SewCalGal’s Christmas Quilt Show 2011

Holy Cow!  I ALMOST MISSED IT!! YIKES!

 

I’ve been so busy around the house and at work that I’ve not been checking all my favorite blogs and I almost missed Darlene’s great Christmas Quilt Show 2011!  

My official entry is this super fun Santa quilt!!

It was completely made from fabrics I already had in my stash…many were just scraps! 

I put the top together at a fall quilt retreat about 7 years ago, then quilted it when I got back home!!  Quilted fun swirls in the beards!

The pattern is in this awesome Art to Heart book by Nancy Halvorsen called “Santa’s Coming”.

I loved mixing and matching the different beiges and whites for the beards and mustaches!

And guess who else loves this quilt???

Yup!  My sewing buddy, Yogi!  His job is to test out all my quilts to make sure they are snuggly and toasty warm!! What a job!

Before you go, let me show you the other Christmas quilts that are out and about in my house this month!!  This one hangs in my living room! 

This new one is over my mantle now…just finished it last week!

This was over my mantle before the one above but is now hanging over our étagère’ in the family room!

This one was made using the same 2” squares technique as the one above, but this guy has slipped and fallen down!!  Oooops!!

This is my one of my newest ones!  I just finished this one at last month’s bee day!!  Very vintagy looking fabric!!

This one was a Moda Bake Shop project during their “Christmas in July 2011” series!  (You can go HERE to learn how to make one of your own!!)

This is another quilt of my own design called “Ribbon Candy” that I taught at a local quilt shop a few years ago.

Yogi likes this one, too!!  LOL!!

This one is hanging on my front door this month!!  Just loved his charming face!!

This little table topper was super fun and quick to make!!  Love his mistletoe sprig!!

This was one of Miss Rosie’s Schnibbles patterns!! It fits perfectly on our ottoman!

Make sure you click on the button on the sidebar and go check out all the other entries in SewCalGal’s Christmas Quilt Show 2011!!

The Hustle Bustle Season Begins

It’s been such a crazy last few weeks with Thanksgiving and on top of that, we’ve been busy helping out two sons move into new apartments on the weekends!

But Yogi and I have been really busy sewing, too. 

I made four pretty little Christmas wall quilts for my three sisters and my parents.

I took these sneak peek photos then totally forgot to take a finished photo of one to share with you after I sent them to my family in Florida last week… sigh

Then I started decorating the house for Christmas on Black Friday and decided I wanted a new mini-quilt to hang over the mantle.

I had this adorable Mary Engelbreit Santa panel, so I used part of it to make a little wallhanging!

I think it’s perfect for the space!!

I’ve got the whole house decorated, the lights on the live tree in the living room, but still have to put on the ornaments.  If you remember my Demon Tree from last year, you’ll understand why I’m letting the tree sit with only lights for a few days…  if not, read this-

http://auntpollysporch.blogspot.com/2010/12/demon-tree.html

So, what are you working on these days?

P.S. Yogi is just plum tuckered out from all this sewing and decorating!!