Sunday, November 14, 2010

Believe

I love Christmas.  I love the preparing for Christmas (really I do!).  I love the decorating.  I love the baking.  And most of all, I love the quilting.




This year, I fell in love with Kate Spain's 12 Days of Christmas fabric and purchased a layer cake.  After experimenting a bit and looking over other quilts I have made for block inspiration, I got started.


I am just thrilled with the results!




The photos don't quite do justice to the quilting.   Cathy Kirk does my long arm work and did a wonderful collection of snowflakes across the whole quilt.


I choose a warm flannel for the back - the same green as the other border.   (Still need to bind this and will do this in the green flannel.)


This will surely be a quilt to cuddle under, glass of wine (or cup of tea) in hand and just enjoy the Christmas tree.


Believe.







Other beautiful quilts to see at the Christmas Quilt Show 2010..

50 comments:

  1. This quilt is just beautiful!! I love it!!

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  2. This is a beautiful quilt. I love everything about it.

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  3. I love your Christmas quilt. I'm doing the BOM at FQS with that fabric.

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  4. Beautiful quilt! Would you tell us what pattern you used for your lovely quilt?
    Trish www.quilttalesandcattails.com

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  5. This is a grea quilt for Christmas. Love the fabric and the design you chose. Beautiful quilting, too!

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  6. You did a beautiful job making your quilt. It's a perfect Christmas treasure.

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  7. Kate Spains's fabric looks beautiful offset with the white! You did a wonderful job!

    And I love to use flannel on the back of my cuddle quilts too.

    SheilaC

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  8. Beautiful quilt. Kate Spain's fabric is my favorite this year. I just haven't gotten around to actually cutting it. Your quilt inspires me to get started. Thanks.

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  9. lovely colors! looks so cuddly.
    Karen
    http://karensquilting.com/blog/

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  10. Its amazing how when you picked the right colors a normal pattern becomes a Christmas quilt - LOVE it!!!

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  11. And thrilled you should be! Your quilt is beautiful :-)

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  12. Very pretty christmas variation.

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  13. I like the open and fresh feel of this quilt - very pretty. I suppose you can go wrong when using Kate Spain. This is just a lively quilt. Good job.

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  14. What a pretty quilt....I too love Kate Spain's 12 Days of Christmas!

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  15. Beautiful quilt, looks like it's made for cuddling!

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  16. Very pretty quilt. That blue is popping up in a lot of the designer's Christmas lines.

    ...Karen
    ps... and welcome to blogging. :-)

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  17. Nice fresh Christmas quilt. I love the colors!

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  18. It turned out beautifully! I love Kate Spain!

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  19. Your quilt is beautiful! Love it!
    Yes a cuddling one for sure..enjoy!
    Lola

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  20. I am so glad I found the Christmas quilt show so I can see all the great quilts. Yours is wonderful and snowflake quilting is great on your quilt. Love Lois

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  21. This quilt is a beauty. You have done an awesome job on it. You should go check out my new sewing challenge blog here at Paula's Sewing Challenges.

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  22. I love this fabric too - you've made a beautiful, usable, Christmas quilt out of it!

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  23. Very pretty. Make you way to cozy up to the tree!

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  24. Your quilt is very nice! Cathy does do good work!

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  25. Love it and also love the idea of flannel as the backing.

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  26. The purchase of fabric was well worth it. Love the colors.

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  27. patty, your quilt is beautiful!! way to go! i love how you used the aqua sparingly to make a lovely little splash. keep up the wonderful work! hugs and happy sewing, kate

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  28. A beautiful quilt! Thanks for sharing!

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  29. Beautiful! I like your glass of wine idea...or how about a glass of eggnog with a splash of rum. yum

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  30. Love this quilt. I'm a big fan of stars.

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  31. Oh wow, it's beautiful! Love the fabrics and the pattern. Great job.

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  32. Simply lovely quilt! I too love that line of fabric and your choice of pattern showcases it beautifully! The quilted snowflakes are the perfect finishing touch!

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  33. Great quilt with the 12 Days of Christmas. I hadn't seen many quilts with that fabric line. Now I have :) Thank you for sharing! Ps. also peeked at your lil bag tutorial in the previous post. Awesome. Will be back, once the mistletoe is hung, the nog is glugged, and the house guests have left :)

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  34. Some of my favorite colours are in that quilt!!!! Love it to pieces.
    Elzaan

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  35. What a beautiful quilt. Love Kate Spain too!

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  36. Congratulations on a beautiful finish!

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  37. Lovely quilt!

    I've fallen in love with this fabric line as well and have just finshed a little quilt in it!

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  38. Your quilt is beautiful. I love Kate Spain's Christmas line.

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