Snowman wearing Scarf & Ear Muffs Quilt

It's been snowing here all night and we have maybe 3"-5" accumulated. Our birdbath looks like it has 5" of snow piled on it, while the top of the fence wall looks like 3" or more. The trees are being weighed down from the weight of the snow and the ground is covered! Quite an early snow here, especially when we don't even get snow every year in this part of New Mexico. There has been a Winter Storm Warning for most of the state. There is a lot more snow in Santa Fe, Taos, and Raton (near the Colorado border) has had a lot of snowfall already. Raton is expected to get an additional 3"-10" of snow today. with temperature at 25 degrees F this morning! So since I had been writing blog posts of some winter/Christmas quilts I made, I thought this might be the perfect one to share today on such a snowy day. ☃❄❅❆⛄🌨

I made this quilt and then I mounted in on an artist canvas and added a stick on thingamabob on the back for hanging it up. It is at the local gift shop for sale. 

The quilt measures 11" wide x 14" high.

Isn't he a cute snowman? ☃❄❅❆⛄🌨🏂

Stay warm and safe everyone, especially if there is snow in your area.

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Let it Snow Quilt

I finished my Let it Snow quilt, which was a mystery Block-of-the-Month from Buttermilk Basin last year. I had started out using white background fabric that had silver glitter in it, but in the end there was too much white with the background and snowmen. I wanted it to look like a snowy scene, but with so much white, you couldn't see some things from a distance. So I painted the background a blue sky color so that the snowmen would pop more and that made it look better. I had posted the first few blocks on this blog as I finished them with the white background. You can do a search for them to compare, if you are interested, by using my search feature on the right side of this blog.

This was the last block which is larger than the rest.

I used faux wool (flannel) for the applique and the border and  binding too. I added a few snowflake buttons and I left off the bottom row of the quilt that called for pieced trees as I didn't care for that. I  really enjoyed appliqueing these blocks by hand with a blanket stitch. Even with my poor choice of white for a background color, the painted background saved this quilt and I am satisfied with the result.

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Snowman Table Runners

Star snowman table runner I made and gave to my daughter. I used up a lot of scraps making this runner.

Snowman & pinwheel table runner:

Used all scraps in making this. I fused and blanket-stitched around the eyes and mouth circles. Supposed to be buttons, but thought that fabric would work better and wash better too.

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