Christmas Quilt

So it's Christmas. Well at least it's December, so hence Christmas quilt time. I'm so excited for Christmas this year as I have time to decorate my place and make presents, including a Christmas Quilt for some special people.

So I have cut my fabric out of my stash in the traditional red, green and gold palette with a couple of extra colours. I wanted it to have similar colours but not look too Christmassy so it can work for any season. The patchwork is a little more traditional and made to look like Christmas wreaths.

To make the wreath shape I attached two white squares of fabric to opposite corners of the colours squares, very similar to "White Diamonds" Quilt I made earlier in the year (See earlier posts). However I did this for every coloured square. I made the adjustment with the white squares from the previous time, so they were bigger and easier to match seams.

Thor was spectacular as usual, however I think I might need to service him soon. Last Saturday I made the wreaths. At the moment the layout looks a little like fruit loops. Yes, quite hilarious to me. The panel was also pretty small, so in order to expand it, I plan to place white strips in-between the wreaths. I'm hoping that will lessen the fruit loop effect.

The layout was fairly easy to work with as the colours are either bold or fair (for lack of a better word). I've included some gold accent fabrics to balance out the dullness of the other fabrics. I will also use the same binding I use for my quilt "Tabitha" which has the gold accent as well.

FTIsland, Hanson, and Mandy Moore were my soundtracks, in particular Hanson's Christmas album from when they were little. It really brought Christmas into the house which was really nice.

Anyway here is the current layout. Of course it will
look a little different in the end. I'll be updating the finished quilt when it's finished.

Happy Sewing.
Miss Mae.