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:

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

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

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  3. 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.

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  4. Colorful and Cheerful. Great quilt. Love Lois

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

    Your candle mat is wonderfully done:)

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  6. 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

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  7. Beautiful Candle Mat. The fabrics are lovely.

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  8. Very festive! Candle mats are very popular right now.

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  9. Beautiful. This fabric line is so fresh and pretty.

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

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  11. 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

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  12. 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

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

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

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

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

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  17. Your candlemat is beautiful. Love the fabrics

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  19. Your candlemat is lovely and very festive

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

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