So here I am finding myself deciding to do a OBW for a Christmas present. I really don’t have time for this, but I guess I work well under pressure?
Anyway, I found this fabric on the sale rack at Olde City Quilt Shop in Burlington, NJ, where I had visited to attend a Kaffe Fassett class (that will have to be on another blog post). I just couldn’t resist this beautiful fabric from Wilmington Prints and of course, I just had to buy it because it was on sale!
Anyway, I needed a gift for a quilt group gift exchange and this year we could do anything we wanted for the person whose name we drew. So…..what to do for the person that decorates for every season and has about all the decorations available…..you make them a Christmas quilt!!
I am very enamored with the One Block Wonder quilts right now. It is amazing how one piece of fabric can take on such different designs when put together differently. In fact, I have all the blocks sewn for another one that I had to put aside so I could work on this one.
Just this week I received this glorious fabric in the mail……..I am already thinking about how this will turn into my next OBW!!!!
It seems to me the more scenic or flowing prints tend to have more variety in the blocks that are made! I had the pleasure of quilting this OBW for a customer of mine and she used a large flowery flowing fabric and look how gorgeous this quilt turned out!! This picture does not do it justice!!
Sorry…..I got distracted there…..back to the Christmas One Block Wonder Quilt!!!! 🙂
Our party was tonight, so I was finally able to give my person their gift and post this on my blog!! It has been suggested on the One Block Wonder Facebook page that I enter this into a show in Pigeon Forge, TN next year, so maybe I will be able to talk my friend into loaning it back to me to send off to a show?
Here is the progress of the quilt from start to finish.
If you have not ever tried this technique before, I would suggest you look through your stash and see if you have any prints that you can use. All you need is 6 repeats of the pattern in the fabric. If you need further information on the One Block Wonder, there are a couple of books out there: http://www.amazon.com/Maxine-Rosenthal/e/B001JRZGI4
I hope if you try making a One Block Wonder quilt, you will enjoy it as much as I have!!!
Awesome job. I liked seeing the fabric you used. I did one that had too much white. Darn. One are a learning process. It is magic to see how the blocks turn out.