Flurry Quilt

It's the weekend after Thanksgiving, which means the nearby park's picnic area is filled with Christmas Trees and for $45, you can have one of your choosing.

This year, given the global pandemic and the death of my mother-in-law (to cancer), I'm squelching my inner grinch and leaning into the cheer. Having a almost-three-year-old who hollers, "I love Christmas!" whenever the topic comes up, might be helping me grow my heart by a size or two.

We've got two real trees this year--one on the porch and another in the great room. This is in addition to four small fake ones and numerous other decorations. A new part of the decor this year is a quilt I made from Flurry fabrics by Ruby Star Society.

I first fell in love with the bears in this fabric line & I ended up ordering a fat quarter bundle after seeing that for the most part, the line is happy and wintery, not so much Christmas-y.

Having only a fat-quarter pack to work from and wanting to highlight the bears, which are quite tall, I decided to make LARGE economy blocks & to fill in the fabric bouquet with scraps or possibly yardage from my stash.

I used this tutorial for the 12" economy blocks with the small adjustment of making the centers from 4-patches of 3-12/" squares, rather than a single 6-1/2" square.

I had it quilted by Kathy Koch, a friend who lives in the area. She did a brilliant job.

It's a great quilt to cuddle under and also cheers up our couch when not in use!