Silent Night

 At the Farm Girl Chicks quilt group which I belong to, we have a "show and tell".  One week last year, Meredith showed the most beautiful quilt!  It spoke to us so much, that 6 or 7 of us bought the fabric in the quilt shop that very day, to make the quilt.  

It's called "Silent Night" and the fabric line is Christmas Morning by Lella Boutique for Moda fabrics.  

The quilt reminds me of a "silent" Christmas Eve, when the snow is falling and everything is crystal white and pure.  A Christmas Eve I haven't experienced since I've been married and living in the USA.

It also reminds me of another Christmas Eve story as told in the book, "Silent Night, Holy Night", 

"December 1914 was grim for the thousands of soldiers who had dug into the frozen trenches on either side of Flanders Field. What lay between them in the early months of the First Great War was a field of sorrow--No Man's Land--littered with barbed wire and decaying corpses.  But somehow amid the fear and anger, a miracle occurred.  As Christmas Day approached, the weapons of war fell silent, men ventured out of the trenches, gifts were exchanged, and the sober duty of remembering the dead commenced.  For two days, the spirit of Christmas filled the air, and a remarkable "Christmas Truce" brightened spirits.  When night fell, and that memorable Christmas slipped into the past, one last sound broke the silence:  a chorus, from either side, singing in native tongue, "Silent Night".

I think that's such a beautiful story and to me, this quilt reminds me of everything that is cherished on Christmas Eve.

I had a difficult time taking photos, lol!  These two photos were taken indoors and are too dark.

This photo was taken outside, the colors are true but the photo is terrible!!!

I watched the "Fat Quarter Shop" YouTube video on Friday, June 17 and Kimberly mentioned that there will be a new fabric line of Christmas Morning that will pair with her original fabric.  Here's a photo of the pattern cover.

I hope you enjoyed my post and have a great week!

Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild

 I have quite a few quilts in the works right now, but nothing to show you.  I'm also working on a secret project...and a commissioned quilt.

I belong to the Phoenix Modern Quilt guild and I'll show some of the quilts that my friend Nedra shared for Show and Tell.

This first quilt is called Silent Night by Pattern Basket.  One of our chickies showed her quilt after Christmas last year at our Farm Girl Chicks group and we just loved it!  About 6 or 7 of us rushed into the quilt shop and purchased the fabric :) It's so different, and it reminds me of the Christmas Eve during World War II that the Germans and the Americans stopped fighting and sang Christmas carols.  Soft and silent.  The fabric is called Christmas Morning by Lela Boutique.  I'm making this quilt also, but won't be able to finish it until May.  

This quilt is on my list too. I didn't really know for certain that it was on my list until I saw Nedra's version.  The pattern is the picnic layout from Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt.  The blocks are Scrappy Leaves.  Nedra just pulled all of her fall colors and even used scrappy backgrounds. I think the color palette is gorgeous!

It's going to be my next project at Farm Girl Chicks, since we can only work on Lori Holt projects :)

I absolutely love this quilt also!!! The pattern is called Nova Star and the fat quarter bundle was curated by Meghan of Then Came June. The prints and the colors are very different.  I think the quilt is very eye catching.

I hope to have more to show you next week, thanks for following along!