The Month of December

Hi!  I'm guessing my fellow bee members won't see this until after the guild meeting tonight, but that's okay.  :)  For those of you who aren't in our bee, here's what I have planned for the KC Scrappy Bee in the month of December. 

Idea

I don’t think you guys have any idea how much I love Christmas. I really, really, really LOVE Christmas. A LOT! I love the season, the shopping, and the traditions. I have wanted to make a fun Christmas quilt for myself for a very long time, but just haven’t gotten to it. I thought this would be the perfect project to have everyone help me with.

Fabric

I’d like all the blocks have a white background to make the colors really pop.  I’m giving each of you two fabrics: one red and one tealy-turquoise colored.







The color scheme I have in mind is kind of a fresh & cheery Christmas. I was envisioning these kinds of colors, but feel free to add anything that fits the fresh & cheery description.



Size

My size request is a little bit odd… I’d like to lay this quilt out on a 4x4 grid. You can make a block that fits that grid anyway you like. That means blocks that finish at 4x4, 4x8, 8x8, and 12x16 all work!

Design

Anything Christmas works for me! You could make a gingerbread house, gingerbread man, elf, candy cane, Santa, reindeer, present, mistletoe, Christmas tree, stockings, or anything else you can think of.

Links

If you need a little help coming up with something, you could adapt this pattern: http://www.quiltsoup.com/Hip_Holidays_free_pattern.pdf

I’m in love with this little elf; not so much the mushroom.
http://artisania.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/sewing-more-complex-paper-pieced-patterns/

I’ve saved some cute Christmasy things in my favorites on flickr. Here is the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sewbotslaboratory/favorites/

I’ve also made a mosaic of some of the blocks and quilts I found online I liked.


1. Santa Block, 2. Windblown snowman mini quilt, 3. Aurora's Xmas quilt from Frolic charm pack, 4. Caroll's Block, 5. Small Santa Quilt, 6. Sept Block, 7. The quilt is done!, 8. one more block to go., 9. { a very merry! }, 10. Santa's Elf, 11. Lil' St. Nick, 12. WIP 7 - SewConnected 2 Quilt, 13. Mrs. Claus, 14. for Beth, 15. Tree and gnome, 16. building a neighborhood


The links below the mosaic are to the original photos.  You can click on the links to see them. 

Have fun with this and don’t over think it; I’m sure to love whatever you make for me.

If you run into trouble and need some help, feel free to send me an email at jessica (at) sewbotslab (dot) com.

Happy quilting & I hope you guys have a great Christmas!
-Jessica