Wednesday, December 11, 2013

A Christmas finish




Things have been crazy around here!

Right now we're in the middle of Christmas preparations, final exams, and school soccer season too.

I'm happy I was able to squeeze in a little time to get the binding on my Christmas Lincoln quilt.






The binding fabric I chose was a stripe of course.

I'm really into striped bindings now and I especially like them on Christmas quilts I noticed.

When I was decorating the house for the holidays I noticed that most of my Christmas quilts have striped bindings.

You like what you like, I guess! 








The backing is this great Letter to Santa fabric that I found over the summer.

I just love the text and the envelopes!








When I did the quilting, I took extra care to be sure that the quilting didn't take away from the backing fabric.

I like it that much!

In fact, even though I usually sew a label on the back of each quilt, on this one I plan on taking a thin red felt tip pen and printing my name somewhere on the backing, trying to make my writing similar to the text. 







I'm pleased with how this turned out and I hope you are able to get some sewing time in too.

Everyone is so busy during this time of year!

Enjoy the holiday season!




11 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt! I love striped bindings, too

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  2. Love your Lincoln quilt and the backing is just perfect!

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  3. So pretty in those happy Christmas fabrics and the backing is charming too. Love it

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  4. I love it Michele! The backing really is gorgeous. Beautiful little Christmas quilt.

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  5. Oh, Michelle, I love it. The backing and binding fabrics are fabulous

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  6. It's a beauty! I really need to jump on the Schnibbles bandwagon.

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  7. Adorable! Great backing fabric and I love the striped binding.

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  8. LOVE IT! I can't wait to make the Lincoln quilt.

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  9. I love your label idea - it will be perfect with the back (which is very cute fabric). And isn't nice getting a Christmas quilt finished BEFORE Christmas ;o)

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  10. If Lincoln only knew his popularity extends to such a fun Christmas quilt, Michele! You're so right about the striped binding. I've never seen that fabulous backing, either - I'll be on the lookout for some for sure! Glad you're enjoying the holidays!
    Cheers!

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  11. This is an amazing quilt! I love the design and the fabrics you used, but especially the backing. It is just perfect!

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