Christmas plans progressing

I have been working on Christmas gifts (as much as one can work on anything with a very busy 2 year old in residence!) and I've actually made some progress!  It feels like these gifts just might get done before the big day!

I am making I-Spy quilts for four children in two families - 2 girls and 2 boys.  I also made pillowcases to go with the quilts.

I requested in formation on the kids' favorite interests.  The girls are dinosaurs and Hello Kitty.  The boys are guitars and trains.

Pillowcases - no train pillowcase.  Instead that one has alphabets.  I love the dinosaur fossils!  I might have to look for more of that for myself!



This is the first quilt.  This one will have dinosaur backing fabric.



This is the second girl's quilt.  This will have Hello Kitty border and backing.



These are the two quilts for the boys.  About half of the squares are the same fabrics, about half are different.



The first quilt has borders and backing, and is on the quilt frame.  After several issues with bunching thread, breaking thread, etc, the machine is finally co-operating and the quilt is about half done.  (It's just being started in this picture.)



One of the issues I've had with the location of this machine is that we have no ceiling light in this room, just one small bedside lamp.  Hubby and the teenager helped me figure out some lighting that will let me work on the quilt past dusk (4 PM, this time of year!).  It works well.  I'd like it better if I had some hooks to keep the cord suspended above the closet doors; maybe I'll try some Command hooks this weekend.