This is the first large applique project that I attempted. It was in 2004, and I also tried my hand at free motion quilting for the first time. The real kicker is that I made four of these - one for each of my girls. Each one is different in the fabrics used, and I left enough room to add the names of new family members on Santa's list.
This is a sampler quilt made out of Christmas fabrics, and was made as Christmas gift for daughter Kristin. I love to do sampler quilts by hand piecing, and this was a lot of fun.
And here's another entry - a penguin quilt. I had so much fun designing "clothes" for my basic penguins. It was a gift for granddaughter Krissy, and she loved it.
I'm not sure if this qualifies as a Christmas quilt, but this is a train quilt I made for Krissy. I had hosted a swap of licensed cartoon character fabrics, and used them for the engineer for this quilt. There is Dora and Diego, Pooh and Piglet, Snoopy and Scooby Doo. It was so much fun.
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25 comments:
love all the quilts -
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/
You must be proud, your quilts are all fantastic. Great job.
They are all pretty. I like the sampler quilt done in the festive colors.
GREAT quilts (I'm a penguin-lover!!!) and what a super idea to leave room on Santa's list for new babies as they are born!!! Wonderful work, Linda!
Wow! They are all so impressive. I love them all!!
Tutti belli i tuoi lavori!
Grazie
Ciao Domenica
All of your quilts are beautiful! I am partial to ones with Santa on them :-) Thank you for sharing them with us.
How cute. Love the little train one and I also like Santa, I could not pick favorite. These are all neat quilts. Love Lois
WOW is all I can say, your quilts are wonderful...Really like the Santa and so neat to leave room for new members
Love that you have your family names on Santa's list. Great quilts! Love the train quilt and yes, trains are so a part of Christmas. Thanks for sharing!
My 3 yr old son went "bananas" when he saw your Christmas train quilt. Then he went Bananas squared, when I scrolled up to show him the penquins. I'm bananas over the top two quilts. Fabulous!Thank you for taking the time to share them with us (no matter what our age group!)
I loved the first quilt with Santa's list, then scrolled down and saw the train quilt which I love. All of them are great.
Linda, all of your quilts are just great. I so especially love the penguin quilt. All penguins are so adorable.
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OHHH such a cute penguin quilt. Love it.
This is a lovely collection of quitls. I love the Santa applique and the idea of being able to add new names to the list.
lovely work!
Oh so many quilts - love the Santa with a list - and of course the trains - so cute.
Beautiful quilts!! And crograts on the grandson, very handsome. Looking at your Thanksgiving table has made me hungry for Turkey!!
Your quilts are all so cute! I particularly love the first one - can't believe you made 4 of them! It is very sweet! Thank you so much for stopping by to see my Christmas quilt!
Your penguins are adorable!
SheilaC
wow - they are all great but I really like the trains. They look so fun and festive!!!
Congratulations on your new beautiful grandson Jacob!
Your quilts are lots of fun and I can see they are made with love for your very special family.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving with the new baby......enjoy every minute you know how fast this year will go and he'll be crawling around!
Happy sewing
I loved them all, but I think the penguins were my favourites.
Beautiful quilts. And I love your train quilt too. Actually, I've been looking for a train to create an applique design for a Linus quilt that has a lot of train in the fabric, so this quilt was also very inspirational for me. Thanks.
Hope you are also having fun viewing all the quilts in the Christmas Quilt Show. I know I am.
SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
Your quilts are all so pretty.
Those are all great. I'm still not brave enough to try applique other than on shirts so I have a HUGE respect for anyone who can do it!
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