These went over really good for me too. I made 43 of them for Christmas gifts & now have orders for 18 more of them this past week. Everybody love them. They are really awesome & so easy & fun to make. I also do the X to connect the batting & the fabric together, but I also stitch from dart to dart after they are put together. That seems to hold the batting more solid plus puts a more distinction in the part that kind of folds over.