It’s Christmas Quilt show time, and I’m ‘almost’ ready. And isn’t that the way it always is — no matter how much we prepare, there’s just a little more we want to do to be completely ready. This time, it’s the quilting – and it’s going on my frame today. Here’s my project.
This quilt show was the impetus to make a new wall hanging to go over the mantle. We moved into this house in July, 1994, and have had the same wall hanging over the mantle ever since. This is the year that will change. Thus, the “winter” rather than “Christmas” theme. It will be at least February before a spring wall hanging is created 🙂
The one I made is the “cool” version – and this is the “warm” version from EQ7:
And here are the details: I used Aurifil Mak0 50 wt cotton thread color 2805 for the embroidery and a four patch background of Fusions and batik prints. The batik is what gives me the “sparkle” with it’s round white snowy drop design. The Aurifil thread is fine and shimmery and “frosts” the applique shapes with an edge that I designed especially for quilts and quilting.
this is wonderful, love those Accuquilt dies…
Love it. Love the stitching in the center of the flakes. It’s really pretty.
Beautiful!! Were those all done with dies? I also love your embroidery; it makes the applique pop!
The blues are very cool!
Very cute!
Very pretty. I love the option you showed with the warmer colors as well.
Lovely work. You put a lot of work into it.
Very nice work you’ve done here.
You’re killing me here….gotta go add another die to my wish list for my Go Baby!! LOL
I really like your snowflakes!! great job!! Hugs– Sandra
gorgeous!! I prefer the cold version by far….great work
Beautiful Quilt! It will look perfect over a mantle! Thanks for sharing!
Such fun embellishing quilts.
Gorgeous quilt!
Your quilt is lovely. The snowflakes and trees look great. Lovely applique work. This will look lovely in your home.
That is oh so beautiful.
Lovely!! Congratulations!!
Wow, that was a lot of work and it is just gorgeous!
very nice!!
the blue one is great. and so fine applications.
Very pretty!! I love all things Christmas.
Both version are very lovely.
Beautiful entries. The applique is so pretty with the aurifil thread . Good job.
Wow these are great!
Gorgeous quilts…your work is exquisite!
This looks fabulous in both colour ways! What stitch did you use for the edges of the applique?
Wow! So pretty! So. . . is that hand work, or did you design the stitch in your machine?
I did that with machine embroidery. I digitize designs and this is a stitch that I created with the hope that it would look like handwork 🙂
Beautiful stitchwork
wow…gorgeous
Love the blue, very “cool”.
The cold version is stunning, but then again, so is the warm one.
This is so pretty – great to have out for the winter. And it looks like it was a lot of fun to make with all the detail you have it in. Good job!!
What a lovely quilt…did you use your GO! for the snowflakes and trees?
The tree and large snowflake are from the holiday medley die and the small snowflake is from the die with the reindeer and sleigh. The embroidery designs are my originals.
Both are lovely but I especially love the blue quilt.
Wow! So impressive! You make these snowflakes come alive!
Oh wow…both versions are just awesome!
love it. just my colors!!
I really like your snowflakes!!
Nice to have two versions of the same quilt. If it doesn’t SNOW the Warm one fits…
beautiful! Nice to see it both color options!
Nice! I like the red snowflakes – very unique, but it sure makes the quilt pop.
Bravo! Great quilt!
Beautiful wall hanging! I love the design on EQ too!
That is gorgeous! Wow!! 🙂
Very pretty, love your beautiful stitching.
Beautiful quilt! Thanks so much for sharing it!!
the full shot is really nice, but the closeups are STUNNING.
How beautiful! I love the snowflakes.
Another blue quilt! I love it so much. That will be a great winter wallhanging.
Winter Sparkles–beautiful in blue.
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I absolutely love the snowflakes! Everything, actually – nice work!
I love the cool color version one the best.
Did you digitize the stitching yourself or did you purchase it? I really like the staggered blanket stitch look you used.
Renee