Christmas is coming...and other stuff too!

It is feeling a bit like fall already and it seems like a good time to start thinking about Christmas.

 

When I got married, I gained three young adult men...so what do I decide to do for them for Christmas...make quilts of course!

 

Son number one is a HUGE Saskatchewan Roughrider fan. It only seems right to make him a football themed quilt. I had bought a kit and added the football fabric to it. The pattern is "Crazy Eights" by Bits 'n Pieces. It is fast to cut and fast to sew. It's a fun quilt to make and perfect for a quick gift!  

 

 

So the important theme fabrics are the footballs and the watermelons (I am not sure why the fans wear watermelons on their heads, but they do!).

 

 

 

 

I finished piecing the quilt top yesterday. The kit included a pattern for an applique football but it just got lost on the quilt top with all the busy fabric.  It is a nice lap size...54"x62". Now I am going to see if I can find some football themed flannel for the backing to make it cozy.

And as a bonus...I have enough of the football fabric left that I can make a matching pillowcase.

 

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And now that I am living in a city I thought it was time to join a quilt guild. The first meeting was Tuesday night so I went and joined the Prairie Piecemakers Quilters Guild. They seem like an active guild...I am really looking forward to being a member! They are doing a mystery quilt in their newsletter this year so I may just start that and see where it goes!

 

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 I've been shopping for coasters and not finding anything I like. I wanted something different...after lots of wasted time Googling DIY coasters, I found this tutorial...I had some jute, found some round cork coasters at Michaels and got my glue gun out of hiding....

 

 

After the outside row is done, it gets much easier. My first coaster I had hot glue everywhere! I was really out of practice!

 

 

It was a fun and easy project and now I have coasters!!!

 

 

Now it is time to start thinking about a quilt for the next son...this one is going to be western themed. He loves cowboy boots...it's a place to start...

 

Happy Stitching!