Available now in quilt shops, in bookstores, on news stands and on-line at Quilt and Sew Shop, Best Christmas Quilts 2014 is loaded with beautiful and colorful projects designed to fill you with Christmas spirit. No matter your style or skill level, you’ll be sure to find the perfect project to make as a gift or to decorate your home for the holidays. Quilters Newsletter has even included stocking stuffer ideas for the quilter in your life — even if that quilter just so happens to be you!
If you’re looking for a fast and easy project, check out page 18 for my Tiny Trees Christmas ornaments.
These sweet little ornaments are a snap to make and the possibilities are endless! Use your favorite modern or traditional quilting fabrics or try something new like corduroy or velvet. Keep them plain or simply pieced or embellish them with buttons, beads or even embroidery. Top the trees with star buttons or crystal beads. Just have fun!
Here’s my homespun tiny tree topped with an oversized wooden star button for a primitive look:
Christmas Ribbons is a scrappy quilt made using straightforward patchwork with just a bit of simple piecing thrown in to create the bow. One of my favorite things about this quilt is the binding, yes, that’s right, the binding! I couldn’t decide if it should be bound in white, red or green, so I bound it in all three. Check out the right edge in the photo below:
Finally, check out page 74 for my Merry & Bright lap quilt — perfect for settling down for a long winter’s nap!
I used a fat eighth bundle of Kate Spain’s In from the Cold fabric (love the turquoise blue!) for this throw, but the 5″ x 5 3/4″ cascading ornament blocks are a great opportunity to show off your favorite Christmas fabrics.
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Jen, Love those darling trees! Makes me start feeling like it's okay for the season to be changing. Thanks again for the inspiration.
Those placemats would be a great gift. Thanks for the great designs.
These are wonderful designs! I quilt and cross stitch both, and those trees would be perfect complements to cross stitch ornaments. And the ornament throw…!!!I have such a stash of Christmas fabrics! That would be a great way to showcase them.
I love the Merry and Bright quilt. What a great way to show off those lovely Christmas prints.
I love the quilt. I haven't really used much white in a quilt before and just started one for my grand daughter.
Great work!
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Wow love the ornaments! Thanks for the inspiring quilts. I would love to win the contest Jen! Thank you.
Love these Christmas ideas! The placemats look awesome and would make great gifts!
I love your Merry & Bright lap quilt. I think I'll try to get this done for this year 😀
Cute ornaments!
Love all of your projects but really think I need to make that lap quilt.
I love those little trees! Thanks for the chance to win.
The trees are so attractive and just the thing for tie ons to packages. Nice to be inspired now and maybe get them actually done.
These are so fun!! And I really like the idea of the pieced border to tie in with the fabrics of the runner.
Those are great patterns! I like to make ornaments for everyone and I think I just found what I'll be doing for this year. 🙂
I am in love with thie quilt. The border just makes it work perfect.
Gosh I love all these projects!
Such a lot of cute projects and lovely fabrics! I'm excited to get this magazine.
Your contributions to Best Christmas Quilts are awesome. The trees are just so cute, the runner so versatile, the ornaments quilt wants me to start sewing right now. Thanks for participating in this blog tour and for the opportunity to enter a giveaway. Just four months until Christmas. I can hardly wait.
Loved the ornament quilt and I smiled when I saw the ornaments and runner. Christmas will be here before we know it.
Can't wait for the magazine….and absolutely love the quilt.
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Love all three of these ideas! I have a craft fair to participate in, and the trees are an adorable idea.
Love, love, love all three of these! The trees will be adorable for a craft fair that I am donating to.
I love your quilt and want to make one myself. I like your trees and table runner, too. Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway.
I love all these designs Thank your for being part of this hop
Merry Christmas! Cute tree ornaments. 24Tangent@gmail.com
Love all your designs, but the placemats would make wonderful gifts. I love the added bow. Thanks for a chance to win the fabric bundle.
Those tiny trees are just too cute! Thanks for the chance to win fabric!
Those trees are adorable but I especially like the "Merry and Bright" quilt. Merry Christmas! joyb414@hotmail.com
This looks like a great book. Love the patterns you've used. Love the table runner, and have just the place for it. And – those trees! I want to make them out of natural muslin and then have my grandson colour them with fabric pens. So cute!
wow!! i just love the ornaments quilt, and would love to win this give-away!! thanks for the opportunity!
Your projects are beautiful!
I think those ornaments just became pincushions!
The fabric is so winter,It screams the best is yet to come with peaceful pine,quiet winter scenes .It makes you realize all will be well with the world when the holidays come especially Christmas.Lynne Mulcahey lpmulcahey@verizon.net
Looks like a great issue! It's the perfect time to get busy with holiday stitching.
Some great ideas to get the Christmas season rolling!
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I love the lap quilt! It has the same feel to it that a hexagon quilt does – very modern.
I love everything! So clever! I have the perfect Christmas fabric to make that quilt but could certainly use some more. Great work!
Msdevost@myfairpoint.net
Love your designs. Can't wait to start sewing for the holidays
I absolutely love the quilt. This is my favorite holiday(next to 4th of July) . angelsalive@hotmail.com
I love the little trees. They would look so cute on the Christmas tree.
Kim
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Love the ornament quilt! And thanks for the chance to win. This quilt will be on next year's list for sure!
The Merry and Bright quilt is awesome…..what a cool snowball block…..
Your tiny trees are the cutest! I got my first sewing machine in June so I'm really looking forward to my first Christmas sewing up decorations and gifts!!
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Great job on the binding on the placemats!
HI,all of these are such neat projects! Has my imagination going strong! Thanks for sharing a great giveaway!
msstitcher1214@gmail.com
Love the ideas!! lillebo.ent@yourlink.ca
I love the ornaments quilt, and Kate Spain fabrics are some of my favorites. Thanks for the chance to win.
Love your quilt! Is Christmas that close already?!
🎄What a beautiful and fun group of holiday projects. I would have a hard time deciding what to start first!!
Leroyt24@ mac.com
very nice collection of Christmas quilts. Love the swirling quilting 🙂
Great designs! They will keep my husband happy because he would like me to make enough Christmas things to last all year.
The Merry & Bright lap quilt is awesome!! Thanks for letting me know about this awesome QN issue.
Those are really cute little trees! I can see a whole tree done with them!
These are all such happy projects! The white background on both the quilt and placemat is perfect for the Christmas season. And I adore the little trees.
Love the trees!!! …and the quilt!!!… And the placemats!!!! Such a classy way to decorate for the season! Katherine
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Love these projects!! Love the fabrics!!
Hi Jen,I am excited to get started
with these cute projects you gave. Hopefully my first will be Merry and Bright. I can just picture all those beautiful ornaments and I don't have to worry about one getting broken.
Gretchen Riggs
gretchen37849@yahoo.com
Beautiful Merry and Bright Quilt. Love your idea of changing up the Christmas Ribbons. Thank you for the giveaway.
Love seeing all these wonderful Christmas projects. Love your lap quilt.
Your projects are adorable. I can't pick just one to make so guess I will be busy making "Tiny Trees", "Christmas Ribbons" and "Merry and Bright". I had better get started! Thanks for the giveaway.
Love all the Christmas projects, especially the cascading ornaments quilt. Thanks.
Love your Christmas projects. The binding on Christmas Ribbons is perfect!! Your Merry and Bright is on my to do list for next year. Thanks for sharing and for a chance to win. Happy stitching!!
Oh, I have some signature blocks that are ornaments. That last quilt is a great idea for them! Thanks for sharing!
Sandy A
Every Christmas I make quilted ornaments to exchange with my friends. Your Tiny Trees are perfect ornaments for me to sew this year.
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I really like your table runner. Simple and cute!
I love your ornament quilt. Great way to show off fabrics.
The ornaments are so fun! I can't wait to play with my scraps 🙂
Cute table runner. I like your change of color suggestions.
Love the runner & the lap quilt. Just darling!
Jennifer
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Wow great designs!
I love the ornaments quilt. Thanks for the chance to win.
Fabric and magazine, such a great opportunity to win!! Di
ann
Too late but wanted to say how fun your small trees are–that's the sort of ornament I love! Great ideas and creative use of theme and fabric. Thx!
Barb Mizippipete@comcast.net