Last Minute Gift Idea - Christmas Angel or Christmas Pie Table Topper

I told myself that I wasn't going to do a Christmas quilt this year. I still haven't even put up the tree and I will be picking up Mom and Uncle John on Sunday for a week long visit, with my sister and her family coming from Missouri on Wednesday.  There is always so much going on.  But I really wanted to show how to draft a hexagon quilt in Electric Quilt and I decided this is a really easy project

So I couldn't resist.  I have two table topper options for you.

Christmas Angel

Christmas Pie

The video on how I drafted this quilt in EQ is here.  It is less complicated than it looks.

Rotary cutting charts for the blocks are here.  Sizing is exact (i.e. no oversized pieces).    

• Christmas Angel Rotary Cutting Chart
  
• Christmas Pie Rotary Cutting Chart
  

For the borders use 1-1/2" strips for the sashing (4 1-1/2” x 7" and 4 1-1/2” x 8”)and 2-1/2" strips for the outer border (4 2-1/2” x 12” and 4 2-1/2” x 8”).  I have a few diagrams on piecing the borders.

Add 1-1/2" x 7" sashing to four corners.

Trim using the outsides edges of your block as the guide. (Note that the picture is shown without seam allowances.)

Add 1-1/2" x 8" sashing strips to four sides.

Trim the outside edges using the previous set of sashing strips as your guide.

Repeat the process by adding the 2-1/2" x 8" strips on the four corners. Trim using the sashing as a guide.

Then add the 2-1/2" x 12" strips to all four sides and trim using the previous border as a guide.

If this is a Christmas gift, you can stitch in the ditch and it will be done in a jiffy. 

Happy quilting -- and Merry Christmas.

Kari

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