Saturday, November 20, 2010

Christmas Quilt Show 2010

I am excited to be participating in my second online quilt show!  You can see the other entries here.  My entry is for a candle mat I made for a swap.

I really enjoyed this first swap of my reborn quilting life!  I participated in many in the my past quilting life-I have a trunk full of blocks waiting to be made into tops(future New Year’s Resolution 2011).

I actually ordered the charm pack of Moda’s 12 Days of Christmas especially for this.  Modern fabrics!  Even though I have a box full of lovely Christmas prints I really loved these fabrics!  I machine quilted it on my old Kenmore.  I'm still trying to figure that out.  i do love the look of outline quilting and straight lines. I also took the extra charms and made a mug rug and one of my special coasters.  I even have enough left for another candle mat!  Wow!  All that from one charm pack!  I thought I took a picture of them all but…Fa La La La La!  Merry Christmas!

 

Keep dreaming…Colleen

22 comments:

Carol said...

Lots of pretty fabrics. I have a few of them in other color-ways.

Nina Marie said...

What a pretty way to use your charm pack - love your resolution!!

Paula said...

THis is very cute, love the charm pack collection.
You can also enter this into my sewing challenge blog here at Paula's Sewing Challenges, for a chance at winning a little something something.
Hope to see you there soon.

Lois said...

Colorful and Cheerful. Great quilt. Love Lois

Sara said...

I have a Kenmore too--what model is it? I have a Kenmore ZigZag, 70's era.

Your candle mat is wonderfully done:)

SewCalGal said...

Colleen, this is a fun holiday candle mat. Really looks great. Thanks for sharing in the Christmas Quilt Show. I do hope you are having fun viewing all the quilt entries in this show. I know I am.

SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

Teresa F. said...

Beautiful Candle Mat. The fabrics are lovely.

Pat said...

Very festive! Candle mats are very popular right now.

Donna said...

Beautiful. This fabric line is so fresh and pretty.

Lisa at Sun Naturals said...

I love the 12 Days fabric. Your candle mat looks great!

Kim said...

Sweet! now that you are using modern fabrics you got to get a new machine that is easier and more fun to use! I was released from my Kenmore and have never looked back.....what a clunker!

Happy Sewing

StitchinByTheLake said...

I love this quilt. :) I made some pinwheels recently out of Moda's Twelve Days but haven't done anything with them yet - aren't the colors just wonderful? blessings, marlene

Joanna said...

I love charm packs too. Your candle mat is pretty, and I like the quilting.

Teresa said...

It turned out adorable!!

Linda in Arkansas said...

I love it. Of course that fabric is so jolly, it makes the project so much fun.

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

charm packs make wonderful things. It turned out pretty.
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/

Nancy Sue said...

Too cute! It looks great using 12 days of Christmas! Congrats!

Nanbon44 said...

love the fun christmas fabrics....

Kim said...

Your candlemat is beautiful. Love the fabrics

QuiltSue said...
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QuiltSue said...

Your candlemat is lovely and very festive

Regina said...

Love 12 Day. I can't believe you got so much out of one charm pack!