The buttons are on. Now I’ve just got to finish the ornaments…

All of the pockets are attached! I need to sew the buttons onto the tree and finish off the ornaments.

The ornaments are a machine embroidery design from here. They’ve used velvet as the base whereas I have used felt, so I’m not sure how to cut the edges away (they used a candle and melted the edges, but I’m not sure if that would work with felt). I’ve made 8 so only 16 to go … (I am feeling positive that I will get it done in time).

The tree, stem and pot are free motion quilted and I used a hanging diamond pattern on the white background.

Here is a closer look …

The Star consists of a front and a back and I didn’t manage to sew them together very well.

Each pocket will have a number embroidered on it. I haven’t quite decided on the position of the pockets yet – the one above is just placed on the quilt.

I’m going to sew buttons onto the tree from which we can hang ornaments (they’ll be stored in the pockets).

The ornaments are going to like this …

The number is on the back of the ornament. There will also be a star, tree and stocking (so six of each type).

I still have all of the pockets and the ornaments to sew as well as quilting the base. So lots to do and not much time.

On the weekend I realised that I hadn’t thought of presents for my girls’ teachers.  As school finishes on friday, I don’t have much time. I decided to make the bird christmas tree ornament from this book.

Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t get the belly section to join the body section without puckers.

The timing was pretty much spot-on – it took about four hours to make five of them. I think several in the tree would look fabulous, but I’m not sure if I have the motivation to make any more.