Jelly Roll SantaCutting InstructionsRed Fabric:

Cut 12 2 ½ x 16 ½ inch stripsCut 12 2 ½ x 14 ½ inch stripsCut 12 2 ½ x 10 ½ inch stripsCut 12 2 ½ x 6 ½ inch stripsCut 12 2 ½ x 2 ½ inch squaresCut 12 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch squares

White Fabric:Cut 12 2 ½ x 14 ½ inch stripsCut 12 2 ½ x 12 ½ inch stripsCut 12 2 ½ x 10 ½ inch stripsCut 12 2 ½ x 8 ½ inch stripsCut 12 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch stripsCut 24 2 ½ x 2 ½ inch squares

Flesh Fabric:Cut 12 2 ½ x 8 ½ inch strips

Chenille Fabric:Cut 6 2 ½ x 20 ½ inch strips

AssemblyYou will be making 6 diamond shaped Santas. For each Santa do the following: Take 2 different 2 ½ x 16 ½ inch strips and sew right sides together. Add a 2 ½ x 14 ½ inch strip to each side, lining up along the bottom. Add a 2 ½ x 10 ½ strip, then the 2 ½ x 6 ½ inch strip and finish with the 2 ½ x 2 ½ inch squares. Press.

Add the chenille strip across the bottom edge.

Santa’s Face:

Sew a 2 ½ x 2 ½ inch white square to the ends of the 2 ½ x 8 ½ inch flesh rectangle. Trim and press.

Moustache:Sew a 2 ½ x 2 ½ inch white square to the ends of a 2 ½ x 8 ½ inch white strip.

Beard:Sew one 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch red square to the left of a 2 ½ x 14 ½ inch strip. Sew one 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch square to the upper right of a 2 ½ x 14 ½ inch strip. Trim and press.

Sew 2 2 ½ x 14 ½ inch white strips together. Add 2 2 ½ x 10 ½ inch white strips to either side, lining up on the top. Press. Sew the moustache and face to the top of these strip.

To this assembly add a 2 ½ x 12 ½ inch strip to the edge, lining up along the top. Add 2 strips 2 ½ x 8 ½ inch strips. Add 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch strip to either side. Press.

Sew the hat to the face. It will look like this:

Measure 15 ½ inches up from the chenille strip to the top of the hat, along the center seam. Make a mark. I used a 30 degree ruler to make my first cut, but you can use the 30 degree line on your large ruler. Cut the hat at a 30 degree angle to the bottom of the chenille trim.

Measure 13 ½ inches from the bottom of the moustache to the tip of the beard on the center seam of the beard. Make a mark. Cut the beard at a 30 degree angle.

Your diamond will look like this:

Finishing:

To finish the tree skirt, you have many options. We used 35 2 ½ inch strips of 35 green and black fabrics. We cut it as follows:12 2 ½ x 18 ½ inch strips12 2 ½ x 14 ½ inch strips12 2 ½ x 10 ½ inch strips12 2 ½ x 6 ½ inch strips12 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch stripsAssemble a triangle by sewing 2 2 ½ x 18 ½ inch strip right sides together. Sew a 2 ½ x 14 ½ inch strips to either side. Sew a 2 ½ x 10 ½ inch strip to either side. Sew a 2 ½ x 6 ½ inch strip to either side, then a 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch strip to either side. Press.

Trim across the bottom. Then measure 17 ½ inches from the bottom center seam. Mark. Cut on a 30 degree angle to make a triangle.

Make 12 triangles. Sew a triangle to either side of Santa’s face. You will end up with 6 big triangles that will then be sewn together to make your tree skirt.

You could also use one fabric and cut twelve 17 ½ inch equilateral triangles.

Quilt the tree skirt. Trim.

Mark a 5” circle in the center where the hats meet. Cut from the outside edge to the circle on a seam. Cut out the circle. Bind around cut edges.

Sew ties to the circle ends.