12 Days of Christmas: True Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all our readers! To celebrate the season, we're posting 12 of our favorite Christmas quilts from recent shows.  We hope you enjoy the beautiful details expressed in these masterpieces!

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True Christmas by Carol Carpenter, quilted by Kris Neifeld 

Carol Carpenter says, "Christmas brings joy in so many different ways.  The sweet applique and pieced pattern caught my eye and shares my vision of a true Christmas image.  Joy to the World!"

This wonderful quilt is based on the Christmas Morning Delight pattern by Lisa Norton & Lora Zmak at Material Girlfriends.  Many colorful batik fabrics can be seen in various blocks. Kris Neifeld quilted spiky stars within the sawtooth stars in the borders:

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 Tucson Quilters Guild show. 

O Holy Night

This beautifully made quilt is full of details.  Each tree has a unique miniature quilt block, and the sashing has hand-embroidered lettering.  The lyrics are from a Christmas carol composed in 1847 by the French composer Adolphe Adam:

O Holy Night, the Stars are Brightly Shining

It is the Night of our Dear Savior's Birth.

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O Holy Night, made and quilted by Charlene Nelson.

 Charlene Nelson says, "I found the 4.5 inch miniature blocks in books, mostly by Judy Hopkins.  I hand-embroidered the letters using two strands of different threads and added the 3-inch stars in the sashing.  Our 'Gone to Pieces' quilt group did this as a quilt-along starting this January.  They are all very different."

 

 

Machine-stitched snowflakes echo the snowflake designs in the background fabric.

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2024 Springville (Utah) quilt show.
 

A Christmas Sampler

Is there anything more fun than a Christmas sampler quilt? Here are Santa hats, hearts, peppermints, packages, stars, trees, and stockings. We love the very cute Christmas fabrics.

Christmas Sampler by Kara Southwick, quilted by Charlene Nelson

Kara Southwick says, "I made this quilt for my newly married daughter.  I love Christmas and collecting Christmas fabrics and patterns.  The idea of a sampler was too tempting and I enjoyed making this.  My mother, Charlene Nelson, quilted it.  It turned out amazing."

The tree blocks are made with half-square triangles, as are the friendship stars!

 Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2024 Springville (Utah) quilt show.

The Joy of Christmas

Today's theme is the Joy of Christmas, which is the title of this gorgeous wall quilt. It features ornaments, a tree with angel, gingerbread house, Santa Claus, and many more holiday motifs. We admired the beautiful hand applique work in each of the blocks.

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The Joy of Christmas by Kay Walen, quilted by Whisper Stitch Studio.

This quilt is a combination of hand applique and machine piecing. Kay Walen says, "I chose this pattern as a challenge for my needle turn applique, machine piecing skills and visual appeal."  We took several closeup photos of Kay's beautiful blocks starting with Santa's sleigh, below, which is embellished with embroidery thread and beading.

We also loved the adorable gingerbread couple with their peppermint buttons and rick rack trim in the (see the photo below).

T The red and green plaid fabric makes a wonderful sashing to tie all the blocks together.  The truck hauling the Christmas tree (below) is even made from truck-themed fabric. We also enjoyed the lovely quilting by Whisper Stitch Studio.

NOTE:  The Joy of Christmas pattern is by Shabby Fabrics. Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2024 Tucson (Arizona) quilt show.

Free pattern day! Christmas Table Runners

In today's post we're featuring 50 free patterns for table runners, table toppers and place mats.  And don't miss our Free Pattern Days for Christmas Quilts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), quilted Christmas Stockings and Christmas Tree Skirts.   
To go to a pattern: Scroll down the page until you see the quilt you like, then click on the words "CLICK for PDF download" (or the hyperlinked website name) in the title above the quilt.

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Gather Round table runner and placemats, free pattern at McCall’s Quilting (CLICK for PDF download)

  Silent Night Table Topper, free pattern by Debbie Field (CLICK for PDF download)

Candy Cane Placemat, free pattern by Cindy Kratzer at Gray Barn Designs (CLICK for PDF download)

Boxes and Bows table runner, free pattern by Jen Daly for Moda Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Bright Christmas table runner & quilt, free pattern by Janet Houts for Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Peppermint Forest table runner, free pattern and tutorial by Amanda Niederhauser at Jedi Craft Girl (CLICK for PDF download)

Winter Waltz Table Runner, free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Tree runner, free pattern at Robert Kaufman Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Winter Essentials placemat, free pattern at Studio E Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Starry Ornament table runner, free pattern at Flamingo Toes (CLICK for tutorial and pattern)

Modern Trees Table Runner, 14 x 84",tutorial by Michelle Hart for Janome (CLICK for PDF download)

North table runner, free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Christmas Blossom Table Topper, free pattern at Jordan Fabrics (CLICK for video tutorial) + (CLICK for PDF download)

 

Gingerbread Season Runner, free pattern at Lewis & Irene (CLICK for PDF download)

 

Merry and Berry Tree Top Runner, 54 x 26”, free pattern by Wendy Sheppard for RJR Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download) 

Gifts Galore runner, free pattern by Mari Martin for Connecting Threads (CLICK for PDF download)

 

 

 

 

 

Improv Trees table runner, design by Kaylee Rose, instructions by Jean Wells (CLICK for PDF download)

 

For Little Lucy, free pattern at Marcus Fabrics (CLICK for free pattern)

 

Renewed Traditions, free pattern at Marcus Fabrics (CLICK for free pattern)

 

Happy Holiday table runner, free pattern by Kona Bay Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Christmas Ribbons table runner, 17 x  51", free pattern at Maywood Studio (CLICK for PDF download)

Frosty Feathers table runner, ~19 x 50", free pattern by Linda Ambrosini for Hoffman California Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Merry and Bright table topper, 50 x 50", free pattern at Carol Moellers Designs (CLICK for PDF download)

Merry and Bright Placemats, free pattern at Carol Moeller Designs (CLICK for PDF download)

Jingle All The Way table runner, 17 x 38”, free pattern by Debbie Beaves for Maywood Studio (CLICK for PDF download)

Pomegranate and Berry Table Topper, free pattern at Buzzin Bumble (CLICK for tutorial and templates) 

Christmas Spin Table Runner tutorial by Sharon Burgess at Bernina (CLICK for tutorial) 

 

T'was The Night table runner, free pattern by Heidi Pridemore (CLICK for PDF download)

Winter Table Runner, 20 x 40, free pattern by Jean Ann Wright (CLICK for PDF download)

Christmas in July table runner tutorial by Kelly Nagel at Sulky blog (CLICK for tutorial) 

Christmas Splendor Table Runner, free pattern at Quilting Treasures (CLICK for PDF download)

Peppermint Table Runner and quilt, free pattern by Grace Wilson for Maywood Studio (CLICK for PDF download)

Table Tinsel runner, free pattern by Fons and Porter (CLICK for PDF download) 

Pop of Poinsettia table runner, 20 x 47", tutorial at All People Quilt (CLICK for PDF download)  

Picture Perfect Poinsettias, 14 x 38”, by Joli Hines Sayasane for Quilters Newsletter (CLICK for PDF download) 

Scandi table runner, 12 x 48", by Hilary Gooding at Andover Fabrics (CLICK for Scandi Snowflake PDF)  

Snowflakes runner, ~ 6" x 30", by Karen Montgomery at All People Quilt (CLICK for PDF download) 

 

In From The Cold projects by Kate Spain for Moda Fabrics; free PDF patterns: (CLICK for placemat pattern) + (CLICK for Table Runner pattern) + (CLICK for Quilt pattern) (see photos below)

In From The Cold quilt, 50 x 62", free pattern by Kate Spain for Moda (CLICK for PDF download)

S'mittens Table Runner, 21 x 47", free pattern by Erin Russek at McCalls Quilting (CLICK for PDF download)

Christmas Splendor table runner & and placemats, free pattern at Henry Glass Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Desert Bloom Table Set, free pattern at Blank Quilting (CLICK for PDF download)

Holly Jolly table runner, 34 x 70", free pattern at Studio E Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Snowville placemat and table runner, free pattern by George and Linda Wheeler at Windham Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

 

Bountiful Harvest table runner, ~25 x 55", free pattern by Julie Weaver for Quilters World (CLICK for PDF download)

Scandi runner, free pattern at Makower UK (CLICK for PDF download)

Noel table runner, free pattern by Sally Ablett for Lewis & Irene (CLICK for PDF download)

Peppermint table runner by Mari Martin, free pattern at Connecting Threads (CLICK for PDF download) 

Image credits:   This post was updated on October 10, 2025. All images are copyrighted by their owners. Please respect their generosity in sharing their free patterns, and the restrictions they have placed on the use of these designs. Complete information can be found at the designers' websites provided in the links.  Some of these are tutorials while others include downloadable (.pdf) patterns; we have tried to note which is which in the titles.  We update our links every 6 months as needed; however, websites may change their pages in between updates.  If any links are broken we'd love to know; please email us at quiltinspiration {at} gmail {dot} com.