Noel Banner Sample

 I'll be teaching a two-day class later this summer to make a small Noel banner. The sample quilt I made is 30" x 40", includes birds, trees and the letters NOEL. I've blogged about making the elements of the quilt here.

It has been quilted in a lovely holiday design, and is ready for me to add the binding and the hanging sleeve.

Here's the hanging sleeve. I always make sure all elements work together. This fabric choice for the hanging sleeve is no accident.

Regular readers know I sew my binding to the BACK of the quilt, and then fold it over and hand stitch

it on the front.

After I sew the binding, I have to sew the hanging sleeve to the quilt. I find this the hardest thing to do because it is a lot of material to hold in my hand. And of course I am paranoid about my stitches showing on the front of the quilt. So I check every few stitches.

Here it is all finished.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all! I hope you all have a happy day with friends and family.
 

Christmas Quilts

 

Many years ago I made this Christmas "Jelly Roll" quilt for my dining room table.

The next Christmas quilt I made was this Happy Holidays wall hanging. (You can see my Nutcracker on the left.)

I made this quilt with Christmas presents during the pandemic. I swap out the pillows on the couch so they coordinate with whatever quilt I've thrown over the back of the couch.

Last year I made the small JOY pillow for the red chair.

Earlier this year I made the Noel Banner that you see when you first enter my house. I designed it to fit the space perfectly. It does that, and it looks beautiful. I'm really happy.

I'm pretty sure I'm done making Christmas quilts, but hey, you never know. I don't have a special one for my bed yet...

I haven't got the rest of the Christmas decorations up yet, but that will come. I like to do it a little bit at a time.

Noel Banner Finish

 

The Noel banner is finished. I am happy with it.

Here is a closeup of the quilting.

This isn't where the quilt will hang during the holidays, but it gives you an idea of how big it is. It is about 34" wide by 68" tall.