. --- ## Here are other Halloween ideas: - [Boo!-ti-ful Halloween Wall Hanging or Lap Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/boo-ti-ful-halloween-wall-hanging) - [Halloween Hoppin’ – Using Purple in a Halloween Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/halloween-hoppin) - [Halloween Freebie – Spiders in My Attic](https://scrapdash.com/halloween-freebie-spiders-attic) - [Ghastly Ghouls and Zombies](https://scrapdash.com/ghastly-ghouls-and-zombies) - [A Batty Pumpkin Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/pumpkin-quilt-block) - [Free Braided Table Topper Pattern for Halloween](https://scrapdash.com/free-braided-tabletopper-pattern) - [Orange You Glad Harvey?](https://scrapdash.com/orange-you-glad-harvey/) - [Boo! A Fussy Cut Monster Mash Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/fussy-cut-boo-block/) - [Standing Bag Pattern](https://scrapdash.com/fabric-bag-tutorial/) - [A Quilted Halloween Story](https://scrapdash.com/a-quilted-halloween-story/) - [A Cauldron Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/the-cauldron-quilt-block) Don’t forget to [sign up for the newsletter](https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f8adbd81bb8f6fac9fad95f)! Once a week, I send updates on quilt-related information I have found while wandering the web. This might be an inspiring article, a tip or tutorial I have discovered (or written), and occasionally exclusive offers & discounts as well as immediate access to the secret page of free patterns, guides, and printables. You can [follow my page on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/phoebemoondesgins/), or join the [Make Believe Quilters](https://www.facebook.com/groups/makebelievequilters/) group, too.