Monday, July 25, 2016

Holiday Forest for Christmas in July

Today, it's my turn for the 12 Days of Christmas in July Blog Hop! My Christmas project is Holiday Forest, a table runner with matching placemats.



Made with a variety of green batiks for trees and a pretty blue snowflake print for the background, this runner and place mat set celebrate the Christmas season in a modern, understated manner.

Constructed with easy to paper piece trees, strip cut units for background pieces, and a few applique snowballs, this project was a snap to put together.



The runner measures approximately 15 1/2" x 44", and the place mats 11" x 15 1/2".



Background quilting is an easy landscape type fill, with the trees getting a simple shape repeat. Both add just the right amount of quilting, so as not to dominate the design.

Interested in making your own Holiday Forest runner? You can do just that, as I have a pattern available at my Etsy store. 




Thanks for sticking with me over the last 12 days of Christmas blog hopping! It certainly has been fun! 

Merry Christmas and have a great day quilting!


18 comments:

  1. Susan, cute trees! Especially like the one tree fabric that looks like its snowing!

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  2. I love the trees and the background you used!

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  3. Very nice set for the Holiday. Thank you for promoting the Hop and for making your day special.

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  4. I love your forest! The varying heights of the trees adds a lot of interest :)

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  5. Those are fabulous and I LOVE the quilting you did on them.

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  6. Such a beautiful runner! I can see I'm going to need to have a lot of company this year, to show off all my beautiful table runners that I'm going to make..... Thanks so much for all the time and energy you put into making the hop a success!!

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  7. Those placemats are so cute!! Thanks for sharing this inspiring and beautiful projects!!

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  8. These are very cute! I love the simplicity and your fabric choices help the trees to really stand out.

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  9. Love your pattern. Great choice of background, both fabric and quilting.

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  10. Absolutely Beautiful!!! Love our Project!!

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  11. Thank you for your part in making the 12 Days of Christmas in July Blog Hop such fun!!

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  12. Great trees. I particularly like the runner at only 44" it wouldn't overpower my table.

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  13. Oh Susan that runner is sooo cute!!

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  14. Susan, these are the kinds of placemats I would be tempted to remove from the table before eating. Too pretty to get real food on them! They turned out beautiful, I think.

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  15. Hey, these are cool, Susan! I love the soaring trees. Great share at TGIFF. :D

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  16. Very pretty! I love the trees and your quilting!
    Susie

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