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You are here: Home / Christmas / I Made a Patchwork Santa

I Made a Patchwork Santa

December 17, 2017 by Gaynor Marshall

This week I made a patchwork Santa.

He’s been on my to do list for a few weeks, and I have had to find time to make him, but, he is finally finished.

The Tilda Patchwork Santa is a present to myself, really. I had seen the kit a while ago on the craft channels on the television but I had resisted buying it. Until now.

Sewing a patchwork Santa

I love Tilda fabrics. The soft colour palettes and the delicate designs are always a joy to work with.

tilda_santa_kit

Tilda figures are very cute and very quirky. They have large bodies and very thin arms and legs. This does present a challenge when sewing and care needs to be taken with seams and seam allowances because it can be quite a tricky job turning things through to the right side.

tilda_santa_body_unconstructed

I took my time and enjoyed the process.

It was a complete change for me, as I don’t normally work with patterns. There were a few things I would have done differently, and the instructions on the whole could have been a little clearer, but maybe I’m just being overly critical.

Creating the patchwork fabric for the front and back of Santa’s coat was quite time consuming but worth it.

tilda_star

tilda_santa_back

Once you reach this stage, it starts to come together quite quickly.

The finished Santa

Here he is in all his glory.

I think he’s lovely and I’ve decided he can sit on the bookcase in the hallway to welcome visitors.

tilda_santa_bookshelf

tilda_santa_bookshelf

tilda_santa_close_up

tilda_santa_legs

tilda_santa_bookshelf

The green bauble in the centre of the dish is one of my heirloom decorations from my childhood, I also have a matching blue one. I love the way that old and new decorations can sit happily together, almost like the generations of a family.

All in all, I rather like my festive patchwork Santa. I’m looking forward to bringing him out and making him part of our family Christmas celebrations for many years to come.

Until next time…

Gaynor xx

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Filed Under: Christmas, Patchwork & Quilting Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas gifts, scandi Santa, scandinavian Christmas decor, sewing for Christmas, Tilda patchwork Santa

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  1. Zara Martina says

    December 17, 2017 at 9:25 am

    I love your Santa Gaynor! Also, your site is looking awesome ☺

    • Gaynor Marshall says

      December 17, 2017 at 11:46 am

      Thank you so much Zara, I really appreciate that. xx

  2. Julie says

    December 17, 2017 at 10:24 am

    Beautiful Gaynor you will defanatly keep that for years to come ???

    • Gaynor Marshall says

      December 17, 2017 at 11:48 am

      Thanks Julie. xx

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