The Fabric of Christmas

A delightful Holiday film complete with the usual suspects, lights, cookies, snow, but that is why we watch them. I was drawn to this story because of the quilting aspect since I have done traditional quilting and Art quilting. I was surprised this movie had both.

The male lead is a rule following sexy fireman who finds safety violations in a community center where the lead female teaches traditional quilting.

The pair bond when he needs to make a quilt as a gift and turns to her for instruction. Together they help each other overcome obstacles in their own lives, creating a bond.

Scene stealers are his best friend and her two best friends, all good characters.

I was impressed with how much detail was put into the quilting story that was factual, including the inspiration and taking photos and the tools actually used. Someone really gets quilt makers and Art quilt makers. The only thing that was more improbable, was the pattern that he picked out for his first quilt. That would be a pattern for an advanced quilter. But the quilt itself was beautiful. A nice way to pay tribute to the art. Fun movie overall.

This was a very cute Christmas movie. My mother was a quilter so I understand the excitement that goes into designing, coordinating color schemes for them. The only part of the movie that I found hard to believe that was missed was when they were filming the final dressed rehearsal was when Amy is giving Liam books to look through for pattern inspirational ideas, she is wearing a green Christmas sweater that she is wearing was inside out! Several shots clearly show the tag and you can see the seams are the inside side. It seems that with all the people around during filming, plus the hours of editing, that this as missed.

The casting was terrible. These two had zero chemistry and were poorly matched. She looks like she could be his mother and gives him advice like he's a child. The other casting was equally as bad and seamed forced. Her competitor was a very talented actress.

As a quilter, don't know anyone who works like this, Throwing fabric around and saying you're a fiber artist is so overly dramatic. She sewed with the square upside down and in the center of the square, which is not at all how you create a square. The ideas that a new sewer is going to make a quilt in their spare time by Christmas when they were past Thanksgiving (less than. Month) isn't even reality. The pattern they chose was very advanced for skill level and timeframe.

Her shirt was inside out with the tag showing and who did her hair? Not flattering at all.

The set was nicely done and some key clothing items were nice.

This is one of the best "cheesy" Christmas movies I have ever seen. Ferelith Young knocks it out of the park with her performance, showing the joys and fears of relationships both romantic...and professional. If sincerity could be acted, Young manages to accomplish the impossible. Her warmth is what makes one's heart sing.

If you think you've watched too many Christmas movies this year, don't pass this one up. The story feels adult. The childishness of other films' conflict resolutions is avoided here. It is heartfelt. The Fabric of Christmas will inspire you to pursue understanding and love for even those with whom you disagree.

The is your standard Hallmark-esque movie. The main actor and actress have a nice chemistry, but Ferelith Young needs to STOP with the lip smacking sound. In one scene she did it 5x in about 15-20 seconds. If someone was playing the drinking game, they'd be comatose by midway through the movie.

It makes me wonder if the director or any cast member has mentioned it to her before. Definitely something to work on.

As a child of a volunteer firefighter, Harmon Walsh's character of 'nitpicking' the safety hazards rang true and made me laugh as it was a nice nod to my own memories of my father warning us all against certain dangers people don't think about.