Twelve Days of Christmas: Day 8

Christmas is drawing near, and we wanted to share some of the beautiful holiday quilts we've seen over the years. Here is Day 8 of  our series: Twelve Days of Christmas Quilts.   

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Christmas at St. Andrews, 84 x 84,  by Marilyn Badger, Utah

 

 

Second place winner at the 2019 Pacific International Quilt Festival and Best of Show winner at the 2020 Road to California show, Marilyn notes, " In all my years of quilting, I never made a Christmas quilt until now. This Claudia Myers original design was my inspiration." Marilyn goes on to explain that in keeping with the Scottish theme of Christmas at St. Andrews, Scotland, Claudia Myers gave her six yards of plaid fabric, which Marilyn fussy cut to make sure it lined up perfectly in the background. 

 

This stunning pattern appears to combine blocks of Hawaiian quilting, which are the red flowers, with partial blocks done in the Mariner's Compass or New York Beauty pattern. On Marilyn's website, she explains that this work is "pieced and appliqued with cotton and silk fabrics, stitched with metallic and kimono silk thread, hand embroidered, embellished with painted lace trims, Lumiere paint, Swarovski pearls and crystals with vintage jewelry in center."

Marilyn's spectacular quilt, with its dazzling motifs and rich, luxurious embellishments, truly exemplifies the splendor of the Christmas season.

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2019 Pacific International Quilt Festival.