I am so excited that I finally finished this quilt, a little early, a little late, whatever! I made a pledge okay?

It’s my Vintage Holiday quilt, pattern by Thimble Blossoms. Fabric Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille.

This is also my feature project for the Handmade Christmas challenge hosted by SewCalGal.

If you’ll recall, I had started piecing this last December in a frenzy and all I have to do is set a date to have everything else I can’t control, wreck my timetable.

Nevertheless, I was able to put it together before 2014 but not before last Christmas. Being that I always over-think how I lay out quilt blocks, my daughter (11) was helping me out with that, rearranging repeating patterns and colors. Because I was working with a jelly roll and charms pack, I had to “re-design” some of the blocks like those below.

I added a little Rick Rack detail on this one.

And made a box design here.

The backing is flowers, perfect for Spring if I wanted to flip it over!

I did all the quilting after the New Year (except for one block) and bound it just this week.  I feel so accomplised because not only is this the largest quilt I have made to date, but it was completely hassle free!

Yep! This one is a keeper!