kaffe fassett christmas

Day 13 of my Christmas Countdown and it's my Holiday Patchwork Forest quilt.

This quilt still makes me smile because it started out as just a few test blocks from scraps in my stash. I didn't have an overall colour plan before I started, but I really like how it's turned out.

I did some basic machine quilting on it, but then accentuated the trees with hand quilting. Both Kaffe Fassett borders were from my stash, and the thin red strip border adds a finishing Christmas touch.

It's another small lap type quilt that I can ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 2 years ago. under 2022 christmas countdown , aurifil , christmas quilt , hand quilted , holiday patchwork forest , kaffe fassett , kaffe fassett christmas

I've decided that I'm tired of walking past this quilt every day, so it's time to finish it.

I did have grand plans to use this quilt as a hand quilting sampler, but I really don't like hand quilting through cotton batting.

I prefer to use wool batting when I'm hand quilting, but I must have had a piece of cotton batting lying around that fitted perfectly, so I used cotton batting this time.

I can see that pieces of the batting are pulling through with my stitches when I'm using the thicker threads ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 3 years, 3 months ago. under christmas quilt , green diamonds , kaffe christmas , kaffe fassett , kaffe fassett christmas , kaffe fassett class

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