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My Ginger Bread Quilt

This is my entry to the Christmas Quilt Show at Sew Cal Gal blog The Ginger Bread Quilt was designed by Marilyn McSpadden of Kansas. She also designed the Snowman  Quilt I just finished putting together. Here's a picture of hers that I just fell in love with. As you can see she  started with just 9 blocks but when she made the pattern for her friend Pam at Sager Creek Quilt Shop she added 3 more so it could be a BOM. The quilt measures 36" x 48", perfect Christmas wall hanging for in the dining room. I planned on quilting it myself but as you can see I haven't gotten to that yet and I'm not sure if I will before Christmas. It might have to go up as-is.  Which is still cute if you ask me. This was  the first block and Marilyn had done her in a button hole stitch and it looked good but I wanted to see what it would look like in a satin stitch. I really liked  the look. I do most of my appliqueing by hand but there are times I do it on