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…

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.