Drum roll please - Scandinavian Christmas is finally completed! I'd bought the set of 5 patterns just after Christmas last year, from Patchwork Chicks here in the UK. A few months ago Lynette very kindly sent me a bundle of fat eighths of her latest festive fabric collection, Frosty Friends, which I teamed with some beautiful linen that I'd bought a few years ago when I was on holiday in Norway - this was perfect for making this quilt! All the hand embroidery was stitched with DMC thread, and the hand applique was completed with the applique paper and glue stick method, and stitched in place with Aurifil 80wt thread. The churn dash blocks are so cute! This quilt was machine pieced together with Aurifil 50wt thread, and finally it was custom quilted by the very talented Janette at J-Quilts. I used a dark red "Lynette" fabric from my fabric box for the binding, and a previous post shows you the quilt label that was stitched to the back of the quilt. A sleeve has been added to the back ready for hanging on the wall at Christmas time. If you're going on one of Lynette's workshops at Horwood House in August you'll be able to see this - Lynette will also have this on her stall at FOQ in Birmingham. If you'd like to purchase a set of these patterns, they're also available from Lynette's online shop, Little Quilt Store. And the fabrics will soon be available here in the UK too. 

​Here are a few close-ups of Fernhill - this pattern is by the Australian designer Lynette Anderson, and I bought this as a kit (which included all the fabrics for the quilt top and the binding, along with the pattern) from Cross Patch in Wales. I opted to buy the hand painted wooden buttons (a set of raw wood buttons were included but I preferred the painted ones) and these really do add the final flourish! The buttons have just been laid in place for the photographs, they will be stitched in place once the quilt is completed...

​..the curly vine was made with a few bias strips, and the pretty Suffolk Puff flowers (made with a small Clover Yoyo maker) were appliqued into place. All the hand embroidery was completed with Weeks Dye Works threads (bought online from Peakside Needleworks, again here in the UK). If you click on the pictures, you cab see a bigger image. This is going off to Janette at J-Quilts this morning, ready for her to add her special kind of magic to this gorgeous wall hanging meanwhile I can doodle with a pencil and paper and design an appropriate label for this pretty Fernhill quilt.