Maison de Noel Done!

Well, it's been a cloudy, drizzly few days here which means I got a lot of sewing done and my Imagine quilt top from the Schnibbles Times 2 book is done. So while there is a peak of sun I thought I would plop it on a bed and sees what we have here. (I hadn't sewn on the top border yet in this picture.)

This was a delighfully, wonderful quilt to make. I loved the process and there have been many quilts that I have not enjoyed the process. The only change I made was to add an extra pieced square border all the way around to make it better for a queen size bed. It calls for just one row of the squares but I had enough fabric for the two rows so I went for it.   

I love the fabric, of course. I have been holding on to this bunch for a few years and finally found a pattern that I found visually interesting and would still show off the colors and patterns of the 3 Sisters Maison de Noel collection.

 

This is literally what I have left-some scraps and some bigger pieces of background. I'll probably find a way to make a table runner out of this chaos. The pattern gives directions for layer cakes but here is what I had to work with-I had 29 fat quarters and 2 yards of background fabric and it worked out perfectly. I did some math and I thought I had enough but if I didn't I was prepared to use some other 3 Sisters fabric I had from other lines. They all work well together.

I did not have on hand any backing or binding but if you look on-line there are still a few places that have a few of the fabrics. I did find enough for backing and I even found pre-made bias binding. That was easy to find and the prices were all over the place. It was as low as .50 to as high as 1.50 a yard. So on to my quilter now and then on to the small version of Imagine in a completely different colorway.