Christmas in October?

I quilting my Christmas quilt. It is unusual for me to be this far ahead of the calendar, so the calendar must be wrong.

This is how I audition quilting patterns:

These are page protectors taped on top of the flimsy, then I use Crayola Window Crayons to mark up the designs I'm thinking of. The marks will wipe right off with a little piece of batting. What an ingenious idea! Sorry, I have forgotten who posted this, not too long ago.

The last couple days I've been doing the Stitch in the Ditch. Not a fun part, at all. This is almost like work! Almost.  Tomorrow I should be able to start FMQing. Looking forward to that.

I got inspiration from Angela Walters latest book:

Thanks,
Lin