Okay.  It’s about time that I started posting about holiday projects.  After all, there’s only 82 days left to get stuff done!

Last Christmas.

I made.

FIVE QUILTS!

Christmas Quilts.

As gifts.

I wrote about all of them except the “Oh Christmas Tree” Quilt. (If you click on the following snaps, you’ll go to the post)

Run Run Reindeer

I love Home BOM

I wish you a Merry Quilt A Long, Merry and Bright

I Wish You a Merry Quilt A Long, Shiny and Bright

I was a little burnt out at that point.  I actually finished “Oh, Christmas Tree” on Christmas Day 2017 and delivered it to the kids in Tampa that afternoon.

Phew!

And now I’m finally ready to post how I made this little lovely–just in time for you to make one for Christmas!  Yes, you still have PLENTY of time!

I got some “Pinspiration” from a wall hanging on Pinterest.

This link on Pinterest goes back to Etsy and it says that it is no longer available.

I used a piece of white with silver dots fabric and cut it 26 1/2″ x 32″.  Cut 14 strips of fabric.  2″ wide.  The longest strip is 20 1/2″ and the shortest is 5″.  The stump is a 4 1/2″ square.  The star is 4″. Most of the strips are from Free Spirit “Winter Wonderland” fat quarters and some green printed cotton & steel that had in my stash.  I don’t think either are available now.  But there’s lots of gorgeous holiday fabrics out there!

Now.  Gotta say.  I was working on a deadline.  But I thought this was too cute to just be a wall hanging.  So I thought I’d make it a little bigger and it would be a lap quilt. So added a border of 5 1/2″ wide patches.

But then I thought, wouldn’t this make a great nap quilt with just a little more border?  So I added a 3″ border of red Kona cotton on each side and an 8″ border on the top and bottom.

Laid all the strips in a pretty pattern and used Heat n Bond Lite for the appliques.

Did some quilting.  Finished it with white binding. 

Done!

And my daughter-in-law was delighted when she opened it. She is crazy about Christmas and decorates every tiny spot in her house.  And she said “oh, I really need another wall hanging!” (She had a large house last year and has moved into an even bigger place this year–lots of empty walls!)

And I said “no, it’s a nap quilt”!

Ha!