With that in mind, be sure to look for this year's Quilting for Christmas magazine, featuring the Holly and Stars Topper.
Holly and Stars Topper featured in Quilting for Christmas 2012 |
Designed by: Sue
Harvey and Sandy Boobar of Pine Tree Country Quilts
Featured in: Quilting
for Christmas
Fabric: Christmas Traditions by Judy Hansen and Old World Christmas
Q. What
fabrics did you use in the quilt?
Sue: We combined Old
World Christmas from Fabri-Quilt and Christmas Traditions by Judy Hansen for
Paintbrush Studio. It’s amazing how many different greens and reds there are in
Christmas fabrics—we really discovered that by using two different collections together!
Q. How
did you come up with the design idea?
Sue: We like the
idea of a holiday project with versatility. So we made the quilt that could be
used as either a table topper or a wall quilt.
Q. Tell
us about the techniques used in the quilt.
Sue: We fussy cut
the postcard print to feature one design as the focus of each star block.
Beyond that, this one is made with basic quilting techniques. The editor rated
it Intermediate, but we think a beginner with some experience could easily make
it. The only tricky thing is stitching the light green pieced triangles for the
star blocks.
Q. How does the machine quilting accent the design?
Sue: Sandy used a
winter flourish quilting design. It imitates the loops of the holly sprigs
shown in several of the fabrics.
Q. What do you like best about this quilt?
Sue: We really
like the effect that Jacob’s Ladder blocks give to a quilt. We find ourselves
going back to that block quilt after quilt for the diagonal paths that it
makes. It’s a great frame for the four star blocks in the center of this quilt.
Kind of gives them the look of a medallion.
To find out more about Quilting for Christmas, click here.To find out more about Sue and Sandy, click here.
Click on the fabric collection name to find out more: Christmas Traditions and Old World Christmas
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