A Quilted Christmas Season
If you participated in the Countdown to Christmas project, I’d love it if you’d send a photo of your finished project to me so I can share it with those who visit here (quiltalicious (at) gmail (dot) com)!
Because of our Quilt Therapy Countdown to Christmas, I wasn’t able to share photos of all of the quilted Christmas gifts I made and distributed!
“Cougar Pride” quilt (75″ square) for my SIL’s boyfriend. Fun big block (22″) nine-patch with pieced and raw edge applique squares.
FABULOUS quilted Potato Bags gifted to my MIL’s family for their Christmas celebration.
Juvenile quilt made by our quilt group for our local community library.
Table topper for a friend in Utah.
Table Runner for a friend in Utah.
Another table runner for a friend in Utah.
Chili Pepper table runner for SIL.
Whew, had lots of quilting going on, and lots of quilt therapy happening in December! Now, onto my www.BOMquilts.com 2010 Block of the Month quilt! What did you get quilted for the holidays?
Wow, you were very busy!! Fabulous projects. I love the second and last blocks in the second to last table runner. Those are fabulous.
All the best for 2010.
Cheers,
Michele
Thanks Michele – that table runner is totally original blocks — mostly sew n’slash style (meaning I just sewed and cut until I got what I wanted). FUN for me, too!
I’m very curious about the potato bag… Can you tell me more about it?
Jessica: I found the pattern at a local hobby shop here, then looked online for a free pattern — which I found at http://web.archive.org/web/20071202190308/http://www.atimetostitch.com/potato_bags.htm. I still bought a pattern at the hobby shop, and then streamlined it (see my photo above) so I could mass produce them for Christmas gifts without so much work (lazy quilter – that’s ME). Using a pinking rotary blade, all I had to do was cut them out, sew the top and bottom seams across, fold and press, then run them through my machine with a straight and a zig-zag stitch. SUPER-simple!