A Festive Gathering

 In December we gathered to have a lovely meal catered by Debbi D and her helper elves. Mine was delicious! There was a prize for the best decorated table. Here is the winner. 

And their chairs were adorned with stockings . . .

Here are some of the other tables.

Things looked very festive indeed.

Our community project was making travel pouches from face cloths and to fill them with useful items. I am not sure of the number collected but there was more than a box full, all ready to be donated.

There was show & tell to inspire our creative juices. Debby H had made a quilted piece using a panel.

And showed a wooden ornament that she had carved out of wood. Very interesting. 

Rose-Marie showed lovely birds which she had paper pieced. The colours are wonderful.

Toni just got back her dresden plate quilt from the machine quilter (Thank you, Gisele). After much thinking Toni created a nine patch of nine patches for her alternate blocks. I love how it looks like it is set on point and it really is not. The colours make it so cheerful.

Gisele had finished her placemats from the workshop and made the star flakes. 

Ruth gave repurposing ideas with a tree skirt she made from old lace.

And stockings made from an old afghan with holes in it that someone wondered if she could use. They are lovely.

Melanie made a seven duck pillow for a daughter. 

Our November workshop was making placemats. Here are end-of-day results

from Carlinda

from Christa

from Gisele

from Joyce

Looks like it was a very productive day!

Other projects shared include this hooded bath towel Diane made for her granddaughter.

Pam is working on a quilt done in red and cream. She is calling it Random Houses as the blocks are different sizes and have houses from different patterns. 

Christa finished placemats to send to Ontario.

Linda has been super busy. Here are a blue hat for her son, a hat and scarf for a granddaughter, and pot holders.

Linda says she tried to use up all her fabric in this double slice quilt. She shares that it did not work, she still has lots of fabric. It was machine quilted by Janet Melanson.

A table runner

A wall hanging (quilted by Janet M)

More hats for grandkids

Table runners, potholders, more hats

Here is a special gift for Grammy from Linda's 7 year old granddaughter. She painted the quilt rack herself. The lettering is from using a decals.

Linda says this quilt is her last project of 2021. It was machine quilted by Janet M. What a lot of work! I can say Linda was definitely ready for Christmas.