let the crafting begin

I have a feeling Christmas will sneak up on us this year with the new baby coming in September, so I am getting started now on my holiday craft projects!  I found a super cute pattern for a quilted tree skirt online, so I am trying my hand at quilting for the first time.  I threw our old tree skirt in the trash after Christmas last December since it was COVERED in cat hair, not machine washable, and not my favorite anyway :)  My goal is to have this project done before the baby is born because I still need to make him a stocking too. 

Here are the 12 "fat quarters" of fabric I picked out at JoAnn's.  I'll update more soon with pics of the project in progress!