I am having SO much fun making little gifts this year, and this last one was no different.

I started with attaching the fusible shapes to the background, but it looked a little dull. So, I pulled out the Fabrico markers…..

….and added a few highlights…..

Then came the fun part of highlighting the design with quilting…

Interestingly, even after making SO many of these, I am always worried that the black thread will mess the design up rather than enhance it!!

In particular, I love the edge design….a simple straight line using a straight ruler and then a curvy line over the top……

The curvy line can cover a multitude of sins if the straight line isn’t completely…..straight!!

The final step was to add the binding….

….and it was ready for gifting…..

(complete with a loose thread that I can now see on the top)!!!

Yikes….I will go to my grave removing loose thread!

I needed another quick gift this past week and enjoyed using a sunflower for the pattern.

I first fused the pieces down…..

The flower petals were cut from two pieces of fabric and not individual petals!!!

Next, I wanted to add another element and corner pieces seemed to fit well.

I momentarily thought about piecing the corners in place but decided that fusing would work JUST as well.

The final step was to make the quilt sandwich and add some black thread accents…..

It was a quick gift to make and fun to give away!!!!

I needed another Q&E (Quick and EASY) gift so found a flower pattern and, in a very short time, had this sweet gift ready to go……

These may get to be addictive!!!