Tag: Christmas
Home for the Holidays
December 7, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Nov 25, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Dec 7, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Approx 18″ x 15″ |
| Pattern | Hometown Holiday quilt kit from Fat Quarter Shop |
| What it’s for | Gift for Bill and Karen. |
| Batting | ? |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
I don’t know why, but I struggled with the pieced border. It took me three times to get it right. I thought I could strip piece it and messed it up.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted with invisible thread and Gutterman cotton.
Progress Pictures
Guess where I ran out of thread?
Poinsettia Quilt
December 6, 2013
General Info
| Start Date | Sep 29, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Dec 6, 2013 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Lap |
| Pattern | From Keepsake Quilting |
| What it’s for | Christmas gift for Mom |
| Batting | Cotton |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
The pattern was not great. It’s a shame they don’t include instructions for a length wise outer border. If alternating colours of scrappy blocks, make sure 10 start with colour A and 10 with colour B. The pieced border should end with the same colours length wise, and the other colour width wise. The amount of fabric listed for the backing will only give you approx 2″ overhang on the top and the bottom of the quilt. If you are sending to a longarmer, recalculate the backing requirement.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted from the back, using the Poinsettia print fabric as a guide for quilting.
Progress Pictures
Quilting from front
Quilting from back
Silver Wreath
December 10, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Dec 10, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Dec 10, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 15″ |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Christmas decor |
| Batting | N/A |
After our move I couldn’t find my snowman wreath (I’m sure it’s somewhere, I just didn’t want to dig). I had a wreath and bought some ribbon, plus used some left over ornaments. $5 + 10 minutes + glue = wreath.
Snow Star Table Setting
December 10, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Nov 25, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Dec 10, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 15″ x 18″ |
| Pattern | Handmade magazine |
| What it’s for | My Christmas table setting |
| Batting | Iron on pellon |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
The placemat pattern that was in Handmade was using the left overs from a tablerunner featured in a previous issue. Some of the pieces did not make sense (sew a 4.5″ rectangle to a 5″ square, huh?). I rang the designer, Angela Bradbury of Sew Bright Quilts, and she promptly emailed me the entire pattern, free of charge! Awesome service!
I still ended up cutting my pieces down and using slightly smaller vertical borders, due to a fabric shortage, but they still turned out nice.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
The coasters I made using left over fabric and my square in a square ruler. I used my new Janome MC660P to embroider each family member’s name on one, so that they know where to sit and which drink is theirs. I used Gutterman metallic thread with a 90 topstitch needle with a 50wt cotton Gutterman thread in the bobbin. I still had some issues with the thread tangling on the back, so I got some 100 metallic needles to try when I quilted them and they worked much better. I only did straight line quilting – not FMQ.
Progress Pictures
Christmas Tree Ornaments
November 14, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Nov 14, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Nov 14, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 4″ |
| Pattern | Online Quilt Magazine 2010 November(?) issue |
| What it’s for | Annual family Christmas ornaments |
| Batting | N/A |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
So easy and cute!
The pattern has you sew the circles together and turn them right side out. I was lazy and just zig zagged them together and pinked the edges. I used a CD-R for a circle template. I made six in 45 minutes.
Progress Pictures
Cross Stitch Ornaments
November 9, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Jul 30, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Nov 9, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 3″ |
| Pattern | Kits |
| What it’s for | Sent to various family members for Christmas 2011. |
| Batting | N/A |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
First pic: Found $2 Jaylynn Christmas cross stitches at Spotlight. I wanted something that I could carry to do in the car while we moved. Never actually did them in the car, but they were nice portable projects.
Second pic: Stitching Garden cross stitch kit.
Progress Pictures
Penguin Ornament
November 9, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Oct 23, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Nov 9, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 4.75″ x 5.25″ |
| Pattern | Kit |
| What it’s for | Gift for Nanny Betty |
| Batting | Iron on pellon |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
$1.50 cross stitch kit. Originally said “North” but there are no penguins at the north pole, so I changed it to “South”.
I noticed after I took the picture that I used the wrong shade of yellow on half his sign. *not wearing glasses*
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Progress Pictures
Winter Wonderland Wall Hanging
January 3, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Nov 12, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Jan 3, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Approx 30″ x 30″ |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Gifts for Grandma Lois, and Uncle Terry and Aunt Alyce |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own 100% cotton batting |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Used Winter Wonderland panels and added borders.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Free motion quilted with monofilament. Used 50 wt Gutterman cotton thread on first project and 50wt Prescensia cotton thread on second project. Quilted around designs, practiced following lines, echoing, background fillers. Had issues with skipped stitches on second panel. Thought it was because of the different thread brand, but now I think it was a machine issue.
Progress Pictures
Snowman Door Hanger
January 3, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Aug 21, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Jan 3, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 36″ x 12″ |
| Pattern | Cold Hands, Warm Heart by Pam Bono |
| What it’s for | Made two: one for me and one for Grandma MJ. |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own 100% cotton batting. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Modified table runner pattern. Added an extra snowflake block and made two. Used skinny heart shaped buttons for nose. Added star burst beads to hanging loops.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Ditch quilted snowman body, then free motion quilted loops inside body using 50wt gutterman thread. Probably should have done outside channel quilting first, and more densely, to help prevent distortion. This project would have greatly benefited from trimming, but I didn’t think to do it, and blocking, which I didn’t know about then. Attempted to use silver metallic thread in snowflake, but kept shredding. Need to use larger topstitch needle next time.
Progress Pictures
Icicle Snowman Ornament
December 24, 2010
General Info
| Start Date | Dec 24, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Dec 24, 2010 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 7″ |
| Pattern | Happy Hollows |
| What it’s for | Christmas tree |
| Batting | Iron on pellon. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Was bored on Christmas Eve so went to Sewco and picked up this Espresso kit. It was pretty expensive. Pattern was easy. Would be good option for annual Christmas ornaments one year.
Progress Pictures
