Making A List; Checking It Twice

While on vacation last month my friend Jo and I visited a local quilt shop in old town Kingman AZ.  It is a lovely little shop called Connie's Quilters Hide-A-Way with the charm of the old downtown as one would expect. I saw the Santa panel by Larry Hersberger for QT Fabrics and knew that I needed to bring it home.  Yes, I bought 2 panels and a plethora of fabrics that may or may not work with my idea to bring the panel to life.

I purchased a bolt of Swiss Dot Gold by Riley Blake Designs as I knew it would be perfect for the ribbon border background.  Thank you The Quilt Shop at Christensen's for ordering that bolt for me.

I backed both quilts with a Christmas plaid and machine quilted an edge to edge pantograph called Scrollwork from Urban Elementz with Glide thread in the color Kakhi.  The quilts finished at approximately 62" x 69".

I used a gold fabric for the ribbon border in the first quilt which I named "Making A List".

I used a red fabric for the ribbon border in the second quilt which I named "Checking It Twice".

Don't you just love creating something special for Christmas!!!!!!!

May you all ponder and be thankful for the many blessings in your lives especially during this Thanksgiving month.

God Bless you all.

Until the next creation,

 

Amy B

Glad Tidings

 This quilt has been waiting in the wings for a couple of years.  The pattern is called "Tradewinds" by Georgette Dell'Orco for Cozy Quilt Designs.  It is a jelly friendly pattern and I just happened to have 2 jelly rolls of the Holiday Charms Scarlet Colorstory from Robert Kaufman Fabrics.  The background fabric is from Precious Metals by Kansas for Benartex.  The stripped border is Snowy Tidings by Lola Molina for Wilmington Prints.  The backing is Urban Legend 118 from Blank Quilting.  

The quilt is approximately 73" x 89".  I machine quilted this one with an edge to edge pantograph from Urban Elementz called Scrollwork using Glide thread in the color Cool Grey.  I used the remaining jelly roll strips as the binding.

On to the next Christmas order!

"Glad Tidings" - 72" x 89"

Of course it's labeled!

Break down of costs on this quilt:

Glad Tidings 73” x 89”

Quilting: 6497 sq in x $0.03

Miscellaneous: binding 27 ft x $3.00 ; cutting/construction 8 hrs x $25

Costs: Construction: $200.00

Fabric: $ 154.98

Batting: $ 30.00

Binding: $ 81.00

Thread: $ 5.00

Machine Quilting: : $ 194.91

Subtotal: $ 665.89