I have appliqued the panels-started to do some embellishing before I asked your opinions, so I am hoping they won't interfere with the machine quilting (DSM). If I quilt each section ( top and batting only), will I be able to sew the panels together? Maybe trim the batting out of the seam allowances? Or should I stitch the panels together and then quilt for a more cohesive look? I will leave one seam open-my DIL asked that I use Velcro instead of ties so she can turn the skirt each year....will cross that bridge when I come to it!
I remade the sleigh panel-discovered that I grabbed the wrong background fabric after it was completed the first time around, and I will switch the sleigh and house panels so the deer are looking at each other....the things you see when you take a picture! Looks like the gingerbread people need to be next to the gingerbread house.........