Turtles

I know I'm supposed to be getting ready for the holidays and I have a kabillion things to do.  But I've gotten sidetracked on a new project (of course!)  

It's another Hawaiian Applique', but it's a little different from what I've done in the past.  It uses two fabrics where the applique' fabric is laid on top of the background and the unneeded parts are cut away as I appliqué' thus exposing the background.  The pattern says it is designed for machine, raw-edge, or hand appliqué.

It's called "Herd of Turtles" and is created by Nancy Lee Chong of Pacific Rim Quilt Company.  At the same time, I got several spools of their Aurefil 50 wt cotton thread that is an absolute dream to appliqué with.  

And this one is my first using batik fabrics which made me a little nervous, but seems to be working out ok.

The rest of my Christmas shopping can wait until tomorrow.