Christmas quilts --- from prior years

As I am going through my stack of finished quilts, and there are lots of them, I am trying to make sure they are all on my spreadsheet list. I am trying to remember to take a quick pic of each one. I thought I'd show you a couple Christmas ones.

Santa on vacation... I titled it "Wish you were here!"
I cut all components free hand with no patterns. The shirt was printed on a tropical fabric. It's small but there are always little places for a display...

I didn't try to take a real quality photo of each quilt because of time, just took them on my bed, then folded each to keep with the other seasonal quilts.

Santa is cavorting on the beach with Prancer who is wearing a life preserver, Santa is resting under a 3-D palm tree, holding a Mai Tai, and has sunburned knees! I grew up in Florida and saw many snowbirds with white skin, and red sunburns over the holidays!!

The other little quilt was a purchased embroidery. I set it simply and quilted hills of snow into it. A little embroidered fabric is tempting, but then you need to figure out how to quilt around embroidery. It reminds me that one doesn't always have to choose to be good... Milo has taken that to heart!

As I mentioned, I am taking quick shots and this one is fairly large for a wall piece at about 55" square. It was a kit using Linda DiBono patterns. I worked on it at a retreat, when we moved to this house and didn't know where my stuff was. That was about 17 years ago.

 Each applique is fused on, and heavily machine embroidered. The quilting is heavily done with sliver mylar thread that is fussy but very shiny and reflective.

The borders were my idea, and have couched brightly colored chenille yarn, and lots of sparkly threads.

I made this runner last year I think. It's done with a pretty border print and 60 degree triangles. 

It is also quilted with metallic gold thread, from Superior.

I love to see my older quilts come out of hiding. There are more Christmas quilts including bed quilts of Hunter Stars and others with applique or row by row designs. Our home is so small I just have stored them without being able to bring them out each year because they were "stored"

Now they have to be transported out West.
OMG

Have I mentioned I have more than 200 quilts?
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