Seasonal quilts can be difficult for quilters sometimes because as exciting as the project is to make, and however lovely it is to display in the appropriate seasons, quilters don't want to invest too much money in paying for a pattern. These are some ways to get free quilt patterns for the holidays.
Free Christmas Themed Quilt Patterns
There are several lovely holiday quilt designs and Christmas quilt projects with themes and designs that are specific to the holiday season. These quilt patterns include Christmas trees,
- Joy be With You Quilt on TheQuiltShow.com – This is a lovely, appliqued quilt-block specifically for the Christmas holidays. The green sashing borders a red triangle design surrounding the white center block. In the center of the quilt block is an applique holly branch with leaves and berries.
- Snowball Quilt Pattern on How-To-Quilt.com – There are several variations of the Snowball Quilt Block pattern available for free on the How to Quilt website. Some quilters will do a Christmas quilt version in blue with white snowballs in order to emphasis the contrast, while others might choose holiday colors like green and red.
- Quick and Easy Quilted Bag on FaveCrafts.com – A perfect holiday quilt project, this little bag is the perfect size for Christmas or Hanukkah gift giving. Use the bag instead of wrapping paper for an eco-friendly, recyclable gift giving occasion!
- Snowflakes Wall Hanging on QuiltingBoard.com – In the Links and Resources section of this quilting forum board, you'll find several Christmas related patterns, a favorite being the Snowflakes Christmas pattern.
Adapting a Free Quilt Pattern for the Christmas and Holiday Season
Another great alternative is to use a standard quilt pattern and just adapt it to better suit the season. This is easily done by substituting the fabric choices of a quilt patter to be holiday related. As long as quilters make wise fabric substitution decisions, paying careful attention to color value and the size of the print in the fabric, it is possible to create stunning holiday pieces from free quilt patterns readily available online.
McCall's website, and Foster's and Pons websites both have a great selection of free quilt patterns available to browse online. To adapt a design for Christmas, quilters may choose to use a pattern like a snowball or star pattern that could be very seasonal with the right fabric selection.
Holiday Quilt Fabric Considerations
Consider using holiday print designs for your Christmas quilt such as holly berries, nativity star, pine trees, ornaments, snowmen, snowflakes, Santa Claus and more. Watch how the fabric designs match up within the design of the quilt so that large fabrics don't clash with smaller print designs. Generally, larger prints do better in larger block areas such as sashing, backing, filler blocks, etc. Smaller prints, marbles and vibrant solids can compliment whatever holiday print themes the quilter selects for their seasonal masterpiece!
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