A Flocked Christmas Tree Quilt: Happy Christmas on Aqua

Hello, my quilty friends!

I made a FLOCKED version of my Happy Christmas quilt! 😍😍😍 Instead of a colorful tree on a low volume background, I swapped them, so the tree is low volume and the background is aqua. It looks just like a flocked Christmas tree.

The aqua background against the candy cane border is probably my favorite part!

How to make a flocked tree

Swap the tree and the background. Use your low volume prints for the tree and your aquas for the background. That's it! The pattern doesn't change at all.

Use lots of aquas. A scrappy mix of light and bright aquas makes the background look like a winter sky.

Keep the red. The red ornaments and the candy cane border are what make it feel like Christmas, so I kept those just like the pattern.

The quilting, the backing and the binding

Kaitlyn (@knotandthread) quilted it with a pantograph called Christmas Star, and it couldn't be more perfect. It looks like vintage ornaments! I caught it in the afternoon light the other day and had to stop and snap a picture. Look at the little loops inside each star! 🤩

I backed it with a flannel from the Tinsel line by Cotton + Steel, and I was stuck on what to bind it with for a while. I was leaning toward red, but I ended up using the dress stripe from Dear Stella. It's easily one of my favorite stripes ever, and I'm in L-O-V-E with how it looks!

Get the pattern

This flocked tree is my Happy Christmas pattern with the colors swapped. Download the PDF and get started today, and you'll have your own flocked tree to snuggle under this season. ❄️🎄

Get the Happy Christmas quilt pattern

If you make a flocked version, tag me @makervalley. I'd love to see it!

Happy sewing, my quilty friends!
🩵 Holly