Treetop Tidings Christmas Quilt Pattern

I'm not one for the traditional red and green colors of Christmas. It's probably because the traditional green isn't my favorite color. So I never pictured myself designing a Christmas quilt pattern. 

However, one day I was inspired to by an idea for a modern Christmas pattern which included strip piecing and using a 60 degree triangle ruler. 

Treetop Tidings is my Christmas inspired quilt pattern which uses fat eighths for accent fabrics. This means you get lots of different fabrics in your quilt and different blocks. 

Treetop Tidings can be made with the traditional Christmas colors or with nontraditional fabrics like the bundle I chose for the quilt I'm going to show you today. Either way you sew it, the quilt still comes out modern and festive. 

You can buy a copy of the Treetop Tidings Quilt Pattern here. 

If you have never sewn with a 60 degree angle, this is a great time to learn! And if I may say, don't be scared. I takes some slowing down and paying attention to detail.

If this is your first time sewing 60 degree triangles then practicing first would be a good idea. It's very important to sew them correctly or the blocks won't come out square. I made the mistake once of cutting my triangle corners at the slightly wrong angle thinking it was close enough, and none of my blocks came out square. So attention to detail is important! And if you know Geometry, a slightly different angle can seem small at the beginning, but the farther it goes, the larger the difference. 

If you don't have a 60 degree ruler I highly suggest buying one. A template is provided with the pattern. However, I think the ruler makes the cutting easier. You can see mine in the image below is a 10 inch ruler. 

The Treetop Tidings Pattern includes 2 sizes, a large throw size (63 in. x 79 in.) and a twin size (72 in. x 98 in.). 

The tree blocks are either pieced with 2 strips or 8 strips. It's important to know how to sew with a scant 1/4 inch seam. If you do not know how to or do not use one then the blocks pieced with 8 strips will not measure correctly. Again, not a difficult thing, but it's the details that matter in quilting. 

If you aren't sure how to sew with a scant 1/4 inch seam, I suggest cutting up some scraps and practicing before starting on the blocks for the quilt. Make sure the units come out the correct measurements. It will save a lot of frustration. And yes, that time I made all the wrong cuts and my triangle blocks didn't come out square, I ripped all the blocks apart and had to re-cut all the fabric. 

By the way, if you like the fabrics I used, I purchased the bundle from my friend Joy. She has great fabric bundles on her site. Find them here. 

I was hoping to use a patterned background fabric for this quilt but the only fabric I had 4 yards of was this cream/off white solid fabric. So again I used what I had. It works well with the modern look of the quilt. 

I bound this Treetop Tidings Quilt with scrappy binding. It kind of felt right because the trees are all different colors and I wanted to add color to the edge since there is so much cream in the quilt. 



I also added one special detail to four different trees throughout the quilt. See in the image below. It might just be one of my favorite details of the quilt!

I thought about adding hand stitching to all the tree tops, but to be honest it took me a while to get the stitches just how I wanted them, and having them scattered throughout makes them special. 

Oh, I forgot to show you the back. It turned out so cute! Here is a picture of it before the quilt was bound. 

Isn't that so fun going right down the middle of the back?!? I just love it and am glad I took the time to piece it together. 

You can get your own copy of the Treetop Tidings Quilt Pattern in the shop.