Christmas in July... Finally Done!

I know, I've mentioned this before.

It's finally finished!

Hurray!

Get a good look, and then I'm packing it away until Christmas ;D

Front... 

and back.

The fabric is The Caroler, by Mary Engelbreit,
and the border and backing (polka dots!) are from Jo-Ann.

This one took a little longer because for the first time

I actually paid to have it quilted by a Real Quilter -

a friend of mine who makes quilts and does custom quilting,

and about the time she finished with the quilting,

we were having a few hot days and there was 

NO WAY

 I was going to sit around with a heavy quilt on my lap.

I'd probably sweat on it.

She did a great job.

I always love the way washing a quilt brings out

all those happy little wrinkles :D

Here's a close-up.

And with some leftovers, I made this table runner.

And then I put all my sewing stuff AWAY.

But my fingers are itching to make something else...