Christmas Quilt Show

Welcome to the CHRISTMAS QUILT SHOW!

I have just a few quilts that I like to pull out at

Christmas time.

This quilt incorporates paper pieced stars

PLUS a little applique.

This is a calendar quilt I designed a few years ago.

 Each month has a special chair.

This is for December.

Cookies and milk for Santa. 

This is a quilt I like to hang on the wall.

And then there are the quilts that STILL

need to be quilted!

;)

I love the vintage pictures on this scrappy quilt!

Now it's YOUR TURN!

Please link up and share YOUR Christmas quilts!

Christmas Quilt Show

I hope you will join me THIS SUNDAY

for a CHRISTMAS QUILT SHOW!!

Post about any Christmas quilt

(or quilts)

and LINK UP!!!

Linky will be open

Dec. 17-24

A whole WEEK of quilty FUN!

Monday Making

I'm making a Christmas quilt!

Scrappy REDS and GREENS

Using this pattern.

Beginnings are ALWAYS FUN!

Just hope I have enough of the reds and greens

I WANT!

I really AM trying to use my stash

and IF I can't find the right colors lurking here...

Well...

You know what will happen next!!!

:)

I will be teaching a quilting class 

with this pattern Oct. 6 (Friday)

at the QUILT CUPBOARD.

Excited to spend a WHOLE day quilting!

What are YOU making this week??

Merry Christmas

As you can see...

I used EVERY last piece of fabric to complete this quilt.

The borders have that

FREE TO BE ME kind of vibe!

I love the way this Christmas quilt turned out.

It will fill out my Christmas quilt collection

and is one of the FEW that will actually cover a twin size bed!

Most are lap quilts and hang around the sofas and chairs.

One of these years I'll ask the kids to choose a quilt to KEEP.

I don't need them ALL!

;)

Merry Christmas to YOU!

Monday Making

Christmas is almost here.......

so I pulled out my box of Christmas fabric!!

It's not too late - YET - to make a Christmas quilt!!!

It's MY way of AVOIDing the wrapping of all those gifts.

I confess....Wrapping is NOT my favorite.

I know the day will come.

I know I'll have to DO IT!

But...

I also know how to AVOID it for as long as possible!

Hah!

Anyone else have trouble fussy cutting??

This seems SO wrong!!

My frugal nature had a HARD time cutting this fabric!!!

I have enjoyed having a sewing buddy read to me though!!

One of the perks of the holiday BREAK!!!

What are you up to???

Link up and share.

red and green

Now I've got a little red to go with my green!!

:)

Just a HOP SKIP and a JUMP

(hand sewing the binding)

and this quilt will be ready for Christmas!!

Let me tell you...

I was so proud of my quilting on this one.

I wanted the family to NOTICE it last night.

I was hiding all the long thread tails as we talked.

Guess what???

No one said anything!

I thought I had done an outstanding job (for me)

on all that quilting.

By the way...it took ALL DAY!!

I stipple quilted green in the green areas,

creamy snowflaky looking designs in the cream centers,

red thread in the yellow and red flower areas,

and then white feathers around the outside cream areas.

Well. I was proud.

THEN....

I saw Victoria's quilting this morning and was totally

HUMBLED!!

Maybe I'll have to invest in the book she recommends!

I know she got a new camera recently too...

but even in real life...my quilting does not even come close!!

Well.

It's good to be humbled once in a while!

I do hope that's the last humbling experience of the day.:/

Here's the lovely linen back.

I found two curtain panels and thought they were

PERFECT for this quilt. :)

They were also the RIGHT price! ($2)

I should rename my blog...

The FRUGAL quilter.

I love a good deal!!!

red and green

When I began this quilt....

I thought I might...possibly....use it for Christmas someday.

That day has not arrived.

This is another one of my 2" trouble quilts!!

Thankfully there's lots of green.

So.........

I've decided those seams are just NOT going to match!

From a distance you can't really tell....

Can you??

I'm going to move on with my life....

I'll leave these 2" blocks where they are.

Finish this quilt.

Say goodbye trouble!

and

MOVE ON!!!

christmas quilt

One Christmas quilt top done.

Done. done. done.

I DO need to quilt it.

So technically it's not...

done. done. done.

I blogged about making the trees here.

As usual, I get excited about the top being complete

and I want to share it right away!!

DO you do that too??

This one uses a lot of scraps.

Most of the Christmas fabrics in my stash came from my

"quilt Mom", Gerda.

The scraps are kind of "dated", but the little scraps look great

when you update them with something

comtemporary like that black.

Don't you think?