Peppermint Bark Christmas Quilt

 A few years ago I stumbled upon this Peppermint Bark fat quarter bundle at a great sale price and I waited for a pattern that would showcase those great colors and prints. 

The Cleo Quilt pattern from Kitchen Table Quilting felt right and in June 2024 I started pressing all the fat quarters. I also threw in these 2 plaid prints because I think every quilt needs some plaid. 😉

The chiddlers wanted Christmas snuggle quilts and I gave them each one last year so I'm looking to replenish ours and I think this will fit the bill. On another afternoon, I cut everything up and put it in a bin until I could find some time to sew. In July I sewed all the blocks and worked on trimming them in batches.

And then we moved. With all of our outdoor projects, it took a while to set things up in my sewing room, but this was the first project I reached for to work on in our new home. Once I made 4 blocks, I was hooked and I put it all together quickly. But then it sat for over a year as other projects took precedence 

But I finally had it quilted and made it my evening binding project just before and during the Olympics. Sandy quilted it with a design called Hot Cocoa. The prints are busy and it's difficult to see the quilting, but it shows up nicely in the back

It finishes at 72" x 92" 

The wind has been howling here for 3 days, making it a challenge to take pictures

I just really like the way the fabrics work together

These trees are my favorite

 A red Grunge from my fabric pantry was pulled for the binding.

Even though this is a Christmas quilt and it's February, we all know that we'll blink twice and it'll be time to drag this out

Everyone else is ready for spring, but I've enjoyed every stitch of this Christmas-y quilt while I was binding it.