Winter Quilt

 It is so cold and frosty here at the moment we are certainly glad of our winter quilts.......

 ............today i am showing some pictures of the winter quilt i made recently using beautiful nordic stitches fabrics by wenche wolff hatling of northern quilts for moda..........below is the charm pack i bought......i alternated the prints with white kona cotton.....

 ................and bought some of my favourite prints as yardage for the border and backing.....i added applique deer, some stars and a pine tree too............

 ............i love the swirly quilting which makes me think of snow whirling.....the design was longarm quilted for me by debbie holland here....................

 .............this is a cosy quilt to use all winter........the deer remind me of the ones we have often seen on our walks in various country places....the way they can leap so high and elegantly still surprises me.....so a few were sewn in place on here...........including leaping ones......

 ...............such pretty fabrics and in my current favourite colour way too............

 ..........i made card templates for the deer applique so i might use them again on another project....maybe a cushion....

 ...............the red fabric for the applique is kona solid in tomato..........

 ............a crumpled quilt shot below....always like these as i love how the fabrics look randomly next to one another..........

 ....................below is the backing fabric i chose from the nordic stitches collection....with deer leaping all over it....love this design....

 ..............this was a pleasure to sew and i am loving using it too especially right now in the middle of the cold snap....

.............we have cheerful tulips here today....such bright and happy flowers in my sewing room catching the frosty winter sunlight.........lots more designs to show you soon..........thank you lovely readers for dropping in to my little bit of blog land today......and thank you so much for the sweet comments you leave me..............happy new week, enjoy the january days and keep cosy (or if you live on the other side of the world keep cool!)..............back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx