I don’t know about you, but somehow we ended up with literally mountains of candy after Halloween was all said and done. That got me thinking about candy quilt blocks … maybe some orange and black taffy would look nice.

I always like to consider the shapes of the designs I choose. Chocolate bars are delicious, but their shape is slightly on the boring side. Unless of course, you have some fantastic fabric to spice up their wrappers!

Taffy makers come up with all kinds of neat designs for their candies, and even the wrapper itself adds a great deal of interest to the shape. Salt water taffy is just as fun to look at as it is to eat!

Here’s the sketch I came up with. You can see my first attempt through the other side of the paper. I was trying not to make it too tiny, but that pattern would probably turn out an 18″ block, and I’m more of a small block gal.

My second sketch was just what I wanted: fun, a little bit wonky, and exactly the right size. That’s unusual for me. Most of the time I draw dozens of sketches and then have to scan and resize my favorite one on the computer.

I only drew the one side of the wrapper firstly because I ran out of room, and secondly you only really need the one pattern piece anyway. You can just trace it twice. If you turn the drawing just a little so that the wrapper sticks straight up it could be a radish or a perfume bottle!

Don’t the candy appliques look yummy? I decided to go for Christmas taffy instead of Halloween taffy. Halloween is all finished for this year and I just know my enthusiasm wouldn’t last long enough for me to make much progress on this quilt.

These candies are a lot of fun to make. I might even finish this quilt in time for Christmas. I can’t wait to try the taffy pattern out on other fabrics in my stash.