Christmas Then and Now Blog Hop

hertymakeup Ağustos 10, 2022

Welcome to my day on the Christmas in July (Then and Now) Blog Hop, and thanks for visiting! Thank you to Carol at Just Let Me Quilt for hosting this blog hop and giving us all lots of fun holiday inspiration to check out this week.

*If you're visiting from I Like Thursday at Not Afraid of Color, I hope you'll like my post for the blog hop, and maybe find some other bloggers to visit, too! *

See the bottom of this post for a list of quilters participating every day this week.

When I saw the theme "Christmas Then and Now," I knew I had the perfect quilt to share! The problem was, it wasn't finished - in fact it was a 10 (or more) - year old UFO that I've been struggling to finish for a very long time. So joining this blog hop was just the push I needed to finish it!

My Christmas Friendship Then and Now quilt is a joint effort by my quilt group with blocks and quilt top made "then" probably around 2010, and the finish happening "now" just in time for this blog hop! It started with an inspiration block made by me -

The next month, my quilting friends brought back 12 inch blocks they had made for me to our meeting. This quilt is full of fun designs like...

Reindeer

Family coming home for Christmas

Christmas Stockings

Angels

a gingerbread man

and lots more!

I took all the blocks home, added black sashing, and a fun border full of swirly Christmas lights. And then it sat... This was a project started when I was still teaching, so every summer break I would pull it out, look at it for awhile, and then fold it back up and put it away.

But NOW... my Christmas Friendship Quilt is finally finished!

The backing and binding are this fun peppermint print. I finished the quilt like an old-fashioned comforter - thick batting, ties instead of machine quilting, and machine stitched binding.