My Quip – 14 Christmas and Holiday Quilts Remaining

Good Day,

There are 14 Christmas and Holiday Quilts remaining. All are looking for that place these Holidays under the Tree. Just think, the cold, cold of winter is quickly approaching… and you could be wrapped up in front of the fire place in your own Quilts SB Quilt.

Here are the images of the 14 Christmas and Holiday Quilts available.

Not Til D 25

Noël Diptych - closed

Noël Diptych - open

OP Noël II

OP Noël I

OP Ornament

Christmas Cosine

Christmas Day

Christmas Harlequin Plus

Noël Green Coins

Noël Red Coins

Christmas Packages I

Christmas Packages II

Moon Racer

PJ and Packages

Even though it is 79°F, 26.1°C here in Tampa, just think of the Holiday cheer that accompanies a new Quilt. Give a Quilt for the Holidays. Check out our posted On Sale and our currently available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy. Stay-tuned for an extra discount on Christmas Quilts available, after Thanksgiving. We are planning to start our 2012 Holiday line shortly.

Also check out my new experimental format of my Blog, Quilts SB Test. Certainly would appreciate your feedback.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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Q77 – Christmas Quilt – Hidden Treasure

Afternoon,

Do you recollect that there are times that you may have not put out all the Christmas gifts under the tree…? And you tax your brain trying to remember; just where in the hell you secreted it away. And sometime later, all of a sudden, you discover a wrapped present hiding in some drawer or in some closet snuggled out of the way.

Well that’s what we’ve done. I was sort of tidying up the house today preparing for Saturday and thought to myself that I needed a quilt to put on display. In the Quilt-Room my eyes were immediately drawn to one tightly rolled bundle of red. Definitely a Hidden Treasure…

This quilt has not been included in our Quilt Grid, nor could I find any write up that I had prepared for a future posting on Quilts SB. It sort of just appeared. Now don’t get me wrong, I remember, and Andy remembers, making this quilt. It is a simple patchwork quilt that we cut the squares and threw them all into a bag. Next we randomly pulled out the patches and sewed them together in the order that they were pulled. And ta-da, here is our Hidden Treasure.

The dimensions of Hidden Treasure are: Length – 81” (205.7 cms) and Width – 62” (157.5 cms). The fabric and the batting is 100% cotton. The prints can be seen in other ones of our quilts. The quilting is in red thread and it is a meandering stipple stitch.

Here are a number of additional images of close ups and the backing of the quilt. (Today is the gorgeous Florida weather that I love. All the windows and sliding glass doors are open, and I'm in my bare-feet. Happy Holidays.)

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

Please let me know if anything on the Blog site does not properly work, or do what it says it is supposed to do. I’m always striving to make sure an ease of use.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

Check out our recently announced Christmas Quilt sale and discounts. Our sale on Christmas and Holiday quilts runs from today through December 31st.

Enjoy,

Andy and Jim

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Q76 – Christmas Quilt – OP Ornament

Morning,

These past couple of days have been busy days, and as promised here is the last, not necessarily the final, but the last quilt of our 2010 OP Nöel Series, Op Ornament. The design for OP Ornament was inspired from a piece entitled “Hypothesis Art From Pure Mathematics” by Harvey Rayner that I stumbled upon in my search for possible optical ideas for our quilt series. His website is Root 2 ART:.

Using Harvey Rayner’s idea I sat down with my Corel Draw and Excel software and mapped out the possibility of recreating one of his visual works as a quilt. The next idea was to use as much of the remaining fabric that we had used in all of our previous quits in our OP Nöel Series. All fabric, as I previously mentioned in my postings, for this quilt and all the ones in our OP Nöel Series was obtained through Fabric.com.

OP Ornament begins at the center of the quilt with four 9 ¼” by 9 ¾” (23.5 cms by 24.76 cms) almost-squares. The four corner squares are at about ¾” by ¾” (1.9 cms by 1.9 cms). That’s right; the four corner squares are small. They are about 0.6%, that is, less than 1%, the size of the center almost-squares. Excluding the binding and the backing, there are 960 squares and rectangles all pieced together. The dimensions of OP Ornament are: Length - 68" (172.7 cms); Width - 77½" (196.8 cms).

This quilt was a challenge for us especially as we wanted it too create some form of optical illusion while keeping to the elements of our Holiday Series.

Here are a number of more images of close ups and the backing of the quilt. (Even though the pictures were taken by the pool, it is freezing and one would develop hypothermia should they enter.)

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

Please let me know if anything on the Blog site does not properly work, or do what it says it is supposed to do. I’m always striving to make sure an ease of use.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

Check out our recently announced Christmas Quilt sale and discounts. OP Angel, as well as Isle of The Misfit Toys are at their new homes and are securely bundled and wrapped under the Christmas tree.

We have begun work on a newly commissioned quilt, which will be designed in the form of a blue Bargello quilt.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Iceberg In Our Pool - OP Ornament Under Construction

Afternoon,

We thought we would just touch base to let you know what’s going on in our world of Quilts SB.

It is cold here in the land of the sun. We even had an iceberg in the pool. All-things-being-equal, it should be warming up a bit by the end of next week. The new moon is tonight and the next full moon, which of course may be our 3rd day of winter, falls on the 21st of December.

We have been working on the latest quilt, OP Ornament, of our OP Nöel Series. The top is comprised of 960 pieces ranging from 1 ¼” by 1 ¼”, (3.175 cms by 3.175 cms), to 10 ¼” by 10 ¼”, (26.035 cms by 26.035 cms). The ¼” or 0.635 cms is the selvage on each of the sides of each square allowing for the stitching of pieces together.

The initial design of OP Ornament has a look of a colorful flying carpet so it has been a mystery to us as to what exactly the final top will look like. The majority of the fabric for OP Ornament was obtained through Fabric.com. Stay tuned for my updates.

Don’t forget that all are Christmas and Holiday Quilts are on sale at our Quilts SB Etsy site. If an “Uh oh!” screen appears after you click on a picture of one of the Sale Quilts, I’m sorry to say but it has found a new home… but I’m not really sorry. If you would like us to design a similar one as one that is no longer available please feel free to get in touch with me. We welcome new and your commissions.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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Q69 - Christmas Quilt - OP Nöel I

Afternoon,

And before I settle in to make our contribution to tomorrow’s Thanksgiving feast, I thought that we had better post our latest quilt addition to ourOP Nöel Series. Ladies and gentlemen, our newest quilt, OP Nöel I.

OP Nöel I is our original design, and as you can see it is of similar festive and holiday fabrics as Nöel Diptych, OP Nöel II, Not Til D25, and OP Angel. OP Angel has found a new home in Seffner, Florida.

The geometric pattern design of OP Nöel I is identical to that of Starry Nights, squares in parallel lines. And once again in the glorious sunshine I have taken images of OP Nöel I. The top is composed of two fabrics; Peace Love Faith of MMFab, Inc. and a solid Burgundy Red compliment. The backing is Tone on Tone Maize fabric blend.

The dimensions of OP Nöel I are: Width – 57” (144.8 cms) and Length – 70 ½” (179.1 cms). The quilting is a series of parallel lines three-quarters of an inch apart, comprised of 53,400 stitches. The binding is Tone on Tone Maize and is hand-stitched the complete distance of the border.

Here are some images of close ups and the backing.

Please remember that the actual shades and tones of the colors may or may not appear as clear and crisp in the images.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

Please let me know if anything on the Blog site does not properly work, or do what it says it is supposed to do. I’m always striving to make sure an ease of use.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

Stay tuned for our new quilts – OP Ornament. Check out our recently announced Christmas Quilt sale and discounts. As mentioned above, OP Angel, as well as Isle of The Misfit Toys are on their way to their new homes in Florida.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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