Loving this finished project!  It went together much easier than I anticipated.   It seems like it took longer to cut out all the pieces than it did to actually sew the project.  The pattern calls for stitched Santa’s, etc. where I have the brown floral panels.  While I think they are amazingly cute, I decided to be realistic–I would NEVER finish the project if I did them!  So I opted for the brown floral instead, and I’m quite pleased with the result.  All you ladies who are making this project–I’d love to see yours when they are finished!

As promised (many weeks ago), a picture of my Fanciful Flowers quilt from the book Material Obsession.  I love the way it turned out.

I still need to stitch the seeds onto the flowers, but decided to wait until after it is quilted–I made tiny yo-yos rather than applique pieces–love the dimension it will give the quilt when it’s all done!

I think I’ve decided to hand-quilt this baby.  I went back and forth between hand and machine quilting–but in the end, I decided I loved the way it looks in the book–hand quilted!  I haven’t hand quilted anything for a long time, but I love to do it.  Looking forward to the challenge!

Just a little project I’ve been obsessing about.  My inspiration came from this picture and a paper pieced stocking pattern from Jillily Studio.  Check back in a few days for the unveiling of the finished project.