Fabric & Notion Requirements:

½ yd Muslin or off-white quilting fabric

½ yd Fusible fleece

Embroidery floss - black

Wool felt scraps – black & yellow

Ric-Rac – orange

Coordinating Threads – off-white, black, orange & yellow

Poly-fill

Step 1: Apply the fusible fleece to the muslin fabric as per the manufacturer’s directions.

Step 2: Cut ghost body front and back using the pattern.

Step 3: Quilt ghost pieces as desired, marking the quilting lines with a disappearing ink pen. Our lines are 1” apart. 

Step 4: Determine snap placement on ghost front for eyes and attach them using the Vario Tool. 

Step 5: Use the disappearing ink pen to draw a mouth under the eyes. Stitch over the drawn line using black embroidery floss.

Step 6: Cut black felt into (3) 2” x 3” rectangles the trim the rectangles into triangles. 

Step 7: Use the letter template to cut “BOO” from yellow felt. TIP: Glue baste the paper letters onto the felt and use the letter outlines as a cutting guide.

Step 8: Glue letters onto the black triangle pennants and top stitch using yellow thread.

Step 9: Glue pennants to the ghost front and top stitch with black thread to secure in place.

Step 10: Cut ric-rac to the appropriate length. Glue in place making sure to cover the tops of the pennants. Stitch to secure using orange thread. 

Step 11: Cut (2) 5” lengths of ric-rac. Sew to ghost front covering ric-rac end points. Tie in a single knot. TIP: Apply Fray Check to ends to keep them from looking shabby. 

Step 12: Lay front and back ghost pieces right sides together and stitch using a 3/8” seam allowance, leaving an opening along the bottom for turning. Make sure to back stitch at the starting and stopping points.

Step 13: Clip seams and curves as needed.

Step 14: Turn ghost right sides out. Use point turner tool to push corners out and shape ghost seams.

Step 15: Stuff with poly-fill. 

Step 16: Close opening with a ladder stitch.