Seriously, Jennifer? Christmas in July? It’s +90º outside!
Yes! It’s time to get started. As I was super late delivering the Santa Smiles Tree Skirt pattern last year, I thought I’d throw this out to you well before the holidays.
Available in Print Today: Santa Smiles!
I’ve finally got the print version of the pattern instructions ready for industrious Christmas elves! Yeah!
You’ll be delighted to know that the instructions come with a full set of the paper-piecing patterns: 3 Santas + 3 trees! FYI: I’ve priced Santa Smiles to include shipping to the U.S., to Canada, and to international quilters wherever you may be.
Click the image below or visit our Pattern Library to learn more.
Blog update (9/22/15): To purchase the complete pattern, go to https://chasingbrightshinyobjects.wordpress.com/project
Check it Out: Santa Goes Mod & Shakes Up Christmas Decor
Last Christmas, I had an opportunity to teach Santa Smiles at my local quilt shop, Wooden Gate Quilts in Danville, California. It’s always a treat to see how quilters take on one of my patterns and how they express their aesthetic through their fabric choices. Imagine my surprise when an intrepid novice quilt maker flashed an array of charcoals, silvery tones, icy blues, and whites.
Wow! Why didn’t I think of that? I was seriously intrigued by Marnie Durbin’s choices and by Marnie herself. She’d only made one enormous quilt, a minimalist design that she machine pieced and quilted on a smallish sewing machine, before tackling the tree skirt. I tell ya, I was awed by her derring-do, and seriously impressed by her speed, tenacity, and workmanship.
Then, when you put all the silvery blue and gray blocks together, you get a rather fabulous and daring tree skirt.
Can you believe it’s only the second quilted project Marnie’s sewn and machine quilted?Yowza!
I’m throwing in my version below so you can see that Santa Smiles tree skirt can be interpreted in classic and novel ways.
Giveaway Results Here
Definitely, keep Kleenex handy when you read the comments from my Tuesday post. You are all generous, loving, wonderful quilters and I sniffled my way through all your stories. Do you suppose we could create a peaceful world if we gave handmade quilts to everyone? “Here ya go, wrap up in this beautiful quilt and take it down a notch or three!”
Congratulations to Annette R., Diane Linker, and Sheila at License to Quilt, the winners of the Heart Strings pattern.
Add a stitch for a better world . . . Peace Out!
