Stitching heaven

Snowflake Block #1

I enjoy all aspects of applique and quilting, but machine applique stitching is my favorite.  

 "December" design and fabric selections are pretty certain and after sketching my first snowflake block: 

 

I then fused my appliques and started stitching:

December - full design idea and layout.  All nine snowflake blocks will be original and each one different, of course!