Oh Alyce, back at it with the HSTs… I’m sorry, I just have a bit of a love affair for the shapes that they create! This time, creating a Wreath mini quilt (and not ‘wrath’ as I keep typing, ha!) for issue 53 of Love Patchwork & Quilting – their Christmas issue.
I used a range of scraps in grassy greens and low volumes for this one. And kept the quilting simple with diagonal lines going through the squares in the standard Aurifil 2021 that I use for piecing as well, and then some curves through the greens using Aurifil 1114 to lend a little more leafiness to them.
While this exact one will be going on the wall for Christmas, it certainly isn’t restricted to just being a Christmas wall hanging. You could easily use different coloured fabrics to make it as bright and colourful as you like. Or go for oranges and reds for a fall wreath! Or add some coloured flower quilting to make it more spring-y. Make it your own, that’s for sure!
Paige @Quilted Blooms says
Lovely assortment of greens for Christmas! Well done! Congrats on being included!
Alyce says
Thanks Paige! I love working with LP&Q – they’re such a great team!
Brenda C says
Love HST myself. What a sweet wreath this is. So simple yet so effective and like you say it can be changed up in many different ways. For another idea you could add some simple embroidery to the center or the corners. I’m thinking simple as in Red work but not necessarily red.
Alyce says
Yes, absolutely!!