My newest Christmas quilt is almost finished.
I know! It's only September, but hear me out!
These Christmas fat qarters have been sitting on my shelf for eight years waiting for the right project. I considered many different patterns for them over the years but they all required more coordinating yardage than I had. I tried to find other fabrics to coordinate, but nothing looked quite right.
I designed Boxed Kisses a couple of years ago to use 1/4 yard cuts OR fat quarters. I don't know why I didn't think until now to check if the bit of yardage I had to coordinate with my Christmas bundle would be enough to make Boxed Kisses. There was just enough. Happy dance! I guess this quilt was meant to be.
Most of the quilts I make these days are test/sample quilts. It was such a joy to relax and just follow a finished pattern this time. I haven't made anything this quicklky in ages. Here's the timeline in photos.
August 1
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| Select 12 fat quarters from the bundle. |
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| Run all the fabric through te washer and dryer. |
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| Press, press, press. |
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| Start cutting. |
August 2
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| Finish cutting. Admire pretty stack of parts. |
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Piece units assembly-line style.
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August 3
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Lay out units to figure out
which fabric to pair in blocks
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Remove some parts to start sewing.
Wonder if what's left has some design possibilities.
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| Focus on this quilt. Assemble blocks. |
August 4
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Sew blocks together.
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August 6
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Add borders and audition binding fabric.
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That's where things stand a month later. Obviously I need to quilt the quilt before I can sew on the binding. I've been distracted by non-sewing tasks and the insomnia quilt but Boxed Kisses: Christmas Edition is next in line for quiting.
This fabric and this pattern were just meant to meet. I'm tickled that 8 years ago, years before I designed this pattern, I bought just enough of the cream, green and red yardage to pair with the fat quarters to make Boxed Kisses. It's even more astonishing when you consider hat I very, very rarely buy fabric without a specific quilt in mind.
I'd love to hear about your fabric + pattern perfect pairings. Tell me about them in the comments!
Happy quilting,
Joanne
Hmmm - I have that pattern, and I still don't have a Christmas quilt...
ReplyDeleteI love how the pattern evolved over time. What a great use of some old fabrics to make a great quilt. Really pretty!
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