Crazy 8 Christmas Quilt

I know, I know, it's not December anymore, but I worked really hard to get this done and had just the binding to do when I felt too pregnant to do anything at all! Now that my baby is here and I can bend at the waist, the quilt is finished! 

The panel in the middle is called the Crazy Eight Reindeer Panel. I made the star blocks, added a "twist" to the picture blocks that also came with the panel, and added a border. 

Anyway, I love it and can't wait to display it next Christmas! 

Quick-Tip for Binding A Quilt

If you are binding a quilt with 2 1/2 x 40" binding strips, follow these guidelines:

Kids: cut 6 strips
Lap: cut 7 strips
Twin: cut 9 strips
Queen: cut 10 strips
King: cut 13 strips

If you have any leftovers, keep them! Label them in a gallon-sized ziplock as "binding". One fun thing I like to do with binding is cut up a lot of different fabrics (ex: different fabrics used within the quilt I am binding) and sew those together for my binding. If I have leftover pieces of binding it saves me some time!