simply crafted half square triangle flannel backed christmas quilt

If this picture doesn't make you want to curl up with a quilt, then I'm pretty sure nothing will.

I've had this flannel in my stash for quite some time. I impulse buy plaid things. We all have our vices.

Aaaaaanyway, I finished all of my Christmas gift sewing last week and decided to make a little sumthin' sumthin' for the Lenneys. Something wintery, but not so Christmas specific that it would have to be packed up when the Wise Men hit the road in January.

The construction is simple. 7.5" squares in 4 colors, 12 in each color (I think). White always went with red and grey always went with yellow. It only took me a couple of sessions to make the top, and I was able to quilt the whole thing during a single naptime. It was a Christmas miracle.

The back is super-soft and perfect for snuggling up with a White Russian at the end of a long day. The drink, not the man. My husband isn't Russian.

He did, on an unrelated note, admit to me that he thought the quilt looked like a circus tent. In his defense I had just said "I keep going back and forth between really liking this quilt and thinking it looks like a circus tent."

I sort of set myself up for that one.

I think it's grown on him, though, because I keep catching him bundled up with it on the couch.

And yes, in case you caught my last post, the tree is back up and vertical, although with FAR fewer ornaments this time around. There's like 19 ornaments on this 9' tree. Most of them plastic. I haven't been able to bring myself to go through the box of what's left and assess the damage. For now, this is just fine with me.

Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season!

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