Welcome to the North Pole, What is 4-Layer Quilting?, Ricky's Christmas Concert, Game On! Instructions Available, Tartan Check Fabrics in the Store, A "Bell" of a Puzzle

Sunday Smiles - December 21, 2025

Featured Quilt - Let's Visit the North Pole


Enjoy this perennial classic from our 2026 Block of the Month Designer, Becky Goldsmith. Welcome to the North Pole by Becky Goldsmith is from one of her very first books with That Patchwork Place. The pattern for the quilt has been continuously in print since 1997. It is a quilt that people love to put their own spin on and tailor it to their own holiday themes and traditions. Here's Becky's version.

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What is 4-Layer Quilting?

Find Out with Help from Renée Fleuranges-Valdes


In our latest show, Renée will show you her 4-layer technique for adding deep and sculptural texture and movement to your free motion quilting.

Also in this show, Clara Cartwright uses freezer paper as a reusable paper piecing pattern to achieve beautifully crisp and precise results.


Two techniques, two teachers, twice the fun!


Watch Self-Representing Quilts and Four Layer Quilting - Renée Fleuranges-Valdes | Freezer Paper Piecing - Clara Cartwright to learn more.

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Game On! General Instructions Now Available

Barbara Black suggested that it might be a good idea to give you a chance to read through the Game On! General Instructions prior to beginning the project. So, we have made them available on the site. She also suggests that you do NOT do any cutting prior to reading all of the instructions.


Barbara will be having a LIVE presentation on Monday, December 29 at 10am PST to give you some helpful tips and prepare you for success.

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There's Magic and Music in the Air

A Christmas Tradition - It's Time for Ricky's Concert


Ricky and his good friend, Kat Bowser, make Christmas come alive. Watch the videos and lights or just play it in the background. Your Christmas will be brighter and your smile bigger.

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In The Store - Tartan Check Fabrics

Wrap Your Holiday Sewing in Classic Charm


Take a look at Cosmo’s vibrant Tartan Check fabrics—rich, yarn-dyed twill weaves in a beautifully heavyweight cotton. Perfect for Christmas quilts, cozy garments, and festive décor, these fabrics bring timeless plaid magic to every project.

Fat Quarter Bundles
Half Yard Bundles
By the 1/2 Yard

The Quilt Show Puzzle: Dashing Through the Snow

"Jingle Bells" by Kathy McNeil


Kathy writes - "Jingle Bells took about 800 hours to make. My goal was to have the snow look like a watercolor painting of snow. A huge percentage of this quilt would be white and I did not want it to clump together in one big white blob. A variety of white prints were used and I over-dyed many of them with my transparent paint crayons. The crayons are a high end art medium for use on canvas and they work wonderfully on fabric, too. Most of the shading was achieved using these crayons on commercially printed fabrics."


Learn more about Kathy in Using Crayons on Fabric and Quilt Collage with Kathy McNeil | Precision Piecing with Ann Harwell.

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