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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Whoopin' It Up - A New Christmas Flimsy: Laurel Burch Ornaments

Woohoo!  Since I finished my goals for the year in terms of completed quilts and assembled BOMs last Sunday, I pulled a fun Christmas kit out of my vast pool for a NewFO treat while I waited for Christmas Day to get here.


It was so easy, it went together very quickly. Even with the border cutting mistakes that I had to remedy.

 The pattern calls for jumbo ricrac for the hanging strings, but I fell for this gimpy velvet stuff: 

I think it'll be pretty cool with the backing this quilt is getting.  (You have to use a pressing cloth with such things, or your iron will scorch them.)

 I have yardage of this for the back:

But Scott is in *love* with fine-wale corduroy ever since I used some from my stash for those Scoot, Santa quilts. Wanted that over velvet or minky. Told him I'd have to order some, and that was fine by him. Being the 23rd, some Kaufman 21-wale black was on sale, with a bonus coupon on top of that AND free shipping. How could I pass that up?  :D


So, instead of being all pinned and half-way quilted by now, this flimsy is on hold while we wait for its back half to arrive.  It's gonna be pretty darn cool, I think.   

And now I need something to do with those fun reindeer in the trees. . . But first I'm playing with another NewFO from the storage pile - sneaking in some more Christmas fun before the New Year brings a return to the WIP lineup that I'm supposed to be focused on. ;D
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I'm linking up at Whoop! Whoop! - thanks Sarah!


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17 comments:

  1. Carrie P.December 27, 2012 at 6:12 PM

    congrats! that will be nice fabric for the back.
    check out the link and see how a friend of mine did some machine quilting on the same quilt.
    http://tanderwencrafts.blogspot.com/2012/11/annettes-quilt.html

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  2. JanetDecember 27, 2012 at 7:52 PM

    This is super pretty!

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  3. AmyDecember 27, 2012 at 10:06 PM

    Beautiful! I so want too make a Christmas quilt. This is so cute!

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  4. DebbieDecember 28, 2012 at 12:45 AM

    That is the loveliest Christmas quilt! I have such a large stash of Christmas fabrics...hmmm. Is there a pattern?

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  5. FlourishingPalmsDecember 28, 2012 at 5:24 AM

    Wowee... aren't you the fast piecer!? Love this ornament quilt, which looks big enough to wear. A pinwale corduroy backing will be interesting. Keep us posted on how that quilts and looks as a finish. I can only picture it for me with beige dog hair on it!

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  6. KatDecember 28, 2012 at 6:51 AM

    This quilt is great! I have a pile of Christmas fabrics that sat untouched for yet another year this year.... I'm bookmarking this quilt because I think I could figure out how to put together ornament shapes (I hope) to finally use some of it up for next year! I love the velvet you chose in place of the ric rac. Great job on the sale fabric!! :-)

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  7. Julie FukudaDecember 28, 2012 at 7:20 AM

    I agree your choice is way better than ric-rac. Good going!

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  8. SeeingStarsDecember 28, 2012 at 7:32 AM

    Very pretty! I like the corduroy backing too. Let us know how that quilts.
    BTW, love the snow photos too. :)

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  9. SaraDecember 28, 2012 at 7:47 AM

    Corduroy backing sounds like a wonderful manly and sturdy way to do it!

    I love your ornament work!

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  10. Celtic ThistleDecember 28, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    Great quilt Lynn, I love the reindeer fabric.

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  11. Sarah CraigDecember 28, 2012 at 7:32 PM

    It's gorgeous! I love the design, and that fine-wale corduroy is going to be the perfect back!! Whoop whoop!!

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  12. LauraDecember 28, 2012 at 7:37 PM

    Love it, Lynne! So bright and cheerful

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  13. Deb@asimplelifequiltsDecember 28, 2012 at 8:12 PM

    Wow... I love this! So festive and great fabrics.

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  14. SharonDecember 29, 2012 at 4:11 PM

    Curious how it goes using corduroy for backing!? Do you like it?

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  15. JosieDecember 30, 2012 at 7:41 AM

    Wow! You didn't let the grass grow under your feet when you started that new project! It's gorgeous. Love the colours. I'd never have thought of using a heavier fabric for the backing... can't wait to see it.

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  16. AngieDecember 30, 2012 at 8:16 AM

    I love this !!

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  17. sherryDecember 30, 2012 at 9:10 PM

    i love it

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