alycebug wrote: Love the wreaths with the holly border. Is the wreath a pattern, or did you just draft it? Really great for the holidays. Would love to make one for next year. HelenW

Quilt still being completed. Borders are prepared edge hand appliqued. Created each one separately so could work on them and the center at the same time.

Way to go! It looks terrific!

That is absolutely beautiful!

All I can say is: WOW!

All you who have finished this holiday project must be mutants with super amazing powers like, non sleeping, eating, or tending to bodily functions. I love the outcome of this, but gosh, was it tedious and time consuming. Hope to have the applique border for Christmas of 2021.

I wasn't interested in doing the stars for the Holiday Quilt by Alex Anderson, even though it is a nice quilt. But I love machine applique and wanted to do your border, so I changed the center of the quilt to wreaths.


Alyce Leach

I also found a quick way to minimize working with bias on the star points. I had been watching TQS and Gyleen Fitzgerald was on. She added squares to the points, then trimmed them off after all the pressing. Worked great! Glad I saw that show before doing it. I think it was easier cutting, you just cut those squares at 1 3/4 as well.

Miracles do happen! I finished both of these yesterday in time to enjoy before Christmas Day. What ever will I do with my time today? Maybe I should get in the kitchen and start my prep work for the Christmas dinner I am making for hubby and me ... or maybe I should tidy up my sewing studio enough to be able to start on my next projects. The reality is that I am going to try to do both. I will be back to sewing on Saturday, if not sooner. Have a great and safe Christmas everyone. Christy Gregg from Tallahassee Florida

I didn’t use the grid method you showed but used a computer program I purchased years ago which yielded 24 squares for each page printed on an 8 1/2” x 11” paper. it was similar to what they have in the TQS store. It helped speed up the process and helped with accuracy.

I know I am late to start this, but I wanted to see if anyone else used the grid method for sewing this many half square triangles. I am including a picture. This one created 64 of them at one time. I did use 3 different reds and 4 different whites so it would still appear pretty scrappy. Just still working on thelittle squares right now. Hoping to get the blocks together over the weekend.

It is very rare that I show a quilt that has not been quilted and bound but I am making an exception for these. I hope to get them quilted in the next couple of days but don’t want to add any stress to my life if other things get in the way, so will post the quilt tops. I have enjoyed making these holiday quilts in December and will enjoy them next year as decorations unless I decide to give them away. I worked on both Alex’s Holiday Quilt and Ricky Tims’ Holiday Charm Wreath (from the Lizzy Albright collection) at the same time. By the way - if you haven’t attended (virtually) Ricky’s holiday concert, Comfort & Joy, you are missing a wonderful musical experience. It is well worth the admission price. I am thankful for both Alex and Ricky, along with everyone else that has helped them, this weird and wacky year. What joy they have both brought into my life.

I had a problem. All my star points were too large for the center blocks. Ugg! Apparently, I moved the needle position midway through the project to do something else. In an effort to use my star points, I went to my Christmas stash and pulled together a table runner. At least I didn't give up and my kitchen table looks very cheerful!

Rhondi Love the tree dipping over to to share it's star!