"Christmas Time is Here" quilt

 I bought this Riley Blake panel at my local quilt shop before Christmas last year. It reminded me so much of my Christmases growing up as a child. So.....much.....snow! When everything is covered with a fresh coat of a foot or more of snow, it's so peaceful.

The pop of color on the white/gray background is so stunning!

I watched Camille Roskelly's trunk show on the Fat Quarter Shop's you tube about a month ago. I found it very inspiring. One of things that I noticed is that her favorite pattern for machine quilting her quilts is the crosshatch and Baptist fan. I can machine quilt some of my quilts in the crosshatch design :)

This is my first Christmas quilt that I'm quilting for myself.

This Riley Blake panel is called "Christmas Time is Here" and it's very soft!

I think it looks great right here!

Or maybe slung across a chair like this....

I wanted some red pinky for the back, it looks so soft and inviting.

This is what the four cornerstones look like up close. 

 Twas the night before Christmas.

Have a great week!

Eagle Scout quilt

My grandson has earned his Eagle Scout, 

the highest award a Boy Scout can receive.

I saw the cutest Boy Scout fabric by Riley Blake a few years ago.
It's called Modern Scouting.

I bought it, knowing that I would make Bridger a quilt.

This quilt is for Christmas, but he doesn't look at my blog so it's ok!

The center fleur de lis square is a printed panel, 

I decided to design the quilt around it.

There are two merit badge panels and four ranks 

that were included in the panel.

All of the letters and the blocks come from Lori Holt's books :)

All the blocks are symbolic, let me explain.

This block is for encouragement.

I chose uplifting quotes, Bridger is my sunshine!

This is Old Glory, the Boy Scouts are very patriotic.

(Excuse the random threads)

The typewriter symbolizes college.

The globe symbolizes Bridger's two year church mission.

Where in the world will he go?

The car symbolizes Bridger getting his driver's license.

He'll be getting his driver's permit in 6 months!!!

Also, this neon green is one of his favorite colors.

The camera symbolizes taking a snapshot of your life...

it's beside KNOWLEDGE.

I love sawtooth stars and had to throw some in.

The mason jar with the blooming flower represents Bridger's 
3 younger sisters.

He's a very patient young man 

and has withstood many "girly" things. 

I guess it also represents patience :)

The beehive represents the state that Bridger was born and raised.

Utah is the beehive state.

You can't have a beehive without a bee!

Love at home :)

I snuck a little panda bear on the sidewalk, 

Bridger knows that his sister Charlotte loves pandas!

Another Old Glory, and that's a wrap!

I'm going to purchase some green or blue minky for the back.

I don't know if I'm going to machine quilt it myself, it's big and it will be a bear!

I'll show you the quilt when it's all quilted.

Thanks for stopping by :)

AYOS, and a little bit more - December

Our pattern this month was Mini Shine by Sherri McConnell.

I loved the pattern, it was nice and easy and really cute!

I love trimming my little squares, the blocks turn out so much better!

The fabric line I chose for this little 17" mini is 

Riley Blake's Country Girls by Tasha Noel.

I love the color scheme and the teeny little prints which lent itself so well to this mini.

I machine quilted the mini with straight lines, and they aren't all the same distant apart.

I think it offsets the uniformity of the stars.

I backed the quilt with Country Girls as well, but it looks pieced :)