3-D Christmas Tree Cardholder

Quilt #62

3-D Christmas Tree Cardholder

The tree in this cardholder quilt is a design by Jackie Robinson.

detail

The “branches” are 3-d folded triangles which are then caught in the seam allowances.

detail - pockets

Three pockets to hold Christmas cards were added at the bottom of the tree.

back

A couple of wide loop were made and stitched through when the quilt was put together using 
the pillowcase method.


The quilting is a combination of straight lines and stippling.


This quilt measures 29" wide x 25" and was made in 1999. 

Old Fashioned Santas

Quilt #61

Old Fashioned Santas

This little quilt was made way back in 1997 from a picture I saw in a magazine. The Santas have beards made of thermolam batting, glass beads for eyes and fuzzy wool for trim. The applique was fused and stitched with a straight stitch along the edges.

Santa

The chekerboard background is embellished with a variety of neutral coloured buttons.

checkerboard background

The batting is thermolam and the quilting is stitch-in-the-ditch and diagonal lines on the squares that do not have buttons.

back

Old Fashioned Santas measures 18” x 25”.

Stack-n-Whack Morning Star Placemats and Table Topper

# 60

Stack-n-Whack Morning Star Placemats 

The pattern for these stars are from Bethany S. Reynolds' book Magic Stack-n-Whack Quilts. Hers were made into quilts, I thought this pattern would be great for Christmas placemats with the addition of strips of the main fabric on either side. 

Close-up

Six – 60˚ diamonds form the stars, all cut from one busy Christmas fabric which gave me lots of variety. Two different similar light backgrounds were used simply because I ran out of one when I decided to keep making more.

Main fabric (back of table topper)

 The main fabric used for the stars also backs the table topper.

Table Topper

 A dark green print was used for the back of the placemats.

back of placemat

I kept the quilting simple with stitching-in-the-ditch around the diamond shapes and doing a large stipple on the background.

These measure 12” x 16” and were Made in 2000.

The Perfect Tree

Quilt #59


This is another quilt made from a purchased pattern, this one by Pieces from the Heart.
The Perfect Tree measures 20" x 31".

It was made 2007 from 100% cotton.  The stick trees were free-motioned machine embroidered and hand stitched beads. 

Appliqued Santa

Santa and trees were raw-edged appliqued with zigzagged edges.

beading and quilting

The quilt was machine stitched-in-the-ditch and some hand quilting was added outlining the Santa and appliqued trees.

free-motioned machine embroidered tree

back and binding

Snow Lady

Quilt # 56

Snow Lady

This quilt is made from a purchased pattern by Country Quilted Stitches.  I made it in 2002, using mostly plaids of 100% cotton.  
Measures 20" x 36" .

detail

I have made several more of these to give away as gifts, also one for an auction.  Quick and fun to make.


Quilts #57 & 58

Here's a photo I found in my files of the above with 2 others I made as gifts.  I did not get a picture of them finished.

More Snowladies

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Midnight Blues and Under a Night Sky I & II

Quilts 53 – 54 – 55

Tis The Season

I just pulled out my Christmas decorations and thought it would be fun, from now until Christmas, to photograph and post holiday projects made over the years.

53 - Midnight Blues

Midnight Blues

The inspiration for these quilts came from two different quilts seen in magazine. One included liberated stars made popular by Gwen Martson and the other was a Christmas village with Santa flying overhead.

Midnight Blues 

I made this quilt in 2001, as a Christmas Quilt, but I really like it so it stays on the wall all year round.

detail of piecing and quilting

The top and bottom sections are pieced.  Sulky Sliver Thread was used for the quilting.

detail of applique

close up

The village is raw edge appliqued, each piece was fused and the edges were finished using a small zigzag.  

Midnight Blues back

Under a Night Sky I & II

Scaling it down a bit made it feasible as a class project.

54 - Under a Night Sky I (2003)

Under a Night Sky I

detail of piecing and quilting

Under a Night Sky I - back

detail of applique

55 - Under a Night Sky II (2004)

Under a Night Sky II

detail piecing and quilting

detail applique

Under a Night Sky II - back

Shack Happy

Quilt # 52

Shack Happy

This was our guild's Millenium Challenge called The Neutralizer.

The Rules:

Neutralizer Challenge: This challenge will require participants to purchase enough neutral fabric to cut 6" x 6" square for each participant.  One “colour” may be added as well as one neutral. The back and binding do not count, but the borders do.

detail

I made a liberated quilt a la Gwen Martson, free cut (no rulers). I added a white on off-white as my extra neutral which was pieced with the other whites for the sky and green was my chosen colour.

back and label

I pieced my label and the left-over bits into the back of the quilt.

label

DOCUMENTATION

Quilt Name: Shack Happy

Description: Liberated pieced quilt

Pattern: no pattern, free cut

Size: 21” x 19”

Fabrics: 100% cotton

Predominant colours: Neutrals and green

Construction Techniques: free cut, no ruler

Back: 100% cotton

Batting: Hobbs 80-20

Edge finish: Double fold french binding

Quilting:free motion

Quilted by: Terry Whyte

Sleeve: yes

Label: yes

Date completed: 2000

Inspiration: Swen Martson

Quilt History: Displayed at the Kirkland Lake Mile of Gold Quilters' Guild – 2000 Quilt Show.

Maker: Terry Whyte