I must be getting in the Christmas mood....I have two ideas for Christmas lap quilts I want to make. This one is the Lover's Knot pattern. It requires making 2 different blocks....switching the colors, as shown in the photo. When all put together it forms the red and green x's as shown in these two layouts. I've only made 4 blocks to make sure I liked the fabrics.
It should be fun to make and not very hard. Although I promptly started out by cutting my "logs" the wrong sizes....too large luckily, rather than too small! Another reason to test a pattern before cutting lots of fabric!
The other Christmas quilt will be like the big 9-patch in my header photo, but I haven't got enough different fabrics to start pairing up 6" squares yet. I just bought some pre-cut ones on Ebay, so can't wait to get them! I'm also going to the Des Moines, Iowa quilt show next week, so I maybe be looking for Christmas fabric there!
It should be fun to make and not very hard. Although I promptly started out by cutting my "logs" the wrong sizes....too large luckily, rather than too small! Another reason to test a pattern before cutting lots of fabric!The other Christmas quilt will be like the big 9-patch in my header photo, but I haven't got enough different fabrics to start pairing up 6" squares yet. I just bought some pre-cut ones on Ebay, so can't wait to get them! I'm also going to the Des Moines, Iowa quilt show next week, so I maybe be looking for Christmas fabric there!
