Christmas in January

On my to-do list: three slipcovers for my newly-painted living room, a duffel bag to hold my son’s karate sparring equipment and a gift for a friend’s baby due in a few weeks. So what am I working on instead? A quilt. A CHRISTMAS quilt.
Every year I see all the new Christmas prints and think about making myself a quilt. But I never do it, and I never have time in November or December. So when I saw the Postage Stamp Quilt-a-long at P.S. I Quilt, I decided to jump in. She offered a discount at an online fabric store, and there just happened to be a jelly roll of the “12 Days of Christmas” fabric by Kate Spain already on sale as well. So I took that as a sign that I should just do it, even though part of my New Year’s resolution was to use fabric I already have for as many projects as possible.
Here’s my progress so far:

The only downside to finishing a Christmas quilt this early is that I will have to put it away for so long before next Christmas!

Comments

5 responses to “Christmas in January”

  1. maryanne Avatar

    What beautiful prints!

  2. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    Wow! You never fail to inspire! Can’t wait to see the final ‘spread’!

  3. KJ@letsgoflyakite Avatar

    What a wonderful stash of festive fabric! Now is the best time to purchase Christmas fabric, can’t wait to see the finished quilt.

  4. Jenny Avatar

    YES! i saw that Kate Spain jelly roll option too! i really want a Christmas quilt and was thinking exactly what you did! but alas…i decided to use a jelly roll on hand…so my postage stamp is Urban Chiks 1974…and Im using the solid teal that was part of the line…looks pretty cool actually…like you, my legwork is done!

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