Vintage Christmas Progress

Yayyyyyyy, we have a top/flimsy!!

For years now I've wanted to make a Christmas quilt but other projects seemed more pressing (no pun intended, lol ).

It appears I've become a collector of Lori Holt Books and I'm happy to keep that trend going.  Her Vintage Christmas Book was the latest purchase and put to good use.  

THIS WILL BE THE YEAR FOR A CHRISTMAS QUILT 😀

There are so many options in the book for Christmas quilts so I know there will be more in my future.  This time I did 6 inch blocks, most are in the book but I did add a few others.

All set up for business.

That train is so stinkin' cute ....I couldn't resist a closeup.

Linking up with Can I Get A Whoop Whoop

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SUMMER NIGHTS

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Summer Nights is a pattern from Aunt Em's Quilts, offered through a monthly subscription.  

I followed most of the instructions ... as usual, substituting a few and using some orphan blocks I had lingering.

Sore hands halted my hand quilting once I was about a fifth of the way into the job.  I just couldn't keep hand quilting so I had to change the game plan.  Not looking forward to  free motion quilting on my regular machine with minimal throat space I was in a bit of a pickle.

I had never bought anything on MarketPlace before and hadn't planned to, but after hearing a family member bragging about all the great deals there I found  myself there checking out sewing machines.

Right away I saw my new to me machine!  Picked it up a few minutes drive away and got acquainted with my  Janome 6650.

The handquilting was removed and free motion quilting began.

Background done in loopy swirls.

Lots of practice with different designs.

Washed and wrinkly cozy.

I'm still sad that I can't hand quilt ... at least not nearly as much as before, but I am excited to make more quilts and finish them up with my new toy.

Here you can see the top section of the quilt that's not showing in the pictures over the fence:

The not so glamourous basement floor is a great spot for trimming just before binding.

Linking up with Cynthia at OH SCRAP