Christmas Joy Quilt in a Day! Ha!!!

 

Hey everyone, Pam here on September 1 2025.  

This is actually a post from December 1 2024.  I started writing it on my phone but wasn't able to add pictures.  I took the pictures but never actually added them to the post until today via my computer.

Yes I know, only 9 months later.

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I hope you enjoy following along as I start a quilt from two sheets.  

I’m so excited to be starting and (hopefully) finishing a quilt today. 

The pattern is Christmas Joy by Lo and Behold Stitchery.  You can purchase it online and do a PDF download .  Christmas Joy Quilt Pattern

But first I have to clean up.  It is too cold to be working in the unheated sewing room behind the garage.

Before

After

Follow along and see how it goes. 

I decided to wash the red sheet in case it ran.

 

Guess how long a “quick wash” takes on my machine...

I don’t really know. 

Started at 10:12. 

Still filling at 10:26.  What????

Oh oh! Look at the colour! It's bleeding.

Better add vinegar to stop the bleed 

 Still going at 10:56  

I’m quite impatient.  Who knew?

Now to cut open and iron this humongous  double bed sheet I got at my local thrift store. 

It is a fitted sheet so is more difficult to use.

I needed help from my dear husband to hold the elastic as I cut it off. 

I’m going to save the top border of the flat sheet to use for a ready made hanging sleeve - think Quilt Show! (Who says I’m not organized?)

Ooooohhh. Look at all that beautiful claret fabric! 

Lovely!   

About 84 inches wide!  Fabulous!!!!

It's been snowing up a storm.  

And I've been sewing up a mess of half square triangles.

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  The production line.

Oops!  It wasn't all Joy.  I did have to do some unpicking.

                    

Time lapse...

 December 7 2024

  December 8 2024

I looked for some leaders and enders and inadvertently started a new quilt.

The pinks and greens are for Patchwork Garden by Jan Patek. 

And if that wasn't ridiculous enough....

 I was bitten by the Christmas bug and started squares for an Advent Calendar.

Advent Calendar Quilt SAL 2025

Quilts by Cheri - Friendship Group 

Facebook

   Bye bye Blue Jay

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Well here it is 9 months later ....

and I haven't finished any of the above and of course have started a few more quilts.

I am presently working on the following three.

 Pink and white hexies 

Pink and White Squares

I need to sew two seams and add four borders.

Easy peasy.

So what's the problem?

I don't know.

and

a brand new one from Jan Patek called Bird Song

All hand applique.

I will do a post on this one day. 

I did take pictures for it.

It is going quite slowly and I seem to have misplaced a piece or two.

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That's all for now.

As always, thanks to my very supportive husband Dave.

and thanks to you for taking the time to join me on my quilting journey.

Quiltingly yours

Pam