Christmas!

I finished my Christmas Quilt!!!

Before Christmas!!!

Are there special prizes for that kind of thing??

I did hear there's a Christmas quilt show and tell...

Maybe I'll link up over there. ;)

I even quilted it!!

Double prizes???

No?? oh well.

Black swirls in the trees with a star on top.

Loop-dee-loops all over the rest of it.
Love those loops!!
Easy pattern. No marking. ;)



Here's the back.
There are lots of memories here!!!
Fabric from "quilt mom" Gerda.
Fabric from my friend's neighbor who used to have
our girls come over to her craft room and "play".
The girls spent many happy hours there Creating!!!
She was the real life DREAM neighbor....
She made raggedy Ann dolls for donations
to hospitals and such.
Can you guess the fabric that came from her???
YEP! all that red and white!!!
And then the scrap pieces from my project
last year!!
I could call this a memory quilt! :)

I learned recently how to put binding on
so that no one knows the end from the beginning!!

Here's how I did it.

Sew binding on leaving Two very long tails.




Lay binding down.
Fold one of those tails of bining right up against
the raw edge of the other tail.

Make sure your quilt is nice and flat along that edge.



Since my binding was cut to 2 1/2" wide
I measured 2 1/2" away from the fold.
Can you see my chalk line on the right??

Cut the tail off leaving your 2 1/2" fold there.
IF your binding is a different width you'll have to
measure to THAT width instead!!


Now lift up those two tails.
Put right sides together at a right angle.
Draw a diagonal line and pin.

This is why we left those tails long....
We don't want that quilt to get in our way!



Sew along that line and trim.


Your binding should now fit
PERFECTLY.
Let me know how you do!!!

Thank you to those who are joining me
in our blog neighborhood quilt block giveaway!!!
I'm excited to see what comes of it!
Aren't you???