Comfort & Joy - The Reveal!

I've gone from no Christmas quilts to TWO Christmas quilts in a matter of months and I'm over the moon with both of them.

I fell in love with the Comfort & Joy quilt when I first saw it on Anne's blog.  She invited her readers to join her quilt along by doing a block a month.

  
As soon as I saw it I knew that I wanted to do the majority of the appliqued elements in wool...with a little cotton thrown in for good measure.

I joined the group about three months late and had a lot of catching up to do, got caught up, then fell behind again.  

When Mr. Painted Quilt and I decided that we were going to get a new puppy, I knew that I would not have any free time to devote to working on the quilt once he got here, much less finish it.  I really am not into UFO's so my plan was to put the pedal to the metal and get 'r done before he arrived.  

And that's exactly what I did!

Once again, Alice did an incredible job of custom quilting this baby.  The photos do not do it justice at all!

Some closer looks...

I wanted this quilt to have a "scrappy, home-y" appearance and by using a variety of homespun fabrics, many of which were gifted to me by Mary of Quilt Hollow, I achieved the look that I had envisioned.  Thanks again, Mary! 

I stuck pretty much to the design layout this time but did end up adding a few different elements as well.

I don't know about you all but the spirit of Christmas is starting to present itself in the Painted Quilt household...so much so that I just might have to begin decorating sometime this weekend...starting with my two Christmas quilts, of course!