Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish friends and Happy Final Week of Advent to my Christian friends! Have you finished your shopping yet? I've shopped, wrapped, packed, and shipped all the gifts that need shipping, but still have some shopping left to do for my husband my sons. I've finished the client quilts in my queue that had holiday deadlines so now I can officially switch gears into Santa Mode! Meanwhile, in keeping with the holiday spirit, I thought everyone might like to see a few of the Christmas quilts I've worked on this year.
Anna's Frosted Pines Tree Skirt
Up first is a Christmas tree skirt that I quilted for my client Anna. Anna used the Frosted Pines Tree Skirt pattern by Stacey Day for Windham Fabrics, available as a FREE PDF download here. I just love her fabric choices! |
| Anna's 48" Frosted Pines Christmas Tree Skirt |
Quilting something round on a long arm frame is a little trickier than doing a square or rectangular quilt. This was one of the rare times that I "floated" the quilt top, since there is no straight edge along the bottom to pin to my leader canvas. A lot more extra backing and batting are needed, the same amounts as if the quilt top had been a 48" square instead of a circle, and it took a little longer to trim each row of the quilting design at an angle each time I advanced the quilt on the frame to ensure that the quilting fully covered the circular quilt top without wasting too much time and thread quilting beyond the edges of the skirt and onto the batting. I used the Angle Trim feature that had just been released with an update to my Bernina QMatic software a few weeks before this quilt went on my frame.
