lights in Christmas Tree panel
 

Have a friend making the Panel and she was wondering if you can use small grommets to put the lights in or do you just make a hole for them. The panel is from Northcott and made into a wall quilt. They are so nice.

I think there was thread on this maybe last winter. Maybe buttonholes?

I purchased some tiny rubber grommets. I didn't want any chances of the fabric fraying.

I've done it with button holes - on a Christmas tree Advent Calendar i made a few years ago....worked great. Also put a pocket on the back to hold the battery pack as my lights were the battery powered kind. So...either would work.

My machine has an eyelet stitch which creates a thread grommet, then you use a little orange handled punch to take the material out of the center. The punch came with my machine.

what a great idea to put the pocket

Glad to read this thread as my DD purchased the panel. Nice ideas.

I noticed this year many fabric manufacturers have come out with these Xmas panels. I guess if it sells, they will make them.

I would make the eyelets on the machine. To me that would be much easier. Seems like every time I need grommets or snaps, the first few go in nicely and the last one screws up and makes me angry.LOL