As you know, I have been working on the Vintage Holiday mini quilt. I missed the deadline for Project Quilting, and decided to take my time and hand stitch the binding. It looks much neater when I hand stitch because I don't have a lot of practice machine sewing the binding.
I finished putting the binding on Vintage Holiday last night, and was very proud of myself for getting it done before the end of the month. After all, it is only the 30th and there are 31 days in January. It was even done way before midnight so I was more than a day ahead. It turns out everyone else was finished before me. They apparently don't know that when something is due on the end of the month, that means it should be finished at exactly 11:59 p.m. I couldn't post last night because I didn't want to show nighttime pictures of my quilt. My pics look bad enough during the winter day.
Anyway, here is my grand reveal.
So here it is the end of the month
and time to share
my monthly mini challenge
Vintage Holiday was started January 21 and finished January 30. It uses solid red fabric and two white prints. The binding is a slightly textured red print. The pattern comes from Christmas Quilts and More magazine. I used an embroidery stitch to stitch down the red background and fused the applique down. I sandwiched the quilt, and stitched all the applique pieces down with free motion quilting. I also outlined each of the applique pieces to make them stand out. I realized that there was a blank space on the right side, and instead of making another sled, I decided to add a dog. So now, this quilt fits in the dog quilt category as well as the red and white, the winter, the small quilts, and the holiday categories.
The red background is quilted with windy swirls and the white background has downward sloping lines to resemble a hill. I had a great time quilting it.
I woke up one morning, realizing that the dot under the O in Season's was supposed to be the dot for the I. I was disappointed in myself for not following the instructions or at least thinking it through, because if I had switched those two O's, they would look more like a snowman. When I looked at the pattern, it looks like I did follow the instructions. In the unlikely event I ever make this quilt again, I will move the word Seasons so that the i is properly dotted. (It is unlikely because I don't like to repeat what I make, not because I didn't enjoy making it.)
I added a lace trim just over the top because the lace wouldn't show over the white so there was no point in it. I also added a lace garland over a tree as a special treat for those who took the time to look closely at the quilt. In these pictures, the lace on the tree looks too white. I might have to find a way to tea stain it.
I added a corner triangle on the back for a label. The backing uses the same white as the trees. I even went outside in the frigid temperatures to get you this and the picture at the top of the post.
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