I know I always say this but I absolutely fell in love with Riley Blake's Be Merry holiday fabric when I saw it last year. It's so me, a pink & green Christmas! As usual, I bought a ton and stuffed it in a bin. Then this summer I participated in a Christmas in July workshop and decided to pull this out and use it. My initial plan was to make 2 throw size quilts for my kids but as I kept adding rows I realized they would be extremely long skinny quilts. Inspiration struck and I split one in half added the polka dot strips to the entact quilt and then attached the halves to either side. It turned out big enough for a queen size bed. Since I was "only" doing straight line quilting in the ditch on each stripe I figured I'd do it at home on my Bernina rather than using the longarm. I don't think I'll be trying that again, especially in August! The words were raw edge appliqued in the center after the quilt was quilted. I also made a couple of matching pillowcases to finish off the look. Now we just have to decide which bed it will warm: )
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