Thank you to Cindy of Quilt Doodle Doodle for sharing this fun quilt design. Welcome to my stop on her blog hop to show off our quilts. I think many of us see the skates and mugs and have fond memories of winters spent enjoying the ice, even though our toes were frozen, and the same goes for the snowmen and snow mounds. Those images spoke to me.
If you've visited my blog before then you know that I enjoy QAL's. I've learned new techniques and made interesting quilts as a result. So early last year when I read of the Quilt Doodle Doodle 2014 Block of the Month and saw the first block, those cute snowmen heads, I joined in. This quilt really was fun to make, and because we worked with 2.5 inch strips, it went together very easily. The challenge was how to embellish.
One source of inspiration for me was a Christmas card I received from my sister that has mugs with holly and cookies. So I put cookies and holly near my mugs, and added some candy canes for fun.
I used a real candy cane for the template and drew the gingerbread man, star and heart shapes. I used a brown crayon to darken the edges of the tan fabric to give it a baked look.
I wanted to use my Sizzix angel die, so it became a cookie too.
And as you can see I added some holly and the berries are buttons from my Mom's button box. And a candy cane in the cup.
It all comes together in the mug row.
I wanted animals around a tree so I used my dog and cat dies and my AccuQuilt cutter. These shapes were too big, so I cut them down and even shortened the torsos to make them the right proportion. The grey cat is in memory of Puff, who was really a pastel and had some coral pink in her fur, so again out came the crayons, and the tan dog represents my last dog, Pluto. They are both dressed up with red bows. Aren't they cute?
I again used my Sizzix to cut a snowman and some fir trees to put around the house.
I crocheted the garland to put around the door and window, and also the wreath for the door.
It's very possible that some crocheted snowflakes will find their way onto the bigger trees, but other than that the embellishing is done. I will be adding a border because I want this quilt to cover the top of my bed for the holidays.
I hope you will visit all of the bloggers who joined Cindy's blog hop, and thank you for dropping by.
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