Merry Christmas!
I spent the month of October and some of November working on a new flower pattern, a Poinsettia. During the process, I was lucky to get to visit a warm, sunny beach in Hawaii over Thanksgiving, which I highly recommend. Unfortunately, my tan is quickly fading.
So, when I got home, it was back to my new flower. I was asked by RJR Fabrics to use some of their beautiful batik fabrics, which I did. The pattern and fabric kits will be available through Keepsake Quilting around the first of the year, in plenty of time for you to get it done for next Christmas.
I documented the building of this quilt with a video and set it to some Christmas
music to show how I developed this quilt. I even show how you I quilted it so you can see how easy it really
is (but don’t tell anyone)! I want you to have the thrill of your friends and family saying I can’t
believe you made this! That’s why I make
patterns.
I made this flower 3 times in different combinations of fabrics and
also in my hand-dyes. I love to see how my patterns can be translated into a variety of fabrics and still look great.
As I said, around the first of the year, Keepsake Quilting will have this
pattern and fabric kits available for you to make for next Christmas. Hey, Christmas isn't just for December!
In fact, I'm thinking that if I keep the tree up all year I will be so
ahead of the game.
Oh, no! Now I'm sounding like my mother, who did keep the tree up
all year long back in the 80s. She
would redecorate it for each month’s holiday. Her thought was that the tree represents Jesus so why not celebrate
Jesus by keeping the tree up all year, not just at Christmas time.
We had a Valentine’s Day tree, 4th of July tree, Easter
tree, and Thanksgiving tree. The Martin Luther King Day tree was a little
tricky but she pulled it off. Did I tell you she was an interior designer? I guess that proves that the nut, in fact, doesn’t fall far from the tree!
On second thought, I'll just enjoy my Poinsettia quilt and take down the
tree until next year - it's easier to explain.
