Christmas in July Blog Hop – Mantle Quilt
We are participating in Carol from Just Let Me Quilt Christmas in July Blog Hop. Today is our day but the hop actually started on yesterday and runs through July 27th.
We shared a free pattern yesterday in our post if you would like to check it out!
Christmas Mantle Quilt
Our project for this Christmas in July blog hop is a mantle quilt. Or technically, a mantle-quilt-would-be because we actually made it for a chest that we use as a coffee table in our living room. The only difference is the width of the additional piece added on to the ‘stars’ of the show, so to speak.
Building a Mantle Quilt
It started with the idea of putting a sawtooth star on point. What if we strung a few of them on point? Three of them would like nice on the mantle, but we already have a cute mantle quilt. What if we made it for my mom’s old hope chest instead. An idea was born and turned into a project jus for this blog hop. Here’s a bit of the construction phase, which included some half-square triangles.
Finishing a Mantle Quilt
We measured our mantle at 7″ and our chest at 19″. We added 1/2″ for seam allowances and sewed a 46″ x 19.5″ green rectangle to the star row. That addition finished the quilt top, leading to the next phase of quilting. We chose a Christmas tree printed background and layered it. I switched out my pressor foot to my walking foot, and quilted straight-line about 1.5″ apart across the green rectangle.
Quilting of the stars themselves and the green triangles were also straight-line stitching in a 1/2″ in width. The green triangles quilting matched the same direction as the larger piece, or lengthwise. Star blocks quilting went in the opposite direction, or from point to point. We are very happy with how this project turned out, and we hope to share a pattern for this project if there is any interest. If you would like to see a pattern, please let us know in the comments.
Christmas in July Blog Hop Participants
Here is a list of all the participants – be sure to check each one of them out for all the Christmas fun!
July 23
- Creatin’ in the Sticks
- MooseStashQuilting
- Lily Patch Quilts
- Adventurous Applique and Quilting
- Melva Loves Scraps
- Sew Many Yarns
- Cynthia’s Creating Ark
July 24
- Wont-To-Be-Quilter
- Words & Stitches
- Home Sewn By Us – you are here – thank you for visiting!
- Desert Sky Quilting
- Thimblemouse and Spouse
- Seams To Be Sew
- Clever Chameleon Quilting
July 25
- Quilt Doodle Designs
- Kwilty Pleasures
- Creative Blonde
- Just Because Quilts
- Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting
- Quilter in Motion
- Made By Marney
July 26
- Quarter Inch Crafter
- Marjorie’s Busy Corner
- Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats
- Ms P Designs USA
- Selina Quilts
- Beaquilter
- Mountain Quiltworks
July 27
- Life in the Scrapatch
- Quilt n Party
- Days Filled With Joy
- Quilt Fabrication
- All Thingz Sewn
- Sew Golden A Chance
- Just Let Me Quilt
Our other Linky Parties can be found by clicking the link or along the sidebar on our website for more quilting fun – check out what our friends are up to. Like/follow us on our Facebook page and you can share your photos of what you’re working on. We would love to see them!
The fabrics and the pattern you have chosen bring the feeling of old country charm with the warmth of the holiday season complete with smells of cinnamon – like a grandma’s hug.
This is very pretty! I could see this project, sized for my buffet. Thanks for sharing!
When I first began quilting, I wanted to make mantle quilts for each of the holidays. But I had forgotten that until I read your post. Doh! Yours is delightful and will be something to look forward to each year. Guess I have something else to make now….
I love how this came out! The colors are perfect and the quilting accents the piece beautifully. I agree that a pattern would be wonderful and even better if you included how to adjust the number of stars!
What a great idea! I think I will have to make one…thanks for sharing!
What a fun and useful project!! You always do such a nice job of selecting something interesting, sewing it up, and writing about it.
I really like this pattern. I hope to duplicate it. Thanks for sharing the tutorial. quiltyladyrr@gmail.com
love your mantle quilt.
Well done! Very pretty. I do happen to have a mantle and a hearth. We don’t use the fireplace but yeah, if you had a pattern I would consider trying to replicate yours.
Hello Roseanne and Sue; I am fascinated with your video slide show, such a brilliant way to show the process while going through the information on the blog post. Plus, from what other bloggers have written in their comments everyone is enjoying it also. Of course, a pattern would be fantastic! I was delighted at reading your post and why you chose where you did and then to discover all the other possibilities from the other quilters comments! For some strange reason, Red-White-Blue Fabrics started playing in my head for a Fourth of July version. I picked out my fabrics and am washing them waiting for the great pattern…..but no pressure….no rush!!! Just love the two of you! Thank you for sharing your great video and fabulous project! Have a magnificent day!!
That is just gorgeous. What a way to dress up the mantle for the holidays!
This is such a cute project. I think you should do a pattern!
Very striking…well done.
this is lovely. love how the stars are on an angle. thanks for the encouragement.
I have a hope chest that my Aunt gave me years ago and also use it as a coffee table. Your project is great and I would love to see the pattern.
Beautiful mantle piece! This is a stunning design. Colors are so deep and rich, perfect for the Christmas season. I would love the pattern.
Great idea with a wonderful outcome. So many directions to expand the idea. I’m thinking a runner for the foot of my bed. From my couch you look at my bed. Those stars would be a perfect bedroom decoration for the holidays.
Yes, do the pattern please!! It is lovely, I can imagine that on all kinds of pieces.
This is a brilliant idea for a chest top! I love the stars hanging over the edge and how beautiful it looks on your chest. You’ve got my brain thinking of all sorts of ways to use this idea. Thanks for showing us how you made it and for joining in the hop!
Roseanne, this is such a fun idea! I love how it features the stars hanging down from the mantle or chest. A great way to decorate a spot where you see one side of it!
That is so gorgeous!! I made a mantle quilt(with snowmen of course) years ago. But haven’t use it much. Our fireplace is a corner one and so DH thought setting the big ole TV on there was a goo idea. It is too much work to get the quilt under it each year. Yes you should do a pattern for it;) I like your little movie of it’s construction too.
What a sweet idea. I don’t have a fireplace so ‘mantle’ things usually get ignored. Love that your using it on a table – creative.
So cute; I would love to create something similar for the holidays. Thank you!
Roseanne, the mantle quilt is beautiful! Yes — I would love to have the pattern. I don’t have a mantle but I do have a large tv stand that it would be perfect for 🙂 Happy Tuesday!
Love it and yes I would love the pattern!
I like the stars on there. Was it hard to do the binding?
What a clever idea and a very nice design!
This is a great idea. Loved hearing how it evolved and seeing how it came together. Have a fantastic week!
Lovely! Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea to use it over a chest like that.
Looks lovely and will warm your hearts come December.
Beautiful, lovely tradition colours. Really great idea 🌟
Would LOVE a pattern, please. Just beautiful.
Well, of course we want a pattern! That is just beautiful and I liked the rotating pictures to see what you did. That green is a perfect Christmas green for this, too. I have no mantle, BUT I have an entertainment center (ha, ha, fancy name for a place to put books, DVDs and a tv I don’t use!) and this would be great. I think I might need 5 stars long. Thanks for a great project!
Cute idea! I’ve always thought of making something like that for my piano!