Little Frights

Fifteen mini designs, one very good mood.

Little Frights gathers the whole Halloween cast into small-scale stitches — a wide-eyed owl on his branch, a grinning jack-o'-lantern, a bubbling cauldron over the fire, a candy bucket filled to the brim, and a black cat with his back well and truly up. There's a ghost, a bat, a skull, a witch's hat, a broom, a haunted house with its windows glowing, a crescent moon tangled in vines, a spider on his thread, a tombstone, and a little stack of candy corn.

The palette runs olive, lavender, and dusty orange against bone and charcoal, so the whole set feels vintage storybook rather than spooky-scary. Cute enough for a child's backpack, handsome enough for your own tote.

Small designs are the most useful ones you'll stitch all season. Pockets, cuffs, collars, hand towels, treat bags, hats, napkins, and patches — anywhere a full-size design won't fit, these will. Stitch one, or scatter a dozen and let the whole crew show up at once.

Fifteen designs. One evening of stitching. A whole October's worth of projects.