Warm January Quilts

January is a good month to enjoy quilts

especially here in Colorado.

Everyone needs one or two to snuggle under to stay toasty warm

on those cold January nights.

Here are a few of my favorites.

"Snowed IN"

2003

A Kansas Troubles Quilters' pattern

I love using  only two colors in a pattern

Each block had 17 buttons to sew on.

That's 153 buttons!

I had to buy a large jar of mother of pearl buttons

off of Ebay to have enough.

I'm glad I had the label on the back to remind me 

of the story of this quilt.

 "Wear Warm Clothes"

1995

This pattern is from Country Threads.

It is one of my favorites.

I taught it several times as a class and

it was fun to see how everyone had fun with this collage type quilt.

I especially like the red long johns.

My label is directly behind that part of the quilt, if you 

get my drift.

 Flap door label

 " Winter Wonderland"

1990

This pattern "Snowbound" is from "Red Wagon".

It really was the first pattern I used that pushed me into the

folk art style.

Plaids and stripes were just making there way into the quilting scene.

Roberta Horton introduced us to the concept of

"casually off-grain"

I was hooked.

Maybe because there are many times I do

feel "casually off-grain".

 The quilt is done with hand applique

and hand quilted.

 

Always glad I've added a label.

  " Merry Christmas"

2008

The pattern is in Kim Diehl's book Simple Seasons.

Even though I titled this quilt Merry Christmas, 

the snowmen seem more appropriate for January.

I made this for the Stashbuster's class I teach.

I used lots of different and  favorite fabrics, but

didn't use up much.

Oh, well...

 

I machined appliqued these pieces and used white

wool for the snowmen.  

They're just so cute.

I machine quilted it.

The backing fabric was in my stash and 

was perfect combo with the top.

We've had several days of below zero temps.

The evenings find the 3 of us, Ed, me and the cat, cozy

under a pile quilts chasing away the chill.

The perfect  solution for a cold January night.

Until Next Time-Stay Warm,