Tag Archives: Christmas quilts

Jul29

Creative Juice #305

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Wonderful articles to enjoy this weekend.

These designs should win awards.
Breathtaking horse photographs.
Practice to grow as a writer.
Photographs of geographic formations and natural disasters. The top photo is the beginning of the slideshow.
Thoughts on a scrappy Christmas (or not) quilt.
The discovery of a previously unknown self-portrait by van Gogh.
Creating new creatures by collage.
Multi-media artist Judi Kauffman.
Children’s book illustrator Katie Mazeika.
Thoughts on religious art and on Carracci’s The Lamentationin particular.
I could vacation here.
Parenting book recommendations.

Dec18

Creative Juice #221

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Only one more week till Christmas.

Precision dance team.
Pretty much everybody’s pandemic experience.
How a bunch of people interpreted the tangle pattern XLnt.
Wonderful music for Christmas.
Lovely embroidered Christmas quilt.
Beautiful family Christmas tradition.
Writers don’t have a monopoly on block.
How to sketch at a concert.
You still have time to make these masterpiece Christmas ornaments. This is an old article, so some of the product links don’t work, but the video tutorial is very good, and you can use whatever supplies you can find.
How stacked firewood inspired a quilt design.
Awesome illustrations from children’s books.
Crazy Christmas Zentangles!

Dec12

Wonderful Christmas Quilts to Make

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Every December I wish I had a Christmas quilt to put on our bed. Making one is on my never-ending list of Things To Do. Maybe by next year.

Many generous quilt designers post free patterns online. I’ve collected a baker’s dozen of some of the prettiest Christmas quilts on the web. Some are traditional, and some are more modern.

These quilts are from AllPeopleQuilt.com (Sorry, I was unable to copy the photos; you’ll have to click the links to see the beautiful pictures):

From Amy Smart’s DiaryofaQuilter.com:

Modern Christmas Tree tutorial

Peppermint Pinwheel tutorial. The directions are free, but you’ll need a Dresden Plate ruler (which is nice to have—I have one!)

From CluckCluckSew.com:

No Point Stars.

Found on Quilt Inspiration:

O Christmas Tree

Tonga Pointsettia Quilt

Peppermint Candy

The Holly Jolly quilt is the one I’m most tempted to make. I love scrappy quilts, and I have lots of odds and ends of Christmas fabric left over from other projects. I might make four times as many blocks and add some borders so that I can make it queen sized.