I did a lot of sewing this weekend! My local Husqvarna Viking dealer hosts a Christmas quilt competition every year where the winners win gift certificates to the store. I’ve never entered before and hadn’t thought about making a Christmas quilt for this year’s competition. After a convincing e-mail from one of the store’s employees (thanks, Bunny!) I decided to go for it. She suggested I tweak my Delightful Tweets e-Pattern
(which is now available as an immediate download e-pattern) into something more Christmas-y and enter it. I sat at my netbook, opened up EQ7 and after a few (well, about 15….) minutes here is what I came up with….
compare it to the original, Delightful Tweets:
I think I did good! What do you think?
I added some snow using the same technique I used in this mini quilt.
I don’t know where the idea came from but I puffed up the birdie to make him more 3-dimensional, too.
It’s kinda like trapunto… I think.
I’ll be honest… I don’t really know what trapunto is or how its done but I know that whenever someone points to a quilt and says something about trapunto it has areas that puff out. So, I’m guessing this is close.
I’m not in love with the fabrics I used but I had to make do with what I had!
Another stash buster project! Gotta love those!
p.s.- The original Delightful Tweets e-Pattern is available for sale in my shop as an immediate download. That means no waiting. As soon as you pay you’ll be redirected to the download link.
Judy
Very cute! A great take on the original! LOVE the background quilting! I need to get on a table runner spree to work on my quilting technique (or lack thereof!!)
Good luck in the competition!
Mrs. Sassy Crafter
wow Vanessa! it is beautiful, it would be nice to make it round and put it under the Christmas tree…..augh! I wish I was at least half talented as you are to make some quilts…You should totally make one for under the tree!!!! =D
Andrea M
I really love how you used what you already had in your stash. Good for you. Thanks for always being so upbeat and wonderful. I really enjoy looking at your blog. Sew on!