A Very Merry Christmas Quilt

Today I started on a Christmas Quilt.

I picked up this Riley Blake layer cake

a few months ago and have been watching

for just the right pattern for it.

If you're ever in need of boosting your

quilting/crafting mojo, a visit to a favorite

store always helps. 

My favorite quilt shop had this beauty

hanging on the wall. 

(Sorry about the cel phone pic, plus, it was hanging high on

the wall and there was a shadow being cast on it.)

The pattern looks nothing like it.
(pictured on the left; the other is for another day!). 
I really prefer the fabrics/colors

that the quilter at the shop chose.

The fabric requirements are given in yardage
and not "layer cakes" so I was concerned about 
wasting a bit of fabric; I also made sure the
quilt shop had plenty of these on hand for

whatever I'd still need after cutting up the cake.

Here are my rows so far, hanging on top

 of my organizer buckets.

(that shelf comes in handy for SO many things!)

I do need to buy a little more fabric and the borders

 but you can get a little idea of how it's going to look. 

(I really didn't waste much of the layer cake, btw.)

I kinda miss the blue that the quilt shop's had.

Maybe I'll just have to make another one?

I use clothespins to mark everything.  On one

side, I have letters; on the other, I have numbers.

I pencil these "codes" in on the pattern to coordinate

and keep track of what's what so that

it's just easier to put together...and to know where

I'm at if I have to set it aside for a while.

It's good for little notes to myself, too.  My ADD

 issue shows up in quilting as well as my

knitting so I've learned to keep uber-organized!

Well, that's as far as I could go today.

I'm not going to make it back into the quilt shop till

Wednesday so look for more photos then!