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May 20, 2014

Tuesday Archives!

Val picked two of my favorite things to link up today:  Christmas and Chevrons.  I saw that and immediately went through my pics to hunt these down.  First my chevron quilt:

I love this little quilt.  Several years ago, for my birthday, we went to visit my favorite quilt shop, Creations in Kerrville, Texas.  I walked that store for an hour, petting and ogling fabric before going back around and grabbing these beauties.  I knew exactly what I wanted to make with them.  I came home and started cutting.  At that time, I was using Thangles and it took a lot to get these together.  But I'm so happy with how it turned out.  This lap quilt lives on my sofa and I get to cuddle with it every day.

Next up is my Nutcracker quilt.


I collect nutcrackers.  And years ago, this fabulous nutcracker fabric was put out by Northcott.  I was just starting to quilt at the time but I hunted down every little piece of that fabric line I could.  And I waited.  Then I joined a "happy block" swap and pulled these little guys out.  Everyone sent out 5 squares of fabric to everyone in the swap.  They sewed on a 2" border and then sent them back.


I found this Christmas sheet music fabric at Hobby Lobby and put it all together.  I couldn't find a  picture of it finished but I absolutely love it.  The day after Thanksgiving it comes out of hiding and goes on my bed and stays there until the Christmas decorations come down.

Thanks Val for such a fun link up over at Val's Quilting Studio!!

What do y'all have to share?

Cathy

5 comments:

  1. What a great, slightly different, idea for a Christmas quilt, I've never seen Nutcracker fabric before and I love what you did with it, the musical sashing is brilliant too.

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    1. Thanks! The nutcracker fabric is called Nutcracker Suite and Northcott put it out just years and years ago.

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  2. Cathy...serious...thanks for the cool shout out! I love that you use your chevron every day!! And that nutcracker quilt is wonderful. I especially like the music print sashing...that was the first thing I noticed...love it! (PS I too love getting lost in a quilt store for hours!!)

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    1. Thanks Val! That music sheet fabric is definitely a favorite.

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  3. Hey Cath! THe Nutcracker was a perfect pick to rejunivate during this festive time of year. I enjoyed seeing it again!!Thanks for your awesome linky support!! :)

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