My Sister's Christmas Quilt

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.

 

 

My sister has good taste!!!  This jelly roll was the 2 1/2 inch width I needed.  I only had to cut the strips into the needed lengths.   I only used the green and red fabrics, so I still have some strips left in the different blues.  I added a few Christmas fabrics that I bought in the past that went with the jelly roll fabrics.

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!

Scrap Color of the Month - GREEN!

Over at the So Scrappy Blog, the scrappy color for March is green.

Here are my 4 green blocks for the quilt I'm making for my granddaughter.  This makes a total of 12 blocks - 4 each of pink (January), yellow (February) and green (March).

 

There are a few interesting fabrics.

Oops!  Sneak peek at the Christmas Quilt in progress:

 

Have a great day!!!

Autumn Dreams Quilt

This post is linked to: From Bolt to Beauty,   Alycia Quilts, and Confessions of a Quilt Addict.

and Quilting is more fun than housework.

In early January I made a list of quilting goals and making a Fall quilt was on that list.  AND I actually completed it!

Here is "AUTUMN DREAMS":

Also on my list of goals was to just use what I have on hand in my quilt making this year.  I already had each fabric in this quilt.  It is made of lots of scraps, fat quarters, etc.  There are a few fabrics that appear only once or twice in the whole quilt.

I pieced the backing.  This leaf fabric was perfect, but I didn't quite have enough.  The problem was solved by sewing strips on both ends.

It was a windy day, but no rain!!!!

Here is a close up of the backing.

Stats:

30 blocks 

Block size: 13 inches wide. (finished)

Inner border: 2 inches wide. (finished)

Outer pieced border 5 1/2 inches wide made by sewing various lengths together (finished)

Finished quilt size:  80 inches wide; 94 inches long

This Fall I plan to put this quilt on a bed and put decorative fall pillows on it.  I'm thinking of making my own pillow cases to match.

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So this is the fourth quilt in a row I have made using this pattern.  I am sure I will get tired of it soon..... but I may continue on.  The next one will be a Christmas Quilt!  

The Papa Jack Quilt Number Two

This post is linked to Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts., Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and From Bolt To Beauty.

I made my hubby, AKA The Papa Jack, a new scrappy, masculine quilt!  The reason I am calling it the Papa Jack Quilt Number Two, is because it is the second one I've made him with that name.  You can see the first one made in 2014, HERE. 

This project was on my goals list for 2021.  Also sticking to my goals, I did not buy anything in the making of this quilt.  The fabrics were all in my stash.  I bought the batting with a Joann's gift card that I received for Christmas.

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you might notice a pattern here.  This is the third quilt in a row that I have made with this block.   I used a little more creativity with this one with the border.   I enjoy making them so much, I might just keep going!

Stats:

20 blocks

Each block is 13 inches finished.

The inner border is 1/1/2 inches wide finished.

The outer border is made of 5 1/2 inch (finished) by various lengths.

The finished size of the quilt is 66 inches wide and 79 inches long.

February's Color is Yellow!

This month the scrappy color of the month on the SoScrappy Blog is yellow.  So here are four yellow blocks for my granddaughter's rainbow quilt. 

 

So, now I have 4 pink blocks and 4 yellow Blocks.  I'm anxious to see what next month's color will be!

Since these blocks are going to have borders between all the blocks along with corner stone squares around each block, I can start to work on that part of the quilt.  The fabric I am using as the borders is white with dots of all colors of the rainbow.  I'm looking forward to making this quilt come together.

Rainbow Scraps - PINK!

 I'm joining in the rainbow scrap challenge at SoScrappy and January's color was pink.  I am going to make my granddaughter, Victoria, a rainbow string quilt.  The blocks will not be laid out like this in the quilt, but here are the pink blocks I made this month.  I plan to do 4 blocks of 5 different colors.  I'm thinking pink, blue, yellow, green, and purple.  

February's color is yellow, so time to go through my 2 1/2 inch strips and pull out some yellows!

A Small 2021 Finish and 2021 Quilty Plans

Good morning and happy 2nd day of January, 2021!

Being home all day on a rainy first day of January, 2021, I was able to complete a small project from start to finish!  I am calling it a Christmas Tree Rug.  The place we normally place our tree is a small corner right by a doorway that we pass through constantly that leads to and from the kitchen and living room.  Our artificial tree is not a very big tree and fits that spot perfectly.

However, a traditional "tree skirt" is too big for the space and I feel like someone might slip and fall on it when walking by.  So my solution is a "tree rug".  Its a small rectangular shape and I am simply going to sit the tree on top of it.  A couple of presents under the tree will hide the part of the tree that sits on it.  

The fabric is a panel called "Northwoods Noel".  This has been in my Christmas fabrics tote for a long time.  In fact, including this one there are four!  Someone gave them to me.  The backing fabric is some I already had as well.

I taped down the backing fabric on top of my sewing room table, then added the batting and top, then pin basted the whole thing.

Also, this small quilt can be used for other things if I decide to do that.  It can be a wall hanging or a table topper.

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Quilty Plans for 2021: 

1. I want to use what I have on hand!!!!  I hope to only buy what is completely necessary.  This means piecing backs of quilts and making lots of scrappy quilts, which is what I love anyway.

The panel used in the Northwoods Noel Christmas Tree Rug above is my first project of the year using what I have!   I even pieced the quilt batting from leftover scraps of batting.

 

I received Joann's Gift Cards for Christmas, So I will be using them for new quilt battings and what ever I really need.

2.  I want to make my hubby a quilt from plaids, solids and other masculine fabrics like the one I made for the teenager HERE.  He loved that quilt and commented about it often when I was working on it.

3.  I want to make more quilts for our grandkids.  If I do them in order, the 2 year old and her 6 year old brother are next.   I will see how far I get with those.  If I am able to finish those, I will continue with the next ones in line.  They all have quilts that I made them, but they need new ones..... at least that's what I think!  LOL

4.  I want to make some more Fall and Christmas quilts.  I have lots of fabric for those.

5.  I want to finish the doll quilt  HERE.  I didn't finish this in time for Christmas.  :o( 

6.  I started a leaders and enders quilt about a year ago.  I don't think I shared that on this blog, but I want to continue working on it and hopefully finish it.  It would make a great quilt for donation or a grandchild.

7.  I want to make quilts for donation!  I have always wanted to do this, but I end up making quilts for family members and the donation quilts don't get done.

 These plans include a lot of quilts, but I am dreaming big! 

 

This post is linked to Finish it or not Friday.  HERE