Friday, November 3, 2017

Christmas Quilt Finish

This week has involved a lot of waiting.  While I was waiting, I kept my hands busy by hand sewing the binding on my Christmas quilt.  This was a sew along with Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts.


I love this stage of making a quilt.


The red and white striped binding is just what I wanted!


The quilting is a pantograph called "Frost".


The background is Essex linen.


The sun shone long enough this morning for a photoshoot outside!

I will be linking up to Finish it up Friday and Slow Sunday stitching with Kathy.

24 comments:

  1. This is such a cute quilt! I think the mitten blocks are my favorite. :)

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  2. Love the finished result! Beautiful!

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  3. How festive and fun! I love the backing and the candy cane striped binding. And the quilting is perfect! Nicely done, Gail. Is this one a gift or a keeper?

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    1. I will be keeping this one...for use in our living room during December. Nice to have a quilt while reading a book or doing some hand sewing .

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  4. I knew that striped binding would be perfect and it is! Wonderful finish, Gail!

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  5. Beautiful! So striking with the dark background! Love it!

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  6. Just a lovely finish--those reindeer are so cute and that Partridge also...great work hugs, julierose

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  7. VERY cute !! love the binding which is perfect for it. Congrats on a great finish!

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  8. All the motifs in your Christmas quilt are so cute! Congrats on a great finish!

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  9. I love the candy cane binding. What an adorable quilt.

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  10. Love using stripes in the binding! I also love your choice of using the Essex linen for the background.

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  11. You did such a great job on this sampler quilt!
    I love everything about it!

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  12. Brilliant finish for the Holidays. Your work is beautiful!

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  13. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. What a wonderful quilt with that candy cane binding!

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  14. This quilt is fabulous. It's now on my to do list!

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  15. Congratulations to the fabulous finish. =)

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  16. So beautiful!!! I like the Colors :o)

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  17. I like your choice of the dark background color. An unusual choice for a holiday quilt, but very interesting.

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  18. Love your choice of background. For some straying from white or beige is difficult. Looks great!

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  19. The darkish background makes the elements realy pop. And the binding is perfect. Congrats on an early Christmas finish!

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  20. Yay! A Christmas quilt finished in plenty of time to enjoy for the season! You did a terrific job with this quilt along. It's been fun watching your progress.

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  21. How fun! I love Lorna's blog and all her pieced creations!

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  22. This is beautiful! I love your moose. I like the dark background, too, it makes all the color in the blocks pop. And you finished on time...well done!

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