Travis' Disappearing Nine Patch Christmas Quilt

My son, Travis, finished this quilt recently.  It was made from Christmas scraps from my stash.  The pattern is the Disappearing Nine Patch.

This is the quilting on the back.  Label soon to come.

Christmas House Wall Hanging

This Christmas Wall Hanging is made from a free pattern over at Quiltville.com.  I love Bonnies little houses.  I made this house and decided to make a wall hanging out of it.  It is going into our family reunion auction.  The back has the triangel holders on it.  I use Ricki Tim's method of finishing a wall hanging.  You sew the backing on and then turn it right side out and then quilt it.  I couldn't quilt the blue or I would quilt my handing triangles.  Next time I will just add a loop at the top or a hanging sleeve.  Don't we get ourselves into messes every once in a while?  It turned out great though.   

Christmas Mug Rug

I got on a roll making mug rugs.  I wanted to make more like the last one I did, but I didn't have time.  Then I remembered these paper pieced Christmas trees that were sitting in my orphan block box.  I took them out and gave them a life.  They are now "finished" objects.  After quilting two of them, I thought of the metalic thread.  I think it adds a lot. 



Christmas Tree Mug Rug from Quiltville

 I saw a post on Quiltville's blog yesterday.  She gave away a free pattern for a mug rug here.   I don't want to start "new" projects, but I just couldn't help myself.  I did add the small red border to the pattern.  I seldom follow a pattern exactly.

 When I printed the paper piecing patterns, I couldn't believe how small the trees were. This is small.  You can use your crumb stash here.  That stippling is really, really small. 

I attached the back like Ricky Timms does.  You make the part that looks like a binding an extra border on the top.  The back is two pieces partially sewn together leaving a turning hole.  I added the hanging loop before the back.  Sew the back all the way around, clip the corners, and turn the mug rug.  Next you press the edges and then quilt.  I added the label after turning.  I should have added it before I attached the back.  It is iron on, but caught in one of the quilting lines.  This was a WAY fun project.  I was very excited about it all the way through.  I am going to enlarge the pattern and see what I can do with a larger version.  

Christmas Quilt Show Entry - Oh, Christmas Tree!!

This Christmas wall hanging is a modified version of a quilt from a magazine last Christmas. I usually change the patterns of the things I make. The fabrics in this quilt are just ones I chose from my stash. I tried to get different shade of each color. I also tried to choose a dull version of the color. I was pleased with my fabric choices.
I did ditch stitching around the trees. I also quilted down both sides of the piano keys.
I did a loopy loop background pattern. I think it looks like snow.

If you click on this picture to make larger, you can see a sprig of holly.

The back shows off the quilting better.

As always a label.
Go to the following site to see all the other entries.
I would love you to vote for mine.

http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2011/11/2011-christmas-quilt-show-welcome.html

Christmas Wall Hanging - top only

This Christmas wall hanging was made with ideas from the a pattern in the winter 2010 Easy Quilts magazine. Of course I can't make a quilt exactly like any pattern. I put my own twist on the pattern. I made my quilt scrappy, using pieces of fabric from my Christmas scraps. It measures 37 by 42. This is just the top. I will show the quilted quilt later.