Christmas Season Pillowcases

There are piles of Christmas fabric on the dedicated top shelve of my stash closet. Each piece was irresistible when I purchased it, yet they do not necessarily go together with each other for a quilt. I got the idea of clearing some space in the crammed shelf by making pillowcases from these fabrics. I made four pillowcases before before running out of time/steam but I also set aside fabric selected for another pair.

A good portion of these fabrics were a raffle prize from my guild's 2017 quilt show (post for 5/2/2017). The fabrics I won there were of a party lady theme and a nutcracker theme. The party ladies I paired with some of my polka dots. Seems to me partying and polka dots naturally go together – kinda like the bubbles in champagne. I gifted this pair of pillowcases.

I made two other individual pillowcases out of snowy winter scenes. The fun part is coordinating the accent and border fabric choices with the fabric for the main body. They are king sized and will be used seasonally in our master bedroom.

Ironically, winter scene fabrics still take up the same amount of shelf space but at least it will be space on a different shelf. The occupied shelf will be in the hall linen closet rather than in my sewing room closet. 

Third Saturday of December 2022

I selected one quilt to display for Hang Your Quilt Day this month, the Third Saturday of December 2022. Christmas Valley with the central Christmas Cat panel is not a quilt I made, but rather one I purchased at the Voices in Cloth 2022 show by the East Bay Heritage Quilters (EBHQ). Christmas Valley measures 51"W x 58"L. It had been quilted and pieced by Sally Riggs with a central cat panel and two cornerstones made from other panels of a snowman and sleigh. The borders are made in a novelty fabric of a scenic snowy countryside. For more details about this quilt (and the show) see my blog post for 4/28/2021.

On two previous December Hang your Quilt Days, I had hung four Christmas quilts I had made myself. See my posts for 12/21/2020 and 12/18/2021 for those years. Since I'd recently acquired  Christmas Valley just this past April, I've never displayed it.

Hang Your Quilt Day
Beginning April 2020, my quilt guild members began a tradition of hanging quilts in the front of their homes on the third Saturday of the month as a source of enjoyment for the community and as a thank you for the essential workers during the pandemic. My initial post about this practice is in my blog post dated 4/22/2020.