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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Winter Wonderland

Well, I am happy to report I am getting smarter in my older age. I had 2 dates set aside with a quilter. One was for my dad's quilt and the other one was originally meant for my friend who is retiring. I had bought a layer cake for her quilt, but I was not sure I was happy with it. Then I thought I should make a Christmas/winter quilt since I have never made one of those. Finally I smartened up and realized the quilt I should get finished was the one for my son. It was a completed quilt top. I had already made my husband, my daughter and myself quilts this year, so it will be nice to have one for him too.

This means I get to play around and have fun. Other than my Christmas swap I have no pressures on me for the next 2 months. I decided to work on some of my winter/Christmas quilts and just enjoy myself.




 


Here is my Winter Wonderland quilt. I got the fabric last year for Christmas from my parents. My mom and I had been to a quilt lecture in the fall organized by my LQS. One of the stores had a sample of this quilt and the fqs. The pattern was a free download from http://www.allpeoplequilt.com
I immediately fell in love with it. Snowmen are my favourite. You can keep them up so much longer than Christmas items. I hurried home at lunch today to finish the last few blocks so I could show you.


I have also started working on my Sheri Berry Christmas quilt. I am doing stars, but I have not figured out a pattern yet. I also have my half-square triangles done for my pinwheel quilt. I just need to sew them together.


Happy Creating,



7 comments:

Ariane said...

It looks great. I love the fabrics.

Michelle said...

I can't wait to see the quilt you did for your son. Thanks for the info. on the free pattern, I'm going to go download it now.

Sandie @ crazy'boutquilts said...

Very cute! I love snowmen too. :) Lucky you to have no pressure for 2 months!~ I over committed, but hope to catch up by the end of this month! ;)

Angela Nash said...

I love snowmen, too! That's a cute quilt. Oh, and I'm so excited that we're in the Bee together. It's gong to be a fun group!

Robin (RsIslandCrafts) said...

Cute quilt! I love snowmen too. It's nice to have something that can be left out past Christmas.

Myra said...

Great fabrics! Love the prints! 8-)

Mary Johnson said...

It's very cute -- but your finishing up this one for your son reminds me that I owe Keith a new quilt and I've been putting it off for months. One of these days I'm going to have to get it started.