Cheap Decorating Idea & Steve's Christmas Quilt

I had this wonderful idea,

that I just have to share with you.

It packs a punch and costs very little.

 This is one of my paintings.

It is hanging in one of the bedrooms.

Well, I am in the mood to start decorating

 for Christmas, so . . . 

I wrapped it, made a big tag

and hung it back on the wall.

No need to find a place to store it until after Christmas 

and it fills the wall with Christmas cheer.

Why didn't I thinK of this years ago :)

I wanted to do just a little to make the room

look festive.

All that I did was change the blue bedspread

 for this red and tan quilt.

Sew one Christmas fabric pillow case . . .

and sew some of the ribbon that I found at Walmart 

to a set of white pillow cases. 

 This is how the bed looks right now . . .

waitng for Steve to get home from work,

to start his vacation and open his 

Christmas quilt. 

I won't bore you with a lot of words . . .

but Steve asked me for a Christmas quilt

this year.

One that he can get out each Thanksgiving

and put away each New Years.

This is it!

Finished and ready for giving.

 My sweet man loves Christmas.

 I tried to incorporate everything he loves about it

in this quilt.

There are 39 different fabrics in this quilt.

 All of the embroidery patterns are from Oregon Patchwork designs.

http://www.oregonpatchworks.com/ 

Except for these trees.

I found them in a book that I have called

Redwork from The Workbasket by Rebecca Kemp Brent

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 The fabric was a mix of some purchased from JoAnnes, 

some scraps and a jelly roll purchased from 

Green Fairy Quilts

http://greenfairyquilts.com/

 This is the back side.

 You may have noticed that this is a quilt as you go quilt.

I did the entire quilt on my regular sewing machine,

except for the embroidery of course. 

This is the label.

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I know that he will love it . . .

and that I can give him a big 

Christmas hug everytime he wraps

up in it, for many years to come :)

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Have a lovely weekend.

&

whatever you do,

Keep Smiling!

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Your blogging sister,

Connie :)