FF: Multiple finishes, woo!

I loved him as a block, but I'm seriously smitten with him as a pillow. And sadly, this pillow is destined for a friend's home. I will still love him from afar, but it will be hard to part with him. I used the mushroom block from Cut to Pieces Super Mario QAL (sans stabilizer), then added a 1" black border and a red envelope style pillow closure as per this tutorial. He's not 100% perfect when it comes to lining up points, but when dealing with 324 1.5" squares, I gave myself a bit of wiggle room.

I struggled with deciding how to quilt it. I was limited on thread options, and I didn't want to use white on the black and red areas, so I just echo quilted the white and did a couple of echos around the border.

I finished up Banzo's I-spy quilt, which is pretty much a carbon copy of the I-spy quilt I did for 100 Quilts for Kids. The binding is different. Otherwise, they're identical. I was going to wait until Christmas to give it to him, but he saw me quilting it, and he's going through a "mine" phase, so it immediately became his, and how could I deny him?

Finally, I finished up my advent calendar. (Three finishes in one week--yay!) To be honest, I rushed this, trying to get it done by December 1, which didn't happen, mostly because it didn't turn out as I had hoped, and I lost my enthusiasm to work on it. The final product is okay. And it'll do the job, which is the most important thing. I couldn't decide on how to number the pockets, so that's a future project. I really should start my Christmas projects in July, but that seems like so much work! Tree skirt and stockings for next year? We'll see....

I'm linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts and TGIFF. As always, go check out everyone's lovelies!