Glad Tidings is a quilt design made specifically for the festive season. When I designed it originally, I had wheat sheaths surrounding a Rose of Sharon as the central design motif, but felt it looked too autumnal to lend itself to a Christmas quilt. So the wheat became an apple before I finally settled on a pomegranate for allegorical reasons. The rose is a Christmas Rose in my mind, with an unfurling bud that also represents a swaddled infant.
I love the repetition of the motif in the design and I’ve purposely kept the blocks nice and large to make applique a breeze (well, at least by my standards!) You can see that I have two options for the blocks—being either a Star or a Dresden. The reason is, I simply couldn’t decide between them, so offered both. When I make my own, I’ll make two because I really do love them equally.
The Dresden lends itself to fussy cut broderie perse in the centre of each bloom and the stars work so well that I couldn’t ignore them as an option. The projects are as follows:
Glad Tidings Bed Quilt: 80 x 80 inches (in Dresden or Star Block option)
Glad Tidings Throw Quilt: 58 x 58 inches (in Dresden or Star Block option)
Glad Tidings Table Runner: 60 x 24 inches (in Dresden or Star Block option)
Whether you're after a bed quilt, a throw quilt or a table runner, Glad Tidings lends itself to either project. For the next 3 days I'll be sharing a project each day in its own post, so stay tuned. You know how I'm always ummming and ahhhing over fabric for quilt projects? Well not this time! Do you like these colourings? I think green and red with splashes of gold is timeless and goes with everything come December.
Glad Tidings has been colour schemed in 'Holiday Flourish' available from Kimberly's Fabric Stash, why not stop by and browse her online store?
Glad Tidings has been colour schemed in 'Holiday Flourish' available from Kimberly's Fabric Stash, why not stop by and browse her online store?
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Another beautiful project, Esther :-)
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Beautiful!! Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. I love your quilts but not on Yahoo. :( Happy Stitching.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Esther for your generosity if giving us these beautiful patterns.
ReplyDeletegorgeous! thank you muchly!
ReplyDeleteBoth designs are beautiful! Can't deside ;)
ReplyDeleteLove the fabrics! The quilts are absolutely gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing....
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Gorgeous patterns!
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