Christmas Bear Quilt

 I have another finish for 2020.  
I was talking with a couple of my friends and we have been tossing around making quilts "together" from our respective homes.  

One of them suggested the Christmas bear quilt. 

 It was a kit from Moda.  

We all had it so I decided to work on it. 

 I got the top made while I was in Franklin, NC earlier this fall and shipped it home with a back and some batting to my LAQ. 

She quilted snowflakes all over it and I added the tassel to his hat. 

 LOVE IT!  

I could not decide who to gift this one to though. 

 I had an idea but hubby nixed it, so I figured out another plan that I think is a better one anyway. 

 We have the sweetest neighbors. 

 When we travel they take in our mail and watch our house and even mow the lawn.  

They have a 6 year old daughter that just LOVES us. 

 She asks her mom all the time when we are coming home. 

 So I gifted the quilt to Zoe and her family. 

Now she can have a big bear hug from us when we are away!

First time making a tassle.

I used one of my pre-printed labels and sewed it on with white thread. 

 I think I am going to have to order more labels for 2021.  

You can see in this photo that I used the same stitch to sew down the binding. 

 I like how this turned out and it certainly made sewing the binding on go MUCH more quickly.

I also finished a fleece dog bed/pillow. 

 Its filled up with nothing but unusable scraps and left over batting!

I usually hand these off to my son for his dog. 

Finn has 2 already but he really wanted to keep this one.

Too bad for him, my son has claimed it already!

I brought 3 projects with me to work on while I am here in NC for January.  
One is already cut out but I need to cut the other 2 out. 

More on those later.

What are your last finishes for 2020?

~XOP~

Sewing In The Camper

 As promised I took some pictures of my sewing space today, or rather I had Chris take some pictures.

We took the kitchen table and put it in the living room.  I use that as a cutting table and a pressing station.  I brought my wool mat and teeny iron and it works great as both!  Then Chris set up my sewing table where the kitchen table used to be and that's where I put my machine.  I use a Gidget table.  It works really well with my Bernina 170, which I am traveling with right now. 

Finn likes to jump from my sewing table to the sink island.

Cole just likes to lay next to my machine while I sew.

I have to keep moving these 2 knuckleheads to fight for my sewing space!

I got up to press something and when I cam back they were in my spot! 

 I either have to move them or quit for the time being.  I think this time I just stopped.

This is the way things ended up.  My pressing and cutting station under the supervision of Cole.

This was me sewing the last border for my Christmas Bear quilt top. 

 I finished the top today too.

It felt like a real retreat where I was racing to complete at least one thing for the week!

I thought that hanging it over the railing would make it easier to get a picture. 

 It is quite large for me to hold up on my own.

  I am just not tall enough.

~XOP~