Christmas is a Comin'

Believe it or not, I do still quilt (you wouldn't necessarily know it given everyone else's quilts that I've shared as of late) but I've got one more post from Miss Ivy about Roberta's beautiful work before I move on. She's not let any grass grow under her sewing foot during the pandemic, and it shows.

This is Chocolate Christmas Cookie by Lynette Anderson (there's also a vanilla version) using her Scandinavian Christmas II collection. Both versions are Y-seam free, which is a bonus. Roberta warned me that the fabrics were 'stinkin' cute', but seeing is believing. Adorable, but not nearly as adorable as Miss Ivy's toy collection at the top of her photo bomb 😉.

She used templates from Paper Pieces which made the cutting a lot easier; still tedious, but easier. The blocks are large so it went together fairly quickly. She was anxious to get this one finished quickly as her friend Chantal was also making it and she wanted to get the templates to her. Chantal is newer to quilting so Roberta wisely kept warning her about all of the bias edges in this one. Word has it that she did just fine.

This is a good look at the swirling stars panto that she quilted it with.

Here's a look at one of the other fabrics in the collection. OMG, stinkin' cute indeed!

The red Santa backing is from the same collection. She ordered it back in late December or early January and it almost looked like she wouldn't get it; the order kept showing as being backordered, which is never a good sign. Just as she was about ready to hang up on the project she suddenly received an email that it was shipped; both she and Chantal did the happy dance! 

Here's a close-up so that you can see why. Such a fun, rustic print.

Want to make your own Christmas Cookie? You can download the free pattern here.

And she's not done yet! She's using her leftovers to make Joyeux, a free pattern from Moda. There's not quite enough to make the full 36 blocks in the pattern but she'll be able to squeeze 30 out. 

The cornerstones and binding will be in red and she's using a pretty little cream swirl that she had in her stash for the background.

I show you these two pics to not only illustrate how thrifty she is, but how incredibly organized she is. Never in my wildest dreams! Regardless, I'd say she has a great head start on her Christmas quilting. Just as well because the closer we get to Christmas, the busier she gets quilting everyone else's work. Smart cookie....M