This Christmas quilt I made for my daughter. This pattern is called Georgetown Squares the piecing can be done in a day makes an outstanding lap quilt for the festive season. It is amazing how different each of our quilt’s looks even though we used the same fabrics. My sister and I decided to split some old fabrics we found in my mother’s stash after she passed away. Original pattern designs from Quilting Gallery – hosted by Michele 2011. Blocks are hand applique/machine quilted. Made for my grandchildren to enjoy as a wall hanging each Christmas. The pattern was designed by Carolyn Beam and long arm quilted by Terry Gravila (one of my students). This row quilt was the sample that I made for a class that I taught – Strip of the Month Club at our LQS. I don’t have many Christmas quilts and I enjoy doing this method. This quilt was made using the stack and slash method. I like to hang one on my front door so the bell rings every time the door is opened. It is paper pieced and has a heart shaped button and a jingle bell. This quilt is one of my original designs. I purchased this non-traditional Christmas file from Embroidery Library and built the quilt around their suggested colors. I wanted a Christmas Quilt for my office, but not necessarily in traditional colors. It has a wrap around block on the leading edge, a scrappy binding and an asymmetrical placement of the 26 inch star blocks. This little quilt kept growing from a single test block I liked to what was to be a lap robe to a Queen size quilt. 2 years ago I made this quilt in 3 weeks! It was a pleasure to make this one! I had downloaded them and safe restored in a map. Long time ago there was a Advent calender on the internet with every day a piece/pattern of this quilt. I used some of my favourite fabrics in my quilt – snowflakes, plaids and homespun – making a real cosy cottage-chic quilt! Pattern called Vintage Holiday and I love the baubles! This is my first festive quilt and I will hang it on a wall to bring cheer to the cottage I live in! Merry Christmas!Īngels singing (Disqualified, not eligible to win) I had had the kit in my to-do box for a couple of years and finally got time to make it this past February.Īmy’s Vintage Holiday (snowflakes and plaid) Can’t wait to give the quilt to her.įrom a pattern: Kitset ‘Country Santa 017’ from The Wooden Bear Quilt Designs Our granddaughter loves all things Scottie Dogs, so this year, I made her a Scottie lap quilt. This lap quilt is all wrapped up and ready to give! The huge bow is appliqued onto cute wrapping paper and ribbon! This super fun quilt was made entirely by me, and I quilted her in straight lines on the diagonal for a fun wintry argyle look. This Christmas tree is full with all those funny, beautiful, crazy, special, homemade and other decorations that don’t make it to the real tree. I used a variety of Christmas prints and love the simple yet elegant look of this design. This pattern is in Eleanor Burns’ book “Still Stripping After 25 Years.” I worked for her at her Quilt in a Day San Marcos store for 6 years, & I made this quilt as a sample to display in the store. I was very pleased with the results of this class and love the birds in hats I found for the backing. Being self and internet taught, I thought some lessons could be helpful – and they sure were. This was made in my 1st Class (hence the name) at a local quilt shop. No rocket science right? There is no better feeling than to get your machine running and finish some quilts if you ask me.You can click on the photo to view a larger version. Well okay, maybe that was the not so very short version. Finish a quilt so you can start a new project. The only way to get better at quilting, at picking quilt designs, is by doing. Don’t hesitate and finish it! Don’t have second thoughts on your choice. When your half way through quilting your quilt. STEP 5: Might sound like a weird step, but I love this one. Hop behind your sewing machine, grab some thread and start quilting. The moment you decide, you can finally start quilting your quilt. STEP 2: Go through the 101 ideas for quilting ebook with your quilt top in mind and see if there are designs that resonate with you. Maybe there are shapes in your design around which you can echo with straight lines? Maybe your quilt top is made from squares so you can stitch in the ditch or stitch just beside the ditch. Are there any clues in there? Maybe it is a big design which would work well with a smaller overall quilt pattern. STEP 1: Take a good look at your quilt top.
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