This post is linked to: Quilting is more fun than housework, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, From Bolt to Beauty.
I finished a Christmas Quilt made completely from what I already had on hand. My sister gave me most of her fabric. She loves fabric and had bought quite a bit over the years. But, she decided to de-clutter her house and I was the lucky recipient of some beautiful fabrics.
I decided that since she picked out and bought most of this Christmas fabric, she would most likely like a quilt made from it. Her birthday is near the end of October, so this will be her gift, just in time to display folded on the back of a chair or the end of a bed.
It is a typical windy March day today, so I had to get creative with the pictures of my quilt inside. I pulled out a couple of Christmas items to add to the quilt pictures.
It doesn't show up too well in a picture, but the backing fabric has white snowflakes on white. I don't know why my sister bought 5 yards (+) of this fabric, but it was perfect! I also love a striped binding and this fabric worked perfectly as well.
One of the fabrics.
It was about 80 degrees outside when I took this picture of some of my Christmas Quilts, but ..... oh well.
I tried something new when I pin basted this quilt top. Instead of disrupting our household by pinning on the kitchen table, I tried it out on the table in my sewing room. I just had to take a few things off it and slide it over to the center of the room. It works just as well and is out of the way of every thing. BUT, I remember when I used to baste on the floor and had to move furniture. I'll never do it that way again! I was much younger and more able to crawl around on the floor back then though.
The layer cake fabrics were perfect for the corner triangles of each square and also for the border pieces.
I have beautiful blue fabrics left from the layer cake fabrics too. I'll definitely be making a blue themed Christmas quilt soon.
The twin sized quilt batting and all the thread that I used in the making of this quilt was bought with a Joann's Gift Card a few months ago. Its always so tempting to go to Walmart or a fabric store to pick up additional fabrics to match what I have, but so far in 2021, I have not given into that temptation.
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Stats:
68 inches wide
82 inches long
Blocks - 13 inches (finished)
Green outer border: 1 1/2 inches (finished)
Outer pieced border: 6 1/2 inches wide (finished)
5 and 1/2 bobbins were used in the machine quilting.
Happy Quilting!
