Christmas Pinwheel Stars

Kit by Quiltin’ Tia Quiltworks

Completed top Oct 7, 2024
Audio books:
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

This kit was a surprise gift from a friend who saw me pick it up and put it down several times while shopping at Meeting House Fabric in Wales, MA. I LOVE Christmas quilts and fabrics. One would think after last year's marathon family quilting project (described in an earlier post) that I would be sick of Christmas fabrics. I decided I still have too much fabric so didn't buy it. Well, my sneaky pal bought it secretly while I was in the ladies' room and it showed up inside my door a few days later! 

Tree of Stars

 

Completed top October 25, 2024

Audio books:

            The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

            World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

 

I purchased this kit from Meeting House Fabric in Wales, MA.  This shop is in an old wooden Catholic church. As soon as I walked in the door I felt at home. This is the place to go when looking for reproduction fabrics for those old-looking quilts.

I had a quick glimpse of this quilt on my way out of the shop on my second visit, knowing it would sit in my mind as a "must have" quilt for my 1897 home. When I returned for my third visit during the shop's holiday sale, I picked up the kit and never let go. It so perfectly fits the décor of my home and was very easy to put together. And it's a perfect wall hanging.

 

Family Quilt Giveaway Christmas 2023

It has been a dream of mine for many years to give each family unit a Christmas quilt. This was the year! I began in November 2022 to make nine unique quilts using only fabrics from my holiday fabric stash - 3 bins. (I STILL have three bins!)

I packed each quilt in a decorative box because I wanted each recipient to have a way to store the quilt. I arrived at my SIL's early on Christmas Eve day to deliver the boxes and heaped them in a pile in the middle of the room. Then, after the usual family gift exchange, I had each family unit pick a number and we all gathered in the "quilt gift" room. Each designated family member was to choose a box and hold onto it till all boxes were chosen. When I gave the signal to open the boxes....

CHAOS!

It was WONDERFUL and everything I hoped it would be. 

There were a few exceptions to the randomness of the numbers. My daughter Laura saw the Santa blocks when they were on the design wall and fell in love with them. She told me she wanted whatever that quilt turned out to be, so I gave it to her and the kids.

Nancy, my SIL, collects Santas and displays about 100 of them at Christmas. Because I had leftover Santa blocks, I decided to make a smaller version of Laura's.

My daughter Kim, who lives in California, chose hers while in CT during the summer. She said she had forgotten all about it by the time Christmas came around, so her quilt wound up being a surprise. 

My sister Jean lives in Florida, so I made a special Florida-style Christmas quilt for her.

And I fudged the number-picking to make sure Pearl, my 5-year-old niece, picked the only quilt that was kid-friendly.