| If you like red and white for your Christmas, this simple but eyecatching,
quilt is right for you. The background is pieced of red squares and then
embellished with different freestanding lace motifs from our collection. |
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| The finished size of the quilt is about 28"x 28". |
For the background, you will need pieces of red cotton fabrics. The
central square is 14"x 14" (cut it 14 1/2" x 14 1/2"). The central part
is surrounded with 7" squares (cut them 7 1/2" x 7 1/2").
You will also need batting, fabric for backing and binding. |
| Step One: On your working table, or design wall, lay out the
squares. Check that you like the position, patterns and tones of all the
red squares. |
Step Two: Join the squares into rows:
1. The first row has four 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" squares;
2. In the second row, join two pairs of the 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" squares;
then attach them to the 14 1/2" x 14 1/2" square on the right and on the
left.
3. The third row has four 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" squares.
Press all seams. |
| Step Three: Join all rows. |
| Step Four: Choose freestanding lace designs you want to make
the scene with. We used FSL
Battenberg Christmas Tree Lace, a set of Battenberg
Lace Snowflakes, the Moose and Snowflake motifs from the FSL
Battenberg White Christmas Set and crochet snowflakes from Snowflake
Set I.
You can also use Lace
Pagoda, Reindeer
Lace, Crochet
Snowflakes Set II and Crochet
Snowflakes Set III.
Embroider all the design you chose.
Note: Each lace design should be embroidered strictly in accordance
with the instructions enclosed with the embroidery files. |
| Step Five: Wash away the stabilizer, spread the motifs evenly
on a towel and let them air dry. Press with steam. |
Step Six: Lay out the motifs on the quilt top. Arrange them
to your taste. When you are satisfied with the composition, pin the motifs
in place.
Thread the needle of your sewing machine with matching thread and topstitch
the motifs to the quilt top. |
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Step Seven: Now place the backing on a flat surface (table)
face down. Spread the batting over it and spread your working piece over
the batting. Pin all layers together with 1" pins and start quilting.
We quilted with silver metallic thread in a free-motion manner. |
| Step Eight: Press the quilt with heavy steam from the back of
the quilt. Square the quilt and finish the edges with binding. We made
binding out of the same fabric as the central square and added silver metallic
piping. |
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| Step Nine: You are basically finished. You can further embellish
the lace with hot fix crystals to add a winter sparkle. |
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| To put the finishing touch to our interior decor, we made a winter
bouquet. We picked up some tree branches and painted them white, using
water-based paint that had been left over from home renovating projects
(this had been ceiling paint). The branches were then arranged in a red
jug. |
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| Decorate the branches with red lace and ornaments. |
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| We hope that you liked our idea and will come up with many of your
own. |
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