Christmas quilt

During the summer, when all the new Christmas fabric started coming out,

 I could not help myself and bought some, not knowing what I would use it for,

 I just had to have some, it seems to be a very common problem at the quilt store!

At home I realized this year selection looked nice with last year (from the tree skirt) 

and the year before (deer pillow) fabric I had acquired. 

So I went on to make a Christmas quilt out of these fabrics 

(collected over a 3 year time period).

The pattern I chose is from Simply Modern Christmas by Cindy Lammon, 

the same book that inspired my octagonal tree skirt. 

It has the perfect scrappy look I needed for my various prints.

It is an easy pattern and went pretty fast.

The part that slowed me down was deciding to do a patched back.

Last year, I purchased this wonderful Christmas print of the Ghastly,

not my style at all, but once again I could not resist!

So instead of keeping it forever, I cut it out and framed in black some pictures 

of the family members, using large blocks of others prints to set them.

It makes for a very different back, almost 2 quilts in one:

one pretty traditional and the other slightly crazy!

It has been perfect to snuggle on the couch,

 reading AG catalogs or watching fun Christmas movies,
some of my favorites: "Love actually" or "the Holiday",
not really family friendly, but grown ups get to enjoy movies too!

Happy Quilting!


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