It's that time to deck the walls with Quilts.....I made this Nancy Halvorson quilt several years ago and it certainly was a UFO for quite a while. I have most of her Holiday books and love her fabrics. I hand appliqued the antlers and embroidered the reindeer names. The rest was pieced. 
I was new to FMQing and I turned to the internet to find patterns and advice. That is when I found Leah Day and the 365 Free Motion Designs. I jumped in and started with simple wiggly lines, loopy lines and some loopy stars.I did finally finish it and I love the way it looks on the wall, but it is even better to cuddle with on the couch. I used Bernatex fabric, warm and natural batting and a combination of rayon threads that matched the fabric. I am still not bold enough to go with threads that stand out against the fabric. Need more skills....
I think it's my all time favorite.
As I started to get out the decorations I pulled out my quilted table runner and place-mats, also a Nancy design and realized that I may finally be skilled enough to do the free motion quilting around the Santa's faces.
So they were officially done long ago, but now a WIP. I will work on them a bit each night after work, the next couple weeks.
Each face had different fabrics from the same collection.
This one is the end of the runner.I cant wait to add some spirals to his beard and jazz them all up a bit.
What are some of your favorite decorations?
I am still working on my hexies and I got a bug today to make a case to carry them in, so I spent my day surfing for a pattern and decided to design a bag. We'll see how it comes out, more to come on that later. Back to the Machine....happy sewing, K
