Sew-in - christmas carol challenge quilts

Each month at our sew-in we get a new step for the christmas carol challenge quilt. If you are just joining me - the challenge is to pick a christmas carol and them make a quilt from it, like a round robin, except that we each do all the steps on our own quilt.

The first step was to make a 22 1/2" square to depict the song. Second step - 2 1/2" plain (not pieced) border. Third step was to add corner triangles to set the block on point (we apparently are getting another step that will turn it back right side up instead of sideways) and the fourth step is a 4 1/2" pieced border - that is the step for March - due by March 27th, our next sew-in.

It is amazing how different ladies translate the songs. Diane and Daisy are both doing White Christmas - and their quilts are really different from each other.

Diane's quilt - third step . . .

This is the appliqued center . . .

A corner of Diane's quilt. She is doing everything in WOW (white-on-white) except for the appliqued center with the sleigh. She was working on step 4, the 4 1/2" border, flying geese, all in WOW. A very striking quilt.

Susannah - step 3 (the white on the outside is wall, not quilt)

Susannah's center - her family picking out a christmas tree in the woods . . .


Daisy's center with step 2 - she is also doing White Christmas . . .

Daisy - step 4 . . . on the design wall . . .

Close up of Daisy's fourth step - a printed border of quilts in the snow . . .

My quilt - step 2 - T'was the night before Christmas - still some embellishing to do . . . and I MUST learn to take straight photos. . .


Here is my steps three and four - the corner triangles and the 4 1/2" border - I decided to do do flying geese. The green/white fabric is the fabric I was searching for - all over the internet, in friend's stashes, in quilt shops - and I was so lucky that my friend Diane had a fat quarter of it and that was enough to finish the flying geese, but I needed more for another border later in the quilt, and Ann Shipley in North Carolina had some in her stash and was willing to sell me some. Three whole yards - oh happy day!!!! Thank you Ann and Diane!!!!

This photo shows how I did one side in red/green flying geese and when the border turned the corner the flying geese switched to being the white with green. I like the way it turned out. There was a lot of figuring to get it to come out right. Don't let anyone tell you that you will never use the math you learned in school - I used it a LOT in this border.

We'll get our next step on March 27th - can't wait to see what Susannah will have us do next. Maybe we can talk her into giving us the step early.