Merry Christmas to Me

Had a great Christmas but am also welcoming this week off so I can get some sewing done.  First, I wanna show off the beautiful fabric I received (from myself) for Christmas....then I have a few more sneak previews from the progress I made today.

First Up...

Bliss from Thimbleblossoms (Moda Fabrics)

Love this Red & Aqua and actually won 4 fat quarters in the first giveaway I ever participated in.  Thanks to QuiltTaffy. I just had to have more so I went to their Etsy shop and treated myself!



Next....

Dream On from Urban Chiks (Moda Fabrics)

 This is gonna be perfect for the next project on my list...a quilt for someone special who loves butterflies!

Then...

Fig Tree Fresh Cottons

Can't resist the dots!!

And finally...

The Delilah Collection by Tanya Whelan (Free Spirit Fabrics)

Just because....

Can't wait to work with all the new fun fabric!


In the meantime, I spent most of today sewing. I added the two borders, one solid black and the other checkered and now the top is finished! 

Top	Left Side	Right Side

Quilting and binding is all that's left.  This project should've been finished long ago but the rush and festivities of the holidays slowed me down a bit. Nice to be back on track! 


Hope your holidays were special and that you're back on track too.

That's all for now.

SAFU: Sunday Afternoon Follow Up

Wow, that Friday Night Sew In really got things jump-started again for me with my main quilting project.  Saturday, I spent the day Christmas shopping with a really good friend...oh my gosh, I haven't laughed like that in such a long time! 

We braved the crowds and forged ahead and got SO much accomplished too!!  Then I spent that night celebrating my mom's birthday so again the sewing was on hold. BUT...

That left me with ALL DAY SUNDAY to get back to my quilting.  On my earlier post, I showed off the moon I machine appliqued and said I was ready to do the same with the cats. 

Well, easier said than done.  The dark fabric against dark fabric made it SO hard to keep the stitching in the right place, not to mention all the difficult turns there are on the cats.  

So, instead of continuing with the machine applique, I decided to switch over to hand applique.  What a difference.  Finally I could relax and it turned out better than I imagened! (This is my first hand applique as well!)

Too bad I ran out of embroidery floss so I had to put off the final one and a half cats til MONDAY.  Fingers are a bit sore anyhow! 

Hope your weekend was productive too.