My only Christmas sewing

I only sewed one gift this year and it was for my adorable grand daughter:

  My daughter in law, Faith, snapped this pic of her when she had her "pretties" on!  She likes to take my ear rings off and "wear" them herself. 

I made her a pillow to cuddle with:

The fabrics and doll panel are all from Riley Blake designs.  I used their Lolly Dolly pillow tutorial with a few modifications.  One change was that I put a zipper in the back so the cover could be used on a pillow form rather than stuffed.  

Zippers are so easy to put in a pillow and being able to take the cover off to wash it is a good thing!

Christmas morning was a frenzy this year and I barely had time to snap any pictures.  Luckily my daughter did get one of Heidi with the pillow.

Good thing I reinforced the legs and arms with extra stitching!  I knew they'd get a workout.

I'm currently re-organizing my studio and purging my fabric.  Its taking so long cuz every piece of fabric has a story attached and its hard to let go....at least for me.  Time to get back to it.