We are back in Minnesota for our designer of the day in the blog hop. Today is Roseann Kermes day!! Roseann is the owner of Rosebud's Cottage, a quilt shop in White Bear Lake. She is a regular contributor of patterns to American Patchwork & Quilting, Quilts & More among other magazines. She has definitely cooked up something great for you today so go and check out her blog for the free project.
Along with her fabulous store, Roseann has a little hideout where she works on fun things and sometimes she invites friends over to chill and create. Last time we made these fabulous covered notebooks. It is so cool and I use mine all the time!! Hopefully I get to go play again soon (hint, hint;-)
Today's topic is about your favorite Christmas themed quilts. I have to admit, I have not designed a lot of Christmas themed quilts myself other than smaller runners, toppers and placemats. I do have a couple that are pulled out at Christmas that have been around for a long time, since before I started designing quilts. They have their charm but are definitely not my best work! But it seems like this year, there have been quite a few added to my design collection. Now, being a designer, it is hard to talk about your favorite things because what is favorite today is not my favorite tomorrow. We tend to be a little bit of a scatter brain sometimes (at least I am) because I am so excited about a new idea for a quilt, but half way through making it, I am already loving something else. In my latest book, Strip On, there is a quilt made with holiday fabrics, the design doesn't neccesarily scream Christmas, but I am excited to display that one in my house for Christmas. That is....if it makes it home for Christmas! All of the quilts are out on trunk shows, in quilt shops all over the country. I will keep my fingers crossed that one of my babies makes it home.
This is Twirl Me Too and is made with Honey Buns, and I made a runner out of the leftovers, so I will have something for the table too. There are a couple of quilts out of the Fast & Furious book that I am excited to display this year, the Stack'Em Up Runner...
...and my Tree Time Placemats. I actually planned ahead and got lots of extra fabric from this line so I could make extra placemats for the whole family before Christmas. Hey, we will see if that ever happens!! But I do love them and will definitely use those 2 that I have.
There is one holiday quilt that is already hanging up in my studio. It is my Fons & Porter cover quilt, Holiday Charm, that I got back from them last week. I really love this quilt and put it up right away. It totally matches my Sweet Trimmings quilt which is also hanging in my studio right now, so I actually have matching quilts....how about that!!
I actually really love this quilt, so this could easily become my new favorite Christmas quilt....at least for a few weeks.
There is one more thing I would like to share with you, and I am doing that hoping that it will put some pressure on me.....what is it....yep, a quilt UFO. (We have those too!!)

This is my Lone Star quilt....Wannabe!! Here is the thing. I have always loved December and the days leading up to Christmas. Maybe because my birthday is in December, I don't know. There is nothing like making Christmas Quilts and crafts in December to get you in the holiday spirit, listening to Christmas Music with candles burning and a cup of cider.....maybe a cookie or two close by!! It usually also has to be something I want to make for me, not a new pattern, not a magazine or anything like that! So this was my last years Christmas quilt, hoping to get it done before last Christmas, but no......a little bit too much ambition there. So now I have 4 units done out of 8 and would love to finish it before this Christmas....at least the top!! So here is your job now...keep asking me about my progress on my Lone Star Wannabe quilt and then maybe....maybe....I will have a new favorite Christmas Quilt to show you next year!