Are you looking for a Halloween craft to make that’s fun, easy and charming?  How about Halloween crafts that use fabric and ribbon to make?
The folks at Martha Stewart have obviously been having a lot of fun with Halloween ideas this year, because they’ve come up with some great ideas.  These crafts provide more “thrills” than “chills” if you prefer Halloween to be fun… not bone-chilling!

This ribbon snake is easy enough for kids to make along with you.  Use wired ribbon, masking tape and a pen to create this creepy-crawler… and see if it will protect the Halloween goodies …read more

Pumpkins are a popular decor item at this time of year!
Between Halloween, Thanksgiving and just even autumn, pumpkins are showing up all over the place.  If you’d like to make some pumpkin crafts using fabric, but need a little inspiration – I’ve got four free pumpkin fabric crafts for you.
Use fabric paint, iron-on fusible and fabric to make these cute no-sew pumpkin decorations.
This cheery Jack-O-Lantern is made using felt – the site even has a free download for the full-size pattern to make your crafting a little easier.  No worrying about having to scale up a pattern!
This little hand-sewn Jack-O-Lantern …read more

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Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork provides some ideas to give you inspiration for your quilting and fabric art.
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Tangled Thread has put together a list of her favorite free patterns for Halloween crafts – for all ages.
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Eileen responds to a customer’s question about one of her most popular original patterns: a panadiere or fabric bread basket. These bread baskets make lovely …read more

 Halloween is just around the corner, so I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite free patterns for Halloween crafts with you all!
Take a scary stroll through the Tangled Thread archives with me…

Venetian-style mask
 Mini painted pumpkin bag
Kids Halloween crafts
Inspiration for plus-size costumes
Free Halloween cross-stitch charts
Cute costumes for your child & your dog!
Even more embroidery patterns for cross-stitch

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It’s not quite Hallowe’en and we’re not celebrating Thanksgiving yet – but your kids still want to make crafts with a Fall theme – what’s a fiber person to do?
Luckily, there are tons of free, fun patterns for kids!

This pumpkin is perfect for your pre-teen or tween who wants to learn how to cross-stitch.
Toddlers can learn to “sew” with these fun laced Hallowe’en themed projects.
Your older child can make their own sewn trick-or-treat bag using these easy instructions.
Make pumpkin lanterns or luminaries with glass jars and fabric.
Pom-poms and pipe cleaners make fun “critter” rings for little ones.
You can choose …read more