alidiza: January 2026

Friday, January 16, 2026

Special Snowflake

If you've been around a while you know I can get a bit obsessed with a fabric collection and make things with it until I've used up every last scrap. Christmas in the City was no exception. Once I'd pieced my Atomic Star quilt I had plenty of fabric left to play with. So I made yet another one of these Christmas Baubles wall hangings to test thread colors and a coordinating pillow... but there was still more fabric. The AGF Lookbook for this collection had this pink and green version of Modern Handcraft's snowflake quilt and it seemed like a great way to bust the rest of my stash.

First up, I love this pattern. It is well written and gives you lots of options. The directions are clear and there are lots of diagrams. It's not so much a hard quilt to make but there are a lot of pieces to manage. I really missed having my design wall to keep track of where everything goes. I had to settle for using my bed and a copious number of post-its.

Let's just take a moment to appreciate this seam matching on the back!!! If you aren't familiar with using a glue stick to match your center seam check out this excellent print matching tutorial by Suzy Quilts.

I had to climb under my bed to get this one basted. I'm going to need to figure something out if I want to make bigger quilts.

For the quilting I started by outlining the snowflake and then stitching along the seam lines of the patchwork sections. It was as tedious as it sounds but I binged some of my favorite classic holiday films to help the time pass.

With that done I had to decide how to quilt the snowflake. I looked at a lot of versions of this quilt and most people either do straight lines or an all over motif. I finally decided to do my own FMQ snowflake meander. I like the way it softens the hard lines of the rest of the quilt and adds a bit of whimsy.

Past me had graciously made the binding when she finished piecing the quilt so I was able to get the binding on in time for another cozy Christmas movie night and now this one is ready for action.