Oh, Christmas Tree

Now that Halloween is over, I think it's an okay time to share a Christmas quilt! This is one of many quilts that I've made but never shared on the blog. 

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Back in 2024, Missouri Star Quilt Co. asked if I would use their Christmas Tree acrylic template to make a quilt then share it on social media. Well, I did, but I never shared it on the blog! 

The template is really two in one - there's a small (and super cute!) tree, and a large tree.

I chose the large tree and a bundle of Christmas fat quarters from my stash. Now, this bundle is wrapped in a Northcott ribbon, but I suspect the fabrics to be from various lines. One was from the "Christmas Magic" collection, but another seems to be from the "Highland Heart" collection. There were solids and maybe even a batik in there too. I don't remember where the fabric came from either, so that tells you it's been in my stash awhile!

I started by cutting 10" squares from each fat quarter (but ended up only using six of them!). The Holiday Tree template is 8 1/2" tall, so it fits perfectly on 10" squares!

I pressed fusible web to the back of each fabric square, traced the tree template on the back, then carefully cut out each tree. I kept both the trees and the pieces the trees were cut out of. 

Then I removed the paper from each tree piece and pressed them to a 10" white square (this was a white-on-white fabric also from my stash!). Once pressed, I used a straight stitch to sew about 1/8" in from the raw edge of the Christmas fabric with green Aurifil 50wt thread to sew the tree to the background fabric.

Once sewn down, I sewed all the squares together to make the quilt top. I opted to use just 12 blocks to make a wall hanging that's about 29" x 38", but you could very easily make more blocks to make this a larger quilt.

I made a quilt sandwich with the top, 80/20 batting, and an evergreen fabric (big surprise - from my stash!), then free-motion quilted it with a large meander design on my regular sewing machine.

Of course I used one of my quilt labels when sewing on the binding! 

This was a pretty quick finish, and the technique would work for any fabrics and any shapes!

Just choose a background fabric that contrasts well with whatever fabrics you choose. As long as you use a shape that is recognizable as an outline, it would work for this method! I think Easter eggs or bunnies would be fun, but so would sharks, trains, crosses, leaves, footballs, sewing machines.....the list could go on and on!

Even though the quilt has been finished and used for a couple Christmases, now I can say it's officially finished because it's on the blog!

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