Wrapping it up...

I finished up my Christmas sewing projects last night...I will give you an exclusive look if you promise not to share these pictures with my sister or her children! :) Stacy, if you are reading this, look no more! You will have to wait until after our family Christmas! :)

For those of you out there that love to sew I thought I'd share a little tip. When putting in an invisible zipper it helps if you'll use a warm iron and "uncoil" the zipper teeth so that the zipper lays flat. In fact, once you've done this there's really no need to use an invisible zipper foot if you don't want to or don't have one. I prefer to use a zipper foot, but found myself without one last night and using the standard foot worked out just fine. Position the needle to stitch as close as possible to the zipper teeth without stitching the teeth! Too close and your zipper won't zip!

After much contemplation I decided to make all Stacy's kids personalized pillows. They travel a lot and thought this might be easier to travel with than a bed pillow. The pillows are 16x16.

Looks like I'm getting close to "wrapping up Christmas"...just a few more small projects for the Bader-Stain side. At least the big projects are finished!