I made this wall-hanging for my neighbor. She likes to decorate for holidays, and she likes blue. When I found this pattern, I was inspired to make it for her. It uses Angelina fibers in the tree, and hot fix crystals on the larger snowflakes. Those were both new techniques to me.

Beautiful. Was it hard to do?

I love the free motion look, it is really pretty and Christmasy.

Beautiful!

No, it was not hard to do. The instructions went on at length about getting the grid of blocks straight, and it just wasn't that hard. They even had me buy a special gridded flannel, which was a total waste of money. I couldn't get the grid straight because it just clinged to the batting underneath. I ended up drawing my own lines and then just eye-balling it. It is a quilt-as-you-go project. Getting the applique tree enlarged was the most difficult part. The machines generally don't enlarge by 450% (as was required), so I increased it 225% and then again by 200%. It has a lot of steps, but they are not difficult.

She will be able to use it all season long :mrgreen: She will love it , I do :thumbup:

Very Pretty.

beautiful!

What is the pattern called and where did you find it? Very pretty for gift-giving.

That is lovely and will look good for the whole winter.

Wow, what a gift for your friend. Your wall hanging is beautiful.

Great job on attempting and accomplishing a new technique!

what a beautiful work of art

Just lovely!! Makes me think of a snowy winter's night!!

I really like it..looks great :)

It's so elegant. Very nice.

That's really pretty, what a nice job

That is so pretty. I love the modern look. Great job and thanks for sharing.

Gorgeous!

I just ran across that the other day and added it to my to do list. How pretty your version turned out!

That is simply beautiful!

Gorgeous!!

I love the blue and I love your technique! It's beautiful! Thank you for sharing it!

What are 'Angelina fibers' and 'hot fix crystals', please? Where did you find them?

Just lovely simple lines. It's beautiful!!

I love it and the colors are great.

The pattern is called Winter Magic and can be found in the December 2010 edition of Quilter's World magazine. It was designed by Ann Lauer for Grizzly Gulch Gallery.

Love the design. Very wintery, but a new take on snow.

Beautiful, you did a great job and she's sure to love it!!!

Beautiful.

wow, sure worked up just as good as the picture in the magazine! i hope mine turns out as nice as yours. it's stacked up in line, but down a few.

It's beautiful, she will love it!

Beautiful!

The pattern is called "Winter Magic," and I found it in the December issue of Quilter's World (available online).

http://www.quiltersworld.com/

Angelina fibers are thin angel-hair-like fibers that you spread out and iron with a cool iron. They fuse to themselves creating a crystalline sheet of "fabric" that you can sew like anything else. They come in different colors and sheens. I got mine from "Embellishment Village" online.

The hot fix crystals are little rhinestones with glue on their flat side. You hit them with an iron to activate the glue, and they stick to whatever you're ironing them to. I forget where I got them, but you can find them online by simply doing a search for "hot fix crystals."

Thank you all for your kind comments.

When you need to enlarge, use posterazor.
You just scan the picture in, tell it what size you want it to be and the amount of overlap and it will do it for you. It's awesome.

Very pretty!

I saw that in a recent mag...love it..such a good job

Very nice :-P

Just beautiful. :thumbup:

It's fabulous! Any houses for sale close by? LOL