Ahh, finally I can reveal the “secret sewing” project I’ve alluded to several times this year. I finished it last summer, but it’s going to the home of one of my faithful blog followers. Not wanting to spoil the surprise, it’s been tucked out of sight until now!

I purchased this fabric collection last December and then earlier this year I used Electric Quilt 8 to create this quilt pattern. It’s a busy design, but hey, it’s Christmas!

It was really fun fussy cutting the trunks that are in the center of most of the star blocks. I didn’t have quite enough trucks in the fabric I purchased so I used the sled fabric which was part of the collection of fabrics I purchased. It’s on-theme and I do like the variant blocks.

Here are some details of the quilting in the blocks. For more information about the free motion trees quilted in the alternate blocks, see my tutorial on September 2, 2021. You see the tree quilting better in the tutorial link.

This quilt was such much fun to make.

I’m taking a week off from blogging so there won’t be a post next week. I hope you all enjoy your holiday season! See you in 2022!