The Christmas Quilt

 This was a fun quilt to do.   My friend had made this quilt and I fell in love with it.   It was a free pattern from  Wilmington Prints for a fabric line called "Cookie Jar Treats".   Unfortunately the pattern is no longer available.

This quilt is a table cover, of course you can put it on a sofa if you prefer. 

To quilt this quilt I used glide thread 40 weight in white  by habanddash.com.   my friend Judi at www.greenfairyquilts.com has put together a collection of great neutrals of glide thread. 

I free motion quilted this quilt.  I did feathers in the borders. 

I tried to do poinsettias in the red corners.   They are not perfect, but they worked.

 In the snowball blocks just did holly leaves.  I learned to do the holly leaves from www.lorikennedyquilts.com

And on the 9 patches I did wishbone and diamonds.  The diamonds were done using a technique called dot to dot quilting.  Both of these I learned from Angela Walters @www.quiltingismytherapy.com.

To do the binding I did a double fold binding.   I cut my binding strips at 2 1/4" wide, the folded it in half and stitched it to the front of the quilt.  Then I fold it to the back and stitch it by hand.   The binding wad a great project to do while we were on a road trip. (I have a habit of falling asleep if I don't have something to keep my hands busy.)

This week I am linking up with the following link parties:

thank Goodness its finished Friday (TGIFF) hosted by www.anjaquilts.blogspot.com

Finished or not Friday @ www.alyciaquilts.blogspot.com
Needle and Thread Thursday www.myquiltinfatuation.com
Brag about your beauties www.frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com
Can I get a whoop whoop confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com
Weight loss Wednesday www.inquiringquilter.com
UFO busting @Tish's Adventures in Wonderland www.tishnwonderland.com