When my 3 kids were small we started a tradition where we placed elves around the house the 1st of December and told the kids "Be Good, Santa's Elves are Watching". Now that my oldest son has 2 children of his own, he asked me to design a quilt depicting our family tradition. It was a lot of fun to design.
I just looked around the house for hiding places to put the elves and then turned them into quilt blocks. I used a curved piecing border and added red buttons for the holly berries and red bells on the ends of the elves hats. I have the 3 quilts done for the kids and am now working on mine. This way each family will be able to remember and carry on our fun tradition.

Totally adorable!!! Great job :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

I love it!

i love the elves watching.. I've heard this before and do it with the grand kids now....

Makes you feel good when the kids want to pass on the family traditions from when they were little. Beautiful work with lovely memories.

We always had Elfie in the tree to watch the kids one year he left a note with a small box of candy for them. To this day an elf goes in my tree. Cute tradition and adorable quilt.

Love your quilt!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

We started something like this last year with an Elf On The Self. The kids love it. They are already wondering when "Fred" (our elf) is going to show up this year :-o

that is just too, too cute! i wish i had time to make it for my DGKs this year. too many other projects on my list.

WOW. :) Great pattern and awesome quilt. Lovely way to remember your family tradition.

How incredibly creative is this!! I wish I was in your family (smile). This is just awesome and what a thoughtful gift for your family members. Thank you for sharing.