Pattern or Design for Challah Cover
 

After refusing to let my husband keep my Christmas tree quilt using beautiful Lauren Burch fabrics, I promised to make a Challah cover for us. A Challah cover is about 18 X 24 and is used in a ceremonial way to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath. I would like something very colorful. Even a design would work. I found some patterns on line but they were either too blah or not appropriate for quilting. Any ideas???

Would you want to do an embroidery design on this challa cover?

I found a great place for Jewish embroidery designs when a friend was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Many of us made blocks for her. Mine had the symbol for LIFE on it. It was beautiful.

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Would your challah cover be something that you wanted to be very opulent or more homey? Looking at images on a Google search, they seem to run the gamut (and thanks for helping me learn about something new to me today!) Perhaps a crazy quilt design, with fabrics and embroidery that are meaningful to your family? For a more traditional quilt pattern that would translate to a smaller size, you might look for doll quilts or miniature quilts to get some ideas. Just about any pattern can be downsized and made brighter with different fabrics.

I need to do something quilted and artsy for DH. Something like this picture but it will all be free hand.

That's pretty, looks like machine applique with a satin stitch finish around the pieces. Please share with us what you do, I'm curious to see it now. :)