Saturday, December 5, 2015

HO HO OH! wait a minute!

Hi Quilters!

Today I drove up to Auburn, NY to give a lecture at the Schweinfurth Art Center where my quilts are on display. It was a wonderful evening! Tomorrow I teach a two day Double Wedding Ring class.

Before I left, I went to my studio to wrap up a few "thoughts" or projects...

One project, is my 4th Christmas quilt this season! (I'll show you those soon)

Do you remember my Sizzix Tulip Die, that fits on the Sizzix Double wedding ring Die,

Pictured above? It's one of my favorite quilts...I've had so much fun playing with other things to make with the die... From Gnomes, to santa, to veggies, to Santa Pillows!

I've had on my TO DO LIST, a quilt using the TULIP die for ages, and I finally jumped in a started making the quilt a reality...

Sizzix Bigz Pro Die - Double Wedding Ring Tulip

It started by sifting through my Xmas bin.

Yes, I do keep all my Christmas fabrics in one bin...

(So I know exactly where to go play when I want to make another Christmas quilt of course!)

It's so much fun to sift through and pick cute fabrics!!

Next came faces and beards!

Then things started taking shape!

Elves and Santa!

That looks pretty cute! Time for some background!

and......

maybe.....

A friend joins the party!

wait... no...

not him...

RUDOLPH of course!

Looks like Santa needs some spiffying up....

Much better...

Now let's get those rows together...

Back grounds are set... Time to get some Misty Fuse

and prep the heads for fusing...

He He He!

A pom pom for Santa,

Elf heads, Rudolph and Santa all fused in place...

Time for quilting!

Shipped off to Shelly to quilt!

I'm gone til Sunday night... All the driving gives time to think, think, think...

about new quilts!

so I can hit the ground running Monday.

I'm itching to sew!

18 comments:

CarolaDecember 5, 2015 at 1:56 AM
You are the tops! Hihihi
ReplyDelete
Replies
PhyllisDecember 5, 2015 at 3:15 AM
I love all of these quilts. Beautiful and fun!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Mary EllenDecember 5, 2015 at 8:07 AM
Perfect!
ReplyDelete
Replies
AnonymousDecember 5, 2015 at 8:20 AM
super cute!
ReplyDelete
Replies
AnonymousDecember 5, 2015 at 8:40 AM
How adorable! Love the whimsy added by Santa's over-sized beard and the Rudolph added to the elf line up. So clever! BTW I am a great fan of your 15 Minutes of Play :-) J. Terrell from St. Cloud, Fl
ReplyDelete
Replies
CheriDecember 5, 2015 at 8:42 AM
Love watching your design process. Thanks for sharing. Such a cute Santa quilt!
ReplyDelete
Replies
TLCDecember 5, 2015 at 9:08 AM
Ho ho ho. Really put a smile on my face. Love it!
ReplyDelete
Replies
HelenDecember 5, 2015 at 9:20 AM
Christmas fun....Beats holiday shopping, for sure!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Karen@littlebirdiequiltingDecember 5, 2015 at 9:29 AM
such a clever idea to get Santa, elves and reindeer out of the tulip die!
ReplyDelete
Replies
mascanlonDecember 5, 2015 at 10:15 AM
Such a cute and whimsical Christmas quilt! Thanks for sharing your process. Safe travels this weekend.
ReplyDelete
Replies
beth sDecember 5, 2015 at 10:53 AM
You are amazing!!
ReplyDelete
Replies
AnonymousDecember 5, 2015 at 1:46 PM
So cute!!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Cindy CookseyDecember 5, 2015 at 4:22 PM
Such a fun, cute idea!
ReplyDelete
Replies
KarenDecember 5, 2015 at 5:28 PM
I love the way your brain thinks!!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Modern Pioneer QuilterDecember 5, 2015 at 6:07 PM
Very cute! Love it!
ReplyDelete
Replies
RntrDecember 5, 2015 at 9:38 PM
Really cute and clever!
ReplyDelete
Replies
CharlottaDecember 5, 2015 at 9:45 PM
I'm not really into Christmas quilts, but I do like this one! It's funny 😊
ReplyDelete
Replies
Val's Quilting StudioDecember 7, 2015 at 8:38 AM
Oh my!!! THIS is my very favorite!!! Tempts me to buy the cutter....
ReplyDelete
Replies

Hi! Thanks for leaving me a comment!
I appreciate your taking the time to say hi!
Have a fabulous day!

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)