Christmas Snowflakes from Bernina
 

This was an easy pattern to help use up some Christmas fabrics....free quiltalong, snowflake, on the Bernina blog.
I wanted to try a batting that would have a little more loft than the cotton batting I usually use, so I purchased Hobbs PolyDown. It did give me a higher loft, but I did not enjoy working with it all....maybe I needed to adjust the tension or something, but I feel like my FMQing took 5 steps backwards! I couldn't control the quilt as I quilted....or something! It has a pretty drape to it, but it's not as warm as my other lap quits. I learn new things with every quilt I make!

Love the quilting and the Christmas colors. :)

May I ask what size the 4 patch blocks are please! I love your fabric choices.

Love your quilt. I saw that pattern on their website and thought it was "nice", but would probably not make it. Seeing yours makes me want to start one right away. Maybe I can start one after I finish my holiday sewing.

Sorry about your difficulties quilting this but it is still a beautiful quilt. The colors, fabrics, and design are just wonderful.

Well I think your quilt & quilting is lovely ..jj

very nice holiday quilt just luv the colors you used
I bookmarked the link to the pattern
Gale

nicely done... interesting pattern

I love this quilt but wonder if I can make it and quilt it with loops or stipples? I can't do the beautiful quilting as you did but really like this quilt.

I gave away what I had of Hobbs Poly Down since I started using Hobbs 80/20 when they first introduced it at Quilt market many years ago. Poly just wants to shift on you, cotton doesn't.

Here is the pattern:
http://www.quiltviews.com/free-patte...g-from-bernina

I just love this!!!!!

Wonderful quilting and quilt!

Thanks for posting the link, Maniacquilter!
Fabstripper, you can quilt this any way you want to quilt it! I believe the sample quilt was done in an all over stipple. I wanted to practice feathers...and after doing a few of them with this batting, I was ready to throw in the towel! The borders have a small ribbon/ loop with snowflakes thrown in...I couldn't bring myself to do anymore feathers! My DSM made me promise to never use poly batting again! ;)

Ooooo I love it! It's a great quilt to put lots of detail into

Very pretty quilt, and your quilting is lovely!

Your fabric choice for this pattern is fabulous. Love the quilting too.

I like this. Using Christmas colors without it looking overly traditional. Great job.

pretty and very good quilting.

Very pretty quilt!!!

Very pretty...your quilting is terrific!
I could also picture this done as a Summer theme quilt, because the pattern resembles fish to me.
K

What a lovely quilt. Thanks for the tip re: the lofty batting. I've wanted to use something loftier a few times but haven't. You did a wonderful job with this quilt.

it is beautiful and interesting. Like most things, if it isn't broke don't fix it. Go back to using the batting you normally use. and get a slider. it helps with the FMQ.

Yours turned out much prettier than the one I saw on the Bernina site. Your fabrics are bright and cheery and although you say you had a difficult time quilting, it turned out lovely. Great job!

Very pretty! I think your quilting is great!

Very pretty quilt. I like that pattern - a good one for scraps. Thanks for sharing.

I like this quilt. Polyester batting is slippery making it harder to control. Cotton grabs the fabric so it stays in place better. However the poly is lighter and makes it easier that way. My preference is cotton or cotton/poly combo.

Your persistence paid off.............it is lovely. Like others have said, I like 80/20 or all cotton too. Thanks for posting. I like your color choices better than the sample!

what a lovely quilt, love the colors and quilting!

Love the quilt and quilting!

Your quilt is lovely! I really like the pattern too. Than you so much for sharing.

Luv this quilt....just downloaded the free pattern........Thanks for sharing

I love this quilt! Love how you used white in the blocks to make that single square stand out. Love your quilting, too; it looks great to me!

Your quilt is beautiful! So is your quilting. Great job!

Just right for Christmas. Very nice quilting.

very nice great quilting!!

So beautiful...

Lovely quilt Jill. The red and green are so cozy and the white is so crisp. What I like is that it can nicely stay out all Winter or year for that matter.

Well, it came out just lovely. You did a beautiful job, and you got to learn something.

So cute! I really like how dense you quilted it.

One would never guess that you had any trouble with the quilting. What a beautiful quilt!