I finished in time ….

I’ve also been putting little presents in the pockets as well – hair clips, stickers, lolly snakes …

I’m also making some christmas T-Shirts.

I didn’t stabilise this enough – see all of the puckers? And it took two hours to stitch out – with all of the thread changes and careful cutting of the applique fabric, but I think P will be happy with it.

Below is the one A picked – this is just an image from Embird.

I haven’t decided the fabric yet (which then determines the thread colours). I’ll use a layer of romeo in the hoop to try to eliminate the puckers.

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.