Santa is Coming to Town

I know, it's late! But I thought I'd share a Santa Quilt anyway.

This was quite a fun quilt to make. There are basically two different blocks - Santas and trees. And, as you can see, the quilt also has some very basic shapes - triangles, rectangles and squares.

One thing that makes this quilt a little different is the Santa beards. Each Santa has a small square sewn between its face and body. The piece sticks out from the quilt top, and, after the quilt was done, I "fringed" the beards.

An additional point of interest is the Santa hats. These were finished triangles sewn between the head and background fabric, so they would stick out from the quilt. Then each Santa hat was secured to the quilt top with a bell.

The hand quilting pattern is very basic. In the snow (background) areas, I quilted clamshells to look like puffs of snow. Each tree had a different, yet simple quilting design, and the Santas were quilted around the outside - pretty simple.

Embroidery stitching created Santa eyes and defined the legs.

This was quite a fun quilt to put together. It was fairly simple, but took some time because of the detail. The lady I gave it to fell in love with it the instant she saw it, making it also a very rewarding project.

Happy Quilting!

Penny is a quilter of more than 24 years who seeks to interest new quilters and provide them with the resources necessary to create beautiful quilts.

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