I'm off to a great start on my Christmas in July sewing.
I've had a quilt with nothing but Santa hats floating around in my head ever since I pieced Bonnie's Christmas Cheer quilt pattern. (LTQ # 235).
I didn't have a good idea of what I was going for when I started, so I just pieced Santa hats and threw them on my design wall until inspiration hit.
I thought the hats needed some separation so I added the "Ho Ho Ho" and thought I was done. I liked the nice clean look, but the size bothered me. It was too long for the width for my taste. And I thought adding a hat to create rows of 5 hats would overpower the Ho Ho Ho.
So I decided to add some little presents to each side to increase the width.
And thought it would be fun if the presents danced. I pieced enough presents to dance down both sides, but decided I liked the look of just the presents on the left, and called it done.
This is Lifetime Quilt Number 254
I've named it Ho Ho Ho
It finished at 62 1/2" x 75 1/2"
It has approximately 546 pieces
The red fabric is Sno by Northern Quilts for Moda
The silver stripe fabric is Bonnie and Camille Vintage Holiday for Moda
The Santa hat pattern is by Bonnie at Cotton Way
The present pattern is a freebie from Moda Bake Shop called "Christmas Present" designed by Kristina Brinkerhoff.
The "H' is 11" x 7", the "o" is 6" x 5". It's just a font I copied from my computer.
Feel free to copy my idea and make your own Ho Ho Ho quilt, you'll just need Bonnie's pattern for the Santa hat block.
I'm really motivated to piece as many Christmas tops as possible this month, the more I make the more I have to giveaway. I have a long list of family and friends waiting for a Christmas quilt, but I'm keeping this one!
