Happy Christmas Quilt

I know I promised a look at a cute Christmas quilt, and I know that I am a day late. Shucks!...I got too busy the last 2 days to post this. I just visited her blog, so I know she has it, and hopefully has it bound by now and is snuggling beneath it. It was SO adorable, made from more Christmas prints than I have ever seen, let alone had my hands on. I'd have to collect for years to have that many.
It naturally makes me nervous doing a white quilt. Everything shows - the dirt, the blood(DOH!) and of course the mis-stitchings which we all make. I knewI had to be careful. I also knew that I wanted her scrappy fabrics to be the focus, so I luckily convinced her early on that a white thread would be so much more effective than any other colors. She fortunately agreed with me there. The pattern was a blast to quilt. I marked a number of items in eraseable pen before quilting - there were bows, presents, little trees, pointsettias, holly leaves and small strings of lights (unless I forgot any). And then I connected these holiday motifs with a loopy quilting.

To my delight, it all worked very effortlessly. I placed most of these in the white so that they show. I love the effect ot the little strings of lights - a motif that I initially thought would be trickier than it really was.

Dontcha just love the Cookie Monster??!

It is SO cheery and happy. It was a very fun afternoon of sewing.

And every one of her trees was done with a star on top, and a quilted garland through it. I wish that the pictures could show the fun whimsical quilting. It's a quilt I'd love to make someday. Thanks, Beth, this was a fun job...Much more fun than the one I am quilting right now. So, stay tuned for the LA Chronicles for more on my quilting adventures!

Hope you had a great holiday. Later this week I will show my Christmas present...intended to assist me with designing quilting designs.