Sew and Tell- Holly Jolly Christmas Quilt

I finished this one up late yesterday. Just in time to share today for amylouwho's Sew & Tell. It really is a little push to get things finished up to share on Fridays. Three weeks in a row I have shared quilts. I'm on a roll! Anyhow, this quilt was started last November I believe. Round 4 of Old Red Barn Co's awesome quilt along. I had this top finished in January, but set it aside because I lost my steam.

In the past couple of weeks I have got the itch to get some Christmas gifts done. This one is a gift for my mother in law. I think she will like the fabrics. They are a mix of Nancy Halvorson's "I Believe in Santa" and "12 Days of Christmas." All go really well together. It took me a really long time to decide how I should quilt this(probably why I lost my steam in January). Usually something this large I would want to straight stitch, but this quilt made me bite the bullet and free motion quilt it. It is the largest quilt I have free motion quilted, but I kept and even stitch pretty well, and only had a few puckers on the backing.

I added a tag to this one, which is something I have been slacking on. And I named it "Holly Jolly Christmas." It was the only song lyric I could think of while closing the binding. I think it suits this quilt pretty well. I'm happy!!