The Spider crawls
Eight legs and furry,
Better get out
In a hurry!!!
Eek! If I see a spider, you will see me scurry! How about you? Happy Saturday, ya'll. Can you believe it is October already ? There is 29 days till Halloween . Are you going to be getting your spook on?
Today I thought I would share my first Halloween stitch for the season. Eek! It is spider. Where I have always pulled out jack o lanterns, black cats, and crows for my Halloween decor, my sister, Amy always pulled out spiders and webs for her initial Halloween decorating. Not because she loved spiders , but when dad built her house on the farm years ago, the first critter to get in her house was a brown recluse spider! And oh yes she got bit!!! 🕷🕸🕷 It was a nasty bite too. So for Halloween, the faux spider webs came out first for Amy ; she had a good sense of humor. Lol I can not tell you how much my nieces hated to see her spider decor. And over the years , she has rubbed off on me, and l have even added a few spiders to my Halloween decor now. 😀🕷🎃
Now let's start out with some advice from a sweet spider named Charolette:
ADVICE FROM A SPIDER
Make good connections
Be web savvy.
Patience pays off.
Let go of your hang ups.
Show your artistic side.
Do your best.
Don't get strung out!
I think I can handle that. How about you?
This is a small stitch measuring 40 x 40 . I stitched mine on 14 count coffee/ tea dyed aida , but I wish I had stitched it on another color- gray, orange or even green . Any of those would look amazing? Hmmm. Should I do a restitch? Maybe.
I used 4 DMC colors. - 310, white, 720 and 470.
If you would like to add a spider to your Halloween decor, just check out the pdfs below and my little disclaimer.
Many of you know , but I always like to leave this little disclaimer.
I stitch my little designs for fun and to decorate my home. I feel very blessed by this community and love sharing my little charts, but I am not a professional designer. And I do not have professional software. Thank you for understanding that I have to put each page on separate pdf downloads because of the devices I use. I apologize for that. And I am always grateful for your kind encouragement , your visits, and stitching my little designs.
Click here for the instruction page.
Click here for the colored chart.
Click here for the black and white chart.
Speaking of spiders. I thought I would share my little quilt I created years ago for my girls. I simply took a green piece of fabric and added a spider borders. I then took a heavy thread and created a spider web. Easy peasy. The final step was to add glow in the dark spider rings to it. It is always fun to hang up at Halloween time.
Have a fabulous weekend, my friends and watch out for spiders!!! As always...
Happy Stitching, ya'll,
Melisa
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
Hugs and Stitches!!!
Dedicated to my sweet sister, Amy. Love ya.
