A Beginner-Friendly Christmas Quilt You Can Still Finish This Year

Hello, my quilty friends! If you've been thinking "I'd love a new Christmas quilt this year, but is there still time?" there is! 🎄 My Christmas Tree Farm pattern is a cozy little holiday quilt that's written for confident beginners, and you can download it and start cutting today.

Take the Christmas quilt challenge 🎄

Here's my challenge for you: finish a new Christmas quilt before Christmas! It's totally doable with this one. Here's how I'd break it up:

This weekend: download the pattern, pull your fabric and do all your cutting.
One block a day: there are only 9 tree blocks, so sew one a day for 9 days.
Then the border: sew up your candy cane border and add it on.
Finish it up: quilt it, bind it and snuggle under it on Christmas morning!

If you take the challenge, tag me @makervalley so I can cheer you on! 😍

Christmas Tree Farm quilt in green gingham with a pink and red candy cane border

Why it's a good one to start now

Just 9 big blocks. Each block is one white tree on a gingham background, and there are only nine of them.
Written for confident beginners. If you've made a quilt or two, you can totally do this one.
A cozy throw size. It finishes at 57" x 66", big enough to snuggle under and small enough to finish.
Start today. Download the PDF and pull your fabric this weekend.

Close-up of the white tree blocks on green gingham

The candy cane border

The border is made of half-square triangles, so it looks like a candy cane wrapped all the way around the quilt. It's one of my favorite parts. ✂️

Close-up of the half-square triangle candy cane border

Make it green or make it pink

The pattern's fabric list is for the green version, all Ruby + Bee solids: Capsicum, Perfect Pink, Limeade, Pasture, Evergreen and Cream Puff. But I couldn't stop there, so I made a pink one too! I just swapped my pinks and greens, so the trees sit on pink and red gingham and the candy cane border is green. You can do the same thing with whatever colors you love. 😍

Close-up of a white tree on pink and red gingham

And flip the pink one over and there's Santa on the back! 🎅

Santa and sleigh print quilt backing with swirly quilting

What you'll need

A tall stack of pink, green and red solid fabrics in front of a Christmas tree

Finished size: 57" x 66"
Skill level: confident beginner
Fabric (green version): red 1 yd, pink 1 yd, light green ⅝ yd, mid green 1⅛ yd, dark green ⅞ yd, white ⅝ yd, binding ⅝ yd, backing 4¼ yd
Format: a PDF download or a printed paper pattern

Get the Christmas Tree Farm pattern and start your Christmas quilt!

If you make one, tag me @makervalley on Instagram. I'd love to see which colors you pick! And if you want new patterns, comics and tutorials in your inbox, grab one of my free tutorials and you'll be on my email list too.

Happy (Christmas) sewing! 🩵 Holly