Holiday Quilts to Celebrate and Decorate With.

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Here's a quilt that was given to my great-aunt by my dad's cousin. It looks like the top, batting and backing were sewn together inside out and then turned right side out so the edges are all finished without binding. There is no quilting on it, but a plastic sparkly star was attached as a topper for the tree. I found this when going through my great-aunt's belongings after moving her to a nursing home. It measures about 30" square. - Tammy, Wilton Center, IL, USA (Quilt ID 2007)

I was so excited after making the "Having a Ball" Christmas quilt for my friend that I wanted to make one for myself. I really enjoyed using Kim Denault's ragged-edge reverse applique technique. Besides, I have never made a quilt just for ME; they've all been made as gifts or for Project Linus.

I love using novelty fabrics and bright prints in my quilts. I decided to find as many different fabrics as I could to use. I found 80 different Christmas fabrics, enlarged the quilt to 4 x 5 blocks (instead of 3 x 4 as in the original pattern) resulting in a 52" x 65" quilt. To showcase my favorite prints on the front, I arranged the blocks so some have the reverse applique on the front and some on the back.

I am so pleased with my quilt that I want to leave it out all year long, not just bring it out for Christmas. I got this pattern out of "Quilter's World" Dec. 2006 (Quilters-World.com). - Joanne, Peotone, IL, USA

This reverse applique, raggy edge quilt was made as a 2006 Christmas gift for my friend of 50 years. When I saw Kim Deneault's pattern, "Having a Ball" in the Dec. 2006 issue of "Quilter's World", I knew I had to make it for Roz.

I used gold, red and green batiks for it. The quilt is made of 12 14" blocks and finished at 42" X 56".

I liked the pattern so much and had such fun making it that I decided to adapt the pattern to make one for ME. I have never made a quilt for myself; all the quilts I've made have been gifts or for Project Linus. - Joanne, Peotone, IL, USA

Right after I got married in 1983, I made a wreath out of felt with 25 different embroidered and stuffed Christmas related things that would attach to the wreath as an advent calendar. Over the years, the pieces wouldn't stick very well and our cats would play with them when they fell and destroyed a few of them. So I had been looking for a something different to use as an advent calendar. Last fall, I saw this in a catalog and knew it was what I had been looking for. There are 24 pockets that you can put a little treat or toy in. I attached the pockets with gold thread, to match the borders of each pocket and then quilted around the tree and the cat below the tree. I added a rod pocket on the back to hang it from a dowel rod. Now, our cats can't destroy it and our kids get to countdown to Christmas. - Tammy, Wilton Center, IL, USA

This quilt was given to me by my sister. I had been wanting a Christmas colored quilt to display during the holidays. It is about 48" square. - Tammy, Wilton Center, IL, USA

When the Keepsake Quilting catalog announced their Halloween Challenge contest, I had to do it. They sent 6 fat quarters of fabric, sight unseen. You had to use at least 4 of them in an original design and add no more than 2 of your own. I chose to add the yellow used in the prairie points and the iridescent netting on the tree to look like spanish moss. I didn't win anything, but I love this little quilt because the process really challenged my design skills.This wall-hanging is 36" square. - Tammy, Wilton Center, IL, USA

I saw this witch at a quilt store and bought the pattern, feeding my Halloween fascination again. She's very big, but perfect when hanging on a door. The witch's hair is made from a scrap of upholstery fabric that kind of looks like dredlocks. The background fabric has irridescent-like ghosts that don't show up very well in the picture, but add some intrigue in real life. The binding is covered with spider webs. Plus the eyes on the faces in the border glow in the dark! This door hanging is about 30" wide and 55" tall. - Tammy, Wilton Center, IL, USA

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