Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Christmas Tree.........

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Christmas Tree,

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Christmas Tree................

LA LA LA LAAAAAA, LA LAAAAAA, LAAAAAAAAAAAA

Yep........the first two lines are the only words I know to this song,
yet, I have been humming it a lot here lately.

Why?

Of course you all know.......

My first Christmas at the Quilt Cave!

After being "homeless" last Christmas season,

it was wonderful being able to go

through all of my Christmas decorations again!

My fireplace provides the perfect place to

display all of my nativity scenes.

After all, the Nativity is what Christmas is all about

in my opinion.

I love this welcome sign I found at an antique mall recently.

Ummm, Dad.........shouldn't you be decorating the tree

instead of ME!

Gracie Lu!!!!!

I love being able to have a table to decorate again!

I am just so full of joy right now!

I have a home I love.....

It has a studio I love to create in.....

Sooooooooooooo........

I want to share some of that creativity with you all......

"Oh, Christmas Tree"

Mini Quilt

I am going to share the pattern I came up with

for these great little holiday presents.

I hope you enjoy it, and make some for your

friends this Christmas season.

They are quick, easy, AND.....

they use up the smallest of bits in your scraps!

You can create a mini quilt like I have here 

(always thinking of my blogging friend Janet,

the master of mini quilts when I make a mini now!)

You could insert some insulbright to make them into potholders.

Perhaps you could make a potholder style quilt like

my blogging friend Wendy does?

There are a ton of different ways to embellish

or display them.

I hope you enjoy this mini tutorial

and whip some up for your quilty friends this

Christmas!

You all KNOW I am NOT high tech!

Fortunately, this little project isn't either.

I haven't a clue how to make a pdf

so you can just jot down the measurements.

For each "Oh, Christmas Tree"

mini quilt

you will need the following.....

working from your smallest bits of scraps......

For the Christmas tree.....

1: 1.5" square of yellow (star)

1:  1.5" square of brown (trunk)

14: 1.5" squares of green (branches)

For the background.....

I used neutrals, but, you can use any color...

(I probably wouldn't use green though! LOL)

2: 1.5" x 8.5" strips

4:  1.5" x 4" strips

2:  1.5" x 3.5" strips

2:  1.5" x 3" strips

2:  1.5" x 2.5" strips

2:  1.5" x 2" strips

Each tree block will be roughly 

8.5" wide x 8.25" height
before quilting.
Lay out block before assembling. 

Assembly:

These are your top and bottom rows.

2nd row from top.....the star

3rd row

4th row......isn't this fun?

5th row

6th row using up all those bits of green

7th row.....the trunk

You can strip piece 1.5" strips if you would like.

I just enjoyed working from the very

bottom of the scrap chain using 

little bits.

Do what works best for you, but, 

use variety!

Sew strips together in the proper order.

Here I sewed two strips together at a time.....

And before long.......

TAAAAAAA DAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

A cute litte Christmas tree block you can have fun with.

To finish mine, I cut a 10" square of backing fabric,

and a 10" square of batting

then I stitched in the ditch on each of them.

Squared them up, and then

I used 1: 2.25" strip width of fabric to 

bind each little quilt.

These will be great little gifts for 

some of my quilting friends.

I hope you make some for your friends too!

ENJOY!!!!!!

Merry Christmas!
Let me know if you make some!

In other news...........

En Provence Clue 2

was posted on Friday.

You may find everything pertaining to Bonnie's mystery quilt

HERE.

We worked with the Tri Recs rulers for this clue.

Neutral triangles cut.......

Corner pieces cut from red constant......

(Bonnie's magenta)

And before I knew it, I had 100 of these babies made!

All ready to be trimmed this week.

YEEEEEEEHAW!

Patriotic mystery quilt version link up with

Alycia Quilts

Linking up with Bonnie's

Link Up Monday Part 2

Ready for clue 3 now!

Thanks again Bonnie for ALL you do for

your friends, and followers.

I hope you ALL enjoy

this blessed time of year!

Thanks for all of the encouragement!

Keep on quilting!

From the Quilt Cave,

Kevin the Quilter